Oxfordshire Apple Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Apple products and/or services in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apple over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bradford Brighton Bristol City of London East Midlands East Sussex Edinburgh England Hammersmith Leeds London Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland Somerset South East South West Surrey Swindon UK Uxbridge West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	54
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.329 %	0.488 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£220	-
Average daily rate	£225	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£230	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£223	£216
% change on same period last year	+3.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£11.25	£14.61
% change on same period last year	-22.98 %
Vendors Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	304	205
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.428 %	0.207 %
Daily rates quoted	92	42
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£327
Average daily rate	£318	£344
% change on same period last year	-7.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£338	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	41
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.28	£16.77
Average hourly rate	£24.33	£18.08
% change on same period last year	+34.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.38	£19.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£24.37
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
Apple South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Apple Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Apple across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Apple across the Oxfordshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Apple across the Oxfordshire region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apple within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Oxford	-6	1	£225	-

Apple South East

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Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Apple also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Apple.

1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 2 1 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (50.00 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (50.00 %) MCSE 2 1 (50.00 %) Windows XP 2 1 (50.00 %) Microsoft 2 1 (50.00 %) Intel 2 1 (50.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (50.00 %) Lotus 2 1 (50.00 %) MS Office 2 1 (50.00 %) ITIL 2 1 (50.00 %) PRINCE2

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Apple also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Apple. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (50.00 %) Lotus Notes	Applications 1 1 (50.00 %) MS Office
Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Service Manager 1 1 (50.00 %) Desktop Manager	Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 2 1 (50.00 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (50.00 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) ITIL 1 1 (50.00 %) PRINCE2	Qualifications 1 1 (50.00 %) MCSE 1 1 (50.00 %) Microsoft Certification
Vendors 1 1 (50.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (50.00 %) Intel 1 1 (50.00 %) Lotus