Oxfordshire Progress Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress 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 Progress over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester City of London East of England England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Hertfordshire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Oxfordshire Redditch Renfrew Renfrewshire Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire UK Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wirral Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£280	£308
% change on same period last year	-8.91 %
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	£31.00	£36.01
% change on same period last year	-13.92 %
Vendors Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	275	224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.433 %	0.240 %
Daily rates quoted	75	37
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£325
Average daily rate	£338	£344
% change on same period last year	-1.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	63	47
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.65	£22.24
Average hourly rate	£25.71	£24.09
% change on same period last year	+6.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.78	£25.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
Progress 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 the Progress Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Progress 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 Progress 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 Progress across the Oxfordshire region.

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Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Progress 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 Progress.

1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos 1 1 (50.00 %) ERP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Progress 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 Progress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 2 (100.00 %) Analyst Programmer 1 2 (100.00 %) Programmer 1 2 (100.00 %) Progress Analyst Programmer 1 2 (100.00 %) Progress Programmer	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) ERP
Vendors 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos