Scotland Ascential Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ascential products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ascential over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Birmingham Edinburgh England Hampshire Scotland South East Southampton UK West Midlands	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	92	120
Rank change on same period last year	+28
Matching contract IT job ads	1	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.093 %	0.287 %
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	£500	£239
% change on same period last year	+109.58 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1080	1394
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.735 %	1.497 %
Daily rates quoted	249	281
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£319
Average daily rate	£339	£335
% change on same period last year	+1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£349
% change on same period last year	+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	110	109
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.17	£18.13
Average hourly rate	£24.15	£19.26
% change on same period last year	+25.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.14	£20.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.78	£24.08
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
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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 Ascential Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ascential across the Scotland 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 Ascential across the Scotland 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 Ascential within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Edinburgh	+21	1	-	-

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Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Ascential 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 Ascential.

1 4 (100.00 %) DataStage 2 3 (75.00 %) Crystal Reports 2 3 (75.00 %) Finance 2 3 (75.00 %) Datawarehouse 2 3 (75.00 %) ETL 2 3 (75.00 %) IBM 3 2 (50.00 %) BusinessObjects 3 2 (50.00 %) Business Objects 4 1 (25.00 %) Pensions

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Ascential 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 Ascential. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (100.00 %) DataStage 2 3 (75.00 %) Crystal Reports 2 3 (75.00 %) Datawarehouse 2 3 (75.00 %) ETL 3 2 (50.00 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 3 (75.00 %) Finance 2 1 (25.00 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 4 (100.00 %) Developer 1 4 (100.00 %) DataStage Developer 2 1 (25.00 %) DataStage Analyst Programmer 2 1 (25.00 %) DataStage Analyst 2 1 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 1 (25.00 %) Analyst Programmer 2 1 (25.00 %) Programmer 2 1 (25.00 %) Analyst Developer	Vendors 1 3 (75.00 %) IBM 2 2 (50.00 %) Business Objects