Somerset Progress Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts within the Somerset region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Progress
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bournemouth Bristol Cardiff City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Home Counties Kent London Maidstone Midlands Newbury Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Thame UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 4 Jul 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	£353	£358
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
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	£32.14	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-10.71 %
Vendors Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads	157	119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.207 %	0.126 %
Daily rates quoted	32	23
Average minimum daily rate	£407	£273
Average daily rate	£449	£322
% change on same period last year	+39.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£492	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	44	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.54	£27.85
Average hourly rate	£27.94	£29.85
% change on same period last year	-6.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.34	£31.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
Progress South West

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.