South East Hummingbird Contracts

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

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Location Berkshire Brentwood City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex Kent London Newcastle Upon Tyne North East South East South West Tyne and Wear UK West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witham Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	245	286
Rank change on same period last year	+41
Matching contract IT job ads	2	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.036 %	0.093 %
Daily rates quoted	1	6
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£392
Average daily rate	£375	£450
% change on same period last year	-16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£508
UK excluding London average daily rate	£301	£421
% change on same period last year	-28.51 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	-
Average hourly rate	£27.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.50	£23.38
% change on same period last year	+17.64 %
Vendors South East
Matching contract IT job ads	5501	7487
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	7.745 %	7.566 %
Daily rates quoted	1281	1821
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£345
Average daily rate	£368	£362
% change on same period last year	+1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	620	1049
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.82	£23.62
Average hourly rate	£24.31	£25.01
% change on same period last year	-2.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.81	£26.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£24.37
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
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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 Hummingbird Ltd.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Hummingbird across the South East 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 Hummingbird across the South East 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 Hummingbird across the South East 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 Hummingbird within the South East 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
Berkshire	+25	1	£375	-16.66 %
Kent	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Hummingbird 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 Hummingbird.

1 6 (75.00 %) SAP 1 6 (75.00 %) MS Exchange 1 6 (75.00 %) VPN 1 6 (75.00 %) Symantec 2 5 (62.50 %) McAfee Security 2 5 (62.50 %) VERITAS 2 5 (62.50 %) Configuration Management 2 5 (62.50 %) MS Project 2 5 (62.50 %) MS Office 2 5 (62.50 %) Backup Exec 3 4 (50.00 %) Auditing 3 4 (50.00 %) Adobe 3 4 (50.00 %) Quark 3 4 (50.00 %) QuarkXPress 3 4 (50.00 %) Norton AntiVirus

4 3 (37.50 %) Internet 4 3 (37.50 %) Microsoft 4 3 (37.50 %) SC Cleared 4 3 (37.50 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (25.00 %) Acrobat 6 1 (12.50 %) Subversion 6 1 (12.50 %) Document Management 6 1 (12.50 %) MS PowerPoint 6 1 (12.50 %) Telecoms 6 1 (12.50 %) Government 6 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 10g 6 1 (12.50 %) Netcool 6 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 6 1 (12.50 %) WebLogic 6 1 (12.50 %) Solaris

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Hummingbird 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 Hummingbird. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 6 (75.00 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (12.50 %) WebLogic 2 1 (12.50 %) Apache	Applications 1 5 (62.50 %) MS Project 1 5 (62.50 %) MS Office 2 4 (50.00 %) QuarkXPress 3 2 (25.00 %) Acrobat 4 1 (12.50 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 11i	Communications & Networking 1 6 (75.00 %) VPN 2 3 (37.50 %) Internet 3 1 (12.50 %) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 9i 1 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 10g	Development Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) Subversion
General 1 4 (50.00 %) Auditing 2 1 (12.50 %) Telecoms 2 1 (12.50 %) Government	Job Titles 1 2 (25.00 %) Integration Engineer 2 1 (12.50 %) Integration Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Integration Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Applications Specialist 2 1 (12.50 %) DBA 2 1 (12.50 %) Database Specialist 2 1 (12.50 %) Applications Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Administrator 2 1 (12.50 %) Oracle DBA 2 1 (12.50 %) Team Leader
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (62.50 %) Configuration Management 2 3 (37.50 %) SC Cleared 2 3 (37.50 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (12.50 %) Document Management
System Software 1 5 (62.50 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 4 (50.00 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 1 (12.50 %) Netcool/Proviso 2 1 (12.50 %) Netcool
Vendors 1 6 (75.00 %) SAP 1 6 (75.00 %) Symantec 2 5 (62.50 %) McAfee Security 2 5 (62.50 %) VERITAS 3 4 (50.00 %) Quark 3 4 (50.00 %) Adobe 4 3 (37.50 %) Microsoft 5 1 (12.50 %) Oracle