South East Lawson Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lawson 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 Lawson over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire East of England England Home Counties London Midlands North East South East Surbiton UK	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	230	286
Rank change on same period last year	+56
Matching contract IT job ads	1	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.020 %	0.042 %
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	£525	-
% change on same period last year	-
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 South East
Matching contract IT job ads	4894	7103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	7.941 %	7.754 %
Daily rates quoted	1141	1638
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£337
Average daily rate	£361	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	555	907
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.98	£23.06
Average hourly rate	£24.39	£24.62
% change on same period last year	-0.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.80	£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.89	£24.00
% change on same period last year	-0.42 %
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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 Lawson Software, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Lawson 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 Lawson 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 Lawson within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 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
Home Counties	-	1	-	-

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Lawson 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 Lawson.

1 1 (100.00 %) SQL Server 1 1 (100.00 %) Informix 1 1 (100.00 %) ERP 1 1 (100.00 %) Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Lawson 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 Lawson. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (100.00 %) SQL Server 1 1 (100.00 %) Informix	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Developer 1 1 (100.00 %) DBA 1 1 (100.00 %) Informix DBA
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) ERP 1 1 (100.00 %) Migration