South East LiveLink Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Open Text LiveLink skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LiveLink over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bracknell City of London Devon England Exeter London Manchester North West South East South West UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	243	293
Rank change on same period last year	+50
Matching contract IT job ads	1	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.058 %	0.229 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£270
Average daily rate	-	£270
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£270
UK excluding London average daily rate	£303	£272
% change on same period last year	+11.44 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-
Application Platforms South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1718	2615
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.290 %	2.609 %
Daily rates quoted	448	634
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£333
Average daily rate	£358	£356
% change on same period last year	+0.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£344
% change on same period last year	+2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	200	307
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.57	£25.26
Average hourly rate	£26.72	£26.83
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.87	£28.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.40	£24.75
% change on same period last year	+2.59 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LiveLink across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms 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 LiveLink 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 LiveLink across the South East region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LiveLink within the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 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	+38	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink.

1 9 (40.91 %) MS Project 1 9 (40.91 %) Niku 1 9 (40.91 %) Project Management 2 7 (31.82 %) Datawarehouse 3 6 (27.27 %) Project Planning 4 5 (22.73 %) CA Clarity 4 5 (22.73 %) MS Excel 5 4 (18.18 %) Microsoft 5 4 (18.18 %) UNIX 5 4 (18.18 %) Linux 5 4 (18.18 %) Pharmaceutical 5 4 (18.18 %) MS PowerPoint 6 3 (13.64 %) Resource Management 6 3 (13.64 %) SAP 6 3 (13.64 %) Broadband

6 3 (13.64 %) ArcGIS 6 3 (13.64 %) E-business 6 3 (13.64 %) Mapinfo 6 3 (13.64 %) Intranet 7 2 (9.091 %) WebTrends 7 2 (9.091 %) Identity Management 7 2 (9.091 %) Telecoms 7 2 (9.091 %) FatWire 7 2 (9.091 %) Sun 7 2 (9.091 %) MS Visio 7 2 (9.091 %) LDAP 7 2 (9.091 %) Solaris 7 2 (9.091 %) Supplier Management 8 1 (4.545 %) MS Office 8 1 (4.545 %) Oracle

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing LiveLink 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 LiveLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 3 (13.64 %) ArcGIS	Applications 1 9 (40.91 %) MS Project 2 5 (22.73 %) MS Excel 2 5 (22.73 %) CA Clarity 3 4 (18.18 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (9.091 %) MS Visio 5 1 (4.545 %) MS Office
Business Applications 1 2 (9.091 %) WebTrends	Communications & Networking 1 3 (13.64 %) Broadband 1 3 (13.64 %) Intranet 2 2 (9.091 %) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (31.82 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (4.545 %) EDMS	General 1 4 (18.18 %) Pharmaceutical 2 2 (9.091 %) Telecoms 3 1 (4.545 %) Education
Job Titles 1 5 (22.73 %) Coordinator 1 5 (22.73 %) Administrator 2 3 (13.64 %) Graduate 3 2 (9.091 %) Web Architect 3 2 (9.091 %) Project Coordinator 3 2 (9.091 %) Architect 4 1 (4.545 %) Trainer 4 1 (4.545 %) Consultant 4 1 (4.545 %) Project Administrator 4 1 (4.545 %) Data Administrator	Operating Systems 1 4 (18.18 %) UNIX 1 4 (18.18 %) Linux 2 2 (9.091 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (40.91 %) Project Management 2 6 (27.27 %) Project Planning 3 3 (13.64 %) Resource Management 3 3 (13.64 %) E-business 4 2 (9.091 %) Identity Management 4 2 (9.091 %) Supplier Management 5 1 (4.545 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (4.545 %) Workflow	Vendors 1 9 (40.91 %) Niku 2 4 (18.18 %) Microsoft 3 3 (13.64 %) SAP 3 3 (13.64 %) Mapinfo 4 2 (9.091 %) FatWire 4 2 (9.091 %) Sun 5 1 (4.545 %) Oracle