South East Reuters Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Reuters 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 Reuters over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands England London Nottingham Nottinghamshire South East UK	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	285
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	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	£250	£389
% change on same period last year	-35.69 %
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	-	£17.38
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors South East
Matching contract IT job ads	4847	7123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	7.909 %	7.804 %
Daily rates quoted	1137	1651
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£337
Average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£371
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	550	901
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.05	£22.77
Average hourly rate	£24.46	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+0.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.87	£25.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.95	£23.82
% change on same period last year	+0.54 %
Reuters England

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 Reuters Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Reuters 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 Reuters 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 Reuters across the South East region.

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Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Reuters 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 Reuters.

1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) Active Directory 1 1 (100.00 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 1 1 (100.00 %) Bloomberg 1 1 (100.00 %) NYFIX 1 1 (100.00 %) EasyScreen 1 1 (100.00 %) Front Office 1 1 (100.00 %) Telecoms 1 1 (100.00 %) GL TRADE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Reuters 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 Reuters. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Front Office 1 1 (100.00 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (100.00 %) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 1 (100.00 %) Foreign Exchange (FX)	Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows
System Software 1 1 (100.00 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Bloomberg 1 1 (100.00 %) NYFIX 1 1 (100.00 %) EasyScreen 1 1 (100.00 %) GL TRADE