South East Siemens Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Siemens 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 Siemens over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bristol Bromley City of London Devon Dorset East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire London Manchester Midlands Motherwell Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West Norwich Plymouth Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South West South Yorkshire Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	221	278
Rank change on same period last year	+57
Matching contract IT job ads	29	13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	0.539 %	0.178 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£200	-
Average daily rate	£275	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£194
% change on same period last year	+72.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£20.00
Average hourly rate	-	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.75	£25.92
% change on same period last year	+30.22 %
Vendors South East
Matching contract IT job ads	5381	7316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	7.669 %	7.566 %
Daily rates quoted	1250	1728
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£344
Average daily rate	£370	£361
% change on same period last year	+2.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£353
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	611	1041
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.87	£23.55
Average hourly rate	£24.38	£24.90
% change on same period last year	-2.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.89	£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.37	£24.17
% change on same period last year	+0.83 %
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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 Siemens AG.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Siemens 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 Siemens 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 Siemens 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 Siemens within the South East region over the 3 months to 15 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	+64	27	-	-
Hampshire	+14	2	£275	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Siemens 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 Siemens.

1 45 (83.33 %) Nokia 2 32 (59.26 %) 3G 3 29 (53.70 %) Telecoms 4 16 (29.63 %) Cisco 5 14 (25.93 %) NEC 5 14 (25.93 %) SGSN 6 12 (22.22 %) GGSN 7 11 (20.37 %) SIGTRAN 7 11 (20.37 %) SS7 8 10 (18.52 %) SLA 9 9 (16.67 %) UTRAN 9 9 (16.67 %) TCP/IP 9 9 (16.67 %) 2G 10 8 (14.81 %) Configuration Management 10 8 (14.81 %) Nokia DX200

10 8 (14.81 %) Spreadsheet 11 7 (12.96 %) Multimedia 11 7 (12.96 %) Packet Switching 11 7 (12.96 %) UMTS 12 6 (11.11 %) Network Design 12 6 (11.11 %) Network Planning 12 6 (11.11 %) RNC 13 5 (9.259 %) Data Management 14 3 (5.556 %) Fujitsu Siemens 14 3 (5.556 %) Performance Management 14 3 (5.556 %) Windows Server 2003 14 3 (5.556 %) VoIP 14 3 (5.556 %) UNIX 14 3 (5.556 %) Windows 14 3 (5.556 %) Nortel

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Siemens 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 Siemens. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (3.704 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 5.5 1 2 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2000 1 2 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2003	Applications 1 8 (14.81 %) Spreadsheet
Business Applications 1 2 (3.704 %) Teamcenter	Communications & Networking 1 32 (59.26 %) 3G 2 14 (25.93 %) SGSN 3 12 (22.22 %) GGSN 4 11 (20.37 %) SIGTRAN 4 11 (20.37 %) SS7 5 9 (16.67 %) 2G 5 9 (16.67 %) UTRAN 5 9 (16.67 %) TCP/IP 6 8 (14.81 %) Nokia DX200 7 7 (12.96 %) Packet Switching 7 7 (12.96 %) UMTS 8 6 (11.11 %) RNC 9 3 (5.556 %) VoIP 10 2 (3.704 %) WAN 10 2 (3.704 %) SAN 10 2 (3.704 %) ISDN 10 2 (3.704 %) LAN 10 2 (3.704 %) MPLS 11 1 (1.852 %) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.852 %) Oracle 9i 1 1 (1.852 %) Oracle 10g	General 1 29 (53.70 %) Telecoms 2 7 (12.96 %) Multimedia 3 2 (3.704 %) Billing 3 2 (3.704 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (1.852 %) Government
Job Titles 1 15 (27.78 %) Network Engineer 2 10 (18.52 %) Design Engineer 3 7 (12.96 %) Performance Engineer 4 3 (5.556 %) Network Design Engineer 4 3 (5.556 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 4 3 (5.556 %) Team Leader 5 2 (3.704 %) Technical Specialist 5 2 (3.704 %) Technical Support Specialist 5 2 (3.704 %) Senior Project Manager 5 2 (3.704 %) Project Manager 5 2 (3.704 %) Senior Manager 5 2 (3.704 %) Technical Support 5 2 (3.704 %) Support Engineer 5 2 (3.704 %) Support Specialist 5 2 (3.704 %) Network Team Leader 6 1 (1.852 %) Switch Engineer 6 1 (1.852 %) Programme Manager 6 1 (1.852 %) DBA 6 1 (1.852 %) Oracle DBA 6 1 (1.852 %) Test Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.704 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 3 (5.556 %) UNIX 1 3 (5.556 %) Windows 1 3 (5.556 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (3.704 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 1 (1.852 %) Solaris 3 1 (1.852 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (14.81 %) Configuration Management 2 6 (11.11 %) Network Design 2 6 (11.11 %) Network Planning 3 5 (9.259 %) Data Management 4 3 (5.556 %) Performance Management 5 2 (3.704 %) SC Cleared 5 2 (3.704 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (3.704 %) Service Management 5 2 (3.704 %) CAD 6 1 (1.852 %) ERP 6 1 (1.852 %) Project Management 6 1 (1.852 %) Fault Management 6 1 (1.852 %) DV Cleared
Programming Languages 1 1 (1.852 %) PL/SQL 1 1 (1.852 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (3.704 %) MCP 1 2 (3.704 %) MCSE 1 2 (3.704 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (1.852 %) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (18.52 %) SLA	System Software 1 2 (3.704 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.852 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 1 (1.852 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 45 (83.33 %) Nokia 2 16 (29.63 %) Cisco 3 14 (25.93 %) NEC 4 3 (5.556 %) Fujitsu Siemens 4 3 (5.556 %) Nortel 5 2 (3.704 %) Citrix 5 2 (3.704 %) HP 5 2 (3.704 %) Compaq 6 1 (1.852 %) Sun 6 1 (1.852 %) VERITAS 6 1 (1.852 %) Mapinfo 6 1 (1.852 %) Oracle 6 1 (1.852 %) Cramer 6 1 (1.852 %) UGS