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The table below looks at the demand for Sophis VALUE skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophis VALUE over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophis VALUE
Location
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7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
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As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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% change on same period last year-
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South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads658895
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.314 %1.120 %
Daily rates quoted172230
Average minimum daily rate£398£419
Average daily rate£427£441
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£455£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£436£450
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted1824
Average minimum hourly rate£35.05£28.41
Average hourly rate£36.05£30.02
% change on same period last year+20.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.05£31.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.67£26.24
% change on same period last year+16.89 %
Sophis VALUE EnglandSophis VALUE
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.

Sophis VALUE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sophis VALUE across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

South East Sophis VALUE Demand Trend

Sophis VALUE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sophis VALUE across the South East region.

South East Sophis VALUE Daily Rate Trend

Sophis VALUE
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE.

15 (100.00 %)Sophis
15 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
24 (80.00 %)Investment Management
24 (80.00 %)Business Analysis
24 (80.00 %)Derivative
24 (80.00 %)Finance
33 (60.00 %)Fixed Income
41 (20.00 %)Banking

Sophis VALUE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Sophis VALUE 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 Sophis VALUE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Finance
21 (20.00 %)Banking
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Tester
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Sophis Business Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Business Analyst
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (80.00 %)Derivative
23 (60.00 %)Fixed Income
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
24 (80.00 %)Investment Management
24 (80.00 %)Business Analysis
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)Sophis