South East Sophis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophis 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 Sophis over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sophis
Location Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands England Lincolnshire London North Yorkshire South East Surrey UK York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	241	299
Rank change on same period last year	+58
Matching contract IT job ads	15	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.257 %	0.026 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£533	-
Average daily rate	£600	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£667	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£600	£350
% change on same period last year	+71.42 %
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	5839	7595
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	7.705 %	7.564 %
Daily rates quoted	1301	1909
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£350
Average daily rate	£362	£367
% change on same period last year	-1.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	747	1021
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.08	£24.19
Average hourly rate	£23.49	£25.67
% change on same period last year	-8.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.90	£27.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
Sophis 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 Sophis.

Sophis
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sophis across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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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 Sophis within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Surrey	+10	15	£600	-

Sophis England

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Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Sophis 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.

1 15 (100.00 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 10 (66.67 %) Derivative 2 10 (66.67 %) Sophis VALUE 2 10 (66.67 %) Finance 3 8 (53.33 %) Business Analysis 4 7 (46.67 %) WebSphere MQ 4 7 (46.67 %) WebSphere Message Broker 5 6 (40.00 %) Investment Management 5 6 (40.00 %) Fixed Income 5 6 (40.00 %) Java 5 6 (40.00 %) SQL 5 6 (40.00 %) XML 5 6 (40.00 %) UNIX 5 6 (40.00 %) AIX 6 4 (26.67 %) WebSphere

7 3 (20.00 %) Systems Analysis 7 3 (20.00 %) XSD 7 3 (20.00 %) XSLT 7 3 (20.00 %) Transact-SQL 8 2 (13.33 %) Windows 8 2 (13.33 %) Risk Management 9 1 (6.667 %) Stakeholder Management 9 1 (6.667 %) C 9 1 (6.667 %) Financial Institution

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Sophis 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (40.00 %) XML 2 4 (26.67 %) WebSphere 3 3 (20.00 %) XSD 3 3 (20.00 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 7 (46.67 %) WebSphere MQ 1 7 (46.67 %) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications 1 10 (66.67 %) Sophis VALUE	General 1 10 (66.67 %) Finance 2 1 (6.667 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 8 (53.33 %) Analyst 2 6 (40.00 %) Tester 3 4 (26.67 %) Technical Analyst 4 3 (20.00 %) Applications Support 5 2 (13.33 %) Test Analyst 5 2 (13.33 %) Applications Support Analyst 5 2 (13.33 %) Support Analyst 6 1 (6.667 %) Applications Support Consultant 6 1 (6.667 %) Consultant 6 1 (6.667 %) Applications Consultant 6 1 (6.667 %) Support Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 10 (66.67 %) Derivative 2 6 (40.00 %) Fixed Income
Operating Systems 1 6 (40.00 %) UNIX 1 6 (40.00 %) AIX 2 2 (13.33 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (100.00 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 8 (53.33 %) Business Analysis 3 6 (40.00 %) Investment Management 4 3 (20.00 %) Systems Analysis 5 2 (13.33 %) Risk Management 6 1 (6.667 %) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages 1 6 (40.00 %) Java 1 6 (40.00 %) SQL 2 3 (20.00 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (6.667 %) C