South Wales Sage Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Barnet Berkshire Birmingham Cheshire City of London Coventry Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Heanor Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Scotland Solihull South East South Wales Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	47
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	1.672 %
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	£377	£363
% change on same period last year	+3.88 %
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	£20.33	£27.25
% change on same period last year	-25.38 %
Vendors South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	292	299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.385 %	0.298 %
Daily rates quoted	86	73
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£369
Average daily rate	£344	£393
% change on same period last year	-12.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£366	£418
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.83	£18.02
Average hourly rate	£31.87	£19.16
% change on same period last year	+66.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.92	£20.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
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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 Sage Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

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

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Sage 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 Sage.

1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle Reports 1 1 (100.00 %) ERP 1 1 (100.00 %) JD Edwards 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle EBS 1 1 (100.00 %) Workflow 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Government 1 1 (100.00 %) Migration 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle Workflow 1 1 (100.00 %) Local Government 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Migration 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Cleansing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle Workflow	Business Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle Reports 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Cleansing	General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Government 1 1 (100.00 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Analyst	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) ERP 1 1 (100.00 %) Workflow 1 1 (100.00 %) Migration 1 1 (100.00 %) Data Migration
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Oracle 1 1 (100.00 %) JD Edwards