South West Ascential Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ascential products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ascential over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Birmingham Edinburgh England Hampshire Scotland Somerset South East South West Southampton Taunton UK West Midlands	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.119 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£450	-
Average daily rate	£450	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£450	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£467	£350
% change on same period last year	+33.33 %
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 West
Matching contract IT job ads	1678	2115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.643 %	2.266 %
Daily rates quoted	444	477
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£314
Average daily rate	£364	£330
% change on same period last year	+10.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	193	256
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.28	£23.11
Average hourly rate	£24.68	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.09	£26.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
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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 the Ascential Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ascential across the South West 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 Ascential within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Somerset	-	2	£450	-

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Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Ascential 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 Ascential.

1 8 (72.73 %) DataStage 1 8 (72.73 %) Migration 1 8 (72.73 %) Data Migration 2 6 (54.55 %) Data Management 2 6 (54.55 %) Pensions 2 6 (54.55 %) Data Protection 2 6 (54.55 %) Legal 2 6 (54.55 %) Informatica 3 5 (45.45 %) ETL 4 4 (36.36 %) IBM 4 4 (36.36 %) Finance 4 4 (36.36 %) Banking 5 2 (18.18 %) SAP IS-U 5 2 (18.18 %) SAP 6 1 (9.091 %) Data Modelling

6 1 (9.091 %) IIS 6 1 (9.091 %) Data Cleansing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Ascential 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 Ascential. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (9.091 %) IIS	Business Applications 1 2 (18.18 %) SAP IS-U
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (72.73 %) DataStage 2 5 (45.45 %) ETL 3 1 (9.091 %) Data Cleansing	General 1 6 (54.55 %) Legal 1 6 (54.55 %) Pensions 2 4 (36.36 %) Finance 2 4 (36.36 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 7 (63.64 %) Data Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (72.73 %) Migration 1 8 (72.73 %) Data Migration 2 6 (54.55 %) Data Protection 2 6 (54.55 %) Data Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Data Modelling
Vendors 1 6 (54.55 %) Informatica 2 4 (36.36 %) IBM 3 2 (18.18 %) SAP