South West Chordiant Contracts

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

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Location Berkshire Bristol City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hertfordshire Livingston London Manchester Midlands North West Northampton Northamptonshire Scotland South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK West Lothian	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	140	169
Rank change on same period last year	+29
Matching contract IT job ads	7	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.388 %	0.088 %
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	£417	-
% change on same period last year	-
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	1804	2285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.571 %	2.363 %
Daily rates quoted	460	498
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£310
Average daily rate	£366	£327
% change on same period last year	+11.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£353
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	220	273
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.25	£22.93
Average hourly rate	£25.94	£24.54
% change on same period last year	+5.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.63	£26.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.37	£24.17
% change on same period last year	+0.83 %
Chordiant 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 Chordiant Software, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Chordiant 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 Chordiant 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 Chordiant within the South West 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
Bristol	+13	7	-	-

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (81.82 %) Telecoms 2 7 (63.64 %) J2EE 3 6 (54.55 %) Oracle 3 6 (54.55 %) Oracle 10g 4 4 (36.36 %) Java 5 3 (27.27 %) UML 5 3 (27.27 %) Oracle Reports 5 3 (27.27 %) CRM 5 3 (27.27 %) WebSphere 6 2 (18.18 %) Retail 6 2 (18.18 %) SMS 7 1 (9.091 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (9.091 %) Internet 7 1 (9.091 %) Data Modelling 7 1 (9.091 %) Predictive Analytics

7 1 (9.091 %) Stakeholder Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 7 (63.64 %) J2EE 2 3 (27.27 %) WebSphere	Communications & Networking 1 2 (18.18 %) SMS 2 1 (9.091 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (54.55 %) Oracle 10g 2 3 (27.27 %) Oracle Reports	General 1 9 (81.82 %) Telecoms 2 2 (18.18 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 5 (45.45 %) Developer 2 2 (18.18 %) Architect 2 2 (18.18 %) Programme Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Project Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Technical Architect 3 1 (9.091 %) Solutions Architect 3 1 (9.091 %) Senior Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Java Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Technical Designer 3 1 (9.091 %) Senior Programme Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (27.27 %) UML 1 3 (27.27 %) CRM 2 1 (9.091 %) Data Modelling 2 1 (9.091 %) Business Intelligence 2 1 (9.091 %) Stakeholder Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages 1 4 (36.36 %) Java	Vendors 1 6 (54.55 %) Oracle