South West OpenLink Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of OpenLink 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 OpenLink over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London Dorset England London Maidenhead Middlesex Poole South East South West Swindon UK Wiltshire Windsor	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	172
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	4	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.218 %	0.086 %
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	£507	-
% 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	1832	2324
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.579 %	2.349 %
Daily rates quoted	460	507
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£310
Average daily rate	£363	£326
% change on same period last year	+11.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	223	270
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.40	£22.74
Average hourly rate	£26.10	£24.41
% change on same period last year	+6.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.80	£26.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£24.37
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
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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 OpenLink Financial, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OpenLink 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 OpenLink 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 OpenLink within the South West region over the 3 months to 10 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
Wiltshire	+2	3	-	-
Dorset	-	1	-	-

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing OpenLink 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 OpenLink.

1 29 (96.67 %) Endur 2 4 (13.33 %) Risk Management 2 4 (13.33 %) Telecoms 2 4 (13.33 %) ETRM 3 2 (6.667 %) Back Office 4 1 (3.333 %) Banking 4 1 (3.333 %) Retail 4 1 (3.333 %) Investment Banking 4 1 (3.333 %) Finance 4 1 (3.333 %) Electric 4 1 (3.333 %) UML 4 1 (3.333 %) Use Case 4 1 (3.333 %) Business Analysis 4 1 (3.333 %) ZaiNet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing OpenLink 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 OpenLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 29 (96.67 %) Endur 2 1 (3.333 %) ZaiNet	General 1 4 (13.33 %) Telecoms 2 2 (6.667 %) Back Office 3 1 (3.333 %) Finance 3 1 (3.333 %) Electric 3 1 (3.333 %) Banking 3 1 (3.333 %) Retail 3 1 (3.333 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 21 (70.00 %) Analyst 2 8 (26.67 %) Product Analyst 3 6 (20.00 %) Business Analyst 4 4 (13.33 %) Technical Specialist 4 4 (13.33 %) Senior Technical Specialist 5 3 (10.00 %) Business Systems Analyst 5 3 (10.00 %) Systems Analyst 5 3 (10.00 %) Senior Consultant 5 3 (10.00 %) Consultant 6 1 (3.333 %) Test Analyst	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (13.33 %) Risk Management 1 4 (13.33 %) ETRM 2 1 (3.333 %) UML 2 1 (3.333 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (3.333 %) Use Case