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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Pensions' in contract IT jobs within the South West region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Pensions over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPension
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank821
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads426290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.568 %0.293 %
As % of the category below19.06 %11.92 %
Daily rates quoted268151
Average minimum daily rate£411£375
Average daily rate£429£395
% change on same period last year+8.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£447£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£421£404
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.50
Average hourly rate-£29.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.90£33.60
% change on same period last year-16.96 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South West
Matching contract IT job ads22352433
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.979 %2.462 %
Daily rates quoted941860
Average minimum daily rate£382£364
Average daily rate£406£384
% change on same period last year+5.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£404
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted211184
Average minimum hourly rate£29.00£27.89
Average hourly rate£31.15£29.65
% change on same period last year+5.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.30£31.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Pensions EnglandPensions
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.

Pensions
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Pensions across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South West Pensions Demand Trend

Pensions
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Pensions across the South West region.

South West Pensions Daily Rate Trend

Pensions
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Pensions across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West Pensions Daily Rate Histogram

Pensions
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Pensions across the South West region.

South West Pensions Hourly Rate Trend

Pensions
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pensions within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank 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
WiltshireUp+184£475+21.89 %
BristolUp+1272£345-18.29 %
DorsetUp+3153£408-2.95 %
GloucestershireUp+2145£419+11.79 %
AvonUp+53--
SomersetNew entry-3--
Pensions EnglandPensions
England

Pensions
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Pensions 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 Pensions.

1441 (59.04 %)Finance
2126 (16.87 %)Insurance
379 (10.58 %)Banking
478 (10.44 %)Project Management
570 (9.371 %)Migration
653 (7.095 %)Business Analysis
751 (6.827 %)PRINCE2
849 (6.560 %)Stakeholder Management
943 (5.756 %)Data Migration
1036 (4.819 %)ISEB
1130 (4.016 %)User Acceptance Testing
1226 (3.481 %)Retail
1324 (3.213 %)MS Excel
1324 (3.213 %)Test Scripting
1422 (2.945 %)MS Project
1521 (2.811 %)SAP
1619 (2.544 %)TestDirector
1718 (2.410 %)Workflow
1718 (2.410 %)Service Delivery
1718 (2.410 %)MS Office
1718 (2.410 %)MS Visio
1817 (2.276 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1817 (2.276 %)Back Office
1916 (2.142 %)Retail Banking
1916 (2.142 %)CA Clarity
1916 (2.142 %)Programme Management
1916 (2.142 %)SAP HR
1916 (2.142 %)E-Commerce
1916 (2.142 %)SQL
2015 (2.008 %)XML

Pensions
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Pensions 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 Pensions. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (2.008 %)XML
27 (0.937 %).NET
27 (0.937 %)ASP.NET
36 (0.803 %)HTML
45 (0.669 %)XHTML
53 (0.402 %)CSS
53 (0.402 %)WebServices
62 (0.268 %)XSLT
71 (0.134 %)XSL
71 (0.134 %)J2EE
71 (0.134 %)Middleware
71 (0.134 %).NET Framework
71 (0.134 %)ASP.NET 2.0
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (0.669 %)Lotus Notes
15 (0.669 %)SAS
22 (0.268 %)ColdFusion
22 (0.268 %)IIS
31 (0.134 %)Lotus Domino
31 (0.134 %)SharePoint
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (3.213 %)MS Excel
222 (2.945 %)MS Project
318 (2.410 %)MS Office
318 (2.410 %)MS Visio
416 (2.142 %)CA Clarity
56 (0.803 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.402 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.268 %)Photoshop
81 (0.134 %)Open Workbench
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (2.142 %)SAP HR
24 (0.535 %)HiPortfolio
33 (0.402 %)Staffware
33 (0.402 %)SAP CRM
42 (0.268 %)Eagle STAR
51 (0.134 %)GraphTalk
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (0.937 %)Internet
24 (0.535 %)Intranet
31 (0.134 %)LAN
31 (0.134 %)WAN
31 (0.134 %)Extranet
31 (0.134 %)IP Telephony
31 (0.134 %)Cisco IPT
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (1.205 %)ETL
25 (0.669 %)OLAP
25 (0.669 %)SQL Server
25 (0.669 %)DataStage
25 (0.669 %)Datawarehouse
34 (0.535 %)BusinessObjects
42 (0.268 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.134 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.134 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.134 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.134 %)TOAD
51 (0.134 %)Oracle Discoverer
51 (0.134 %)RDBMS
51 (0.134 %)PowerCenter
51 (0.134 %)DB2
51 (0.134 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.134 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.134 %)Data Cleansing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (2.544 %)TestDirector
211 (1.473 %)QuickTest Pro
38 (1.071 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.134 %)ERwin
41 (0.134 %)Flash
41 (0.134 %)WinRunner
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1441 (59.04 %)Finance
2126 (16.87 %)Insurance
379 (10.58 %)Banking
426 (3.481 %)Retail
517 (2.276 %)Back Office
616 (2.142 %)Retail Banking
712 (1.606 %)Legal
811 (1.473 %)Construction
910 (1.339 %)Health
109 (1.205 %)Marketing
117 (0.937 %)General Ledger
126 (0.803 %)Investment Banking
134 (0.535 %)Financial Institution
142 (0.268 %)Front Office
142 (0.268 %)International Banking
151 (0.134 %)Auditing
151 (0.134 %)Billing
151 (0.134 %)Government
151 (0.134 %)Law
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1418 (55.96 %)Analyst
2321 (42.97 %)Business Analyst
3159 (21.29 %)Project Manager
455 (7.363 %)Test Analyst
532 (4.284 %)Programme Manager
628 (3.748 %)Business Manager
726 (3.481 %)Financial Business Analyst
821 (2.811 %)Consultant
919 (2.544 %)Business Project Manager
1018 (2.410 %)Senior Analyst
1117 (2.276 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
1216 (2.142 %)Developer
1315 (2.008 %)Banking Business Analyst
1414 (1.874 %)Senior Business Analyst
1512 (1.606 %)IT Manager
1512 (1.606 %)Data Manager
1512 (1.606 %)Programme Director
1611 (1.473 %)Test Manager
1710 (1.339 %)Data Analyst
189 (1.205 %)Author
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (1.205 %)Mainframe
25 (0.669 %)Client/Server
34 (0.535 %)Management Information System
41 (0.134 %)Replication
41 (0.134 %)E-Learning
41 (0.134 %)Tandem
41 (0.134 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (0.134 %)Data Conversion
41 (0.134 %)Data Integration
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (0.268 %)UNIX
12 (0.268 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
178 (10.44 %)Project Management
270 (9.371 %)Migration
353 (7.095 %)Business Analysis
451 (6.827 %)PRINCE2
549 (6.560 %)Stakeholder Management
643 (5.756 %)Data Migration
730 (4.016 %)User Acceptance Testing
824 (3.213 %)Test Scripting
918 (2.410 %)Workflow
918 (2.410 %)Service Delivery
1016 (2.142 %)E-Commerce
1016 (2.142 %)Programme Management
1115 (2.008 %)Wealth Management
1214 (1.874 %)BPR
1313 (1.740 %)CRM
1313 (1.740 %)PRINCE
1313 (1.740 %)Data Management
1412 (1.606 %)Data Analysis
1412 (1.606 %)Six Sigma
1412 (1.606 %)Change Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (2.142 %)SQL
27 (0.937 %)Java
36 (0.803 %)C#
36 (0.803 %)VBA
45 (0.669 %)JavaScript
53 (0.402 %)PHP
61 (0.134 %)DHTML
61 (0.134 %)FoxPro (VFP)
61 (0.134 %)LotusScript
61 (0.134 %)XPath
61 (0.134 %)Transact-SQL
61 (0.134 %)VB.NET
61 (0.134 %)C
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
136 (4.819 %)ISEB
217 (2.276 %)PRINCE2 Certification
35 (0.669 %)Degree
42 (0.268 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.134 %)CISA
51 (0.134 %)QiCA
51 (0.134 %)ISEB Practitioner
51 (0.134 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.134 %)CCNP
51 (0.134 %)CCDP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.937 %)SLA
25 (0.669 %)QA
32 (0.268 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.134 %)ISA Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (2.811 %)SAP
210 (1.339 %)Oracle
39 (1.205 %)Microsoft
48 (1.071 %)HP
57 (0.937 %)Informatica
65 (0.669 %)Lotus
65 (0.669 %)Ascential
65 (0.669 %)CA
65 (0.669 %)Thunderhead
74 (0.535 %)Niku
74 (0.535 %)Business Objects
83 (0.402 %)IBM
92 (0.268 %)Interwoven
101 (0.134 %)CheckPoint
101 (0.134 %)Compuware
101 (0.134 %)Siebel
101 (0.134 %)Trillium
101 (0.134 %)Cisco
101 (0.134 %)Aquila
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