South West Primavera Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Primavera 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 Primavera over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bracknell Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Crawley Cumbria East Midlands England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newport North West Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Scotland South East South Wales South West Surrey UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	140	161
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	4	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.210 %	0.446 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£350
Average daily rate	-	£375
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£433	£338
% change on same period last year	+27.98 %
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	£31.50	£32.65
% change on same period last year	-3.52 %
Vendors South West
Matching contract IT job ads	1904	2243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.574 %	2.212 %
Daily rates quoted	506	519
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£326
Average daily rate	£367	£346
% change on same period last year	+6.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	242	235
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.71	£22.35
Average hourly rate	£25.70	£24.04
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.68	£25.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.29	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
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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 Primavera Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Primavera 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 Primavera across the South West 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 Primavera 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 Primavera within the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Gloucestershire	-5	4	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Primavera 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 Primavera.

1 4 (50.00 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (37.50 %) BC Cleared 3 2 (25.00 %) Remedy 3 2 (25.00 %) Oracle 3 2 (25.00 %) MS Excel 3 2 (25.00 %) MS Access 4 1 (12.50 %) Change Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Management Information System 4 1 (12.50 %) Risk Management 4 1 (12.50 %) Telecoms 4 1 (12.50 %) Finance 4 1 (12.50 %) Government 4 1 (12.50 %) Advertising 4 1 (12.50 %) Migration 4 1 (12.50 %) Information Security

4 1 (12.50 %) Summit 4 1 (12.50 %) DAO 4 1 (12.50 %) Data Analysis 4 1 (12.50 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (12.50 %) Auditing 4 1 (12.50 %) Project Planning 4 1 (12.50 %) Performance Management 4 1 (12.50 %) ClearCase 4 1 (12.50 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (12.50 %) Active Directory 4 1 (12.50 %) Citrix 4 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (12.50 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (12.50 %) VERITAS 4 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Primavera 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 Primavera. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (12.50 %) ADO 1 1 (12.50 %) ODBC 1 1 (12.50 %) DAO	Applications 1 2 (25.00 %) MS Excel 2 1 (12.50 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (12.50 %) Spreadsheet 2 1 (12.50 %) MS Project 2 1 (12.50 %) MS Office
Business Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) Summit	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (25.00 %) MS Access 2 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) ClearCase 1 1 (12.50 %) Rational Rose	General 1 1 (12.50 %) Telecoms 1 1 (12.50 %) Finance 1 1 (12.50 %) Government 1 1 (12.50 %) Advertising 1 1 (12.50 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 2 (25.00 %) Administrator 2 1 (12.50 %) Project Administrator 2 1 (12.50 %) Analyst Developer 2 1 (12.50 %) Systems Developer 2 1 (12.50 %) Project Engineer 2 1 (12.50 %) IT Administrator 2 1 (12.50 %) Delivery Manager 2 1 (12.50 %) Software Manager 2 1 (12.50 %) Developer 2 1 (12.50 %) Project Planner 2 1 (12.50 %) Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Systems Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) Systems Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (50.00 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (37.50 %) BC Cleared 3 1 (12.50 %) DV Cleared 3 1 (12.50 %) ITIL 3 1 (12.50 %) UML 3 1 (12.50 %) OOP 3 1 (12.50 %) OO 3 1 (12.50 %) Change Management 3 1 (12.50 %) Risk Management 3 1 (12.50 %) Migration 3 1 (12.50 %) Information Security 3 1 (12.50 %) Data Analysis 3 1 (12.50 %) Project Planning 3 1 (12.50 %) Performance Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) C++ 1 1 (12.50 %) Java 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL 1 1 (12.50 %) VB 1 1 (12.50 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) MCP 1 1 (12.50 %) MCSE 1 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (12.50 %) ITIL Certification
System Software 1 1 (12.50 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 2 (25.00 %) Oracle 1 2 (25.00 %) Remedy 2 1 (12.50 %) SAP 2 1 (12.50 %) Citrix 2 1 (12.50 %) VERITAS