Surrey Micro Focus Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Micro Focus products and/or services in IT contracts within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Micro Focus over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Midlands Milton Keynes Scotland South East South West Surrey UK Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
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Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average daily rate	£280	£300
% change on same period last year	-6.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	816	1142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.077 %	1.137 %
Daily rates quoted	168	296
Average minimum daily rate	£311	£342
Average daily rate	£326	£357
% change on same period last year	-8.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	115	212
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.60	£18.94
Average hourly rate	£21.90	£19.97
% change on same period last year	+9.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.20	£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
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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 Micro Focus.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Micro Focus across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Micro Focus across the Surrey region.

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus.

1 4 (100.00 %) COBOL 2 2 (50.00 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (50.00 %) BC Cleared 2 2 (50.00 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (25.00 %) Windows

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 4 (100.00 %) Programmer 2 3 (75.00 %) COBOL Programmer	Operating Systems 1 1 (25.00 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (50.00 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (50.00 %) BC Cleared 1 2 (50.00 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 4 (100.00 %) COBOL