Swansea Progress Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts within the Swansea region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bournemouth Bristol Cardiff City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Home Counties Kent London Maidstone Midlands Newbury Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Swansea Thame UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
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	£353	£358
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
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	£32.14	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-10.71 %
Vendors Swansea
Matching contract IT job ads	56	81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.074 %	0.086 %
Daily rates quoted	24	34
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£374
Average daily rate	£387	£412
% change on same period last year	-5.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£449
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
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% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
Progress West Wales

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 the Progress Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Progress across the Swansea 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 Progress across the Swansea region.

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea region citing Progress 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 Progress.

1 7 (100.00 %) Cisco 1 7 (100.00 %) Nortel 1 7 (100.00 %) Concord

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea region citing Progress 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 Progress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 7 (100.00 %) Network Engineer

Vendors 1 7 (100.00 %) Cisco 1 7 (100.00 %) Nortel 1 7 (100.00 %) Concord