Tyne and Wear VME Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for ICL VME skills within the Tyne and Wear region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VME over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ICL VME
Location Bedfordshire Birmingham Blackpool Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Durham East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Scotland Shropshire South East Stevenage Telford Tyne and Wear UK Warrington West Midlands	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	46
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	1	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	1.408 %	2.837 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£540	£500
Average daily rate	£540	£500
% change on same period last year	+8.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£540	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£482	£500
% change on same period last year	-3.57 %
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	£37.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Operating Systems Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads	71	141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.099 %	0.142 %
Daily rates quoted	10	37
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£330
Average daily rate	£318	£345
% change on same period last year	-7.64 %
Average maximum daily rate	£337	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£332
% change on same period last year	-0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.45	£18.87
Average hourly rate	£22.23	£20.33
% change on same period last year	+9.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.01	£21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.90	£22.31
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
VME North East

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.

VME
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VME across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

VME
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VME across the Tyne and Wear region.

VME
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VME across the Tyne and Wear region.

VME
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VME within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 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
Newcastle	+4	1	£540	+8.00 %

VME North East

VME
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing VME 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 VME.

1 3 (100.00 %) UNIX 2 2 (66.67 %) PVCS 2 2 (66.67 %) Applix 2 2 (66.67 %) Configuration Management 2 2 (66.67 %) Release Management 3 1 (33.33 %) TPMS 3 1 (33.33 %) Staffware 3 1 (33.33 %) Government 3 1 (33.33 %) Banking 3 1 (33.33 %) Zachman Framework 3 1 (33.33 %) TOGAF 3 1 (33.33 %) Information Management 3 1 (33.33 %) ICL 3 1 (33.33 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 1 (33.33 %) Oracle

3 1 (33.33 %) UML 3 1 (33.33 %) SSADM 3 1 (33.33 %) DSDM 3 1 (33.33 %) ClearCase 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) MVS

VME
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing VME 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 VME. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) TPMS	Business Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) Staffware
Development Applications 1 2 (66.67 %) PVCS 2 1 (33.33 %) ClearCase	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government 1 1 (33.33 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Architect 1 1 (33.33 %) Technical Architect 1 1 (33.33 %) Technical Support 1 1 (33.33 %) Configuration Manager 1 1 (33.33 %) Release Manager	Operating Systems 1 3 (100.00 %) UNIX 2 1 (33.33 %) MVS
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Configuration Management 1 2 (66.67 %) Release Management 2 1 (33.33 %) UML 2 1 (33.33 %) SSADM 2 1 (33.33 %) DSDM 2 1 (33.33 %) Zachman Framework 2 1 (33.33 %) TOGAF 2 1 (33.33 %) Information Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Enterprise Architecture	Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Applix 2 1 (33.33 %) ICL 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft