Meridio Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Meridio products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Meridio over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bristol Cardiff England Leeds Livingston North East Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West UK Wales West Lothian West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	546	614
Rank change on same period last year	+68
Matching contract IT job ads	18	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.026 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	0.059 %	0.054 %
Daily rates quoted	10	4
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£345
Average daily rate	£386	£345
% change on same period last year	+11.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£411	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£345
% change on same period last year	+11.88 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors UK
Matching contract IT job ads	30340	42593
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	43.24 %	44.05 %
Daily rates quoted	8903	12087
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£387
Average daily rate	£395	£411
% change on same period last year	-3.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£419	£435
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£353
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	2781	3943
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.19	£23.09
Average hourly rate	£24.66	£24.53
% change on same period last year	+0.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.12	£25.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.37	£24.17
% change on same period last year	+0.83 %

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 Meridio, Inc.

Meridio
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Meridio within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Meridio
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Meridio within the UK.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Meridio within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Meridio within the UK.

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Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Meridio within the UK over the 3 months to 15 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
England	+85	15	£402	+16.56 %
Leeds	-	8	£425	-
West Yorkshire	-	8	£425	-
Yorkshire	-	8	£425	-
Berkshire	+41	3	-	-
South East	+28	3	-	-
South Wales	-	2	£375	-
South West	-	2	£370	-
Wales	-	2	£375	-
North East	-	2	£400	-
Bristol	-	2	£370	-
Cardiff	-	2	£375	-
Livingston	-	1	£295	-
Reading	-	1	-	-
West Lothian	-	1	£295	-
Scotland	-	1	£295	-

Meridio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Meridio 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 Meridio.

1 14 (53.85 %) SharePoint 2 13 (50.00 %) EDRMS 3 11 (42.31 %) NHS 4 9 (34.62 %) SQL Server 5 8 (30.77 %) Document Management 6 7 (26.92 %) Migration 6 7 (26.92 %) Data Migration 7 6 (23.08 %) Government 7 6 (23.08 %) MS Office 8 4 (15.38 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 4 (15.38 %) Health 8 4 (15.38 %) Quality Management 8 4 (15.38 %) XML 8 4 (15.38 %) PRINCE2 9 3 (11.54 %) Windows

9 3 (11.54 %) Windows XP 9 3 (11.54 %) LAN 9 3 (11.54 %) WAN 9 3 (11.54 %) XML Schema 9 3 (11.54 %) Netcool 9 3 (11.54 %) OpenView Configuration Management 9 3 (11.54 %) Windows Server 2003 9 3 (11.54 %) EMC 9 3 (11.54 %) SAN 9 3 (11.54 %) LoadRunner 9 3 (11.54 %) Management Information System 9 3 (11.54 %) IDOL 9 3 (11.54 %) Project Management 9 3 (11.54 %) SQL Server 2005 9 3 (11.54 %) PKI

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Meridio 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 Meridio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (15.38 %) XML 2 3 (11.54 %) XML Schema 3 2 (7.692 %) .NET 3 2 (7.692 %) SOAP 3 2 (7.692 %) ArcObjects 4 1 (3.846 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 14 (53.85 %) SharePoint 2 4 (15.38 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 2 (7.692 %) ArcGIS 3 2 (7.692 %) ArcSDE
Applications 1 6 (23.08 %) MS Office 2 1 (3.846 %) MS Excel 2 1 (3.846 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 3 (11.54 %) LAN 1 3 (11.54 %) WAN 1 3 (11.54 %) SAN 2 2 (7.692 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (50.00 %) EDRMS 2 9 (34.62 %) SQL Server 3 3 (11.54 %) IDOL 3 3 (11.54 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (7.692 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (3.846 %) EDMS	Development Applications 1 3 (11.54 %) LoadRunner 2 2 (7.692 %) Visual Studio
General 1 6 (23.08 %) Government 2 4 (15.38 %) Health	Job Titles 1 9 (34.62 %) Analyst 2 6 (23.08 %) Data Analyst 3 5 (19.23 %) Data Migration Analyst 3 5 (19.23 %) Project Manager 4 3 (11.54 %) Support Analyst 4 3 (11.54 %) Performance Engineer 5 2 (7.692 %) Solutions Analyst 5 2 (7.692 %) Author 6 1 (3.846 %) Developer 6 1 (3.846 %) Business Analyst 6 1 (3.846 %) Administrator 6 1 (3.846 %) Documentation Manager 6 1 (3.846 %) Systems Administrator 6 1 (3.846 %) Business Data Analyst 6 1 (3.846 %) SharePoint Developer 6 1 (3.846 %) Records Manager 6 1 (3.846 %) Data Migration Specialist 6 1 (3.846 %) Implementation Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 11 (42.31 %) NHS 2 3 (11.54 %) Management Information System 2 3 (11.54 %) PKI 3 2 (7.692 %) E-Learning 4 1 (3.846 %) Freedom of Information 4 1 (3.846 %) NPfIT 4 1 (3.846 %) Data Protection Act 4 1 (3.846 %) Freedom of Information Act	Operating Systems 1 3 (11.54 %) Windows 1 3 (11.54 %) Windows XP 1 3 (11.54 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (30.77 %) Document Management 2 7 (26.92 %) Migration 2 7 (26.92 %) Data Migration 3 4 (15.38 %) PRINCE2 3 4 (15.38 %) Quality Management 4 3 (11.54 %) Project Management 4 3 (11.54 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (7.692 %) ITIL 5 2 (7.692 %) SC Cleared 5 2 (7.692 %) Programme Management 5 2 (7.692 %) Information Management 6 1 (3.846 %) Data Protection 6 1 (3.846 %) Workflow 6 1 (3.846 %) Data Analysis 6 1 (3.846 %) Business Analysis 6 1 (3.846 %) Supplier Management	Programming Languages 1 2 (7.692 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 1 (3.846 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 1 (3.846 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Systems Management 1 3 (11.54 %) Netcool 1 3 (11.54 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 3 (11.54 %) EMC 2 2 (7.692 %) ESRI 2 2 (7.692 %) Microsoft