Thomson PORTIA Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Thomson PORTIA skills across the UK with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Thomson PORTIA over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location England London UK	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	577	611
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	2	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	0.038 %	0.581 %
Daily rates quoted	0	33
Average minimum daily rate	-	£433
Average daily rate	-	£450
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£468
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£35.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications UK
Matching contract IT job ads	5320	7225
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	7.191 %	7.125 %
Daily rates quoted	1364	1946
Average minimum daily rate	£435	£431
Average daily rate	£469	£461
% change on same period last year	+1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£504	£491
UK excluding London average daily rate	£443	£425
% change on same period last year	+4.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	151	200
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.33	£25.08
Average hourly rate	£32.86	£27.43
% change on same period last year	+19.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.39	£29.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£26.50
% change on same period last year	+5.75 %

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Thomson PORTIA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications 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 Thomson PORTIA within the UK.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Thomson PORTIA within the UK 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
London	+44	2	-	-
England	+28	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Thomson PORTIA 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 Thomson PORTIA.

1 5 (62.50 %) SimCorp 2 4 (50.00 %) Finance 3 3 (37.50 %) Back Office 3 3 (37.50 %) SimCorp Dimension 3 3 (37.50 %) HiPortfolio 3 3 (37.50 %) Asset Management 4 2 (25.00 %) thinkFolio 4 2 (25.00 %) InvestOne 4 2 (25.00 %) Investment Management 4 2 (25.00 %) Data Conversion 4 2 (25.00 %) SunGard 5 1 (12.50 %) StatPro 5 1 (12.50 %) HiInvest 5 1 (12.50 %) Workflow 5 1 (12.50 %) Migration

5 1 (12.50 %) Sophis 5 1 (12.50 %) Sophis RISQUE 5 1 (12.50 %) Banking 5 1 (12.50 %) SunGard Martini 5 1 (12.50 %) SunGard AvantGard 5 1 (12.50 %) Sophis VALUE 5 1 (12.50 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (12.50 %) GAP Analysis 5 1 (12.50 %) Front Office 5 1 (12.50 %) Decalog 5 1 (12.50 %) Charles River 5 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 5 1 (12.50 %) SQL 5 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server 5 1 (12.50 %) Sybase

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Thomson PORTIA 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 Thomson PORTIA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Project 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel 1 1 (12.50 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) HiPortfolio 1 3 (37.50 %) SimCorp Dimension 2 2 (25.00 %) InvestOne 3 1 (12.50 %) Advent Geneva 3 1 (12.50 %) HiInvest 3 1 (12.50 %) SunGard Martini 3 1 (12.50 %) SunGard AvantGard 3 1 (12.50 %) Sophis VALUE 3 1 (12.50 %) Decalog 3 1 (12.50 %) Sophis RISQUE 3 1 (12.50 %) Adaptiv 3 1 (12.50 %) FRONT ARENA
Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server
General 1 4 (50.00 %) Finance 2 3 (37.50 %) Back Office 3 1 (12.50 %) Banking 3 1 (12.50 %) Financial Institution 3 1 (12.50 %) Front Office	Job Titles 1 6 (75.00 %) Analyst 2 5 (62.50 %) Business Analyst 3 2 (25.00 %) Consultant 4 1 (12.50 %) Business Project Manager 4 1 (12.50 %) Business Manager 4 1 (12.50 %) Financial Analyst 4 1 (12.50 %) Banking Business Analyst 4 1 (12.50 %) Product Consultant 4 1 (12.50 %) Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 2 (25.00 %) Data Conversion 2 1 (12.50 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Asset Management 2 2 (25.00 %) Investment Management 3 1 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 3 1 (12.50 %) GAP Analysis 3 1 (12.50 %) Workflow 3 1 (12.50 %) Migration	Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL
Vendors 1 5 (62.50 %) SimCorp 2 2 (25.00 %) thinkFolio 2 2 (25.00 %) SunGard 3 1 (12.50 %) StatPro 3 1 (12.50 %) Charles River 3 1 (12.50 %) Sophis 3 1 (12.50 %) Advent 3 1 (12.50 %) Sybase