West Yorkshire Progress Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress products and/or services in IT contracts within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Progress over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bristol Cardiff City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Home Counties Lanarkshire Leeds London Midlands Motherwell Newbury North Lanarkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West Suffolk Thame UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	91	93
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.147 %	0.148 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£358
% change on same period last year	-5.06 %
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	£35.33	£25.50
% change on same period last year	+38.56 %
Vendors West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	679	677
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.904 %	0.686 %
Daily rates quoted	166	104
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£323
Average daily rate	£330	£340
% change on same period last year	-3.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£358
% change on same period last year	-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	72
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.83	£21.72
Average hourly rate	£18.98	£23.75
% change on same period last year	-20.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.12	£25.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.26	£24.93
% change on same period last year	-6.69 %
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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 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 West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Progress across the West Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 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
Leeds	-	1	-	-

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00 %) Automated Testing 1 1 (50.00 %) Requirements Analysis 1 1 (50.00 %) Government 1 1 (50.00 %) .NET 1 1 (50.00 %) SQL Server 1 1 (50.00 %) OpenEdge 1 1 (50.00 %) Progress 4GL 1 1 (50.00 %) WebSpeed

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Application Development 1 1 (50.00 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (50.00 %) OpenEdge
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (50.00 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 1 (50.00 %) WebSpeed
General 1 1 (50.00 %) Government	Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Developer 1 2 (100.00 %) Progress Developer
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) Automated Testing 1 1 (50.00 %) Requirements Analysis	Programming Languages 1 1 (50.00 %) Progress 4GL