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Chinwag's monthly snapshot of market conditions, career satisfaction, salary views, and more, all based on your input...tell us, how confident are you feeling?.

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What is Digital Pulse?

Digital Pulse for July 2008

124.4

The digital sector looks to continue a rebound in confidence with the Digital Pulse rising by 1.14% from June to 124.4. The second month in a row that the index has risen. Across the indices there's a small but sustained increase in confidence both in current market conditions and those in six months' time. In the face of this increased confidence in business, satisfaction with salaries has decreased however by 4.51% from June, perhaps prompted by rising costs.

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Digital Pulse for June 2008

123.0

June’s results showed an overall increase in market confidence from May, coming in at 123.0 (up 1.4%). While specific confidence in current market conditions continued to slide - as did faith in the economic environment in six months time - the overall index reflecting sentiment about conditions in the future increased, up to 126.1 (up 4.4% on

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Digital Pulse for May 2008

121.3

May's results show another fall in overall confidence - a drop in the Digital Pulse of 3.87%. However confidence in future conditions, 6 months from now, has fallen less, by only 2.5%.

From the figures, it could be tempting to conclude that feelings within the digital sector are on the slide but the index of future conditions may point to some light at the end of the tunnel. Although it's dropped, the figure is quite low and may indicate a general slowing of business rather than a race towards the edge of a cliff. Let's hope so!

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Digital Pulse for April 2008

125.5

The method for calculating the Digital Pulse has been adjusted to give a more accurate reflection of the industry's confidence, based on feedback from March's results. Using this new algorithm for both March and April's results, confidence dropped 2.5%, with most of the other indices showing small drops in confidence.

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Digital Pulse for March 2008

122.1

The results of the overall index indicate a positive outlook towards the current market position, with good confidence about the current market state and the wide availability of jobs within the market. Looking over the next six months however, this confidence slips 12.1 points (8.3%).

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