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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services in IT contracts within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Google over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGoogle
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank17-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.190 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£275
% change on same period last year+20.20 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.29£30.93
% change on same period last year+33.46 %
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads84171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.171 %
Daily rates quoted2135
Average minimum daily rate£317£287
Average daily rate£329£293
% change on same period last year+12.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£299
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£359
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted615
Average minimum hourly rate£17.67£20.90
Average hourly rate£18.08£21.12
% change on same period last year-14.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.50£21.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.10£24.81
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Google East of EnglandGoogle
East of England

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 Google.

Google
Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Google Demand Trend

Google
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

LocationRank 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
BedfordNew entry-1--
Google East of EnglandGoogle
East of England

Google
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Google 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 Google.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)Apache
11 (100.00 %)ClearCase
11 (100.00 %)WSDL
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Mapinfo
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Electronics
11 (100.00 %)Construction
11 (100.00 %)Education
11 (100.00 %)Electric
11 (100.00 %)Degree
11 (100.00 %)Mathematics
11 (100.00 %)Physics
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science

Google
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Google 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 Google. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)WSDL
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)Apache
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)ClearCase
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Electronics
11 (100.00 %)Construction
11 (100.00 %)Education
11 (100.00 %)Electric
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Web Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Web Developer
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mathematics
11 (100.00 %)Physics
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Degree
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Mapinfo