Local Government Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 21 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 10 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.263% 2.206% -
As % of the General category 12.66% 4.478% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £289 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.55% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
+0.14% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £28.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.77 £19.89 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+9.46% +28.30%
Search 1 Local Government jobs in Bedfordshire
All of the General Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 79 134 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 41.58% 49.26% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 64 46
Average daily rate £400 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 2
Average hourly rate £32.75 £35.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.74% +18.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Local Government
East of England

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Local Government across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bedfordshire Local Government Jobs Demand Trend

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Local Government across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Local Government Daily Rate Trend

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Local Government across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Local Government Daily Rate Histogram

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Local Government across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford - 4 £325 -
Local Government
East of England

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Local Government 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 Local Government.

1 8 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
3 5 (31.25%) Citrix
4 4 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 3 (18.75%) VMware
5 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 2 (12.50%) Windows
6 2 (12.50%) ITIL V3
6 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
7 1 (6.250%) Fat Client
7 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (6.250%) Test Management
7 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (6.250%) NorthgateArinso
7 1 (6.250%) XenApp
7 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (6.250%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
7 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
7 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
7 1 (6.250%) ResourceLink
7 1 (6.250%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (6.250%) Portfolio Management

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Local Government 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 Local Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) ResourceLink
1 1 (6.250%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) IP Telephony
1 1 (6.250%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Testing Manager
4 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Programme Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (6.250%) Support Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.250%) Fat Client
2 1 (6.250%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
3 4 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL V3
5 2 (12.50%) Resource Management
6 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.250%) Test Management
6 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
6 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
6 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.250%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (6.250%) Information Governance
6 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
6 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.250%) CRM
6 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.250%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (6.250%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.250%) ISO 9001
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
1 1 (6.250%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.250%) XenApp
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Citrix
2 3 (18.75%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) NorthgateArinso
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco
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