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The table below looks at the demand for Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CESG over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCommunications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank74-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.976 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£426-
Average daily rate£475-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£525-
UK excluding London average daily rate£520£383
% change on same period last year+35.99 %
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-£28.52
% change on same period last year-
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads168170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.265 %0.182 %
Daily rates quoted6933
Average minimum daily rate£313£334
Average daily rate£335£359
% change on same period last year-6.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted1842
Average minimum hourly rate£18.50£22.51
Average hourly rate£19.62£23.96
% change on same period last year-18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.73£25.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
CESG South EastCESG
South East

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.

CESG
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire CESG Demand Trend

CESG
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CESG across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire CESG Daily Rate Trend

CESG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire CESG Hourly Rate Trend

CESG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CESG within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Milton KeynesNew entry-4£351-
CESG South EastCESG
South East

CESG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing CESG 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 CESG.

18 (80.00 %)Government
27 (70.00 %)SC Cleared
27 (70.00 %)Security Cleared
36 (60.00 %)Windows
45 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (40.00 %)HP
54 (40.00 %)Windows XP
54 (40.00 %)Windows Vista
63 (30.00 %)Active Directory
63 (30.00 %)Auditing
63 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2008
63 (30.00 %)SQL
63 (30.00 %)SharePoint
63 (30.00 %)Blackberry
63 (30.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
72 (20.00 %)Project Management
72 (20.00 %)C
72 (20.00 %)Citrix
72 (20.00 %)SQL Server
72 (20.00 %)IIS
72 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
72 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
72 (20.00 %)WAN
72 (20.00 %)Ethernet
72 (20.00 %)Cisco
72 (20.00 %)Microsoft
72 (20.00 %)Firewall
72 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (20.00 %)SAN
72 (20.00 %)Thin Client

CESG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing CESG 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 CESG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)SharePoint
13 (30.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
22 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
22 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (20.00 %)IIS
31 (10.00 %)Apache
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)WAN
12 (20.00 %)Ethernet
12 (20.00 %)SAN
12 (20.00 %)Firewall
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (80.00 %)Government
23 (30.00 %)Auditing
31 (10.00 %)Military
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Consultant
24 (40.00 %)Technical Consultant
32 (20.00 %)Blackberry Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
41 (10.00 %)Technical Manager
41 (10.00 %)Enterprise Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Technical Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Network Consultant
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)Blackberry
22 (20.00 %)Thin Client
22 (20.00 %)Fat Client
31 (10.00 %)Clustering
31 (10.00 %)CESG CLAS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (40.00 %)Windows Vista
34 (40.00 %)Windows XP
43 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2008
52 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (70.00 %)SC Cleared
17 (70.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (20.00 %)Project Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)C
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)CISSP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (30.00 %)Active Directory
22 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)HP
22 (20.00 %)Citrix
22 (20.00 %)VMware
22 (20.00 %)Cisco
22 (20.00 %)Microsoft