Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in contract IT jobs within the Buckinghamshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6761
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads825
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.027 %
As % of the category below1.509 %3.937 %
Daily rates quoted64
Average minimum daily rate£191£353
Average daily rate£232£371
% change on same period last year-37.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£273£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£384
% change on same period last year-3.33 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£10.40
Average hourly rate£13.50£11.45
% change on same period last year+17.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£12.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.96£22.49
% change on same period last year+2.07 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads530635
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.860 %0.693 %
Daily rates quoted198156
Average minimum daily rate£316£329
Average daily rate£332£348
% change on same period last year-4.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£378
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted5477
Average minimum hourly rate£20.70£24.92
Average hourly rate£21.76£26.19
% change on same period last year-16.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.83£27.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.32£26.63
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Insurance South EastInsurance
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.

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Insurance Demand Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Insurance Daily Rate Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Buckinghamshire Insurance Daily Rate Histogram

Insurance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Insurance Hourly Rate Trend

Insurance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 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 KeynesDown-144£209-
AmershamNew entry-2£363-
Insurance South EastInsurance
South East

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Insurance 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 Insurance.

18 (61.54 %)Finance
23 (23.08 %)SC Cleared
23 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
23 (23.08 %)Windows
23 (23.08 %)Lotus Notes
23 (23.08 %)MS Excel
23 (23.08 %)Lotus
32 (15.38 %)Internet
32 (15.38 %)Remedy
32 (15.38 %)Project Management
32 (15.38 %)Data Modelling
32 (15.38 %)SLA
32 (15.38 %)HP
32 (15.38 %)Windows XP
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server
32 (15.38 %)MS Project
32 (15.38 %)MS Office
32 (15.38 %)DV Cleared
32 (15.38 %)Data Management
32 (15.38 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (15.38 %)Education
41 (7.692 %)Risk Management
41 (7.692 %)Telecoms
41 (7.692 %)Government
41 (7.692 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (7.692 %)Pensions
41 (7.692 %)Clipper
41 (7.692 %)Business Analysis
41 (7.692 %)ASP.NET

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Insurance 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 Insurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.692 %).NET
11 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (23.08 %)Lotus Notes
21 (7.692 %)BizTalk Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (23.08 %)MS Excel
22 (15.38 %)MS Project
22 (15.38 %)MS Office
22 (15.38 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (7.692 %)MS Visio
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)Internet
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)SQL Server
21 (7.692 %)DB2
21 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (61.54 %)Finance
22 (15.38 %)Education
31 (7.692 %)Government
31 (7.692 %)Pensions
31 (7.692 %)Telecoms
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (23.08 %)Analyst
22 (15.38 %)Trainer
22 (15.38 %)1st Line Support
22 (15.38 %)IT Trainer
22 (15.38 %)Data Manager
31 (7.692 %)Financial Business Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
31 (7.692 %)1st Line Support Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Technical Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Systems Architect
31 (7.692 %)Technical Manager
31 (7.692 %)Technical Consultant
31 (7.692 %)Procurement Manager
31 (7.692 %)Change Manager
31 (7.692 %)Business Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Architect
31 (7.692 %)Project Manager
31 (7.692 %)Systems Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Technical Architect
31 (7.692 %)Consultant
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)PMI
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (23.08 %)Windows
22 (15.38 %)Windows XP
31 (7.692 %)OS/2
31 (7.692 %)Windows NT
31 (7.692 %)UNIX
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)SC Cleared
13 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
22 (15.38 %)DV Cleared
22 (15.38 %)Data Modelling
22 (15.38 %)Project Management
22 (15.38 %)Data Management
31 (7.692 %)Business Analysis
31 (7.692 %)Risk Management
31 (7.692 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (7.692 %)PRINCE
31 (7.692 %)PRINCE2
31 (7.692 %)SSADM
31 (7.692 %)DSDM
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.692 %)C#
11 (7.692 %)SQL
11 (7.692 %)Clipper
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (15.38 %)SLA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (23.08 %)Lotus
22 (15.38 %)Remedy
22 (15.38 %)HP
31 (7.692 %)Microsoft