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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6162
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.143 %1.173 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£301
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£20.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£21.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£21.28
% change on same period last year+9.55 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads700938
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.924 %0.934 %
Daily rates quoted140192
Average minimum daily rate£301£316
Average daily rate£324£332
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted120146
Average minimum hourly rate£17.19£26.05
Average hourly rate£18.73£27.53
% change on same period last year-31.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.27£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Applications Support East of EnglandApplications Support
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.

Applications Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Applications Support Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
PeterboroughNo change01£300-
Applications Support East of EnglandApplications Support
East of England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title.

18 (80.00 %)SQL
18 (80.00 %)Oracle
27 (70.00 %)PL/SQL
36 (60.00 %)SharePoint
36 (60.00 %)Microsoft
45 (50.00 %)SQL Server
54 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
54 (40.00 %)Project Management
63 (30.00 %)Finance
63 (30.00 %)Content Management Server
63 (30.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
63 (30.00 %)Oracle Financials
63 (30.00 %).NET
63 (30.00 %)C#
63 (30.00 %)Content Management
72 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
72 (20.00 %)CMS
72 (20.00 %)Oracle EBS
81 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management
81 (10.00 %)Thin Client
81 (10.00 %)MS Excel
81 (10.00 %)TOAD
81 (10.00 %)HTML
81 (10.00 %)Perl
81 (10.00 %)PHP
81 (10.00 %)C
81 (10.00 %)IIS
81 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
81 (10.00 %)JSP
81 (10.00 %)PRINCE2

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)HTML
21 (10.00 %)JSP
21 (10.00 %)Windows SharePoint Services
21 (10.00 %)WebSphere
21 (10.00 %).NET Framework
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (60.00 %)SharePoint
23 (30.00 %)Content Management Server
32 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
32 (20.00 %)CMS
41 (10.00 %)IIS
41 (10.00 %)Apache
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (30.00 %)Oracle Financials
22 (20.00 %)Oracle EBS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (50.00 %)SQL Server
23 (30.00 %)Oracle Discoverer
31 (10.00 %)TOAD
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (10.00 %)Oracle Forms
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Thin Client
11 (10.00 %)Fat Client
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Solaris
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Project Management
23 (30.00 %)Content Management
31 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (10.00 %)Time Management
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (80.00 %)SQL
27 (70.00 %)PL/SQL
34 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
43 (30.00 %)C#
51 (10.00 %)Perl
51 (10.00 %)PHP
51 (10.00 %)C
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (80.00 %)Oracle
26 (60.00 %)Microsoft