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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Cambridgeshire 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 Government over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3259
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads2719
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.019 %
As % of the category below12.16 %4.715 %
Daily rates quoted99
Average minimum daily rate£314£319
Average daily rate£351£342
% change on same period last year+2.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£386
% change on same period last year+3.00 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£16.50£36.50
% change on same period last year-54.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£27.41
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads222403
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.310 %0.405 %
Daily rates quoted4691
Average minimum daily rate£305£368
Average daily rate£327£390
% change on same period last year-15.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£411
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£380
% change on same period last year+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted3242
Average minimum hourly rate£24.62£29.86
Average hourly rate£26.40£33.27
% change on same period last year-20.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.17£36.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.04£26.85
% change on same period last year+4.41 %
Government East of EnglandGovernment
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.

Government
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Government Demand Trend

Government
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Government Daily Rate Trend

Government
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire Government Daily Rate Histogram

Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
CambridgeUp+98£317-3.54 %
PeterboroughNew entry-6--
HuntingdonNew entry-3£425-
Government East of EnglandGovernment
East of England

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing 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 Government.

117 (47.22 %)Security Cleared
27 (19.44 %)SQL
27 (19.44 %)VB
27 (19.44 %)Windows
36 (16.67 %)ITIL
36 (16.67 %)Local Government
45 (13.89 %).NET
45 (13.89 %)Active Directory
54 (11.11 %)HP
54 (11.11 %)Windows XP
54 (11.11 %)JMS
54 (11.11 %)Project Management
54 (11.11 %)J2EE
54 (11.11 %)SQL Server
54 (11.11 %)VB.NET
54 (11.11 %)Java
54 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
54 (11.11 %)UML
54 (11.11 %)JBoss
54 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
54 (11.11 %)BC Cleared
63 (8.333 %)VMware
63 (8.333 %)Data Management
63 (8.333 %)ResourceLink
63 (8.333 %)Northgate
63 (8.333 %)Pensions
63 (8.333 %)MS Excel
63 (8.333 %)OO
63 (8.333 %)VBA
63 (8.333 %)C

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing 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 Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (13.89 %).NET
24 (11.11 %)J2EE
24 (11.11 %)JMS
32 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
41 (2.778 %)XML
41 (2.778 %)HTML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.11 %)JBoss
23 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
32 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (2.778 %)Oracle Application Server
41 (2.778 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (2.778 %)MQSeries
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (8.333 %)MS Office
13 (8.333 %)MS Excel
22 (5.556 %)MS PowerPoint
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (8.333 %)ResourceLink
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
12 (5.556 %)VPN
12 (5.556 %)LAN
12 (5.556 %)Internet
12 (5.556 %)Wireless
21 (2.778 %)WAN
21 (2.778 %)SAN
21 (2.778 %)Intranet
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.11 %)SQL Server
23 (8.333 %)Cognos Impromptu
32 (5.556 %)MS Access
41 (2.778 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (2.778 %)Oracle 10g
41 (2.778 %)Oracle 9i
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.778 %)Rational Robot
11 (2.778 %)Subversion
11 (2.778 %)Rational Functional Tester
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (16.67 %)Local Government
23 (8.333 %)Pensions
32 (5.556 %)Telecoms
32 (5.556 %)Finance
41 (2.778 %)Aerospace
41 (2.778 %)Health
41 (2.778 %)Military
41 (2.778 %)Electronics
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (22.22 %)Developer
26 (16.67 %)Analyst
34 (11.11 %)Desktop Support
34 (11.11 %)Project Manager
34 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
34 (11.11 %).NET Developer
34 (11.11 %)Java Developer
43 (8.333 %)Technical Consultant
43 (8.333 %)Functional Consultant
43 (8.333 %)Consultant
52 (5.556 %)DBA
52 (5.556 %)Programme Manager
52 (5.556 %)Desktop Support Analyst
52 (5.556 %)IT Support Analyst
52 (5.556 %)Desktop Analyst
52 (5.556 %)Oracle DBA
61 (2.778 %)Junior DBA
61 (2.778 %)Junior Oracle DBA
61 (2.778 %)Windows Server Engineer
61 (2.778 %)Novell Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.778 %)Client/Server
11 (2.778 %)NHS
11 (2.778 %)VHDL
11 (2.778 %)Cryptography
11 (2.778 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 (2.778 %)PKI
11 (2.778 %)Wiki
11 (2.778 %)Data Extraction
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (19.44 %)Windows
24 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
24 (11.11 %)Windows XP
32 (5.556 %)Solaris
32 (5.556 %)Linux
32 (5.556 %)UNIX
41 (2.778 %)AIX
41 (2.778 %)HPUX
41 (2.778 %)NetWare
41 (2.778 %)Windows NT
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (47.22 %)Security Cleared
26 (16.67 %)ITIL
34 (11.11 %)UML
34 (11.11 %)Project Management
34 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
34 (11.11 %)BC Cleared
43 (8.333 %)OO
43 (8.333 %)Data Management
52 (5.556 %)Change Management
52 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (5.556 %)PRINCE
61 (2.778 %)Six Sigma
61 (2.778 %)Configuration Management
61 (2.778 %)PRINCE2
61 (2.778 %)RUP
61 (2.778 %)CRM
61 (2.778 %)Migration
61 (2.778 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (2.778 %)Logistics
61 (2.778 %)DoDAF
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (19.44 %)SQL
17 (19.44 %)VB
24 (11.11 %)VB.NET
24 (11.11 %)Java
33 (8.333 %)C
33 (8.333 %)VBA
41 (2.778 %)Python
41 (2.778 %)Embedded C
41 (2.778 %)Shell Script
41 (2.778 %)VB6
41 (2.778 %)C#
41 (2.778 %)C++
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.556 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (2.778 %)ITIL Certification
21 (2.778 %)Degree
21 (2.778 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.778 %)SLA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (13.89 %)Active Directory
22 (5.556 %)VMware ESX
31 (2.778 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (2.778 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (8.333 %)OpenView
22 (5.556 %)OVSD
31 (2.778 %)CiscoWorks
31 (2.778 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (2.778 %)DameWare
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (11.11 %)HP
23 (8.333 %)VMware
23 (8.333 %)Northgate
23 (8.333 %)Microsoft
32 (5.556 %)Oracle
32 (5.556 %)Citrix
41 (2.778 %)Novell
41 (2.778 %)Symantec
41 (2.778 %)BT
41 (2.778 %)NEC
41 (2.778 %)Cisco