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

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 47 61 72
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +11
Contract jobs citing Local Government 14 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.939% 0.984% 0.514%
As % of the General category 4.560% 2.326% 0.994%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £438 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+94.62% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £339 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.05% -5.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 5
Average hourly rate £43.70 £22.41 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+95.00% +44.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.25 £22.41 £11.57
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £25.40 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.63 £21.33 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+6.05% +37.62%
All of the General Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 307 344 503
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 42.52% 42.31% 51.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 227 356
Average daily rate £370 £373 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.80% +14.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £293 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 13
Average hourly rate £40.29 £26.15 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.05% -12.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.11 £10.11 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £31.00 £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Local Government
North West

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Local Government Daily Rate Trend

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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Local Government across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire Local Government Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Chester - 11 £451 -
Local Government
North West

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 21 (56.76%) PRINCE2
2 15 (40.54%) ITIL
3 12 (32.43%) Windows
4 11 (29.73%) Citrix
5 10 (27.03%) Migration
5 10 (27.03%) Windows 7
6 8 (21.62%) SQL
7 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
7 7 (18.92%) Windows XP
7 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
8 6 (16.22%) Project Management
8 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
8 6 (16.22%) VPN
8 6 (16.22%) VMware
8 6 (16.22%) TOGAF
9 5 (13.51%) SCCM
9 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
9 5 (13.51%) Oracle
9 5 (13.51%) XenApp
10 4 (10.81%) PL/SQL
10 4 (10.81%) MS Office
10 4 (10.81%) CRM
10 4 (10.81%) Symantec
10 4 (10.81%) PRINCE
10 4 (10.81%) Service Management
10 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (10.81%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (8.108%) Handset
11 3 (8.108%) Finance

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 Development
1 3 (8.108%) Application Packaging
2 2 (5.405%) HTML
2 2 (5.405%) .NET
2 2 (5.405%) ASP.NET
2 2 (5.405%) CSS
3 1 (2.703%) XML
3 1 (2.703%) XHTML
3 1 (2.703%) WinForms
3 1 (2.703%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.703%) WCF
3 1 (2.703%) LINQ
3 1 (2.703%) HTML5
3 1 (2.703%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (2.703%) LINQ to SQL
3 1 (2.703%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.108%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.703%) ArcGIS
3 1 (2.703%) ArcSDE
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) MS Office
2 3 (8.108%) MS Project
2 3 (8.108%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.703%) Fireworks
3 1 (2.703%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.703%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.703%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (8.108%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (5.405%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (5.405%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.703%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (2.703%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
1 6 (16.22%) VPN
2 3 (8.108%) SAN
2 3 (8.108%) Firewall
2 3 (8.108%) Wireless
2 3 (8.108%) WAN
3 2 (5.405%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.405%) GIS
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (8.108%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Legal
2 1 (2.703%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.22%) Architect
3 4 (10.81%) Consultant
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle Consultant
4 3 (8.108%) Security Architect
4 3 (8.108%) Information Security Architect
4 3 (8.108%) Test Manager
4 3 (8.108%) Coordinator
4 3 (8.108%) Desktop Support
4 3 (8.108%) Senior Manager
4 3 (8.108%) Information Architect
4 3 (8.108%) Functional Consultant
4 3 (8.108%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (8.108%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (5.405%) Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.405%) Project Officer
5 2 (5.405%) Portfolio Manager
5 2 (5.405%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.108%) Blackberry
1 3 (8.108%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.108%) Handset
1 3 (8.108%) iPad
2 2 (5.405%) IVR
3 1 (2.703%) LLPG
3 1 (2.703%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Windows
2 10 (27.03%) Windows 7
3 7 (18.92%) Windows XP
4 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (8.108%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) PRINCE2
2 15 (40.54%) ITIL
3 10 (27.03%) Migration
4 6 (16.22%) TOGAF
4 6 (16.22%) Project Management
5 4 (10.81%) Service Management
5 4 (10.81%) CRM
5 4 (10.81%) PRINCE
6 3 (8.108%) Information Security
6 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.108%) Security Management
6 3 (8.108%) Project Planning
7 2 (5.405%) Workforce Management Optimization
7 2 (5.405%) Matrix Management
7 2 (5.405%) Test Management
7 2 (5.405%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (2.703%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (2.703%) Critical Path Analysis
8 1 (2.703%) Web Design
8 1 (2.703%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) PL/SQL
3 2 (5.405%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.405%) C#
4 1 (2.703%) Java
4 1 (2.703%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.108%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (8.108%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (8.108%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.108%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.51%) XenApp
3 3 (8.108%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (8.108%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 3 (8.108%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) SCCM
2 2 (5.405%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) Citrix
2 6 (16.22%) VMware
3 5 (13.51%) Oracle
3 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.81%) Symantec
5 3 (8.108%) McAfee
5 3 (8.108%) AppSense
5 3 (8.108%) Cisco
6 2 (5.405%) Northgate
6 2 (5.405%) Avaya
7 1 (2.703%) ESRI
7 1 (2.703%) Adobe
7 1 (2.703%) Business Objects
7 1 (2.703%) Capita
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