Local Government Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 198 213 224
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +11
Contract jobs citing Local Government 3 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.047% 0.090% 0.124%
As % of the General category 0.084% 0.148% 0.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 11
Average daily rate £350 £400 £418
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -4.19%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £339 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.05% -5.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 3589 4732 6579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 56.80% 60.60% 68.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2743 3546 4963
Average daily rate £475 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £313 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £638 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 72 88
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £22.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.80 £15.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.48 £42.10 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Local Government
London

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) WAI
3 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) Adobe
3 2 (25.00%) Content Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Acrobat
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) CESG
4 1 (12.50%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Publishing
4 1 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) SEO
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Postgraduate
4 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) IIS

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (12.50%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (25.00%) Acrobat
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Agresso
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Web Editor
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) CESG
2 1 (12.50%) CESG CLAS
2 1 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (12.50%) Copywriting
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Content Management
2 2 (25.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) eTOM
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) ISMS
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
3 1 (12.50%) SEO
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CITP
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) ISACA
2 1 (12.50%) Postgraduate
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) WAI
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (12.50%) TickIT
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) XenServer
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe
1 2 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) JD Edwards
2 1 (12.50%) Sage
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Northgate
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
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