Derbyshire Technical Lead Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Lead role in IT contracts within the Derbyshire 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 Technical Lead in their job title over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Leader
Location Amersham Basingstoke Berkshire Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Chippenham City of London Corsham Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Newbury Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Plymouth Reading South East South West Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	18	35
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	11	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	5.528 %	2.108 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£400
Average daily rate	£392	£400
% change on same period last year	-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£417	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£429
% change on same period last year	-9.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£39.33	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£44.25	£40.00
% change on same period last year	+10.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£49.17	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.19	£46.93
% change on same period last year	-7.98 %
Job Titles Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads	199	332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.325 %	0.364 %
Daily rates quoted	30	74
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£305
Average daily rate	£352	£322
% change on same period last year	+9.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	47	43
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.14	£22.32
Average hourly rate	£17.89	£23.92
% change on same period last year	-25.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.64	£25.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£23.82
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Technical Lead East Midlands

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.

Technical Lead
Demand Trend

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

Technical Lead
Daily Rate Trend

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

Technical Lead
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Lead across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Technical Lead
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Lead across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Technical Lead
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Lead within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 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.

Location	Rank 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
Derby	+11	8	£392	-2.08 %

Technical Lead East Midlands

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire region that cited Technical Lead 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 Technical Lead in their job title.

1 17 (70.83 %) UNIX 1 17 (70.83 %) Manufacturing 2 15 (62.50 %) Security Cleared 3 13 (54.17 %) Windows 3 13 (54.17 %) Java 4 11 (45.83 %) C 5 10 (41.67 %) CAD 5 10 (41.67 %) Data Management 5 10 (41.67 %) SC Cleared 6 9 (37.50 %) PDM 6 9 (37.50 %) C++ 6 9 (37.50 %) Oracle 7 8 (33.33 %) Perl 7 8 (33.33 %) SQL 7 8 (33.33 %) Client/Server

7 8 (33.33 %) Requirements Analysis 8 5 (20.83 %) Microsoft 8 5 (20.83 %) BC Cleared 9 3 (12.50 %) PLM 9 3 (12.50 %) Telecoms 9 3 (12.50 %) Solaris 9 3 (12.50 %) MS Excel 10 2 (8.333 %) Government 10 2 (8.333 %) Configuration Management 10 2 (8.333 %) MSI 10 2 (8.333 %) RDBMS 10 2 (8.333 %) Active Directory 10 2 (8.333 %) Tivoli 10 2 (8.333 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 10 2 (8.333 %) Marketing

Technical Lead
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire region that cited Technical Lead 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 Technical Lead in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (4.167 %) J2EE 1 1 (4.167 %) Software Packaging	Application Platforms 1 1 (4.167 %) WebLogic 1 1 (4.167 %) IIS
Applications 1 3 (12.50 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.167 %) LAN 1 1 (4.167 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (8.333 %) RDBMS 2 1 (4.167 %) Oracle 10g	Development Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) MSI
General 1 17 (70.83 %) Manufacturing 2 3 (12.50 %) Telecoms 3 2 (8.333 %) Government 3 2 (8.333 %) Marketing	Miscellaneous 1 8 (33.33 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 17 (70.83 %) UNIX 2 13 (54.17 %) Windows 3 3 (12.50 %) Solaris 4 1 (4.167 %) Windows XP 4 1 (4.167 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (62.50 %) Security Cleared 2 10 (41.67 %) CAD 2 10 (41.67 %) Data Management 2 10 (41.67 %) SC Cleared 3 9 (37.50 %) PDM 4 8 (33.33 %) Requirements Analysis 5 5 (20.83 %) BC Cleared 6 3 (12.50 %) PLM 7 2 (8.333 %) Configuration Management
Programming Languages 1 13 (54.17 %) Java 2 11 (45.83 %) C 3 9 (37.50 %) C++ 4 8 (33.33 %) Perl 4 8 (33.33 %) SQL	System Software 1 2 (8.333 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (8.333 %) Tivoli 1 2 (8.333 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 9 (37.50 %) Oracle 2 5 (20.83 %) Microsoft 3 1 (4.167 %) Cisco