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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Devon 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank525
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads2512
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.012 %
As % of the category below50.00 %18.75 %
Daily rates quoted152
Average minimum daily rate£306£275
Average daily rate£335£325
% change on same period last year+3.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£369
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£50.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£50.00£17.50
% change on same period last year+185.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£31.14
% change on same period last year-9.96 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads5064
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.065 %
Daily rates quoted2617
Average minimum daily rate£287£392
Average daily rate£320£419
% change on same period last year-23.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£446
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted55
Average minimum hourly rate£25.78£16.60
Average hourly rate£26.86£18.20
% change on same period last year+47.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.94£19.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Government South WestGovernment
South West

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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government within the Devon region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
PlymouthUp+311£375-
ExeterUp+33£329+1.23 %
Government South WestGovernment
South West

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 (32.69 %)Project Management
117 (32.69 %)Finance
212 (23.08 %)PRINCE2
310 (19.23 %)Health
49 (17.31 %)Local Government
58 (15.38 %)Cisco
58 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
67 (13.46 %)Oracle
67 (13.46 %)Windows
67 (13.46 %)Firewall
76 (11.54 %)Change Management
76 (11.54 %)Java
76 (11.54 %)WebServices
76 (11.54 %)CheckPoint
76 (11.54 %)TestDirector
76 (11.54 %)SC Cleared
85 (9.615 %)CRM
85 (9.615 %)VPN
85 (9.615 %)VLAN
94 (7.692 %)SecurID
94 (7.692 %)SAP CRM
94 (7.692 %)SSH
94 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
94 (7.692 %)Oracle Financials
94 (7.692 %)SAP
94 (7.692 %)C
94 (7.692 %)Cisco Certification
94 (7.692 %)SAP HR
94 (7.692 %)ISA Server
94 (7.692 %)Cisco PIX

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (11.54 %)WebServices
23 (5.769 %)JNI
31 (1.923 %)AJAX
31 (1.923 %)HTML
31 (1.923 %)J2EE
31 (1.923 %)CSS
31 (1.923 %)XML
31 (1.923 %)XSLT
31 (1.923 %)XHTML
31 (1.923 %)XForms
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.923 %)Apache
11 (1.923 %)Tomcat
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (5.769 %)MS Office
13 (5.769 %)MS Excel
13 (5.769 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (3.846 %)Spreadsheet
31 (1.923 %)MS Project
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (7.692 %)Oracle Financials
14 (7.692 %)SAP HR
14 (7.692 %)SAP CRM
22 (3.846 %)Oracle HRMS
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (13.46 %)Firewall
25 (9.615 %)VLAN
25 (9.615 %)VPN
34 (7.692 %)Cisco PIX
34 (7.692 %)SSH
43 (5.769 %)DNS
43 (5.769 %)FTP
43 (5.769 %)Extranet
52 (3.846 %)SAN
52 (3.846 %)LAN
52 (3.846 %)WAN
52 (3.846 %)Intrusion Detection
61 (1.923 %)HTTPS
61 (1.923 %)MPLS
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.923 %)Oracle 9i
11 (1.923 %)TOAD
11 (1.923 %)Oracle 10g
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (11.54 %)TestDirector
21 (1.923 %)LoadRunner
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (32.69 %)Finance
210 (19.23 %)Health
39 (17.31 %)Local Government
42 (3.846 %)Telecoms
51 (1.923 %)Legal
51 (1.923 %)Police
51 (1.923 %)Construction
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (23.08 %)Project Manager
26 (11.54 %)Test Manager
26 (11.54 %)Consultant
26 (11.54 %)Project Support Officer
26 (11.54 %)Project Officer
34 (7.692 %)Security Consultant
34 (7.692 %)Solutions Architect
34 (7.692 %)Architect
43 (5.769 %)Network Engineer
43 (5.769 %)Programmer
43 (5.769 %)Analyst
52 (3.846 %)C Programmer
52 (3.846 %)Change Manager
52 (3.846 %)Network Consultant
52 (3.846 %)Programme Manager
52 (3.846 %)Developer
61 (1.923 %)Test Analyst
61 (1.923 %)Coordinator
61 (1.923 %)Business Analyst
61 (1.923 %)Business Systems Analyst
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (7.692 %)SecurID
23 (5.769 %)NHS
32 (3.846 %)Mainframe
32 (3.846 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (1.923 %)CESG
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (13.46 %)Windows
24 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
32 (3.846 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.923 %)UNIX
41 (1.923 %)Windows XP
41 (1.923 %)Solaris
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (32.69 %)Project Management
212 (23.08 %)PRINCE2
38 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
46 (11.54 %)SC Cleared
46 (11.54 %)Change Management
55 (9.615 %)CRM
63 (5.769 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (3.846 %)Programme Management
72 (3.846 %)Network Design
72 (3.846 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (3.846 %)Project Planning
72 (3.846 %)Network Load Balancing
72 (3.846 %)Resource Management
72 (3.846 %)Stress Testing
72 (3.846 %)Test Management
81 (1.923 %)Test Scripting
81 (1.923 %)System Testing
81 (1.923 %)Performance Management
81 (1.923 %)Web Testing
81 (1.923 %)ITIL
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (11.54 %)Java
24 (7.692 %)C
32 (3.846 %)SQL
41 (1.923 %)Embedded C
41 (1.923 %)Embedded C++
41 (1.923 %)XQuery
41 (1.923 %)Shell Script
41 (1.923 %)C++
41 (1.923 %)JavaScript
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (7.692 %)Cisco Certification
22 (3.846 %)CCIE
31 (1.923 %)CCNA
31 (1.923 %)ISEB
31 (1.923 %)PMP
31 (1.923 %)ISEB Practitioner
31 (1.923 %)Degree
31 (1.923 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.923 %)ISO12207
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (7.692 %)ISA Server
21 (1.923 %)Oracle RMAN
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (3.846 %)CiscoWorks
21 (1.923 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (1.923 %)OpenView
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (15.38 %)Cisco
27 (13.46 %)Oracle
36 (11.54 %)CheckPoint
44 (7.692 %)SAP
52 (3.846 %)Nokia
52 (3.846 %)IBM
61 (1.923 %)Microsoft
61 (1.923 %)Sun
61 (1.923 %)HP
61 (1.923 %)Juniper
61 (1.923 %)Sage
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