East Midlands Auditing Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Auditing' in contract IT jobs within the East Midlands 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 Auditing over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Beckenham Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Buxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Isleworth Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle North East North West Nottinghamshire Osterley Portsmouth Reading Scotland South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worksop Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	82	84
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	5	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.880 %	1.230 %
Daily rates quoted	1	8
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£171
Average daily rate	£400	£215
% change on same period last year	+85.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£259
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£283
% change on same period last year	+14.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.90	£28.69
% change on same period last year	-23.66 %
General East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	568	813
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.895 %	0.871 %
Daily rates quoted	180	207
Average minimum daily rate	£383	£369
Average daily rate	£405	£391
% change on same period last year	+3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£412
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	79
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.11	£19.67
Average hourly rate	£21.41	£20.93
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.72	£22.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.36	£26.71
% change on same period last year	+2.45 %
Auditing 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Auditing within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Derbyshire	0	1	-	-
Nottinghamshire	+8	1	£400	-

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Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Auditing 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 Auditing.

1 3 (33.33 %) NHS 2 2 (22.22 %) UNIX 2 2 (22.22 %) Windows 2 2 (22.22 %) Linux 2 2 (22.22 %) Windows XP 2 2 (22.22 %) Red Hat 2 2 (22.22 %) Windows CE 2 2 (22.22 %) Degree 2 2 (22.22 %) Red Hat Linux 3 1 (11.11 %) COBIT 3 1 (11.11 %) System Testing 3 1 (11.11 %) Ethical Hacking 3 1 (11.11 %) Penetration Testing 3 1 (11.11 %) CISSP 3 1 (11.11 %) Sarbanes-Oxley

3 1 (11.11 %) CISA 3 1 (11.11 %) CISM 3 1 (11.11 %) Change Management 3 1 (11.11 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Auditing 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 Auditing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (11.11 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 2 (22.22 %) Infrastructure Engineer 2 1 (11.11 %) Penetration Tester 2 1 (11.11 %) Auditor 2 1 (11.11 %) Tester 2 1 (11.11 %) IT Consultant 2 1 (11.11 %) Consultant 2 1 (11.11 %) IT Auditor
Miscellaneous 1 3 (33.33 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 2 (22.22 %) UNIX 1 2 (22.22 %) Windows 1 2 (22.22 %) Linux 1 2 (22.22 %) Windows XP 1 2 (22.22 %) Windows CE 1 2 (22.22 %) Red Hat Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (11.11 %) Change Management 1 1 (11.11 %) Ethical Hacking 1 1 (11.11 %) Penetration Testing 1 1 (11.11 %) System Testing	Qualifications 1 2 (22.22 %) Degree 2 1 (11.11 %) CISSP 2 1 (11.11 %) CISA 2 1 (11.11 %) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (11.11 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (11.11 %) COBIT	Vendors 1 2 (22.22 %) Red Hat