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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' 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 Government over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2425
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads8988
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.119 %0.088 %
As % of the category below12.23 %11.14 %
Daily rates quoted2718
Average minimum daily rate£361£243
Average daily rate£386£261
% change on same period last year+48.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£412£278
UK excluding London average daily rate£389£382
% change on same period last year+1.82 %
Hourly rates quoted611
Average minimum hourly rate£27.67£28.55
Average hourly rate£28.17£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.67£30.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.23£29.40
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads728790
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.970 %0.788 %
Daily rates quoted297189
Average minimum daily rate£401£373
Average daily rate£424£399
% change on same period last year+6.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted4179
Average minimum hourly rate£29.75£22.46
Average hourly rate£31.46£23.68
% change on same period last year+32.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.17£24.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Government EnglandGovernment
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.

Government
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

East Midlands Government Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
NottinghamshireUp+827£404+102.23 %
DerbyshireUp+712£340-2.85 %
LincolnshireUp+29£340-
LeicestershireDown-17£333+45.62 %
NorthamptonshireDown-287£350+32.82 %
Government EnglandGovernment
England

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

157 (36.77 %)Local Government
239 (25.16 %)Security Cleared
336 (23.23 %)PRINCE2
431 (20.00 %)Oracle
526 (16.77 %)SC Cleared
619 (12.26 %)Java
619 (12.26 %)Windows
716 (10.32 %)C#
716 (10.32 %)SQL
814 (9.032 %).NET
913 (8.387 %)XML
913 (8.387 %)SQL Server
913 (8.387 %)BPR
1011 (7.097 %)Microsoft
1011 (7.097 %)GIS
1110 (6.452 %)UNIX
1110 (6.452 %)Linux
1110 (6.452 %)Project Management
129 (5.806 %)XSLT
129 (5.806 %)MS Excel
138 (5.161 %)ITIL
138 (5.161 %)C++
138 (5.161 %)Uniface
138 (5.161 %)Change Management
138 (5.161 %)Migration
138 (5.161 %)Content Management
147 (4.516 %)Finance
147 (4.516 %)NHS
147 (4.516 %)Internet
147 (4.516 %)PL/SQL

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (9.032 %).NET
213 (8.387 %)XML
39 (5.806 %)XSLT
45 (3.226 %)WebServices
54 (2.581 %)HTML
63 (1.935 %)ASP
72 (1.290 %)ASP.NET
72 (1.290 %)J2EE
72 (1.290 %)Middleware
81 (0.645 %)MVC
81 (0.645 %)Cocoon
81 (0.645 %)Hibernate
81 (0.645 %)Spring
81 (0.645 %)AJAX
81 (0.645 %)Java EE
81 (0.645 %)Oracle Coherence
81 (0.645 %)Java EE 5
81 (0.645 %)ADO.NET
81 (0.645 %)SOAP
81 (0.645 %)Struts
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.935 %)ArcGIS
13 (1.935 %)ArcIMS
13 (1.935 %)CMS
13 (1.935 %)ArcSDE
22 (1.290 %)LiveLink
22 (1.290 %)Apache
22 (1.290 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.645 %)JBoss
31 (0.645 %)Tomcat
31 (0.645 %)SharePoint
31 (0.645 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.645 %)SharePoint Server 2007
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (5.806 %)MS Excel
24 (2.581 %)MS Office
31 (0.645 %)Spreadsheet
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.935 %)Oracle HRMS
22 (1.290 %)SAP PS
31 (0.645 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.645 %)arcHouse
31 (0.645 %)Oracle Financials
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (4.516 %)Internet
26 (3.871 %)TCP/IP
34 (2.581 %)Intranet
34 (2.581 %)WAN
43 (1.935 %)LAN
43 (1.935 %)VoIP
43 (1.935 %)Firewall
52 (1.290 %)SAN
52 (1.290 %)HTTP
61 (0.645 %)SMS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (8.387 %)SQL Server
211 (7.097 %)GIS
36 (3.871 %)Ingres
36 (3.871 %)EDRMS
45 (3.226 %)PowerCenter
54 (2.581 %)SQLPlus
54 (2.581 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (1.935 %)MS Access
63 (1.935 %)BusinessObjects
63 (1.935 %)Data Cleansing
72 (1.290 %)EDMS
72 (1.290 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.645 %)IDOL
81 (0.645 %)BODI
81 (0.645 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.645 %)BusinessObjects XI
81 (0.645 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.645 %)ETL
81 (0.645 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.645 %)Crystal Reports
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.935 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.290 %)Eclipse
31 (0.645 %)JDeveloper
31 (0.645 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.645 %)Ant
31 (0.645 %)JUnit
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
157 (36.77 %)Local Government
27 (4.516 %)Finance
36 (3.871 %)Health
45 (3.226 %)Telecoms
54 (2.581 %)Education
63 (1.935 %)Back Office
63 (1.935 %)Law
63 (1.935 %)Legal
72 (1.290 %)Manufacturing
72 (1.290 %)Criminal Justice
81 (0.645 %)Home Office
81 (0.645 %)Military
81 (0.645 %)Marketing
81 (0.645 %)Avionics
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (22.58 %)Analyst
234 (21.94 %)Project Manager
322 (14.19 %)Developer
412 (7.742 %)Business Analyst
412 (7.742 %)Consultant
58 (5.161 %)Systems Analyst
67 (4.516 %)Architect
76 (3.871 %)Programmer
76 (3.871 %)Data Analyst
85 (3.226 %)Uniface Developer
94 (2.581 %)Web Architect
94 (2.581 %)Administrator
94 (2.581 %)Java Software Engineer
94 (2.581 %)Delivery Manager
94 (2.581 %)Support Analyst
94 (2.581 %)Applications Support
94 (2.581 %)Information Architect
94 (2.581 %)Software Engineer
94 (2.581 %)Programme Manager
103 (1.935 %)Tester
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (4.516 %)NHS
24 (2.581 %)Management Information System
24 (2.581 %)Web 2.0
24 (2.581 %)Taxonomies
33 (1.935 %)Video Conferencing
42 (1.290 %)CLARiiON
51 (0.645 %)LLPG
51 (0.645 %)Statistics
51 (0.645 %)NPfIT
51 (0.645 %)Client/Server
51 (0.645 %)PMI
51 (0.645 %)Data Conversion
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (12.26 %)Windows
210 (6.452 %)UNIX
210 (6.452 %)Linux
36 (3.871 %)Windows 2000
45 (3.226 %)Solaris
52 (1.290 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (1.290 %)Windows XP
52 (1.290 %)Windows CE
61 (0.645 %)Windows Server 2003
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
139 (25.16 %)Security Cleared
236 (23.23 %)PRINCE2
326 (16.77 %)SC Cleared
413 (8.387 %)BPR
510 (6.452 %)Project Management
68 (5.161 %)Change Management
68 (5.161 %)ITIL
68 (5.161 %)Migration
68 (5.161 %)Content Management
77 (4.516 %)CRM
77 (4.516 %)Data Migration
86 (3.871 %)Information Management
95 (3.226 %)Stakeholder Management
104 (2.581 %)Configuration Management
104 (2.581 %)Workflow
104 (2.581 %)DV Cleared
104 (2.581 %)Test Management
113 (1.935 %)Risk Management
113 (1.935 %)Data Management
113 (1.935 %)Business Analysis
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (12.26 %)Java
216 (10.32 %)C#
216 (10.32 %)SQL
38 (5.161 %)Uniface
38 (5.161 %)C++
47 (4.516 %)PL/SQL
56 (3.871 %)Perl
65 (3.226 %)PHP
65 (3.226 %)Python
73 (1.935 %)JavaScript
81 (0.645 %)C
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (3.871 %)PRINCE2 Certification
16 (3.871 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 (1.290 %)ISEB
22 (1.290 %)Cisco Certification
22 (1.290 %)Degree
31 (0.645 %)Citrix Certification
31 (0.645 %)A+ Certification
31 (0.645 %)Sun Certification
31 (0.645 %)ECDL
31 (0.645 %)Network+ Certification
31 (0.645 %)SCJD
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.935 %)ISO27001
13 (1.935 %)COBIT
21 (0.645 %)ISO9001
21 (0.645 %)BS7666
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.935 %)Active Directory
22 (1.290 %)NetBackup
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.290 %)Legato
21 (0.645 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (20.00 %)Oracle
211 (7.097 %)Microsoft
36 (3.871 %)Cisco
45 (3.226 %)Informatica
54 (2.581 %)Lagan
63 (1.935 %)Open Text
63 (1.935 %)Siemens
63 (1.935 %)Business Objects
72 (1.290 %)SAP
72 (1.290 %)EMC
72 (1.290 %)ADIC
72 (1.290 %)Red Hat
72 (1.290 %)NetApp
72 (1.290 %)Tandberg
81 (0.645 %)Northgate
81 (0.645 %)Capita
81 (0.645 %)Empirix
81 (0.645 %)Citrix
81 (0.645 %)Sun