The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 18 June 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 East Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 79 60 83
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +23
Contract jobs citing Local Government 3 16 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.232% 1.187% 0.135%
As % of the General category 0.680% 3.219% 0.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 2
Average daily rate £350 £320 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -6.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.68 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £18.48 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+12.31% -14.06%
All of the General Category
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
441 497 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 34.11% 36.87% 40.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 308 341
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £518
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 29
Average hourly rate £26.25 £20.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -18.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £9.50 £14.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £35.50 £114.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Local Government
England

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Northamptonshire +2 2 £350 +0.14%
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Lincolnshire - - - -
Local Government
England

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 3 (23.08%) MS Office
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
4 2 (15.38%) Change Control
4 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
4 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 2000
4 2 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) MCP
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 1 (7.692%) Capita
5 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (7.692%) NHS
5 1 (7.692%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.692%) Project Management
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.692%) MS Project
5 1 (7.692%) MS Access
5 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
5 1 (7.692%) ASP
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.692%) XML
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL
5 1 (7.692%) C#
5 1 (7.692%) HTML

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Development
1 1 (7.692%) HTML
1 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) ASP
1 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.692%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.692%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) MS Access
1 1 (7.692%) GIS
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Designer
4 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (7.692%) Operations Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Systems Manager
5 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Developer
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL Manager
5 1 (7.692%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows 2000
1 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
1 2 (15.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Change Management
1 2 (15.38%) Time Management
1 2 (15.38%) Change Control
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL V3
2 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.692%) Configuration Management
2 1 (7.692%) Project Management
2 1 (7.692%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C#
1 1 (7.692%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) MCP
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Capita
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