East of England Back Office Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the East of England 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 Back Office over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Blackburn Borehamwood Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire City of London Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Reading Reigate Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witney York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	98	123
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	41	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.055 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	2.229 %	1.443 %
Daily rates quoted	17	5
Average minimum daily rate	£401	£330
Average daily rate	£423	£350
% change on same period last year	+20.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£388	£428
% change on same period last year	-9.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£20.50	£20.00
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.00	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.44	£23.45
% change on same period last year	-4.32 %
General East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1839	2079
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.451 %	2.074 %
Daily rates quoted	625	793
Average minimum daily rate	£360	£342
Average daily rate	£388	£364
% change on same period last year	+6.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£386
UK excluding London average daily rate	£382	£381
% change on same period last year	+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	174	186
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.23	£25.20
Average hourly rate	£29.01	£26.97
% change on same period last year	+7.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.79	£28.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£27.25
% change on same period last year	+2.86 %
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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 Back Office across the East of England 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 Back Office across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Back Office across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Back Office across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the East of England 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.

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
Hertfordshire	+30	22	£406	+15.87 %
Cambridgeshire	+20	10	£443	-
Norfolk	-3	5	£450	-
Essex	-4	2	£425	+21.42 %
Bedfordshire	-	1	-	-
Suffolk	+9	1	£450	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Back Office 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 Back Office.

1 59 (56.73 %) Finance 2 55 (52.88 %) Java 3 47 (45.19 %) Banking 4 46 (44.23 %) Spring 4 46 (44.23 %) Hibernate 5 45 (43.27 %) JUnit 6 44 (42.31 %) SOA 7 42 (40.38 %) Eclipse 8 41 (39.42 %) SQL 9 40 (38.46 %) Oracle 9 40 (38.46 %) UML 10 36 (34.62 %) OO 10 36 (34.62 %) Java EE 11 34 (32.69 %) PL/SQL 12 33 (31.73 %) J2EE

13 31 (29.81 %) WebServices 14 22 (21.15 %) RAD 15 20 (19.23 %) Windows 16 15 (14.42 %) WebLogic 16 15 (14.42 %) JSF 17 13 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 18 12 (11.54 %) Agile Software Development 19 11 (10.58 %) Financial Institution 19 11 (10.58 %) SQL Server 20 10 (9.615 %) Subversion 20 10 (9.615 %) JavaScript 20 10 (9.615 %) Microsoft 21 9 (8.654 %) Microsoft Certification 21 9 (8.654 %) UNIX 21 9 (8.654 %) CRM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Back Office 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 Back Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 46 (44.23 %) Hibernate 1 46 (44.23 %) Spring 2 36 (34.62 %) Java EE 3 33 (31.73 %) J2EE 4 31 (29.81 %) WebServices 5 15 (14.42 %) JSF 6 8 (7.692 %) JSP 7 6 (5.769 %) AJAX 7 6 (5.769 %) Middleware 8 5 (4.808 %) Apache Beehive 8 5 (4.808 %) Struts 9 4 (3.846 %) ASP 9 4 (3.846 %) HTML 10 3 (2.885 %) .NET 10 3 (2.885 %) XML 10 3 (2.885 %) WebSphere 11 1 (0.962 %) .NET Remoting 11 1 (0.962 %) WCF 11 1 (0.962 %) LAMP 11 1 (0.962 %) J2ME	Application Platforms 1 15 (14.42 %) WebLogic 2 5 (4.808 %) Apache 2 5 (4.808 %) WebLogic Portal 3 4 (3.846 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (3.846 %) MS Exchange 4 3 (2.885 %) Tomcat 5 1 (0.962 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.962 %) IIS
Applications 1 2 (1.923 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (1.923 %) HiInvest 1 2 (1.923 %) HiPortfolio 1 2 (1.923 %) Sophis RISQUE 1 2 (1.923 %) Adaptiv 1 2 (1.923 %) FRONT ARENA 1 2 (1.923 %) SimCorp Dimension 1 2 (1.923 %) SunGard Martini 1 2 (1.923 %) SunGard AvantGard 1 2 (1.923 %) Thomson PORTIA 1 2 (1.923 %) Sophis VALUE 1 2 (1.923 %) InvestOne 1 2 (1.923 %) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking 1 8 (7.692 %) Firewall 2 6 (5.769 %) DNS 3 5 (4.808 %) DHCP 4 4 (3.846 %) VPN 5 3 (2.885 %) SAN 6 2 (1.923 %) TCP/IP 7 1 (0.962 %) 3GPP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (10.58 %) SQL Server 2 4 (3.846 %) DB2 3 1 (0.962 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.962 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 45 (43.27 %) JUnit 2 42 (40.38 %) Eclipse 3 10 (9.615 %) Subversion 4 9 (8.654 %) JIRA 5 2 (1.923 %) ClearQuest 5 2 (1.923 %) ClearCase	General 1 59 (56.73 %) Finance 2 47 (45.19 %) Banking 3 11 (10.58 %) Financial Institution 4 4 (3.846 %) Front Office 5 3 (2.885 %) Pensions 5 3 (2.885 %) Retail 6 2 (1.923 %) Government 6 2 (1.923 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.962 %) Law 7 1 (0.962 %) Advertising 7 1 (0.962 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.962 %) Insurance 7 1 (0.962 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 49 (47.12 %) Developer 2 45 (43.27 %) Java Developer 3 27 (25.96 %) Senior Developer 4 25 (24.04 %) Senior Java Developer 5 12 (11.54 %) Analyst 6 11 (10.58 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 10 (9.615 %) J2EE Developer 8 9 (8.654 %) Project Manager 9 7 (6.731 %) Business Analyst 10 6 (5.769 %) Tester 10 6 (5.769 %) Support Engineer 10 6 (5.769 %) 3rd Line Support 10 6 (5.769 %) Senior Java/J2EE Developer 10 6 (5.769 %) Senior J2EE Developer 11 5 (4.808 %) Support Analyst 11 5 (4.808 %) Web Analyst 12 4 (3.846 %) Computer Engineer 12 4 (3.846 %) Network Engineer 13 3 (2.885 %) Consultant 13 3 (2.885 %) Support Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.885 %) NHS 2 2 (1.923 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.962 %) Management Information System 3 1 (0.962 %) Cryptography 3 1 (0.962 %) Mathematics 3 1 (0.962 %) Computer Science 3 1 (0.962 %) Java Card 3 1 (0.962 %) EPoS
Operating Systems 1 20 (19.23 %) Windows 2 9 (8.654 %) UNIX 3 7 (6.731 %) Windows Server 2003 3 7 (6.731 %) Windows 2000 4 5 (4.808 %) Windows XP 5 4 (3.846 %) Linux 6 2 (1.923 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 44 (42.31 %) SOA 2 40 (38.46 %) UML 3 36 (34.62 %) OO 4 22 (21.15 %) RAD 5 13 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 6 12 (11.54 %) Agile Software Development 7 9 (8.654 %) CRM 8 7 (6.731 %) Project Management 9 6 (5.769 %) Workflow 10 5 (4.808 %) PRINCE2 11 4 (3.846 %) Change Management 11 4 (3.846 %) Web Development 12 3 (2.885 %) WFM 13 2 (1.923 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 2 (1.923 %) Continuous Integration 13 2 (1.923 %) Software Testing 13 2 (1.923 %) Stakeholder Management 14 1 (0.962 %) Migration 14 1 (0.962 %) E-business 14 1 (0.962 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 55 (52.88 %) Java 2 41 (39.42 %) SQL 3 34 (32.69 %) PL/SQL 4 10 (9.615 %) JavaScript 5 2 (1.923 %) C# 5 2 (1.923 %) Transact-SQL 5 2 (1.923 %) VBScript 5 2 (1.923 %) VB 6 1 (0.962 %) VB.NET 6 1 (0.962 %) ActionScript 6 1 (0.962 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 9 (8.654 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (7.692 %) MCSE 3 2 (1.923 %) Degree 4 1 (0.962 %) HP APS 4 1 (0.962 %) MCP 4 1 (0.962 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (6.731 %) SLA 2 4 (3.846 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.962 %) QA	System Software 1 7 (6.731 %) Active Directory 2 4 (3.846 %) Terminal Services 3 3 (2.885 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (0.962 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.962 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.962 %) MSMQ
Systems Management 1 1 (0.962 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (0.962 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 40 (38.46 %) Oracle 2 10 (9.615 %) Microsoft 3 6 (5.769 %) Citrix 4 5 (4.808 %) Northgate 5 3 (2.885 %) VMware 6 2 (1.923 %) Sophis 6 2 (1.923 %) SimCorp 6 2 (1.923 %) BEA 6 2 (1.923 %) SunGard 6 2 (1.923 %) HP 6 2 (1.923 %) StatPro 6 2 (1.923 %) Advent 7 1 (0.962 %) Singularity 7 1 (0.962 %) Google 7 1 (0.962 %) Intel 7 1 (0.962 %) Epicor