East of England Education Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Education' 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 Education over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Barnet Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Hampshire Hartlepool Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Prestwick Reading Redcar Salford Scotland Sheffield Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Tadworth Tamworth Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Witham Woking Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	123
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	50	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.064 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	2.677 %	1.393 %
Daily rates quoted	23	13
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£285
Average daily rate	£334	£315
% change on same period last year	+5.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£333
% change on same period last year	+5.29 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.25	£11.00
Average hourly rate	£13.88	£11.94
% change on same period last year	+16.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.50	£12.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.41	£20.33
% change on same period last year	-4.52 %
General East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1868	1866
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.397 %	2.096 %
Daily rates quoted	704	681
Average minimum daily rate	£360	£358
Average daily rate	£389	£382
% change on same period last year	+1.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£405
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£372
% change on same period last year	+4.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	193	136
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.08	£23.61
Average hourly rate	£26.53	£25.07
% change on same period last year	+5.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.99	£26.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.74	£26.10
% change on same period last year	-1.35 %
Education 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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Education 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Education 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 Education across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Education across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Education within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Hertfordshire	+5	24	£375	+17.55 %
2	Essex	-3	11	£169	-
3	Bedfordshire	+9	7	-	-
4	Cambridgeshire	-7	6	£285	-
5	Norfolk	-	1	£438	-
5	Suffolk	-6	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing Education also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Education.

1 27 (32.53 %) Degree 2 23 (27.71 %) Telecoms 3 20 (24.10 %) Finance 4 18 (21.69 %) Project Management 5 13 (15.66 %) SQL 6 12 (14.46 %) PRINCE2 7 11 (13.25 %) MS Excel 7 11 (13.25 %) Oracle 8 10 (12.05 %) SQL Server 9 9 (10.84 %) Windows 9 9 (10.84 %) Microsoft 10 8 (9.639 %) Datawarehouse 10 8 (9.639 %) .NET 11 7 (8.434 %) CRM 11 7 (8.434 %) Unix

11 7 (8.434 %) Internet 12 6 (7.229 %) OO 12 6 (7.229 %) Java 12 6 (7.229 %) C# 12 6 (7.229 %) MS Office 12 6 (7.229 %) XML 12 6 (7.229 %) Government 12 6 (7.229 %) Local Government 13 5 (6.024 %) SQL Server 2005 13 5 (6.024 %) MS Project 13 5 (6.024 %) HTML 13 5 (6.024 %) MS Visio 14 4 (4.819 %) Cisco Certification 14 4 (4.819 %) PRINCE 14 4 (4.819 %) Nokia

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing Education also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Education. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (9.639 %) .NET 2 6 (7.229 %) XML 3 5 (6.024 %) HTML 4 4 (4.819 %) WebServices 4 4 (4.819 %) CSS 5 3 (3.614 %) J2EE 5 3 (3.614 %) .NET Remoting 5 3 (3.614 %) .NET Framework 6 2 (2.410 %) AJAX 6 2 (2.410 %) ASP 6 2 (2.410 %) JSP 6 2 (2.410 %) Servlets 6 2 (2.410 %) XHTML 7 1 (1.205 %) J2ME 7 1 (1.205 %) NetBeans 7 1 (1.205 %) UIQ 7 1 (1.205 %) Series 60 7 1 (1.205 %) WinForms 7 1 (1.205 %) PicoContainer 7 1 (1.205 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 3 (3.614 %) Lotus Notes 1 3 (3.614 %) WebLogic 2 1 (1.205 %) JBoss 2 1 (1.205 %) Apache 2 1 (1.205 %) Tomcat 2 1 (1.205 %) Tuxedo 2 1 (1.205 %) SharePoint 2 1 (1.205 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (1.205 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 11 (13.25 %) MS Excel 2 6 (7.229 %) MS Office 3 5 (6.024 %) MS Visio 3 5 (6.024 %) MS Project 4 3 (3.614 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (2.410 %) TeamPlay 6 1 (1.205 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 2 (2.410 %) Oracle Financials 1 2 (2.410 %) PeopleSoft Financials 2 1 (1.205 %) Metrica
Communications & Networking 1 7 (8.434 %) Internet 2 3 (3.614 %) 3G 2 3 (3.614 %) GPRS 3 2 (2.410 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (2.410 %) VPN 3 2 (2.410 %) LAN 3 2 (2.410 %) Firewall 4 1 (1.205 %) IPsec 4 1 (1.205 %) HSDPA 4 1 (1.205 %) 2G 4 1 (1.205 %) Nortel Alteon 4 1 (1.205 %) VLAN 4 1 (1.205 %) MPLS 4 1 (1.205 %) BGP 4 1 (1.205 %) SMS 4 1 (1.205 %) UMTS 4 1 (1.205 %) VoIP 4 1 (1.205 %) WAN 4 1 (1.205 %) DNS 4 1 (1.205 %) GSM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (12.05 %) SQL Server 2 8 (9.639 %) Datawarehouse 3 5 (6.024 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (4.819 %) Oracle Reports 5 3 (3.614 %) Crystal Reports 5 3 (3.614 %) BusinessObjects 5 3 (3.614 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 2 (2.410 %) SQL Server 2000 6 2 (2.410 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (2.410 %) RDBMS 7 1 (1.205 %) DTS 7 1 (1.205 %) ETL 7 1 (1.205 %) MySQL 7 1 (1.205 %) DB2 7 1 (1.205 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 1 (1.205 %) Reference Data 7 1 (1.205 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 1 (1.205 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 2 (2.410 %) Eclipse 2 1 (1.205 %) JDeveloper 2 1 (1.205 %) Firebug 2 1 (1.205 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.205 %) Flash 2 1 (1.205 %) JBuilder 2 1 (1.205 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer	General 1 23 (27.71 %) Telecoms 2 20 (24.10 %) Finance 3 6 (7.229 %) Government 3 6 (7.229 %) Local Government 4 3 (3.614 %) Marketing 4 3 (3.614 %) Insurance 4 3 (3.614 %) Billing 5 2 (2.410 %) Advertising 5 2 (2.410 %) Health 6 1 (1.205 %) Legal 6 1 (1.205 %) Aerospace 6 1 (1.205 %) Retail 6 1 (1.205 %) General Ledger 6 1 (1.205 %) Electronics 6 1 (1.205 %) Graphic Design
Job Titles 1 16 (19.28 %) Developer 2 13 (15.66 %) Analyst 2 13 (15.66 %) Project Manager 3 6 (7.229 %) Administrator 4 5 (6.024 %) Support Analyst 4 5 (6.024 %) .NET Developer 4 5 (6.024 %) Delivery Manager 4 5 (6.024 %) Report Developer 5 4 (4.819 %) Helpdesk Administrator 5 4 (4.819 %) C# Developer 5 4 (4.819 %) IT Trainer 5 4 (4.819 %) Trainer 6 3 (3.614 %) Architect 6 3 (3.614 %) Senior Manager 6 3 (3.614 %) Helpdesk Support 6 3 (3.614 %) Senior Analyst 6 3 (3.614 %) Junior 7 2 (2.410 %) 2nd Line Support 7 2 (2.410 %) Information Analyst 7 2 (2.410 %) Senior Information Architect	Miscellaneous 1 4 (4.819 %) Computer Science 2 2 (2.410 %) German Language 2 2 (2.410 %) NHS 2 2 (2.410 %) Mathematics 3 1 (1.205 %) Firmware 3 1 (1.205 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.205 %) Handset 3 1 (1.205 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.205 %) MPEG
Operating Systems 1 9 (10.84 %) Windows 2 7 (8.434 %) Unix 3 3 (3.614 %) Windows XP 4 2 (2.410 %) Linux 5 1 (1.205 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (1.205 %) HPUX 5 1 (1.205 %) Solaris 5 1 (1.205 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (21.69 %) Project Management 2 12 (14.46 %) PRINCE2 3 7 (8.434 %) CRM 4 6 (7.229 %) OO 5 4 (4.819 %) UML 5 4 (4.819 %) Change Management 5 4 (4.819 %) PRINCE 6 3 (3.614 %) ITIL 6 3 (3.614 %) Business Intelligence 7 2 (2.410 %) Risk Management 7 2 (2.410 %) Workflow 7 2 (2.410 %) Strategic Planning 7 2 (2.410 %) Project Planning 7 2 (2.410 %) Web Development 7 2 (2.410 %) Resource Management 7 2 (2.410 %) Network Design 7 2 (2.410 %) Software Engineering 7 2 (2.410 %) Performance Management 8 1 (1.205 %) Supplier Management 8 1 (1.205 %) Network Planning
Programming Languages 1 13 (15.66 %) SQL 2 6 (7.229 %) C# 2 6 (7.229 %) Java 3 4 (4.819 %) C 4 3 (3.614 %) JavaScript 4 3 (3.614 %) Transact-SQL 5 2 (2.410 %) VBA 5 2 (2.410 %) PHP 6 1 (1.205 %) C++ 6 1 (1.205 %) DHTML 6 1 (1.205 %) XPath 6 1 (1.205 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 27 (32.53 %) Degree 2 4 (4.819 %) Cisco Certification 3 3 (3.614 %) ISEB 4 2 (2.410 %) CCNA 4 2 (2.410 %) MCAD 4 2 (2.410 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (1.205 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (1.205 %) Sun Certification 5 1 (1.205 %) CIPD 5 1 (1.205 %) MCSD 5 1 (1.205 %) HNC 5 1 (1.205 %) CCIE 5 1 (1.205 %) CCNP 5 1 (1.205 %) CCIP 5 1 (1.205 %) CCDP 5 1 (1.205 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.205 %) SLA 1 1 (1.205 %) WAI 1 1 (1.205 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (1.205 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 11 (13.25 %) Oracle 2 9 (10.84 %) Microsoft 3 4 (4.819 %) PeopleSoft 3 4 (4.819 %) SAP 3 4 (4.819 %) Nokia 3 4 (4.819 %) Remedy 4 3 (3.614 %) Business Objects 4 3 (3.614 %) Lotus 5 2 (2.410 %) Ab Initio 5 2 (2.410 %) Cisco 5 2 (2.410 %) Nortel 6 1 (1.205 %) Citrix 6 1 (1.205 %) Interwoven 6 1 (1.205 %) Juniper 6 1 (1.205 %) Genesys 6 1 (1.205 %) BEA 6 1 (1.205 %) Alcatel 6 1 (1.205 %) Ericsson 6 1 (1.205 %) IBM 6 1 (1.205 %) Adobe