Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' 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 Government over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4134
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads112184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.176 %0.197 %
As % of the category below8.110 %9.446 %
Daily rates quoted3860
Average minimum daily rate£504£349
Average daily rate£533£371
% change on same period last year+43.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£563£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£395
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted928
Average minimum hourly rate£19.09£24.28
Average hourly rate£20.39£26.08
% change on same period last year-21.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.69£27.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.42£25.31
% change on same period last year-3.51 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads13811948
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.175 %2.087 %
Daily rates quoted418719
Average minimum daily rate£347£336
Average daily rate£371£360
% change on same period last year+3.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£375
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted155231
Average minimum hourly rate£25.50£27.62
Average hourly rate£27.14£29.62
% change on same period last year-8.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.77£31.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.36£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

East of England Government Hourly Rate Histogram

Government
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government within the East of England 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.

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
EssexDown-344£563+39.01 %
CambridgeshireNo change021£358+0.70 %
HertfordshireDown-618£471+31.32 %
BedfordshireUp+1116£544+35.93 %
NorfolkDown-311£600+14.28 %
SuffolkUp+82£225-16.92 %
East AngliaNo change01--
Government EnglandGovernment
England

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

190 (34.48 %)Security Cleared
257 (21.84 %)Oracle
339 (14.94 %)Local Government
436 (13.79 %)E-Commerce
535 (13.41 %)SC Cleared
634 (13.03 %)Internet
731 (11.88 %)Java
830 (11.49 %)XML
830 (11.49 %)DSDM
929 (11.11 %)SQL
1023 (8.812 %)Project Management
1023 (8.812 %)Windows
1023 (8.812 %)UML
1122 (8.429 %)Client/Server
1122 (8.429 %)ETL
1122 (8.429 %)Matrix Management
1221 (8.046 %)Enterprise Architecture
1221 (8.046 %)VB
1221 (8.046 %)J2EE
1320 (7.663 %)OO
1320 (7.663 %)Microsoft
1418 (6.897 %)Change Management
1418 (6.897 %)E-business
1418 (6.897 %)Finance
1516 (6.130 %)BC Cleared
1615 (5.747 %)JMS
1615 (5.747 %)MS Office
1714 (5.364 %)Business Objects
1714 (5.364 %)PRINCE2
1714 (5.364 %)UNIX

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (11.49 %)XML
221 (8.046 %)J2EE
315 (5.747 %)JMS
413 (4.981 %).NET
511 (4.215 %)ODBC
65 (1.916 %)JSP
65 (1.916 %)Servlets
74 (1.533 %)HTML
74 (1.533 %)ADO
74 (1.533 %)ADSI
74 (1.533 %)XSLT
74 (1.533 %)WMI
74 (1.533 %)WebSphere
83 (1.149 %)Middleware
92 (0.766 %)MVC
92 (0.766 %)XML Schema
92 (0.766 %)Struts
101 (0.383 %)WebServices
101 (0.383 %)XSD
101 (0.383 %)SAX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (3.448 %)MS Exchange
27 (2.682 %)WebLogic
35 (1.916 %)JBoss
44 (1.533 %)Lotus Domino
44 (1.533 %)Tuxedo
53 (1.149 %)MQSeries
53 (1.149 %)Apache
62 (0.766 %)Oracle Workflow
62 (0.766 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (0.766 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.383 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.383 %)CMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (5.747 %)MS Office
29 (3.448 %)MS Excel
35 (1.916 %)Spreadsheet
44 (1.533 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.766 %)MS Project
52 (0.766 %)InDesign
61 (0.383 %)QuarkXPress
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.533 %)SAP ERP
23 (1.149 %)ResourceLink
32 (0.766 %)Oracle EBS R12
32 (0.766 %)Oracle Financials
32 (0.766 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.766 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.766 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.383 %)SAP PS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
134 (13.03 %)Internet
28 (3.065 %)TCP/IP
37 (2.682 %)Cisco PIX
46 (2.299 %)Firewall
46 (2.299 %)DNS
46 (2.299 %)LAN
46 (2.299 %)WAN
46 (2.299 %)DHCP
55 (1.916 %)SAN
55 (1.916 %)Intranet
63 (1.149 %)VPN
72 (0.766 %)OSPF
72 (0.766 %)BGP
81 (0.383 %)Cisco ASA
81 (0.383 %)Wireless
81 (0.383 %)ASN.1
81 (0.383 %)VLAN
81 (0.383 %)RIP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (8.429 %)ETL
214 (5.364 %)BusinessObjects
214 (5.364 %)BODI
313 (4.981 %)SQL Server
313 (4.981 %)Oracle 8/8i
47 (2.682 %)Oracle 9i
53 (1.149 %)MS Access
53 (1.149 %)Cognos Impromptu
53 (1.149 %)Oracle Discoverer
53 (1.149 %)Oracle 10g
62 (0.766 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.383 %)DB2
71 (0.383 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.383 %)Ingres
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.766 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (0.766 %)Oracle Forms
12 (0.766 %)QuickTest Pro
12 (0.766 %)MSI
21 (0.383 %)Telelogic DOORS
21 (0.383 %)Subversion
21 (0.383 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.383 %)JUnit
21 (0.383 %)PVCS
21 (0.383 %)Dreamweaver
21 (0.383 %)TestDirector
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (14.94 %)Local Government
218 (6.897 %)Finance
314 (5.364 %)Telecoms
413 (4.981 %)Marketing
57 (2.682 %)Pensions
57 (2.682 %)Law
64 (1.533 %)Publishing
64 (1.533 %)Health
64 (1.533 %)Aerospace
72 (0.766 %)Electronics
72 (0.766 %)Education
81 (0.383 %)Electric
81 (0.383 %)Back Office
81 (0.383 %)Construction
81 (0.383 %)Criminal Justice
81 (0.383 %)Military
81 (0.383 %)Banking
81 (0.383 %)Retail
81 (0.383 %)Manufacturing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
138 (14.56 %)Developer
231 (11.88 %)Project Manager
325 (9.579 %)Analyst
421 (8.046 %)Technical Manager
519 (7.280 %)Programme Manager
612 (4.598 %)Consultant
710 (3.831 %)DBA
710 (3.831 %)Java Developer
89 (3.448 %)Oracle DBA
89 (3.448 %)Architect
89 (3.448 %)Desktop Support
98 (3.065 %).NET Developer
107 (2.682 %)Senior Manager
116 (2.299 %)Support Analyst
116 (2.299 %)Support Engineer
116 (2.299 %)Technical Project Manager
116 (2.299 %)Technical Analyst
125 (1.916 %)Desktop Engineer
125 (1.916 %)Data Analyst
125 (1.916 %)Test Analyst
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (8.429 %)Client/Server
27 (2.682 %)NHS
35 (1.916 %)RMADS
44 (1.533 %)Video Conferencing
44 (1.533 %)N-Tier
52 (0.766 %)VHDL
52 (0.766 %)Freedom of Information
52 (0.766 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
52 (0.766 %)Data Protection Act
52 (0.766 %)Freedom of Information Act
61 (0.383 %)Wiki
61 (0.383 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.383 %)PKI
61 (0.383 %)Data Extraction
61 (0.383 %)Cryptography
61 (0.383 %)EPoS
61 (0.383 %)Firmware
61 (0.383 %)Mainframe
61 (0.383 %)Clustering
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (8.812 %)Windows
214 (5.364 %)UNIX
311 (4.215 %)Solaris
311 (4.215 %)Windows XP
410 (3.831 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (3.065 %)Windows 2000
66 (2.299 %)Linux
74 (1.533 %)AIX
74 (1.533 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (0.766 %)Windows NT
91 (0.383 %)NetWare
91 (0.383 %)HPUX
91 (0.383 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.383 %)Embedded Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
190 (34.48 %)Security Cleared
236 (13.79 %)E-Commerce
335 (13.41 %)SC Cleared
430 (11.49 %)DSDM
523 (8.812 %)UML
523 (8.812 %)Project Management
622 (8.429 %)Matrix Management
721 (8.046 %)Enterprise Architecture
820 (7.663 %)OO
918 (6.897 %)Change Management
918 (6.897 %)E-business
1016 (6.130 %)BC Cleared
1114 (5.364 %)PRINCE2
1213 (4.981 %)Risk Management
1312 (4.598 %)ITIL
1410 (3.831 %)Migration
1410 (3.831 %)Stakeholder Management
159 (3.448 %)Configuration Management
159 (3.448 %)EAI
159 (3.448 %)CTC Cleared
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (11.88 %)Java
229 (11.11 %)SQL
321 (8.046 %)VB
410 (3.831 %)VB.NET
57 (2.682 %)VBA
57 (2.682 %)PL/SQL
57 (2.682 %)C
66 (2.299 %)VBScript
74 (1.533 %)C++
74 (1.533 %)Transact-SQL
83 (1.149 %)VB6
92 (0.766 %)Shell Script
92 (0.766 %)C#
101 (0.383 %)JavaScript
101 (0.383 %)Perl
101 (0.383 %)XPath
101 (0.383 %)Python
101 (0.383 %)Embedded C
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (2.299 %)PRINCE2 Certification
25 (1.916 %)Degree
34 (1.533 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
34 (1.533 %)ISEB
43 (1.149 %)Cisco Certification
43 (1.149 %)CCIE
52 (0.766 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.383 %)CIPD
61 (0.383 %)HNC
61 (0.383 %)HND
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.533 %)QA
23 (1.149 %)SLA
31 (0.383 %)ISO27001
31 (0.383 %)PCI DSS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (3.831 %)Active Directory
22 (0.766 %)VMware ESX
22 (0.766 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.766 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.383 %)NetBackup
31 (0.383 %)Oracle RMAN
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.533 %)OpenView Configuration Management
23 (1.149 %)ZENworks
23 (1.149 %)OpenView
32 (0.766 %)OVSD
32 (0.766 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.383 %)CiscoWorks
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
157 (21.84 %)Oracle
220 (7.663 %)Microsoft
314 (5.364 %)Business Objects
411 (4.215 %)Cisco
57 (2.682 %)IBM
57 (2.682 %)SAP
57 (2.682 %)HP
57 (2.682 %)Citrix
66 (2.299 %)BEA
75 (1.916 %)Novell
84 (1.533 %)Lotus
84 (1.533 %)VMware
93 (1.149 %)Northgate
93 (1.149 %)Dell
93 (1.149 %)Adobe
102 (0.766 %)Brocade
102 (0.766 %)NEC
111 (0.383 %)InterSystems
111 (0.383 %)Telelogic
111 (0.383 %)Sun