East of England Insurance Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' 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 Insurance over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Amersham Avon Barnsley Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hitchin Ipswich Kendal Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Liverpool London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Potters Bar Reading Redhill Reigate Romford Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Skelmersdale South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	25	26
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	194	216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.259 %	0.219 %
As % of the category below	10.18 %	10.36 %
Daily rates quoted	100	109
Average minimum daily rate	£423	£401
Average daily rate	£440	£419
% change on same period last year	+5.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£457	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£410	£384
% change on same period last year	+6.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.33	£34.60
Average hourly rate	£16.33	£35.30
% change on same period last year	-53.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.33	£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.53	£26.87
% change on same period last year	-12.42 %
General East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1906	2084
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.541 %	2.108 %
Daily rates quoted	671	793
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£345
Average daily rate	£384	£367
% change on same period last year	+4.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£411	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	197	163
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.05	£24.27
Average hourly rate	£27.63	£26.15
% change on same period last year	+5.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.21	£28.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.78	£27.25
% change on same period last year	-1.70 %
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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 Insurance 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 Insurance 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 Insurance across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Insurance 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 Insurance across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 Insurance within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Norfolk	+1	107	£477	+7.51 %
Essex	-9	24	£365	+2.62 %
Cambridgeshire	-3	22	£388	-9.51 %
Suffolk	+6	16	£375	+7.57 %
Hertfordshire	+14	15	£408	+25.64 %
East Anglia	-1	9	£498	+49.50 %
Bedfordshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Insurance 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 Insurance.

1 207 (58.15 %) Finance 2 71 (19.94 %) Project Management 3 61 (17.13 %) Pensions 4 59 (16.57 %) Stakeholder Management 5 37 (10.39 %) PRINCE2 6 32 (8.989 %) Datawarehouse 6 32 (8.989 %) Business Analysis 7 31 (8.708 %) Java 8 30 (8.427 %) SQL 8 30 (8.427 %) J2EE 9 27 (7.584 %) SQL Server 9 27 (7.584 %) WebSphere 10 24 (6.742 %) E-Commerce 10 24 (6.742 %) Business Intelligence 11 23 (6.461 %) UNIX

11 23 (6.461 %) SQL Server 2005 12 22 (6.180 %) IBM 13 21 (5.899 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 20 (5.618 %) Hibernate 14 20 (5.618 %) Change Management 15 19 (5.337 %) Migration 16 18 (5.056 %) Spring 16 18 (5.056 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 17 17 (4.775 %) User Acceptance Testing 17 17 (4.775 %) Agile Software Development 17 17 (4.775 %) SharePoint 17 17 (4.775 %) PRINCE 17 17 (4.775 %) DSDM 18 16 (4.494 %) AIX 18 16 (4.494 %) ETL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Insurance 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 Insurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 30 (8.427 %) J2EE 2 27 (7.584 %) WebSphere 3 20 (5.618 %) Hibernate 4 18 (5.056 %) Spring 5 13 (3.652 %) .NET 5 13 (3.652 %) XML 6 10 (2.809 %) WebServices 7 7 (1.966 %) SOAP 8 6 (1.685 %) Struts 8 6 (1.685 %) WSDL 8 6 (1.685 %) ASP.NET 8 6 (1.685 %) CSS 9 4 (1.124 %) HTML 9 4 (1.124 %) XSLT 9 4 (1.124 %) XHTML 9 4 (1.124 %) EDI 9 4 (1.124 %) JMS 9 4 (1.124 %) MVC 9 4 (1.124 %) Tapestry 9 4 (1.124 %) JSR 168	Application Platforms 1 17 (4.775 %) SharePoint 2 15 (4.213 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 7 (1.966 %) WPS 4 6 (1.685 %) Apache 5 4 (1.124 %) Commerce Server 2007 5 4 (1.124 %) WebLogic 5 4 (1.124 %) Lotus Notes 5 4 (1.124 %) Commerce Server 6 3 (0.843 %) IBM HTTP Server 7 2 (0.562 %) ESB 8 1 (0.281 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 1 (0.281 %) Site Server 8 1 (0.281 %) MS Exchange 8 1 (0.281 %) SAS 8 1 (0.281 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 15 (4.213 %) MS Office 2 9 (2.528 %) MS Excel 3 6 (1.685 %) MS Project 3 6 (1.685 %) CA Clarity 4 3 (0.843 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.281 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 3 (0.843 %) assyst 2 1 (0.281 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 9 (2.528 %) Internet 2 6 (1.685 %) LDAP 3 3 (0.843 %) HTTP 3 3 (0.843 %) Firewall 3 3 (0.843 %) Network Security 4 2 (0.562 %) SSL 4 2 (0.562 %) SAN 5 1 (0.281 %) VPN 5 1 (0.281 %) LAN 5 1 (0.281 %) VoIP 5 1 (0.281 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 32 (8.989 %) Datawarehouse 2 27 (7.584 %) SQL Server 3 23 (6.461 %) SQL Server 2005 4 21 (5.899 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 18 (5.056 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 16 (4.494 %) ETL 7 14 (3.933 %) OLAP 7 14 (3.933 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 12 (3.371 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 11 (3.090 %) DTS 10 10 (2.809 %) SQL Server 2000 11 9 (2.528 %) DB2 12 5 (1.404 %) BusinessObjects 13 2 (0.562 %) Crystal Reports 14 1 (0.281 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 7 (1.966 %) Eclipse 2 4 (1.124 %) JUnit 3 3 (0.843 %) TestDirector 3 3 (0.843 %) Ant 4 2 (0.562 %) QuickTest Pro 5 1 (0.281 %) RequisitePro 5 1 (0.281 %) IntelliJ 5 1 (0.281 %) JDeveloper 5 1 (0.281 %) Flash 5 1 (0.281 %) JBuilder 5 1 (0.281 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5 1 (0.281 %) Rational Rose	General 1 207 (58.15 %) Finance 2 61 (17.13 %) Pensions 3 15 (4.213 %) Retail 4 14 (3.933 %) Banking 5 7 (1.966 %) Telecoms 6 3 (0.843 %) Education 7 2 (0.562 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (0.562 %) Back Office 7 2 (0.562 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.281 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (0.281 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 112 (31.46 %) Project Manager 2 93 (26.12 %) Analyst 3 68 (19.10 %) Business Analyst 4 55 (15.45 %) Developer 5 32 (8.989 %) Insurance Business Analyst 6 16 (4.494 %) Java Developer 7 14 (3.933 %) Senior Manager 8 12 (3.371 %) Administrator 9 10 (2.809 %) Consultant 9 10 (2.809 %) Programme Manager 9 10 (2.809 %) Infrastructure Manager 10 9 (2.528 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 10 9 (2.528 %) Senior Analyst 11 8 (2.247 %) Senior Project Manager 11 8 (2.247 %) Senior Developer 11 8 (2.247 %) Test Manager 12 7 (1.966 %) Senior Java Developer 13 6 (1.685 %) Junior 14 5 (1.404 %) Technical Project Manager 14 5 (1.404 %) DBA	Miscellaneous 1 5 (1.404 %) Management Information System 2 4 (1.124 %) Mainframe 3 3 (0.843 %) Data Conversion 3 3 (0.843 %) W3C 4 2 (0.562 %) PMI 4 2 (0.562 %) Replication 4 2 (0.562 %) PKI 5 1 (0.281 %) Web 2.0 5 1 (0.281 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.281 %) NHS 5 1 (0.281 %) HACMP 5 1 (0.281 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 23 (6.461 %) UNIX 2 16 (4.494 %) AIX 3 15 (4.213 %) Windows 4 9 (2.528 %) Solaris 5 7 (1.966 %) Linux 5 7 (1.966 %) HPUX 6 4 (1.124 %) Windows 2000 6 4 (1.124 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (0.843 %) Windows NT 7 3 (0.843 %) Windows XP 8 1 (0.281 %) i5/OS	Processes & Methodologies 1 71 (19.94 %) Project Management 2 59 (16.57 %) Stakeholder Management 3 37 (10.39 %) PRINCE2 4 32 (8.989 %) Business Analysis 5 24 (6.742 %) E-Commerce 5 24 (6.742 %) Business Intelligence 6 20 (5.618 %) Change Management 7 19 (5.337 %) Migration 8 17 (4.775 %) Agile Software Development 8 17 (4.775 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 17 (4.775 %) PRINCE 8 17 (4.775 %) DSDM 9 16 (4.494 %) BPR 10 15 (4.213 %) Project Planning 11 9 (2.528 %) Dimensional Modelling 11 9 (2.528 %) QMS 11 9 (2.528 %) ITIL 12 8 (2.247 %) Six Sigma 12 8 (2.247 %) CRM 13 7 (1.966 %) UML
Programming Languages 1 31 (8.708 %) Java 2 30 (8.427 %) SQL 3 15 (4.213 %) Transact-SQL 4 8 (2.247 %) C 5 6 (1.685 %) C# 6 5 (1.404 %) VB 7 4 (1.124 %) JavaScript 7 4 (1.124 %) VBA 8 2 (0.562 %) Shell Script 8 2 (0.562 %) Korn 8 2 (0.562 %) XPath 8 2 (0.562 %) DHTML 8 2 (0.562 %) VB.NET 9 1 (0.281 %) ActionScript 9 1 (0.281 %) C++ 9 1 (0.281 %) Delphi 9 1 (0.281 %) VB6 9 1 (0.281 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 11 (3.090 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 8 (2.247 %) ISEB 3 4 (1.124 %) Degree 3 4 (1.124 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.281 %) ACCA 4 1 (0.281 %) CISA 4 1 (0.281 %) Sun Certification 4 1 (0.281 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (2.247 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 2 (0.562 %) EFQM 3 1 (0.281 %) QA	System Software 1 4 (1.124 %) Active Directory 1 4 (1.124 %) AquaLogic 2 3 (0.843 %) NetBackup 3 2 (0.562 %) Oracle RAC 3 2 (0.562 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.281 %) Terminal Services 4 1 (0.281 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 8 (2.247 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.281 %) SCCM	Vendors 1 22 (6.180 %) IBM 2 15 (4.213 %) Microsoft 3 13 (3.652 %) ProClarity 4 10 (2.809 %) Oracle 5 5 (1.404 %) Business Objects 6 4 (1.124 %) Citrix 6 4 (1.124 %) Dell 6 4 (1.124 %) Lotus 7 3 (0.843 %) Remedy 7 3 (0.843 %) VMware 7 3 (0.843 %) HP 7 3 (0.843 %) VERITAS 7 3 (0.843 %) Informatica 7 3 (0.843 %) Trillium 8 2 (0.562 %) Cisco 8 2 (0.562 %) SAP 8 2 (0.562 %) Intel 8 2 (0.562 %) Minitab 9 1 (0.281 %) Symantec 9 1 (0.281 %) Altiris