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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Edinburgh 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4340
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads1427
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.027 %
As % of the category below2.299 %3.180 %
Daily rates quoted713
Average minimum daily rate£326£280
Average daily rate£342£290
% change on same period last year+18.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£299
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£369
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£31.14
% change on same period last year-9.96 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads609849
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.812 %0.859 %
Daily rates quoted168220
Average minimum daily rate£292£307
Average daily rate£312£324
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted914
Average minimum hourly rate£20.28£29.83
Average hourly rate£22.27£30.97
% change on same period last year-28.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.25£32.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Government ScotlandGovernment
Scotland

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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

15 (23.81 %)E-business
15 (23.81 %)Telecoms
15 (23.81 %)Oracle
15 (23.81 %)UNIX
15 (23.81 %)JDeveloper
24 (19.05 %)MySQL
24 (19.05 %)Microsoft
24 (19.05 %)Windows
24 (19.05 %)Informix
24 (19.05 %)Oracle 9i
24 (19.05 %)JavaScript
24 (19.05 %)PHP
33 (14.29 %)Migration
33 (14.29 %)Subversion
33 (14.29 %)Local Government
33 (14.29 %)Requirements Analysis
33 (14.29 %)Project Planning
33 (14.29 %)Business Development
33 (14.29 %)Data Migration
33 (14.29 %)Active Directory
33 (14.29 %)SAN
42 (9.524 %)NetApp
42 (9.524 %)Novell
42 (9.524 %)Citrix
42 (9.524 %)ARCserve
42 (9.524 %)MIMEsweeper
42 (9.524 %)VBScript
42 (9.524 %)VB
42 (9.524 %)ITIL
42 (9.524 %)Windows NT

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (9.524 %)MS Exchange
12 (9.524 %)Exchange Server 2003
12 (9.524 %)Exchange Server 2007
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.762 %)MS Office
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (14.29 %)SAN
22 (9.524 %)DHCP
22 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
22 (9.524 %)DNS
31 (4.762 %)Internet
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (19.05 %)MySQL
14 (19.05 %)Informix
14 (19.05 %)Oracle 9i
21 (4.762 %)SQL Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (23.81 %)JDeveloper
23 (14.29 %)Subversion
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (23.81 %)Telecoms
23 (14.29 %)Local Government
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (38.10 %)Analyst
25 (23.81 %)Systems Analyst
34 (19.05 %)Business Systems Analyst
34 (19.05 %)Business Analyst
34 (19.05 %)Programmer
43 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
52 (9.524 %)3rd Line Support
52 (9.524 %)Technical Analyst
52 (9.524 %)PHP Programmer
52 (9.524 %)Developer
52 (9.524 %)Senior Support Engineer
52 (9.524 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (4.762 %)Technical Business Analyst
61 (4.762 %)Architect
61 (4.762 %)Project Manager
61 (4.762 %)Technical Architect
61 (4.762 %)Web Programmer
61 (4.762 %)Web Analyst
61 (4.762 %)Engagement Manager
61 (4.762 %)Team Leader
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (9.524 %)Replication
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (23.81 %)UNIX
24 (19.05 %)Windows
32 (9.524 %)Windows NT
32 (9.524 %)Windows XP
41 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (23.81 %)E-business
23 (14.29 %)Migration
23 (14.29 %)Requirements Analysis
23 (14.29 %)Project Planning
23 (14.29 %)Business Development
23 (14.29 %)Data Migration
32 (9.524 %)ITIL
41 (4.762 %)PRINCE2
41 (4.762 %)Project Management
41 (4.762 %)Service Management
41 (4.762 %)Security Cleared
41 (4.762 %)Systems Analysis
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (19.05 %)JavaScript
14 (19.05 %)PHP
22 (9.524 %)VBScript
22 (9.524 %)VB
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.762 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (14.29 %)Active Directory
22 (9.524 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (9.524 %)ARCserve
12 (9.524 %)MIMEsweeper
21 (4.762 %)MOM
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (23.81 %)Oracle
24 (19.05 %)Microsoft
32 (9.524 %)Citrix
32 (9.524 %)NetApp
32 (9.524 %)Novell
41 (4.762 %)VERITAS
41 (4.762 %)Apple
41 (4.762 %)Metastorm
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