England Auditing Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Auditing' in contract IT jobs within the 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 Auditing over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Basildon Basingstoke Beckenham Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Buxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Isleworth Leeds Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	314	358
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching contract IT job ads	266	299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.378 %	0.302 %
As % of the category below	0.855 %	0.675 %
Daily rates quoted	62	100
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£299
Average daily rate	£368	£326
% change on same period last year	+12.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£314
% change on same period last year	+17.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	47
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.14	£23.36
Average hourly rate	£22.24	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-13.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.34	£27.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.77	£27.98
% change on same period last year	-7.91 %
General England
Matching contract IT job ads	31125	44316
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	44.23 %	44.76 %
Daily rates quoted	12006	16248
Average minimum daily rate	£412	£419
Average daily rate	£442	£446
% change on same period last year	-1.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£471	£474
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£381
% change on same period last year	+0.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	2044	2583
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.83	£24.62
Average hourly rate	£27.58	£26.47
% change on same period last year	+4.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.32	£28.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.08	£26.75
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
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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 Auditing across the 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 Auditing across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Auditing across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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 Auditing across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Auditing across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Auditing within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
London	+45	96	£365	+5.27 %
South East	+67	85	£368	+21.70 %
West Midlands	+16	24	£575	+56.81 %
East of England	+20	17	£220	-38.67 %
South West	+25	16	£331	+20.09 %
North West	+16	8	£298	+70.47 %
Midlands	+27	6	£375	-
Yorkshire	+8	5	£350	-6.66 %
East Midlands	-4	4	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Auditing 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 Auditing.

1 84 (16.50 %) SQL 2 68 (13.36 %) Windows 3 66 (12.97 %) Security Cleared 4 65 (12.77 %) Information Security 5 57 (11.20 %) Network Security 6 53 (10.41 %) 3G 7 51 (10.02 %) Front Office 8 50 (9.823 %) Government 9 47 (9.234 %) Ericsson 10 46 (9.037 %) SGSN 11 45 (8.841 %) Fiddler 11 45 (8.841 %) Paros 11 45 (8.841 %) HTTP 12 42 (8.251 %) Finance 13 40 (7.859 %) VB

14 39 (7.662 %) SC Cleared 15 38 (7.466 %) Active Directory 16 37 (7.269 %) Transact-SQL 17 35 (6.876 %) Migration 18 33 (6.483 %) Configuration Management 19 32 (6.287 %) Nokia 20 31 (6.090 %) MS Office 21 28 (5.501 %) UNIX 21 28 (5.501 %) Cisco 21 28 (5.501 %) Windows Server 2003 22 27 (5.305 %) SQL Server 22 27 (5.305 %) Banking 23 25 (4.912 %) Oracle 23 25 (4.912 %) SLA 23 25 (4.912 %) Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Auditing 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 Auditing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (3.340 %) HTML 2 16 (3.143 %) J2EE 3 11 (2.161 %) .NET 4 10 (1.965 %) AJAX 5 9 (1.768 %) WebServices 5 9 (1.768 %) XML 6 6 (1.179 %) JMS 7 5 (0.982 %) SOAP 7 5 (0.982 %) Struts 7 5 (0.982 %) Middleware 7 5 (0.982 %) Hibernate 7 5 (0.982 %) Spring 8 4 (0.786 %) XML-RPC 9 3 (0.589 %) ASP.NET 9 3 (0.589 %) Application Packaging 10 2 (0.393 %) RSS 10 2 (0.393 %) CSS 11 1 (0.196 %) XSD 11 1 (0.196 %) CORBA 11 1 (0.196 %) SAP Basis	Application Platforms 1 21 (4.126 %) MS Exchange 2 10 (1.965 %) SharePoint 2 10 (1.965 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 10 (1.965 %) TIBCO EMS 3 8 (1.572 %) WebLogic 3 8 (1.572 %) JBoss 4 7 (1.375 %) CMS 4 7 (1.375 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 5 (0.982 %) Lotus Notes 6 4 (0.786 %) Apache 6 4 (0.786 %) WebLogic Portal 7 3 (0.589 %) IIS 7 3 (0.589 %) SAS 7 3 (0.589 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 2 (0.393 %) Office Project Server 9 1 (0.196 %) LiveLink 9 1 (0.196 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 1 (0.196 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 1 (0.196 %) MTS 9 1 (0.196 %) Alfresco
Applications 1 31 (6.090 %) MS Office 2 16 (3.143 %) MS Excel 3 15 (2.947 %) MS Project 4 13 (2.554 %) Spreadsheet 5 5 (0.982 %) MS Visio 5 5 (0.982 %) Acrobat 6 4 (0.786 %) Photoshop 7 3 (0.589 %) InfoPath 7 3 (0.589 %) QuarkXPress 8 2 (0.393 %) MS PowerPoint 9 1 (0.196 %) AutoCAD 9 1 (0.196 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 4 (0.786 %) Navision 2 1 (0.196 %) Summit 2 1 (0.196 %) ADP Wilco Gloss
Communications & Networking 1 57 (11.20 %) Network Security 2 53 (10.41 %) 3G 3 46 (9.037 %) SGSN 4 45 (8.841 %) HTTP 5 19 (3.733 %) SAN 6 18 (3.536 %) TCP/IP 7 15 (2.947 %) DNS 7 15 (2.947 %) LAN 8 14 (2.750 %) Firewall 9 12 (2.358 %) 3GPP 9 12 (2.358 %) WAN 10 11 (2.161 %) DHCP 10 11 (2.161 %) Internet 11 9 (1.768 %) Intranet 11 9 (1.768 %) VPN 12 5 (0.982 %) 2G 13 4 (0.786 %) Cisco PIX 14 3 (0.589 %) ISDN 14 3 (0.589 %) UMTS 15 2 (0.393 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (5.305 %) SQL Server 2 11 (2.161 %) SQL Server 2005 3 7 (1.375 %) Oracle 10g 3 7 (1.375 %) MySQL 4 6 (1.179 %) SQL Server 2000 5 5 (0.982 %) MS Access 6 3 (0.589 %) DataStage 6 3 (0.589 %) Data Cleansing 7 2 (0.393 %) ETL 7 2 (0.393 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (0.196 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.196 %) Oracle 9i 8 1 (0.196 %) Data Mining 8 1 (0.196 %) Database Marketing 8 1 (0.196 %) BusinessObjects XI 8 1 (0.196 %) EDRMS 8 1 (0.196 %) PostgreSQL 8 1 (0.196 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 45 (8.841 %) Paros 1 45 (8.841 %) Fiddler 2 9 (1.768 %) Subversion 3 5 (0.982 %) ClearQuest 4 3 (0.589 %) RequisitePro 4 3 (0.589 %) ClearCase 5 2 (0.393 %) Flash 5 2 (0.393 %) LoadRunner 6 1 (0.196 %) JIRA 6 1 (0.196 %) Ant 6 1 (0.196 %) Dreamweaver 6 1 (0.196 %) ARTiSAN 6 1 (0.196 %) Bugzilla	General 1 51 (10.02 %) Front Office 2 50 (9.823 %) Government 3 42 (8.251 %) Finance 4 27 (5.305 %) Banking 5 24 (4.715 %) Telecoms 6 13 (2.554 %) Investment Banking 7 10 (1.965 %) Health 8 9 (1.768 %) Retail 9 8 (1.572 %) Marketing 9 8 (1.572 %) Legal 10 7 (1.375 %) Publishing 11 5 (0.982 %) Criminal Justice 12 4 (0.786 %) Education 12 4 (0.786 %) Local Government 12 4 (0.786 %) Pensions 13 3 (0.589 %) Pharmaceutical 14 2 (0.393 %) Retail Banking 14 2 (0.393 %) Automotive 15 1 (0.196 %) FMCG 15 1 (0.196 %) Billing
Job Titles 1 56 (11.00 %) Analyst 2 51 (10.02 %) Consultant 3 50 (9.823 %) Network Engineer 4 48 (9.430 %) Developer 5 28 (5.501 %) Tester 6 27 (5.305 %) Administrator 6 27 (5.305 %) Auditor 7 24 (4.715 %) Support Engineer 8 18 (3.536 %) Network Support 9 17 (3.340 %) Network Support Engineer 9 17 (3.340 %) Architect 10 15 (2.947 %) Project Manager 10 15 (2.947 %) Business Analyst 11 12 (2.358 %) Quality Engineer 12 11 (2.161 %) Systems Manager 12 11 (2.161 %) Technical Consultant 12 11 (2.161 %) Web Developer 12 11 (2.161 %) Audit Manager 12 11 (2.161 %) DBA 12 11 (2.161 %) Web Tester	Miscellaneous 1 11 (2.161 %) Management Information System 2 8 (1.572 %) Mainframe 2 8 (1.572 %) Clustering 3 7 (1.375 %) NHS 3 7 (1.375 %) CMDB 4 5 (0.982 %) Fat Client 4 5 (0.982 %) Thin Client 5 4 (0.786 %) Client/Server 5 4 (0.786 %) Replication 5 4 (0.786 %) Fixed Income 5 4 (0.786 %) Firmware 6 3 (0.589 %) CESG 6 3 (0.589 %) e-Health 7 2 (0.393 %) PDA 7 2 (0.393 %) Derivative 7 2 (0.393 %) Equities 7 2 (0.393 %) PMI 7 2 (0.393 %) EPoS 7 2 (0.393 %) Blackberry 8 1 (0.196 %) W3C
Operating Systems 1 68 (13.36 %) Windows 2 28 (5.501 %) Windows Server 2003 2 28 (5.501 %) UNIX 3 20 (3.929 %) Windows 2000 4 19 (3.733 %) Windows XP 5 17 (3.340 %) Windows Vista 6 12 (2.358 %) Solaris 7 11 (2.161 %) Linux 8 7 (1.375 %) AIX 9 4 (0.786 %) Red Hat Linux 10 2 (0.393 %) Windows CE 10 2 (0.393 %) Windows NT 11 1 (0.196 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 66 (12.97 %) Security Cleared 2 65 (12.77 %) Information Security 3 39 (7.662 %) SC Cleared 4 35 (6.876 %) Migration 5 33 (6.483 %) Configuration Management 6 25 (4.912 %) Project Management 7 16 (3.143 %) ITIL 7 16 (3.143 %) Network Design 8 13 (2.554 %) Network Planning 8 13 (2.554 %) Risk Management 9 12 (2.358 %) Change Management 9 12 (2.358 %) TDD 10 11 (2.161 %) Asset Management 10 11 (2.161 %) PRINCE2 11 10 (1.965 %) Validation 11 10 (1.965 %) Web Development 12 9 (1.768 %) Data Analysis 12 9 (1.768 %) Test Scripting 13 8 (1.572 %) Ethical Hacking 13 8 (1.572 %) DV Cleared
Programming Languages 1 84 (16.50 %) SQL 2 40 (7.859 %) VB 3 37 (7.269 %) Transact-SQL 4 13 (2.554 %) Perl 5 10 (1.965 %) Shell Script 6 9 (1.768 %) Java 7 6 (1.179 %) Korn 8 5 (0.982 %) VB.NET 9 4 (0.786 %) PL/SQL 9 4 (0.786 %) C 10 2 (0.393 %) C# 10 2 (0.393 %) VBA 11 1 (0.196 %) Ada	Qualifications 1 11 (2.161 %) Degree 2 10 (1.965 %) Microsoft Certification 3 9 (1.768 %) Cisco Certification 4 8 (1.572 %) CISA 4 8 (1.572 %) MCSE 5 7 (1.375 %) CISSP 6 6 (1.179 %) MCP 6 6 (1.179 %) CCNP 7 5 (0.982 %) CCNA 7 5 (0.982 %) ISEB 8 4 (0.786 %) CCIE 8 4 (0.786 %) CISM 9 2 (0.393 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 2 (0.393 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (0.393 %) PMP 9 2 (0.393 %) PMI Certification 9 2 (0.393 %) HNC 10 1 (0.196 %) HND 10 1 (0.196 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 25 (4.912 %) SLA 2 22 (4.322 %) QA 3 12 (2.358 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 8 (1.572 %) ISO9000 5 7 (1.375 %) ISO9001 5 7 (1.375 %) ISO27001 6 6 (1.179 %) IAS 39 6 6 (1.179 %) IAS 32 7 3 (0.589 %) ISO12207 7 3 (0.589 %) ISO15504 7 3 (0.589 %) COBIT 7 3 (0.589 %) BS15000 8 2 (0.393 %) GMP 9 1 (0.196 %) ISO17799 9 1 (0.196 %) ISO9002 9 1 (0.196 %) TickIT 9 1 (0.196 %) ISO14001	System Software 1 38 (7.466 %) Active Directory 2 6 (1.179 %) Backup Exec 2 6 (1.179 %) Oracle RMAN 3 5 (0.982 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 3 (0.589 %) RACF 5 1 (0.196 %) Terminal Server
Systems Management 1 6 (1.179 %) Oracle Statspack 2 5 (0.982 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 4 (0.786 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 3 (0.589 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 3 (0.589 %) Norton AntiVirus 4 3 (0.589 %) CiscoWorks 5 2 (0.393 %) Tivoli 5 2 (0.393 %) Tivoli Monitoring 5 2 (0.393 %) Nessus 6 1 (0.196 %) MIMEsweeper	Vendors 1 47 (9.234 %) Ericsson 2 32 (6.287 %) Nokia 3 28 (5.501 %) Cisco 4 25 (4.912 %) Oracle 5 24 (4.715 %) Microsoft 6 17 (3.340 %) VMware 7 15 (2.947 %) Citrix 8 14 (2.750 %) SAP 9 13 (2.554 %) HP 10 11 (2.161 %) IBM 11 10 (1.965 %) TIBCO 12 8 (1.572 %) BEA 12 8 (1.572 %) VERITAS 12 8 (1.572 %) Remedy 13 7 (1.375 %) Adobe 14 6 (1.179 %) Murex 14 6 (1.179 %) Misys 14 6 (1.179 %) Accenture 14 6 (1.179 %) GL TRADE 14 6 (1.179 %) SimCorp