Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BT products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BT over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBT
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank435513
Rank change on same period last yearUp+78
Matching contract IT job ads78109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.126 %0.119 %
As % of the category below0.320 %0.291 %
Daily rates quoted2435
Average minimum daily rate£303£362
Average daily rate£320£370
% change on same period last year-13.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£332
% change on same period last year-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted425
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£22.83
Average hourly rate£25.75£24.26
% change on same period last year+6.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.50£25.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.27£25.21
% change on same period last year-43.42 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2436937439
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.35 %40.84 %
Daily rates quoted735110924
Average minimum daily rate£361£385
Average daily rate£385£408
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£348
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Hourly rates quoted23793418
Average minimum hourly rate£22.98£22.90
Average hourly rate£24.33£24.42
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.69£25.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.86£24.00
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
BT UKBT
UK

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within BT Group plc.

BT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BT across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England BT Demand Trend

BT
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BT across the England region.

England BT Daily Rate Trend

BT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BT across the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

England BT Daily Rate Histogram

BT
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BT across the England region.

England BT Hourly Rate Trend

BT
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England BT Hourly Rate Histogram

BT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT within the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 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
LondonUp+7246£319-16.66 %
South EastUp+2911£394+23.87 %
West MidlandsUp+205£273-
South WestUp+124£350+16.66 %
YorkshireUp+304--
North WestUp+173£300-
East of EnglandUp+232--
East MidlandsUp+241--
BT UKBT
UK

BT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BT 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 BT.

156 (29.95 %)Cisco
231 (16.58 %)NHS
328 (14.97 %)Windows
425 (13.37 %)Finance
523 (12.30 %)Telecoms
621 (11.23 %)Firewall
621 (11.23 %)WAN
719 (10.16 %)Microsoft
719 (10.16 %)Migration
719 (10.16 %)Banking
817 (9.091 %)LAN
914 (7.487 %)Back Office
1013 (6.952 %)Health
1013 (6.952 %)Cisco Certification
1112 (6.417 %)Nortel
1112 (6.417 %)TCP/IP
1112 (6.417 %)Windows Server 2003
1211 (5.882 %)Nokia
1211 (5.882 %)Blackberry
1211 (5.882 %)Avaya
1211 (5.882 %)CCNA
1211 (5.882 %)Investment Banking
1310 (5.348 %)Government
1310 (5.348 %)Service Delivery
1310 (5.348 %)Cerner
1310 (5.348 %)VoIP
149 (4.813 %)PBX
149 (4.813 %)Internet
149 (4.813 %)Symposium
149 (4.813 %)Data Migration

BT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BT 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 BT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (1.604 %).NET
13 (1.604 %)SOAP
22 (1.070 %)XML
22 (1.070 %)CSS
22 (1.070 %)HTML
31 (0.535 %)JSP
31 (0.535 %)ASP
31 (0.535 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.535 %)XHTML
31 (0.535 %)Middleware
31 (0.535 %)Google Maps API
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (2.674 %)MS Exchange
23 (1.604 %)Lotus Domino
32 (1.070 %)SharePoint
32 (1.070 %)IIS
32 (1.070 %)Lotus Notes
32 (1.070 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
32 (1.070 %)CMS
32 (1.070 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.535 %)SAS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (3.209 %)MS Excel
25 (2.674 %)MS Project
34 (2.139 %)MS Office
42 (1.070 %)MS Visio
51 (0.535 %)CA Clarity
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.139 %)Cerner Millennium
21 (0.535 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.535 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.535 %)SAP HR
21 (0.535 %)Oracle ERP
21 (0.535 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.535 %)RMDS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (11.23 %)WAN
121 (11.23 %)Firewall
217 (9.091 %)LAN
312 (6.417 %)TCP/IP
410 (5.348 %)VoIP
59 (4.813 %)Internet
59 (4.813 %)PBX
59 (4.813 %)Symposium
65 (2.674 %)MPLS
65 (2.674 %)ATM
65 (2.674 %)DHCP
65 (2.674 %)Wireless
74 (2.139 %)Nortel Meridian
74 (2.139 %)VLAN
74 (2.139 %)Broadband
74 (2.139 %)SDH
74 (2.139 %)VPN
74 (2.139 %)DNS
74 (2.139 %)OSPF
74 (2.139 %)IP Telephony
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (2.139 %)SQL Server
14 (2.139 %)SQL Server Integration Services
23 (1.604 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.070 %)BusinessObjects
32 (1.070 %)Oracle Reports
32 (1.070 %)Datawarehouse
41 (0.535 %)DTS
41 (0.535 %)ETL
41 (0.535 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.535 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.535 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.535 %)DataStage
41 (0.535 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.535 %)BODI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.070 %)TestDirector
12 (1.070 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.535 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.535 %)PVCS
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (13.37 %)Finance
223 (12.30 %)Telecoms
319 (10.16 %)Banking
414 (7.487 %)Back Office
513 (6.952 %)Health
611 (5.882 %)Investment Banking
710 (5.348 %)Government
88 (4.278 %)Financial Institution
97 (3.743 %)Retail
105 (2.674 %)Front Office
114 (2.139 %)Billing
123 (1.604 %)Insurance
123 (1.604 %)Legal
123 (1.604 %)Retail Banking
132 (1.070 %)Marketing
132 (1.070 %)Music
132 (1.070 %)Pharmaceutical
141 (0.535 %)Construction
141 (0.535 %)Local Government
141 (0.535 %)Law
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (16.58 %)Voice Engineer
226 (13.90 %)Analyst
321 (11.23 %)Project Manager
321 (11.23 %)Support Engineer
417 (9.091 %)Trainer
511 (5.882 %)Network Engineer
610 (5.348 %)Network Support
79 (4.813 %)Support Analyst
86 (3.209 %)Business Analyst
86 (3.209 %)Developer
86 (3.209 %)Network Analyst
95 (2.674 %)Desktop Engineer
95 (2.674 %)Consultant
95 (2.674 %)Test Analyst
95 (2.674 %)Architect
95 (2.674 %)Communications Engineer
104 (2.139 %)Network Support Analyst
104 (2.139 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
104 (2.139 %)Junior
104 (2.139 %)3rd Line Support
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (16.58 %)NHS
211 (5.882 %)Blackberry
33 (1.604 %)EPoS
33 (1.604 %)EFT
33 (1.604 %)IVR
33 (1.604 %)Video Conferencing
42 (1.070 %)iPhone
42 (1.070 %)PKI
42 (1.070 %)Management Information System
42 (1.070 %)Statistics
51 (0.535 %)BBC
51 (0.535 %)Handset
51 (0.535 %)Equities
51 (0.535 %)Derivative
51 (0.535 %)N-Tier
51 (0.535 %)iDTV
51 (0.535 %)Mainframe
51 (0.535 %)NPfIT
51 (0.535 %)Firmware
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (14.97 %)Windows
212 (6.417 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (3.743 %)UNIX
37 (3.743 %)Windows XP
45 (2.674 %)Windows Vista
54 (2.139 %)NetWare
61 (0.535 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (10.16 %)Migration
210 (5.348 %)Service Delivery
39 (4.813 %)Data Migration
48 (4.278 %)Project Management
56 (3.209 %)CRM
56 (3.209 %)PRINCE2
65 (2.674 %)Validation
65 (2.674 %)Incident Management
65 (2.674 %)Penetration Testing
65 (2.674 %)Stress Testing
65 (2.674 %)Security Cleared
73 (1.604 %)SC Cleared
73 (1.604 %)Supplier Management
73 (1.604 %)Project Planning
73 (1.604 %)PRINCE
73 (1.604 %)Business Continuity
73 (1.604 %)Risk Assessment
73 (1.604 %)ERP
82 (1.070 %)Data Modelling
82 (1.070 %)Business Intelligence
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (2.139 %)C
14 (2.139 %)VBScript
23 (1.604 %)JavaScript
32 (1.070 %)SQL
41 (0.535 %)PHP
41 (0.535 %)C#
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (6.952 %)Cisco Certification
211 (5.882 %)CCNA
37 (3.743 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (2.674 %)CCNP
54 (2.139 %)MCSE
54 (2.139 %)CCVP
63 (1.604 %)Degree
63 (1.604 %)MBA
63 (1.604 %)MCAD
72 (1.070 %)MCP
72 (1.070 %)CCIP
72 (1.070 %)CNA
72 (1.070 %)CNE
72 (1.070 %)Novell Certification
72 (1.070 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.535 %)CISSP
81 (0.535 %)CCIE
81 (0.535 %)CCSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.139 %)SLA
23 (1.604 %)QA
31 (0.535 %)BS7799
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (4.278 %)Active Directory
21 (0.535 %)MailMarshal
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.139 %)OpenView
14 (2.139 %)CiscoWorks
22 (1.070 %)ARCserve
31 (0.535 %)Norton AntiVirus
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
156 (29.95 %)Cisco
219 (10.16 %)Microsoft
312 (6.417 %)Nortel
411 (5.882 %)Avaya
411 (5.882 %)Nokia
510 (5.348 %)Cerner
68 (4.278 %)Reuters
68 (4.278 %)Blue Coat
77 (3.743 %)Juniper
86 (3.209 %)HP
86 (3.209 %)Oracle
86 (3.209 %)Bloomberg
86 (3.209 %)Mitel
95 (2.674 %)Speakerbus
95 (2.674 %)Fujitsu
104 (2.139 %)Siebel
104 (2.139 %)Novell
104 (2.139 %)CheckPoint
113 (1.604 %)iSOFT
113 (1.604 %)Alcatel