The first table below looks at the demand for GCOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GCOS over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Electric Comprehensive Operating System (GCOS)
Rank 510 - 554
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing GCOS 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% - 0.002%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.022% - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £380 - £800
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9151 11011 11675
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.63% 20.58% 21.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4944 5621 5845
Average daily rate £368 £351 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.85% -6.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 955 1117 1171
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.70 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
GCOS
UK

GCOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GCOS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

England GCOS Jobs Demand Trend

GCOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England GCOS Daily Rate Trend

GCOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCOS within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of England - 2 £380 -
GCOS
UK

GCOS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GCOS 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 GCOS.

1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management

GCOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing GCOS 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 GCOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
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