Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' 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 Government over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2028
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads32924043
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.220 %4.304 %
As % of the category below12.22 %9.851 %
Daily rates quoted11651248
Average minimum daily rate£375£368
Average daily rate£406£398
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£436£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£402£395
% change on same period last year+1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted252326
Average minimum hourly rate£23.44£25.40
Average hourly rate£24.79£27.34
% change on same period last year-9.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.13£29.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£25.49
% change on same period last year-0.91 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
England
Matching contract IT job ads2694241042
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled42.72 %43.69 %
Daily rates quoted979714889
Average minimum daily rate£399£418
Average daily rate£427£447
% change on same period last year-4.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£455£476
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted19172671
Average minimum hourly rate£25.08£24.92
Average hourly rate£26.72£26.78
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.29£26.57
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Government UKGovernment
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.

Government
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England 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 England region.

England Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Government Hourly Rate Histogram

Government
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government within the England region over the 3 months to 1 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+91522£410+1.64 %
South EastUp+12621£371-0.17 %
South WestUp+2359£436+4.16 %
West MidlandsUp+15226£401-7.62 %
North WestUp+25199£372-0.02 %
YorkshireUp+5143£382+16.06 %
East of EnglandDown-1116£511+36.59 %
East MidlandsDown-354£360-25.20 %
North EastDown-1235£447+16.89 %
MidlandsDown-132£511+12.99 %
South CoastUp+188£425+30.76 %
Government UKGovernment
UK

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

13417 (46.09 %)Security Cleared
22060 (27.79 %)SC Cleared
31031 (13.91 %)PRINCE2
41018 (13.73 %)Local Government
5916 (12.36 %)Oracle
6777 (10.48 %)Windows
7776 (10.47 %)Project Management
8711 (9.590 %)Finance
9586 (7.904 %)SQL
10576 (7.769 %)Microsoft
11468 (6.312 %)DV Cleared
12464 (6.258 %)ITIL
13374 (5.045 %)Java
14359 (4.842 %)SQL Server
15352 (4.748 %)MS Office
16346 (4.667 %)Migration
17342 (4.613 %).NET
18341 (4.599 %)MS Excel
19339 (4.572 %)UNIX
20332 (4.478 %)XML
21309 (4.168 %)Windows Server 2003
22306 (4.127 %)Cisco
23288 (3.885 %)Active Directory
24283 (3.817 %)Stakeholder Management
24283 (3.817 %)CTC Cleared
25262 (3.534 %)MS Project
26260 (3.507 %)SAP
27253 (3.412 %)NHS
28249 (3.359 %)Change Management
29238 (3.210 %)Health

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1342 (4.613 %).NET
2332 (4.478 %)XML
3220 (2.967 %)J2EE
4132 (1.780 %)WebServices
5131 (1.767 %)ASP.NET
6122 (1.646 %)HTML
798 (1.322 %)CSS
860 (0.809 %)Middleware
951 (0.688 %)XSLT
1049 (0.661 %)ASP
1146 (0.620 %)WinForms
1241 (0.553 %)Struts
1339 (0.526 %)JSP
1437 (0.499 %)XHTML
1533 (0.445 %)SOAP
1632 (0.432 %)Hibernate
1731 (0.418 %)WebSphere
1830 (0.405 %)JMS
1830 (0.405 %).NET Framework
1927 (0.364 %)Spring
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1200 (2.698 %)MS Exchange
2121 (1.632 %)WebLogic
3115 (1.551 %)SharePoint
4107 (1.443 %)CMS
5103 (1.389 %)Exchange Server 2007
692 (1.241 %)Exchange Server 2003
768 (0.917 %)SharePoint Server 2007
867 (0.904 %)IIS
952 (0.701 %)ESB
1042 (0.566 %)Oracle Workflow
1131 (0.418 %)Apache
1229 (0.391 %)MTS
1321 (0.283 %)Oracle Application Server
1420 (0.270 %)SAS
1517 (0.229 %)Lotus Notes
1517 (0.229 %)Oracle 10gAS
1616 (0.216 %)Tomcat
1715 (0.202 %)Rendezvous
1715 (0.202 %)Exchange Server 2000
1814 (0.189 %)Documentum
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1352 (4.748 %)MS Office
2341 (4.599 %)MS Excel
3262 (3.534 %)MS Project
4180 (2.428 %)MS Visio
5137 (1.848 %)MS PowerPoint
643 (0.580 %)Spreadsheet
723 (0.310 %)Photoshop
810 (0.135 %)CA Clarity
98 (0.108 %)Acrobat
106 (0.081 %)InfoPath
115 (0.067 %)Fireworks
115 (0.067 %)Adobe Illustrator
124 (0.054 %)XMetaL
124 (0.054 %)SPSS
133 (0.040 %)Quicktime
133 (0.040 %)QuarkXPress
133 (0.040 %)Adobe Captivate
133 (0.040 %)Open Workbench
142 (0.027 %)MATLAB
142 (0.027 %)Paint Shop Pro
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
195 (1.281 %)Oracle EBS
260 (0.809 %)Oracle ERP
347 (0.634 %)Oracle Financials
437 (0.499 %)Oracle Applications
526 (0.351 %)Oracle HRMS
622 (0.297 %)SAP HR
719 (0.256 %)SAP CRM
818 (0.243 %)SAP FI/CO
818 (0.243 %)SAP CO
818 (0.243 %)SAP FI
914 (0.189 %)Oracle EBS R12
1012 (0.162 %)Oracle CRM
1111 (0.148 %)Oracle 11i
1111 (0.148 %)assyst
1210 (0.135 %)SAP ERP
138 (0.108 %)Microsoft CRM
138 (0.108 %)SAP R/3
138 (0.108 %)SAP PS
147 (0.094 %)SoftGrid
147 (0.094 %)SAP Payroll
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1227 (3.062 %)Firewall
2212 (2.859 %)LAN
3195 (2.630 %)WAN
4158 (2.131 %)Internet
5146 (1.969 %)SAN
6126 (1.699 %)Intranet
7111 (1.497 %)TCP/IP
8101 (1.362 %)DNS
985 (1.146 %)VPN
1058 (0.782 %)DHCP
1157 (0.769 %)Cisco PIX
1255 (0.742 %)MPLS
1344 (0.593 %)LDAP
1440 (0.540 %)VoIP
1539 (0.526 %)Network Security
1635 (0.472 %)HTTP
1734 (0.459 %)Cisco ASA
1830 (0.405 %)VLAN
1928 (0.378 %)BGP
2026 (0.351 %)NetScreen
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1359 (4.842 %)SQL Server
2156 (2.104 %)Oracle 10g
2156 (2.104 %)BusinessObjects
3111 (1.497 %)SQL Server 2005
4104 (1.403 %)ETL
593 (1.254 %)Oracle Reports
686 (1.160 %)Datawarehouse
686 (1.160 %)EDRMS
783 (1.120 %)MS Access
882 (1.106 %)Crystal Reports
972 (0.971 %)GIS
1065 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2000
1163 (0.850 %)Oracle 8/8i
1260 (0.809 %)Oracle 9i
1340 (0.540 %)Data Cleansing
1436 (0.486 %)RDBMS
1535 (0.472 %)Oracle Discoverer
1631 (0.418 %)SAP BW
1729 (0.391 %)DB2
1827 (0.364 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (0.688 %)Visual Studio
247 (0.634 %)NUnit
343 (0.580 %)ClearQuest
441 (0.553 %)Log4Net
540 (0.540 %)QuickTest Pro
639 (0.526 %)LoadRunner
639 (0.526 %)TestDirector
737 (0.499 %)Eclipse
833 (0.445 %)ClearCase
928 (0.378 %)Oracle Forms
1026 (0.351 %)RequisitePro
1122 (0.297 %)StarTeam
1218 (0.243 %)MSI
1315 (0.202 %)Rational Rose
1414 (0.189 %)Flash
1513 (0.175 %)JUnit
1513 (0.175 %)Dreamweaver
1611 (0.148 %)JDeveloper
1611 (0.148 %)Oracle APEX
179 (0.121 %)WinRunner
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11018 (13.73 %)Local Government
2711 (9.590 %)Finance
3238 (3.210 %)Health
4160 (2.158 %)Criminal Justice
5154 (2.077 %)Telecoms
6138 (1.861 %)Education
7119 (1.605 %)Legal
8100 (1.349 %)Banking
998 (1.322 %)Front Office
1094 (1.268 %)Police
1178 (1.052 %)Marketing
1261 (0.823 %)Publishing
1360 (0.809 %)Aerospace
1459 (0.796 %)Military
1551 (0.688 %)Auditing
1551 (0.688 %)Law
1646 (0.620 %)Investment Banking
1745 (0.607 %)Home Office
1841 (0.553 %)Construction
1938 (0.513 %)Retail
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11179 (15.90 %)Analyst
2921 (12.42 %)Project Manager
3676 (9.118 %)Developer
4644 (8.686 %)Consultant
5502 (6.771 %)Business Analyst
6483 (6.515 %)Architect
7174 (2.347 %)Administrator
8167 (2.252 %)Programme Manager
9148 (1.996 %)Technical Architect
10135 (1.821 %)Test Analyst
11125 (1.686 %)DBA
12116 (1.565 %)Test Manager
12116 (1.565 %)Tester
13109 (1.470 %)Support Analyst
14108 (1.457 %).NET Developer
1599 (1.335 %)Network Engineer
1695 (1.281 %)Support Engineer
1695 (1.281 %)Java Developer
1794 (1.268 %)Project Officer
1893 (1.254 %)C# Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1253 (3.412 %)NHS
2165 (2.226 %)Management Information System
387 (1.173 %)Fixed Income
480 (1.079 %)CESG
571 (0.958 %)PKI
667 (0.904 %)RMADS
759 (0.796 %)Clustering
857 (0.769 %)Client/Server
947 (0.634 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1042 (0.566 %)Freedom of Information
1140 (0.540 %)Data Protection Act
1140 (0.540 %)Multithreading
1239 (0.526 %)Biometrics
1337 (0.499 %)CESG CLAS
1436 (0.486 %)E-Learning
1533 (0.445 %)Statistics
1632 (0.432 %)N-Tier
1729 (0.391 %)Thin Client
1729 (0.391 %)Fat Client
1828 (0.378 %)Blackberry
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1777 (10.48 %)Windows
2339 (4.572 %)UNIX
3309 (4.168 %)Windows Server 2003
4197 (2.657 %)Linux
5165 (2.226 %)Windows XP
6147 (1.983 %)Solaris
7135 (1.821 %)Windows 2000
884 (1.133 %)Windows Vista
962 (0.836 %)Red Hat Linux
1048 (0.647 %)AIX
1139 (0.526 %)Windows Server 2008
1238 (0.513 %)HPUX
1333 (0.445 %)Windows 2000 Server
1432 (0.432 %)Windows NT
1511 (0.148 %)NetWare
169 (0.121 %)Tru64
176 (0.081 %)Mac OS X
185 (0.067 %)VxWorks
194 (0.054 %)VME
203 (0.040 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13417 (46.09 %)Security Cleared
22060 (27.79 %)SC Cleared
31031 (13.91 %)PRINCE2
4776 (10.47 %)Project Management
5468 (6.312 %)DV Cleared
6464 (6.258 %)ITIL
7346 (4.667 %)Migration
8283 (3.817 %)Stakeholder Management
8283 (3.817 %)CTC Cleared
9249 (3.359 %)Change Management
10232 (3.129 %)Service Management
10232 (3.129 %)Risk Management
11207 (2.792 %)Business Analysis
12185 (2.495 %)UML
13175 (2.360 %)CRM
14174 (2.347 %)User Acceptance Testing
15170 (2.293 %)BC Cleared
16168 (2.266 %)Service Delivery
17163 (2.199 %)Test Scripting
18159 (2.145 %)Configuration Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1586 (7.904 %)SQL
2374 (5.045 %)Java
3216 (2.913 %)C#
4182 (2.455 %)PL/SQL
5173 (2.333 %)C
6135 (1.821 %)JavaScript
7100 (1.349 %)VB
877 (1.039 %)C++
964 (0.863 %)Transact-SQL
964 (0.863 %)VBScript
1053 (0.715 %)VB.NET
1144 (0.593 %)VBA
1233 (0.445 %)Shell Script
1331 (0.418 %)Perl
1414 (0.189 %)VB6
1414 (0.189 %)VC++
1414 (0.189 %)Ada
1510 (0.135 %)REXX
1510 (0.135 %)Tcl
1510 (0.135 %)PHP
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1178 (2.401 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2148 (1.996 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
3142 (1.915 %)Degree
4133 (1.794 %)Cisco Certification
5121 (1.632 %)ISEB
6110 (1.484 %)Microsoft Certification
781 (1.093 %)ITIL Certification
868 (0.917 %)CCNP
967 (0.904 %)MCSE
1050 (0.674 %)CCNA
1145 (0.607 %)CISSP
1236 (0.486 %)CCIE
1236 (0.486 %)MCP
1319 (0.256 %)RHCE
1415 (0.202 %)MCDBA
1415 (0.202 %)Oracle Certification
1513 (0.175 %)CNE
1513 (0.175 %)Novell Certification
1513 (0.175 %)CCAB
1612 (0.162 %)SCSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1156 (2.104 %)QA
2125 (1.686 %)ISO27001
390 (1.214 %)SLA
438 (0.513 %)BS7799
525 (0.337 %)COBIT
624 (0.324 %)ISO17799
718 (0.243 %)HMG Infosec
817 (0.229 %)JSP 440
916 (0.216 %)WAI
1010 (0.135 %)CESG Infosec
117 (0.094 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
126 (0.081 %)BS7666
135 (0.067 %)ISO9000
135 (0.067 %)PCI DSS
144 (0.054 %)BS25999
144 (0.054 %)BS15000
153 (0.040 %)TickIT
153 (0.040 %)WCAG
153 (0.040 %)ISO9001
162 (0.027 %)GMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1288 (3.885 %)Active Directory
264 (0.863 %)NetBackup
353 (0.715 %)AquaLogic
446 (0.620 %)VMware Infrastructure
534 (0.459 %)Oracle RAC
631 (0.418 %)Oracle RMAN
730 (0.405 %)Citrix Presentation Server
820 (0.270 %)ISA Server
914 (0.189 %)VMware ESX
1011 (0.148 %)Terminal Services
1110 (0.135 %)Backup Exec
129 (0.121 %)NFS
136 (0.081 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
145 (0.067 %)Terminal Server
153 (0.040 %)BorderManager
153 (0.040 %)VMware Workstation
162 (0.027 %)Xen
171 (0.013 %)MailMarshal
171 (0.013 %)VMware GSX
171 (0.013 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
155 (0.742 %)OpenView
251 (0.688 %)OpenView Configuration Management
325 (0.337 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
325 (0.337 %)OVOW
422 (0.297 %)SCCM
422 (0.297 %)Norton AntiVirus
520 (0.270 %)OVSD
616 (0.216 %)MOM
714 (0.189 %)AssetCenter
812 (0.162 %)ServiceCenter
812 (0.162 %)CiscoWorks
812 (0.162 %)Tivoli
911 (0.148 %)MIIS
1010 (0.135 %)Netcool
119 (0.121 %)Unicenter
127 (0.094 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
127 (0.094 %)OVIS
136 (0.081 %)ZENworks
136 (0.081 %)BMC Performance Manager
145 (0.067 %)NNM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1916 (12.36 %)Oracle
2576 (7.769 %)Microsoft
3306 (4.127 %)Cisco
4260 (3.507 %)SAP
5213 (2.873 %)HP
6156 (2.104 %)Business Objects
7117 (1.578 %)Citrix
889 (1.200 %)VMware
986 (1.160 %)IBM
1078 (1.052 %)BEA
1173 (0.985 %)Symantec
1266 (0.890 %)Red Hat
1266 (0.890 %)Sun
1362 (0.836 %)CheckPoint
1451 (0.688 %)Syncfusion
1545 (0.607 %)Altiris
1643 (0.580 %)Remedy
1742 (0.566 %)Juniper
1840 (0.540 %)Adobe
1840 (0.540 %)VERITAS