England Head Of IT Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Head Of IT role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Head Of IT in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Head Of IT
Location Berkshire City of London Crawley East of England England Essex London Manchester Newport Norfolk North West Norwich South East South Wales UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	520	593
Rank change on same period last year	+73
Matching contract IT job ads	30	48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.042 %	0.048 %
As % of the category below	0.051 %	0.056 %
Daily rates quoted	9	12
Average minimum daily rate	£572	£488
Average daily rate	£625	£531
% change on same period last year	+17.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£678	£575
UK excluding London average daily rate	£429	£473
% change on same period last year	-9.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	59258	85192
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.78 %	85.59 %
Daily rates quoted	19738	26381
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£390
Average daily rate	£401	£414
% change on same period last year	-3.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£427	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	5325	7556
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.57	£23.93
Average hourly rate	£24.11	£25.50
% change on same period last year	-5.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.65	£27.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.74	£25.24
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
Head Of IT 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Head Of IT across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Head Of IT 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 Head Of IT across the England region over the 3 months to 6 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 Head Of IT across the England region.

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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 Head Of IT within the England region over the 3 months to 6 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	+58	15	£1,017	+77.36 %
East of England	+27	4	£363	-
South East	+40	4	£483	+17.17 %
North West	+16	4	-	-
Yorkshire	+15	2	-	-
West Midlands	-	1	£400	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Head Of IT in their job title 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 with Head Of IT in their job title.

1 11 (22.92 %) NHS 2 9 (18.75 %) Health 3 8 (16.67 %) Service Delivery 4 7 (14.58 %) Government 5 6 (12.50 %) Finance 5 6 (12.50 %) Education 5 6 (12.50 %) ITIL 6 5 (10.42 %) Service Management 7 4 (8.333 %) Microsoft Certification 7 4 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 7 4 (8.333 %) MCSE 7 4 (8.333 %) SLA 8 3 (6.250 %) Project Management 8 3 (6.250 %) Disaster Recovery 8 3 (6.250 %) Back Office

8 3 (6.250 %) Programme Management 8 3 (6.250 %) Fund Management 9 2 (4.167 %) Problem Management 9 2 (4.167 %) thinkFolio 9 2 (4.167 %) Thomson PORTIA 9 2 (4.167 %) Marketing 9 2 (4.167 %) Migration 9 2 (4.167 %) LatentZero 9 2 (4.167 %) Asset Management 9 2 (4.167 %) Data Management 9 2 (4.167 %) Incident Management 9 2 (4.167 %) SimCorp 9 2 (4.167 %) SimCorp Dimension 9 2 (4.167 %) Risk Management 9 2 (4.167 %) Telecoms

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Head Of IT in their job title 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 with Head Of IT in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (4.167 %) Middleware 2 1 (2.083 %) .NET 2 1 (2.083 %) ASP.NET	Applications 1 1 (2.083 %) MS Visio
Business Applications 1 2 (4.167 %) HiInvest 1 2 (4.167 %) HiPerformance 1 2 (4.167 %) HiPortfolio 1 2 (4.167 %) SimCorp Dimension 1 2 (4.167 %) Thomson PORTIA 2 1 (2.083 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (2.083 %) Oracle Applications	Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.167 %) Wireless 2 1 (2.083 %) LAN 2 1 (2.083 %) WAN 2 1 (2.083 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.083 %) SQL Server	General 1 9 (18.75 %) Health 2 7 (14.58 %) Government 3 6 (12.50 %) Finance 3 6 (12.50 %) Education 4 3 (6.250 %) Back Office 5 2 (4.167 %) Telecoms 5 2 (4.167 %) Marketing 6 1 (2.083 %) Front Office 6 1 (2.083 %) Advertising 6 1 (2.083 %) Banking 6 1 (2.083 %) Local Government 6 1 (2.083 %) Pensions
Miscellaneous 1 11 (22.92 %) NHS 2 2 (4.167 %) NPfIT 3 1 (2.083 %) Fixed Income	Operating Systems 1 2 (4.167 %) Windows 2 1 (2.083 %) AIX 2 1 (2.083 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (2.083 %) OS/400 2 1 (2.083 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (16.67 %) Service Delivery 2 6 (12.50 %) ITIL 3 5 (10.42 %) Service Management 4 4 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (6.250 %) Disaster Recovery 5 3 (6.250 %) Programme Management 5 3 (6.250 %) Fund Management 5 3 (6.250 %) Project Management 6 2 (4.167 %) Incident Management 6 2 (4.167 %) Problem Management 6 2 (4.167 %) Asset Management 6 2 (4.167 %) Data Management 6 2 (4.167 %) Risk Management 6 2 (4.167 %) Migration 6 2 (4.167 %) PRINCE 6 2 (4.167 %) Change Management 7 1 (2.083 %) Quality Management 7 1 (2.083 %) Process Management 7 1 (2.083 %) CAD 7 1 (2.083 %) ITSM	Programming Languages 1 1 (2.083 %) C# 1 1 (2.083 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 4 (8.333 %) MCSE 1 4 (8.333 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.083 %) Degree 2 1 (2.083 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 1 (2.083 %) CCNA 2 1 (2.083 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (8.333 %) SLA 2 1 (2.083 %) ISO27001 2 1 (2.083 %) COBIT 2 1 (2.083 %) QA
System Software 1 1 (2.083 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 2 (4.167 %) Charles River 1 2 (4.167 %) LatentZero 1 2 (4.167 %) SimCorp 1 2 (4.167 %) thinkFolio 2 1 (2.083 %) Oracle 2 1 (2.083 %) IBM 2 1 (2.083 %) Microsoft 2 1 (2.083 %) Citrix