Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Home Office' 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 Home Office over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHome Office
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank502614
Rank change on same period last yearUp+112
Matching contract IT job ads6330
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.083 %0.030 %
As % of the category below0.183 %0.066 %
Daily rates quoted318
Average minimum daily rate£414£377
Average daily rate£453£429
% change on same period last year+5.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£492£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£398£575
% change on same period last year-30.73 %
Hourly rates quoted42
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£17.50
Average hourly rate£24.21£18.00
% change on same period last year+34.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.41£18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£13.00
% change on same period last year+188.46 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
England
Matching contract IT job ads3438245662
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled45.37 %45.48 %
Daily rates quoted1362416728
Average minimum daily rate£413£421
Average daily rate£443£448
% change on same period last year-1.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£472£476
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£381
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted19762366
Average minimum hourly rate£25.88£25.12
Average hourly rate£27.69£26.88
% change on same period last year+3.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.50£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.94£27.04
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Home Office UKHome Office
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.

Home Office
Demand Trend

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

England Home Office Demand Trend

Home Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Home Office Daily Rate Trend

Home Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Home Office across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England Home Office Daily Rate Histogram

Home Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Home Office Hourly Rate Trend

Home Office
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Home Office across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England Home Office Hourly Rate Histogram

Home Office
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Home Office within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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+9048£452+18.73 %
South WestUp+204£463-
North WestNew entry-3£520-
South EastUp+403£488-15.21 %
North EastNew entry-1--
West MidlandsNew entry-1--
Home Office UKHome Office
UK

Home Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Home Office 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 Home Office.

153 (46.49 %)Security Cleared
246 (40.35 %)Government
332 (28.07 %)SC Cleared
424 (21.05 %)SQL
521 (18.42 %)PRINCE2
620 (17.54 %)Oracle
717 (14.91 %)Degree
813 (11.40 %)Microsoft
912 (10.53 %)Windows
1011 (9.649 %)C
1011 (9.649 %)Finance
1110 (8.772 %)Project Management
1110 (8.772 %)PL/SQL
129 (7.895 %)XML
138 (7.018 %)Computer Science
147 (6.140 %)Time Management
147 (6.140 %)Risk Management
147 (6.140 %)Police
147 (6.140 %)Java
147 (6.140 %)Business Objects
147 (6.140 %)Oracle 9i
147 (6.140 %)ETL
147 (6.140 %)WebServices
147 (6.140 %)Oracle 10g
147 (6.140 %)BusinessObjects
156 (5.263 %)Sun
156 (5.263 %)LDAP
156 (5.263 %)MS Excel
156 (5.263 %)J2EE
156 (5.263 %)MS Project

Home Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Home Office 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 Home Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (7.895 %)XML
27 (6.140 %)WebServices
36 (5.263 %)J2EE
45 (4.386 %)MDX
45 (4.386 %).NET
54 (3.509 %)EJB
63 (2.632 %)XSLT
72 (1.754 %)Middleware
72 (1.754 %)Java EE 5
81 (0.877 %)WebSphere
81 (0.877 %)AJAX
81 (0.877 %)JSF
81 (0.877 %)ASP.NET
81 (0.877 %)JDBC
81 (0.877 %)JSP
81 (0.877 %)Servlets
81 (0.877 %)SOAP
81 (0.877 %)SAML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (2.632 %)MS Exchange
22 (1.754 %)Oracle 9iAS
22 (1.754 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
22 (1.754 %)MQSeries
22 (1.754 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (0.877 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.877 %)WebLogic
31 (0.877 %)JBoss
31 (0.877 %)Apache
31 (0.877 %)Tomcat
31 (0.877 %)SAS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.263 %)MS Excel
16 (5.263 %)MS Project
25 (4.386 %)MS Office
32 (1.754 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.877 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.754 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.877 %)Oracle ERP
21 (0.877 %)MAXIMO
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (5.263 %)LDAP
25 (4.386 %)Firewall
34 (3.509 %)TCP/IP
43 (2.632 %)LAN
43 (2.632 %)WAN
43 (2.632 %)Internet
52 (1.754 %)SAN
61 (0.877 %)Broadband
61 (0.877 %)DHCP
61 (0.877 %)VoIP
61 (0.877 %)DNS
61 (0.877 %)X.500
61 (0.877 %)NetScreen
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (6.140 %)Oracle 9i
17 (6.140 %)ETL
17 (6.140 %)Oracle 10g
17 (6.140 %)BusinessObjects
25 (4.386 %)Data Mart
25 (4.386 %)OLAP
33 (2.632 %)SQL Server
42 (1.754 %)Oracle Reports
42 (1.754 %)MS Access
42 (1.754 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.877 %)Oracle OWB
51 (0.877 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.877 %)Data Mining
51 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (3.509 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.877 %)Eclipse
21 (0.877 %)LoadRunner
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (40.35 %)Government
211 (9.649 %)Finance
37 (6.140 %)Police
46 (5.263 %)Criminal Justice
54 (3.509 %)Pharmaceutical
54 (3.509 %)Health
63 (2.632 %)Banking
72 (1.754 %)Telecoms
72 (1.754 %)Billing
81 (0.877 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.877 %)Military
81 (0.877 %)Front Office
81 (0.877 %)Aerospace
81 (0.877 %)Education
81 (0.877 %)Electronics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (14.04 %)Project Manager
214 (12.28 %)Architect
311 (9.649 %)Analyst
410 (8.772 %)Developer
55 (4.386 %)Change Manager
55 (4.386 %)Technical Architect
64 (3.509 %)Business Analyst
64 (3.509 %)Author
64 (3.509 %)Technical Author
64 (3.509 %)Web Developer
64 (3.509 %)Consultant
64 (3.509 %)Applications Developer
64 (3.509 %)DBA
64 (3.509 %)Oracle DBA
64 (3.509 %)Security Manager
64 (3.509 %)Security Project Manager
73 (2.632 %)Oracle Developer
73 (2.632 %)Administrator
82 (1.754 %)Change Control Manager
82 (1.754 %)Test Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (7.018 %)Computer Science
22 (1.754 %)NHS
22 (1.754 %)Smartcard
22 (1.754 %)Blackberry
22 (1.754 %)E-Learning
22 (1.754 %)Life Science
22 (1.754 %)PKI
31 (0.877 %)Fat Client
31 (0.877 %)Human Factors
31 (0.877 %)Freedom of Information
31 (0.877 %)Fixed Income
31 (0.877 %)Clustering
31 (0.877 %)Equities
31 (0.877 %)N-Tier
31 (0.877 %)Thin Client
31 (0.877 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (10.53 %)Windows
25 (4.386 %)Solaris
25 (4.386 %)Linux
25 (4.386 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (3.509 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
34 (3.509 %)UNIX
42 (1.754 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (1.754 %)Windows XP
51 (0.877 %)AIX
51 (0.877 %)VxWorks
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
153 (46.49 %)Security Cleared
232 (28.07 %)SC Cleared
321 (18.42 %)PRINCE2
410 (8.772 %)Project Management
57 (6.140 %)Time Management
57 (6.140 %)Risk Management
66 (5.263 %)Technical Architecture
75 (4.386 %)CTC Cleared
75 (4.386 %)DV Cleared
75 (4.386 %)Data Analysis
75 (4.386 %)Service Management
75 (4.386 %)OO
84 (3.509 %)ITIL
84 (3.509 %)Migration
84 (3.509 %)Software Engineering
93 (2.632 %)TOGAF
93 (2.632 %)Change Management
93 (2.632 %)Disaster Recovery
93 (2.632 %)UML
93 (2.632 %)Data Modelling
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (21.05 %)SQL
211 (9.649 %)C
310 (8.772 %)PL/SQL
47 (6.140 %)Java
53 (2.632 %)C++
53 (2.632 %)VB
62 (1.754 %)Pascal
62 (1.754 %)Perl
71 (0.877 %)C#
71 (0.877 %)VB.NET
71 (0.877 %)Embedded C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (14.91 %)Degree
23 (2.632 %)Oracle Certification
31 (0.877 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
31 (0.877 %)ISEB Practitioner
31 (0.877 %)MCP
31 (0.877 %)MCSE
31 (0.877 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.877 %)Dell Certification
31 (0.877 %)ISEB
31 (0.877 %)Microsoft Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.632 %)GCP
22 (1.754 %)QA
31 (0.877 %)MiFID
31 (0.877 %)ISO9001
31 (0.877 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.877 %)Basel II
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (3.509 %)Oracle RMAN
22 (1.754 %)Active Directory
22 (1.754 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.877 %)MetaFrame
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.754 %)OpenView
12 (1.754 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (1.754 %)BMC PATROL
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (17.54 %)Oracle
213 (11.40 %)Microsoft
37 (6.140 %)Business Objects
46 (5.263 %)Sun
55 (4.386 %)ProClarity
55 (4.386 %)Red Hat
55 (4.386 %)TIBCO
63 (2.632 %)HP
63 (2.632 %)BEA
63 (2.632 %)BMC
72 (1.754 %)Cisco
72 (1.754 %)IBM
72 (1.754 %)Altiris
81 (0.877 %)Brocade
81 (0.877 %)TOWER Software
81 (0.877 %)Cognos
81 (0.877 %)Remedy
81 (0.877 %)Dell
81 (0.877 %)EMC
81 (0.877 %)Lotus