England Smartcard Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Smart Card skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Smartcard over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bolton City of London East of England England Essex Hampshire Harrogate Leeds London Manchester Midlands Newport North West North Yorkshire Oldham Reading Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales West Yorkshire Wigan York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	470	517
Rank change on same period last year	+47
Matching contract IT job ads	49	108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.077 %	0.116 %
As % of the category below	0.370 %	0.569 %
Daily rates quoted	12	30
Average minimum daily rate	£292	£274
Average daily rate	£311	£307
% change on same period last year	+1.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£310	£335
% change on same period last year	-7.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.33	£24.12
Average hourly rate	£15.83	£27.08
% change on same period last year	-41.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.33	£30.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£26.78
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	13259	18984
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	20.88 %	20.34 %
Daily rates quoted	4895	6778
Average minimum daily rate	£413	£465
Average daily rate	£445	£497
% change on same period last year	-10.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£477	£530
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	1139	1507
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.45	£23.39
Average hourly rate	£25.23	£25.35
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.01	£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.46	£25.58
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
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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 Smartcard across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous 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 Smartcard 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 Smartcard across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 Smartcard across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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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 Smartcard within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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	+60	13	£325	+38.79 %
Yorkshire	+35	11	£334	-
South East	+24	10	£375	+7.61 %
Midlands	+22	7	-	-
North West	+6	5	£290	-
East of England	+29	2	£300	-
South West	+27	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard.

1 64 (39.75 %) PKI 2 38 (23.60 %) NHS 3 36 (22.36 %) Security Cleared 4 28 (17.39 %) Microsoft 4 28 (17.39 %) LDAP 5 26 (16.15 %) Government 5 26 (16.15 %) Windows 6 21 (13.04 %) X.500 7 20 (12.42 %) SAML 8 17 (10.56 %) Firewall 9 15 (9.317 %) CA 10 14 (8.696 %) Finance 10 14 (8.696 %) CTC Cleared 11 13 (8.075 %) SC Cleared 11 13 (8.075 %) NPfIT

12 10 (6.211 %) Degree 13 9 (5.590 %) Windows Vista 13 9 (5.590 %) Project Management 13 9 (5.590 %) Health 14 8 (4.969 %) Information Security 14 8 (4.969 %) Change Management 14 8 (4.969 %) Active Directory 14 8 (4.969 %) C 14 8 (4.969 %) MS Excel 15 7 (4.348 %) DNS 15 7 (4.348 %) Windows XP 15 7 (4.348 %) Java 15 7 (4.348 %) PRINCE2 15 7 (4.348 %) UNIX 15 7 (4.348 %) EPoS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 20 (12.42 %) SAML 2 5 (3.106 %) WebServices 3 4 (2.484 %) J2ME 3 4 (2.484 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.863 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (0.621 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (0.621 %) IIS
Applications 1 8 (4.969 %) MS Excel 2 3 (1.863 %) MS Visio 3 2 (1.242 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.621 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.621 %) MATLAB 4 1 (0.621 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 28 (17.39 %) LDAP 2 21 (13.04 %) X.500 3 17 (10.56 %) Firewall 4 7 (4.348 %) DNS 5 6 (3.727 %) VPN 6 3 (1.863 %) LAN 6 3 (1.863 %) WAN 6 3 (1.863 %) Internet 7 2 (1.242 %) TCP/IP 7 2 (1.242 %) SAN 7 2 (1.242 %) Intrusion Detection 8 1 (0.621 %) IMAP 8 1 (0.621 %) Network Security 8 1 (0.621 %) TETRA 8 1 (0.621 %) X.509 8 1 (0.621 %) RFID 8 1 (0.621 %) NetScreen 8 1 (0.621 %) POP3 8 1 (0.621 %) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (3.106 %) MS Access 2 2 (1.242 %) Oracle 10g	General 1 26 (16.15 %) Government 2 14 (8.696 %) Finance 3 9 (5.590 %) Health 4 6 (3.727 %) Criminal Justice 5 5 (3.106 %) Police 6 4 (2.484 %) Banking 7 3 (1.863 %) Retail 7 3 (1.863 %) Pharmaceutical 8 2 (1.242 %) Back Office 8 2 (1.242 %) Home Office 9 1 (0.621 %) Marketing 9 1 (0.621 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.621 %) Law 9 1 (0.621 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 27 (16.77 %) Analyst 2 19 (11.80 %) Project Manager 3 16 (9.938 %) Architect 4 13 (8.075 %) Business Analyst 5 11 (6.832 %) Consultant 6 8 (4.969 %) Security Architect 7 6 (3.727 %) Solutions Architect 8 5 (3.106 %) Test Analyst 9 4 (2.484 %) Test Manager 9 4 (2.484 %) Analyst Programmer 9 4 (2.484 %) Programmer 9 4 (2.484 %) Security Consultant 9 4 (2.484 %) Change Manager 9 4 (2.484 %) NHS Project Manager 10 3 (1.863 %) Deployment Specialist 10 3 (1.863 %) Security Manager 10 3 (1.863 %) Systems Architect 10 3 (1.863 %) Field Engineer 10 3 (1.863 %) Technical Support 11 2 (1.242 %) Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 64 (39.75 %) PKI 2 38 (23.60 %) NHS 3 13 (8.075 %) NPfIT 4 7 (4.348 %) EPoS 5 4 (2.484 %) EMV 5 4 (2.484 %) Cryptography 6 3 (1.863 %) Biometrics 6 3 (1.863 %) Chip and PIN 6 3 (1.863 %) EFT 7 2 (1.242 %) Management Information System 7 2 (1.242 %) APACS 7 2 (1.242 %) SCADA 7 2 (1.242 %) Freedom of Information 7 2 (1.242 %) CCTV 8 1 (0.621 %) Statistics 8 1 (0.621 %) Fat Client 8 1 (0.621 %) Firmware 8 1 (0.621 %) Thin Client 8 1 (0.621 %) EFTPOS
Operating Systems 1 26 (16.15 %) Windows 2 9 (5.590 %) Windows Vista 3 7 (4.348 %) UNIX 3 7 (4.348 %) Windows XP 4 5 (3.106 %) Linux 4 5 (3.106 %) Windows Server 2008 5 2 (1.242 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (1.242 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.621 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 36 (22.36 %) Security Cleared 2 14 (8.696 %) CTC Cleared 3 13 (8.075 %) SC Cleared 4 9 (5.590 %) Project Management 5 8 (4.969 %) Change Management 5 8 (4.969 %) Information Security 6 7 (4.348 %) PRINCE2 7 6 (3.727 %) Data Protection 7 6 (3.727 %) DV Cleared 8 5 (3.106 %) Validation 8 5 (3.106 %) Stakeholder Management 8 5 (3.106 %) Business Analysis 9 4 (2.484 %) Document Management 9 4 (2.484 %) Test Scripting 10 3 (1.863 %) Release Management 10 3 (1.863 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 3 (1.863 %) Software Engineering 10 3 (1.863 %) Security Management 10 3 (1.863 %) PRINCE 11 2 (1.242 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 8 (4.969 %) C 2 7 (4.348 %) Java 3 6 (3.727 %) C++ 4 4 (2.484 %) Embedded C 5 2 (1.242 %) SQL 6 1 (0.621 %) VBScript 6 1 (0.621 %) VB	Qualifications 1 10 (6.211 %) Degree 2 6 (3.727 %) Microsoft Certification 3 5 (3.106 %) CISSP 4 4 (2.484 %) ISEB 5 2 (1.242 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (1.242 %) MCSA 5 2 (1.242 %) CCNA 5 2 (1.242 %) OCA 5 2 (1.242 %) Oracle Certification 6 1 (0.621 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (0.621 %) PMP 6 1 (0.621 %) CCSPA 6 1 (0.621 %) CCSA 6 1 (0.621 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.863 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 3 (1.863 %) ISO27001 2 2 (1.242 %) ISO8583 3 1 (0.621 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.621 %) BS7799 3 1 (0.621 %) QA	System Software 1 8 (4.969 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.621 %) MetaFrame 2 1 (0.621 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.621 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 2 (1.242 %) MIIS 2 1 (0.621 %) BMC Performance Manager 2 1 (0.621 %) SCCM 2 1 (0.621 %) SCOM 2 1 (0.621 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 28 (17.39 %) Microsoft 2 15 (9.317 %) CA 3 5 (3.106 %) iSOFT 4 3 (1.863 %) McAfee Security 4 3 (1.863 %) IBM 5 2 (1.242 %) Wonderware 5 2 (1.242 %) Oracle 5 2 (1.242 %) Sun 5 2 (1.242 %) EMC 5 2 (1.242 %) Citrix 6 1 (0.621 %) BMC 6 1 (0.621 %) Cisco 6 1 (0.621 %) Novell 6 1 (0.621 %) Red Hat 6 1 (0.621 %) AppSense 6 1 (0.621 %) Altiris 6 1 (0.621 %) Symantec