Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Education' in contract IT jobs within the Essex 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 Education over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEducation
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4353
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads1415
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.016 %
As % of the category below5.622 %4.491 %
Daily rates quoted59
Average minimum daily rate£135£174
Average daily rate£143£174
% change on same period last year-18.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£150£174
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£338
% change on same period last year-2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£12.00£12.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00£14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.83£20.80
% change on same period last year-19.08 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads249334
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.359 %
Daily rates quoted104133
Average minimum daily rate£300£340
Average daily rate£318£368
% change on same period last year-13.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted2647
Average minimum hourly rate£23.46£23.21
Average hourly rate£25.25£23.81
% change on same period last year+6.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.05£24.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Education East of EnglandEducation
East of England

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.

Education
Demand Trend

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

Essex Education Demand Trend

Education
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Education Daily Rate Trend

Education
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the Essex region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Essex Education Daily Rate Histogram

Education
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Education Hourly Rate Trend

Education
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Education within the Essex region over the 3 months to 2 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
BasildonNew entry-3--
ColchesterNew entry-1--
Education East of EnglandEducation
East of England

Education
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Education 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 Education.

18 (34.78 %)Degree
25 (21.74 %)Cisco PIX
25 (21.74 %)Video Conferencing
25 (21.74 %)Windows 2000 Server
25 (21.74 %)Disaster Recovery
25 (21.74 %)Wireless
25 (21.74 %)Windows
25 (21.74 %)LAN
25 (21.74 %)VoIP
25 (21.74 %)WAN
25 (21.74 %)DHCP
25 (21.74 %)SNMP
25 (21.74 %)TCP/IP
25 (21.74 %)DNS
25 (21.74 %)SLA
25 (21.74 %)Cisco
25 (21.74 %)IBM
25 (21.74 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (17.39 %)Mainframe
34 (17.39 %)zOS
34 (17.39 %)MVS
34 (17.39 %)ITIL
34 (17.39 %)Firewall
34 (17.39 %)Data Security
43 (13.04 %)BGP
43 (13.04 %)Health
43 (13.04 %)NHS
52 (8.696 %)Oracle
52 (8.696 %)UML
52 (8.696 %)MS Excel

Education
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Education 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 Education. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.696 %)MS Excel
21 (4.348 %)MS PowerPoint
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (21.74 %)LAN
15 (21.74 %)VoIP
15 (21.74 %)WAN
15 (21.74 %)DHCP
15 (21.74 %)SNMP
15 (21.74 %)TCP/IP
15 (21.74 %)DNS
15 (21.74 %)Wireless
15 (21.74 %)Cisco PIX
24 (17.39 %)Firewall
33 (13.04 %)BGP
41 (4.348 %)ISDN
41 (4.348 %)Intranet
41 (4.348 %)Internet
41 (4.348 %)VPN
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.348 %)Data Mining
11 (4.348 %)dBASE
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (13.04 %)Health
22 (8.696 %)Publishing
22 (8.696 %)Financial Institution
22 (8.696 %)Finance
31 (4.348 %)Government
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (34.78 %)Analyst
25 (21.74 %)Network Engineer
25 (21.74 %)Support Technician
25 (21.74 %)Network Support
25 (21.74 %)Network Support Technician
25 (21.74 %)Network Technician
34 (17.39 %)Systems Programmer
34 (17.39 %)Programmer
43 (13.04 %)Information Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Administrator
52 (8.696 %)Business Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Procurement Manager
61 (4.348 %)Project Administrator
61 (4.348 %)Change Management Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Problem Management Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Technical Project Manager
61 (4.348 %)Technical Architect
61 (4.348 %)Architect
61 (4.348 %)Project Manager
61 (4.348 %)UNIX Administrator
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (21.74 %)Video Conferencing
24 (17.39 %)Mainframe
33 (13.04 %)NHS
41 (4.348 %)Client/Server
41 (4.348 %)Economics
41 (4.348 %)Statistics
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (21.74 %)Windows
15 (21.74 %)Windows Server 2003
15 (21.74 %)Windows 2000 Server
24 (17.39 %)zOS
24 (17.39 %)MVS
31 (4.348 %)Solaris
31 (4.348 %)Linux
31 (4.348 %)UNIX
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (21.74 %)Disaster Recovery
24 (17.39 %)Data Security
24 (17.39 %)ITIL
32 (8.696 %)UML
32 (8.696 %)E-Commerce
32 (8.696 %)Business Analysis
32 (8.696 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (4.348 %)Time Management
41 (4.348 %)Content Management
41 (4.348 %)Incident Management
41 (4.348 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (4.348 %)Technical Architecture
41 (4.348 %)Problem Management
41 (4.348 %)Service Delivery
41 (4.348 %)Change Management
41 (4.348 %)DSDM
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.348 %)Java
11 (4.348 %)VBA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (34.78 %)Degree
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (21.74 %)SLA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (21.74 %)Cisco
15 (21.74 %)IBM
22 (8.696 %)Oracle
31 (4.348 %)Microsoft
31 (4.348 %)Sun
31 (4.348 %)NetApp
31 (4.348 %)VERITAS
31 (4.348 %)Fujitsu