Gloucestershire Government Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Gloucestershire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Avon Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Ceredigion Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hove Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Melrose Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochdale Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torpoint Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	8	13
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	64	57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.085 %	0.058 %
As % of the category below	29.91 %	28.22 %
Daily rates quoted	21	26
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£370
Average daily rate	£433	£390
% change on same period last year	+10.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£410
UK excluding London average daily rate	£387	£369
% change on same period last year	+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.30	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£28.50	£28.33
% change on same period last year	+0.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.70	£28.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£31.14
% change on same period last year	-9.96 %
General Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads	214	202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.285 %	0.204 %
Daily rates quoted	104	79
Average minimum daily rate	£360	£381
Average daily rate	£374	£395
% change on same period last year	-5.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£408
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.30	£27.22
Average hourly rate	£31.23	£28.22
% change on same period last year	+10.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.15	£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.78	£27.25
% change on same period last year	-1.70 %
Government South West

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 Government across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General 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 Government across the Gloucestershire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Government across the Gloucestershire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Cheltenham	+3	31	£494	+17.46 %
Gloucester	+2	6	£346	+14.08 %

Government South West

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 108 (87.80 %) Security Cleared 2 86 (69.92 %) DV Cleared 3 25 (20.33 %) PRINCE2 4 23 (18.70 %) SC Cleared 5 21 (17.07 %) Windows 6 15 (12.20 %) C 7 14 (11.38 %) Information Security 8 13 (10.57 %) UNIX 9 11 (8.943 %) Cisco 9 11 (8.943 %) CESG 9 11 (8.943 %) CESG CLAS 10 9 (7.317 %) Solaris 11 8 (6.504 %) Linux 11 8 (6.504 %) Project Management 11 8 (6.504 %) Service Management

11 8 (6.504 %) Ethical Hacking 11 8 (6.504 %) Penetration Testing 12 7 (5.691 %) Telecoms 12 7 (5.691 %) Shell Script 12 7 (5.691 %) Configuration Management 12 7 (5.691 %) ITIL 12 7 (5.691 %) Oracle 13 6 (4.878 %) J2EE 13 6 (4.878 %) Windows 2000 13 6 (4.878 %) Microsoft 13 6 (4.878 %) Active Directory 13 6 (4.878 %) PRINCE2 Certification 13 6 (4.878 %) SAN 13 6 (4.878 %) Remedy 13 6 (4.878 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Application Development 1 6 (4.878 %) J2EE 2 4 (3.252 %) XML 2 4 (3.252 %) EJB 3 2 (1.626 %) Application Packaging 3 2 (1.626 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (1.626 %) .NET 4 1 (0.813 %) HTML 4 1 (0.813 %) JMS 4 1 (0.813 %) Spring 4 1 (0.813 %) WebSphere 4 1 (0.813 %) Java EE 4 1 (0.813 %) Java EE 5 4 1 (0.813 %) SOAP 4 1 (0.813 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 4 (3.252 %) WebLogic 1 4 (3.252 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 3 (2.439 %) JBoss 3 2 (1.626 %) Apache 3 2 (1.626 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (1.626 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.813 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 1 (0.813 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 1 (0.813 %) Oracle Workflow 4 1 (0.813 %) Oracle Application Server
Applications 1 3 (2.439 %) MS Office 1 3 (2.439 %) MS Excel 2 2 (1.626 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.813 %) AutoCAD 3 1 (0.813 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.813 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 6 (4.878 %) SAN 2 4 (3.252 %) DHCP 2 4 (3.252 %) TCP/IP 2 4 (3.252 %) DNS 3 3 (2.439 %) Network Security 4 2 (1.626 %) VPN 4 2 (1.626 %) SMS 5 1 (0.813 %) SMTP 5 1 (0.813 %) DMZ 5 1 (0.813 %) MPLS 5 1 (0.813 %) DSL 5 1 (0.813 %) X.400 5 1 (0.813 %) VLAN 5 1 (0.813 %) NGN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (4.065 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.813 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 1 (0.813 %) Oracle 9i 2 1 (0.813 %) ETL 2 1 (0.813 %) RDBMS 2 1 (0.813 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (0.813 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (0.813 %) SQLPlus
Development Applications 1 2 (1.626 %) NUnit 2 1 (0.813 %) ClearCase 2 1 (0.813 %) Eclipse 2 1 (0.813 %) JDeveloper	General 1 7 (5.691 %) Telecoms 2 6 (4.878 %) Finance 3 5 (4.065 %) Military 4 3 (2.439 %) Legal 4 3 (2.439 %) Auditing 5 2 (1.626 %) Back Office 5 2 (1.626 %) Local Government 5 2 (1.626 %) Education 5 2 (1.626 %) Health 6 1 (0.813 %) Aerospace 6 1 (0.813 %) Criminal Justice 6 1 (0.813 %) Home Office
Job Titles 1 33 (26.83 %) Consultant 2 13 (10.57 %) Project Support Officer 2 13 (10.57 %) Project Officer 3 11 (8.943 %) Architect 3 11 (8.943 %) Security Consultant 4 10 (8.130 %) Project Manager 4 10 (8.130 %) Analyst 5 8 (6.504 %) Administrator 6 7 (5.691 %) Business Consultant 6 7 (5.691 %) Developer 6 7 (5.691 %) Business Analyst 7 5 (4.065 %) Systems Administrator 7 5 (4.065 %) Technical Architect 7 5 (4.065 %) Java Developer 7 5 (4.065 %) Lead Architect 7 5 (4.065 %) Lead Technical Architect 8 3 (2.439 %) Java/J2EE Developer 8 3 (2.439 %) Systems Architect 8 3 (2.439 %) Team Leader 8 3 (2.439 %) Change Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 11 (8.943 %) CESG 1 11 (8.943 %) CESG CLAS 2 4 (3.252 %) Clustering 3 3 (2.439 %) Management Information System 3 3 (2.439 %) RMADS 3 3 (2.439 %) PKI 4 2 (1.626 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.813 %) PMI 5 1 (0.813 %) Thin Client 5 1 (0.813 %) Smartcard 5 1 (0.813 %) CMDB 5 1 (0.813 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 21 (17.07 %) Windows 2 13 (10.57 %) UNIX 3 9 (7.317 %) Solaris 4 8 (6.504 %) Linux 5 6 (4.878 %) Windows 2000 6 5 (4.065 %) HPUX 7 2 (1.626 %) Windows Server 2003 7 2 (1.626 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 108 (87.80 %) Security Cleared 2 86 (69.92 %) DV Cleared 3 25 (20.33 %) PRINCE2 4 23 (18.70 %) SC Cleared 5 14 (11.38 %) Information Security 6 8 (6.504 %) Ethical Hacking 6 8 (6.504 %) Penetration Testing 6 8 (6.504 %) Project Management 6 8 (6.504 %) Service Management 7 7 (5.691 %) ITIL 7 7 (5.691 %) Configuration Management 8 6 (4.878 %) Risk Management 8 6 (4.878 %) Programme Management 9 5 (4.065 %) Change Management 9 5 (4.065 %) Stakeholder Management 10 4 (3.252 %) UML 10 4 (3.252 %) RUP 11 3 (2.439 %) Risk Assessment 11 3 (2.439 %) Information Security Management 11 3 (2.439 %) Security Management
Programming Languages 1 15 (12.20 %) C 2 7 (5.691 %) Shell Script 3 5 (4.065 %) SQL 3 5 (4.065 %) Java 3 5 (4.065 %) Perl 4 3 (2.439 %) VB 5 2 (1.626 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (1.626 %) C# 5 2 (1.626 %) VBScript 6 1 (0.813 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 6 (4.878 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 4 (3.252 %) MCSE 2 4 (3.252 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (2.439 %) Cisco Certification 3 3 (2.439 %) MCP 3 3 (2.439 %) Sun Certification 4 2 (1.626 %) HNC 4 2 (1.626 %) CCNP 4 2 (1.626 %) CCNA 5 1 (0.813 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.813 %) PMP 5 1 (0.813 %) PMI Certification 5 1 (0.813 %) CCVP 5 1 (0.813 %) Degree 5 1 (0.813 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.439 %) ISO27001 2 1 (0.813 %) JSP 440 2 1 (0.813 %) SLA	System Software 1 6 (4.878 %) Active Directory 2 4 (3.252 %) NFS 3 3 (2.439 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (1.626 %) ISA Server 4 2 (1.626 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.813 %) Oracle RAC 5 1 (0.813 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 1 (0.813 %) AssetCenter	Vendors 1 11 (8.943 %) Cisco 2 7 (5.691 %) Oracle 3 6 (4.878 %) Remedy 3 6 (4.878 %) Microsoft 4 3 (2.439 %) Sun 4 3 (2.439 %) HP 4 3 (2.439 %) BEA 4 3 (2.439 %) VMware 5 2 (1.626 %) NEC 5 2 (1.626 %) Dell 5 2 (1.626 %) EMC 6 1 (0.813 %) Citrix 6 1 (0.813 %) VERITAS 6 1 (0.813 %) IBM 6 1 (0.813 %) Primavera 6 1 (0.813 %) Altiris