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This section looks at the demand for GxP skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GxP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGxP
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7896
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.333 %2.105 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£539£354
% change on same period last year+52.11 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00£32.50
Average hourly rate£36.00£35.25
% change on same period last year+2.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£33.30
% change on same period last year+8.10 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads12095
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.160 %0.095 %
Daily rates quoted4733
Average minimum daily rate£374£324
Average daily rate£413£342
% change on same period last year+20.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£453£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£358
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Hourly rates quoted1312
Average minimum hourly rate£16.11£25.89
Average hourly rate£16.53£28.39
% change on same period last year-41.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.95£30.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.63
% change on same period last year-8.73 %
GxP East of EnglandGxP
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.

GxP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GxP across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Hertfordshire GxP Demand Trend

GxP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire GxP Daily Rate Trend

GxP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire GxP Hourly Rate Trend

GxP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 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
StevenageNew entry-4--
GxP East of EnglandGxP
East of England

GxP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing GxP 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 GxP.

16 (100.00 %)Pharmaceutical
24 (66.67 %)HP
33 (50.00 %)UNIX
42 (33.33 %)SAN
42 (33.33 %)HPUX
42 (33.33 %)Solaris
42 (33.33 %)Linux
42 (33.33 %)VERITAS
42 (33.33 %)Red Hat
42 (33.33 %)VMware
42 (33.33 %)Summit
42 (33.33 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
42 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (33.33 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
51 (16.67 %)VMware ESX
51 (16.67 %)NetBackup
51 (16.67 %)Backup Exec
51 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (16.67 %)Tru64
51 (16.67 %)Validation
51 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
51 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports
51 (16.67 %)MCSE
51 (16.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
51 (16.67 %)NetApp
51 (16.67 %)EMC
51 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (16.67 %)Windows
51 (16.67 %)AIX

GxP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing GxP 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 GxP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (33.33 %)Summit
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)SAN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports
11 (16.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Pharmaceutical
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Systems Administrator
12 (33.33 %)Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Oracle Developer
21 (16.67 %)PL/SQL Developer
21 (16.67 %)UNIX Support
21 (16.67 %)Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux
22 (33.33 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 (33.33 %)HPUX
22 (33.33 %)Solaris
22 (33.33 %)Linux
31 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
31 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (16.67 %)Tru64
31 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (16.67 %)AIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Validation
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
11 (16.67 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)MCSE
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)VMware ESX
11 (16.67 %)NetBackup
11 (16.67 %)Backup Exec
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (33.33 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)HP
22 (33.33 %)VERITAS
22 (33.33 %)Red Hat
22 (33.33 %)VMware
31 (16.67 %)EMC
31 (16.67 %)NetApp
31 (16.67 %)Oracle