Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Home Counties 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 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1025
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.007 %
As % of the category below11.43 %16.22 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£386
% change on same period last year+3.56 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.34£25.34
% change on same period last year-3.96 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads3537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£381£500
Average daily rate£381£500
% change on same period last year-23.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£374
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.50
Average hourly rate-£34.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.45£26.71
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Government South EastGovernment
South East

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.

Government
Demand Trend

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

Home Counties Government Demand Trend

Government
Daily Rate Trend

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

Home Counties Government Daily Rate Trend

Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Home Counties Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

16 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
25 (41.67 %)SC Cleared
25 (41.67 %)Local Government
25 (41.67 %)ITIL
33 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
33 (25.00 %)ITSM
33 (25.00 %)SQL Server
33 (25.00 %)OLAP
33 (25.00 %)SQL
33 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
33 (25.00 %)DTS
33 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (16.67 %)Business Analysis
42 (16.67 %)Change Management
42 (16.67 %)Data Protection
42 (16.67 %)Microsoft
42 (16.67 %)Education
42 (16.67 %)Intranet
51 (8.333 %)Java
51 (8.333 %)FileMaker
51 (8.333 %)Cisco
51 (8.333 %)Migration
51 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (8.333 %)CNE
51 (8.333 %)Novell Certification
51 (8.333 %)SOA
51 (8.333 %)HTTP
51 (8.333 %)VB
51 (8.333 %)JSP
51 (8.333 %)XML

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (8.333 %)JSP
11 (8.333 %)XML
11 (8.333 %)XSLT
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)SharePoint
11 (8.333 %)ESB
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (8.333 %)Dynamics CRM
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (16.67 %)Intranet
21 (8.333 %)HTTP
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (25.00 %)SQL Server
13 (25.00 %)OLAP
13 (25.00 %)DTS
13 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (8.333 %)FileMaker
21 (8.333 %)MS Access
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (41.67 %)Local Government
22 (16.67 %)Education
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Project Manager
23 (25.00 %)Developer
32 (16.67 %)Junior Project Manager
32 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
32 (16.67 %)SQL Server Developer
32 (16.67 %)SQL Server Consultant
32 (16.67 %)Consultant
32 (16.67 %)Junior
41 (8.333 %)Database Specialist
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Trainer
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
25 (41.67 %)SC Cleared
25 (41.67 %)ITIL
33 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
33 (25.00 %)ITSM
42 (16.67 %)Business Analysis
42 (16.67 %)Change Management
42 (16.67 %)Data Protection
51 (8.333 %)BC Cleared
51 (8.333 %)CRM
51 (8.333 %)SOA
51 (8.333 %)Web Development
51 (8.333 %)Test Scripting
51 (8.333 %)Migration
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)SQL
13 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (8.333 %)VB
21 (8.333 %)Java
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)MCSE
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (8.333 %)CNE
11 (8.333 %)Novell Certification
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)AquaLogic
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Microsoft
21 (8.333 %)Cisco