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This section looks at the demand for National Programme for IT (NPfIT) skills within the Ipswich region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NPfIT over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank20-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.556 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£284-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£318-
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£367
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
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£25.45£22.00
% change on same period last year+15.66 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads1814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.014 %
Daily rates quoted83
Average minimum daily rate£274£283
Average daily rate£299£325
% change on same period last year-7.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted53
Average minimum hourly rate£29.92£25.65
Average hourly rate£30.99£26.63
% change on same period last year+16.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.06£27.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
NPfIT SuffolkNPfIT
Suffolk

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.

NPfIT
Demand Trend

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

Ipswich NPfIT Demand Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Ipswich NPfIT Daily Rate Trend

NPfIT
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT.

14 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
14 (100.00 %)NHS
23 (75.00 %)Workflow
23 (75.00 %)Informatics
32 (50.00 %)Information Management
41 (25.00 %)Health
41 (25.00 %)Migration
41 (25.00 %)Project Management
41 (25.00 %)Microsoft
41 (25.00 %)MS Project
41 (25.00 %)MS Office

NPfIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Project
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Health
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)NHS Project Manager
12 (50.00 %)Change Manager
12 (50.00 %)Project Manager
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (100.00 %)NHS
23 (75.00 %)Informatics
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
23 (75.00 %)Workflow
32 (50.00 %)Information Management
41 (25.00 %)Migration
41 (25.00 %)Project Management
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft