The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Lancashire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 28 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.990% 0.464% -
As % of the General category 8.000% 2.128% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £220 £267 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £339 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.05% -5.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.63 £21.33 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+6.05% +37.62%
All of the General Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
50 94 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 24.88% 21.81% 27.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 43 20
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £271 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £493 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 8
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.02 £14.00 £22.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Local Government
North West

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Local Government across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Lancashire Local Government Jobs Demand Trend

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Local Government across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire Local Government Daily Rate Trend

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Local Government across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Local 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 Local Government.

1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (16.67%) iPad
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) McAfee
4 1 (16.67%) BPR
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Local 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 Local Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Data Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) BPR
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) McAfee
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle