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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the London region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Government over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2336
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads17551758
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.314 %1.838 %
As % of the category below9.476 %6.724 %
Daily rates quoted577596
Average minimum daily rate£388£351
Average daily rate£423£379
% change on same period last year+11.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£457£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£370
% change on same period last year+5.72 %
Hourly rates quoted93102
Average minimum hourly rate£23.18£21.04
Average hourly rate£24.67£22.88
% change on same period last year+7.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.16£24.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.74£29.71
% change on same period last year-6.63 %
General LondonGeneral
London
Matching contract IT job ads1852026146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.42 %27.34 %
Daily rates quoted834610699
Average minimum daily rate£440£448
Average daily rate£473£480
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£505£513
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.87 %
Hourly rates quoted692894
Average minimum hourly rate£24.48£24.72
Average hourly rate£26.22£26.57
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.97£28.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.46£26.98
% change on same period last year-1.94 %
Government EnglandGovernment
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.

Government
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Government Daily Rate Trend

Government
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Government Daily Rate Histogram

Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Government Hourly Rate Histogram

Government
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Government within the London region over the 3 months to 8 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.

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
City of LondonUp+112270£400+0.50 %
UxbridgeNew entry-52£344-
CroydonUp+224£519+49.42 %
HammersmithNew entry-6£415-
Canary WharfUp+86£458+18.06 %
WestminsterDown-15£475+37.01 %
LutonNew entry-3£400-
HayesNew entry-2--
West DraytonNew entry-1--
HendonUp+31--
WimbledonUp+71--
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-1--
RomfordNew entry-1£260-
BarnetNew entry-1--
EnfieldDown-11--
Docklands, LondonUp+221--
Government EnglandGovernment
England

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

11607 (44.50 %)Security Cleared
2729 (20.19 %)SC Cleared
3666 (18.44 %)PRINCE2
4542 (15.01 %)Oracle
5437 (12.10 %)Project Management
6423 (11.71 %)Finance
7337 (9.333 %)Local Government
8310 (8.585 %)Microsoft
9265 (7.339 %)SQL
10254 (7.034 %)Windows
11243 (6.729 %)CTC Cleared
12210 (5.816 %)MS Excel
13208 (5.760 %)ITIL
14205 (5.677 %)MS Office
15201 (5.566 %)SAP
16199 (5.511 %)Criminal Justice
17194 (5.372 %)SQL Server
18193 (5.345 %)XML
19192 (5.317 %)Java
20175 (4.846 %).NET
21149 (4.126 %)J2EE
22145 (4.016 %)MS Project
23141 (3.905 %)Migration
24133 (3.683 %)Stakeholder Management
25132 (3.655 %)Change Management
25132 (3.655 %)DV Cleared
26126 (3.489 %)Oracle 10g
26126 (3.489 %)Business Analysis
27117 (3.240 %)Unix
28116 (3.212 %)PRINCE2 Certification

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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
1193 (5.345 %)XML
2175 (4.846 %).NET
3149 (4.126 %)J2EE
494 (2.603 %)WebServices
585 (2.354 %)HTML
676 (2.105 %)ASP.NET
766 (1.828 %)Middleware
858 (1.606 %)CSS
957 (1.579 %)XSLT
1040 (1.108 %)ASP
1137 (1.025 %).NET Framework
1230 (0.831 %)Struts
1329 (0.803 %)XHTML
1427 (0.748 %)EJB
1526 (0.720 %)JSP
1624 (0.665 %)SOAP
1721 (0.582 %)SAP XI
1820 (0.554 %)Servlets
1918 (0.498 %)AJAX
1918 (0.498 %)WinForms
Application Platforms
1104 (2.880 %)WebLogic
266 (1.828 %)MS Exchange
364 (1.772 %)SharePoint
447 (1.302 %)CMS
544 (1.218 %)Exchange Server 2003
631 (0.858 %)IIS
728 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2000
827 (0.748 %)Exchange Server 2007
923 (0.637 %)ESB
923 (0.637 %)BizTalk Server
1021 (0.582 %)SAS
1116 (0.443 %)Oracle Workflow
1213 (0.360 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1213 (0.360 %)WebLogic Portal
1312 (0.332 %)Lotus Notes
1312 (0.332 %)Documentum
149 (0.249 %)TIBCO EMS
149 (0.249 %)MQSeries
149 (0.249 %)WebLogic Integration
158 (0.222 %)LiveLink
Applications
1210 (5.816 %)MS Excel
2205 (5.677 %)MS Office
3145 (4.016 %)MS Project
490 (2.492 %)MS PowerPoint
587 (2.409 %)MS Visio
621 (0.582 %)Photoshop
710 (0.277 %)Acrobat
87 (0.194 %)SPSS
87 (0.194 %)Adobe Illustrator
96 (0.166 %)Fireworks
105 (0.138 %)DOC1
114 (0.111 %)FreeHand
123 (0.083 %)CA Clarity
123 (0.083 %)AutoCAD
132 (0.055 %)Paint Shop Pro
132 (0.055 %)ImageReady
141 (0.028 %)QuarkXPress
Business Applications
137 (1.025 %)Oracle EBS
235 (0.969 %)Oracle Applications
331 (0.858 %)Oracle Financials
428 (0.775 %)Oracle ERP
527 (0.748 %)SAP FI
527 (0.748 %)SAP FI/CO
527 (0.748 %)SAP CO
622 (0.609 %)Microsoft CRM
721 (0.582 %)Oracle HRMS
820 (0.554 %)SAP CRM
916 (0.443 %)SAP ERP
1015 (0.415 %)Oracle 11i
1111 (0.305 %)SAP HR
1210 (0.277 %)Oracle iRecruitment
136 (0.166 %)SAP R/3
145 (0.138 %)Remedy ITSM
145 (0.138 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
145 (0.138 %)Oracle Payroll
153 (0.083 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
153 (0.083 %)SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
190 (2.492 %)Internet
279 (2.188 %)WAN
279 (2.188 %)Intranet
372 (1.994 %)LAN
449 (1.357 %)Firewall
535 (0.969 %)TCP/IP
634 (0.942 %)Network Security
730 (0.831 %)SAN
826 (0.720 %)VPN
924 (0.665 %)MPLS
1018 (0.498 %)DNS
1116 (0.443 %)VoIP
1116 (0.443 %)DHCP
1215 (0.415 %)WINS
1215 (0.415 %)IP Telephony
1313 (0.360 %)Cisco PIX
1313 (0.360 %)LDAP
1411 (0.305 %)Broadband
1411 (0.305 %)BGP
158 (0.222 %)VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1194 (5.372 %)SQL Server
2126 (3.489 %)Oracle 10g
382 (2.271 %)BusinessObjects
382 (2.271 %)EDRMS
474 (2.049 %)ETL
474 (2.049 %)SQL Server 2005
559 (1.634 %)Datawarehouse
657 (1.579 %)Oracle Reports
657 (1.579 %)SQL Server 2000
755 (1.523 %)Oracle 9i
846 (1.274 %)MS Access
944 (1.218 %)Oracle Discoverer
1034 (0.942 %)GIS
1034 (0.942 %)Oracle 8/8i
1126 (0.720 %)Crystal Reports
1224 (0.665 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1322 (0.609 %)RDBMS
1419 (0.526 %)TOAD
1516 (0.443 %)Data Mining
1611 (0.305 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
152 (1.440 %)Oracle Forms
244 (1.218 %)QuickTest Pro
244 (1.218 %)LoadRunner
338 (1.052 %)TestDirector
435 (0.969 %)Visual Studio
530 (0.831 %)ClearQuest
621 (0.582 %)WinRunner
621 (0.582 %)RequisitePro
719 (0.526 %)Eclipse
817 (0.471 %)NUnit
916 (0.443 %)Dreamweaver
1015 (0.415 %)ClearCase
1114 (0.388 %)PVCS
1211 (0.305 %)JDeveloper
138 (0.222 %)Log4Net
138 (0.222 %)Ant
138 (0.222 %)JUnit
146 (0.166 %)Flash
155 (0.138 %)Oracle Designer/2000
155 (0.138 %)FrontPage
General
1423 (11.71 %)Finance
2337 (9.333 %)Local Government
3199 (5.511 %)Criminal Justice
4102 (2.825 %)Police
562 (1.717 %)Banking
661 (1.689 %)Health
757 (1.579 %)Telecoms
855 (1.523 %)Marketing
939 (1.080 %)Education
939 (1.080 %)Front Office
1038 (1.052 %)Legal
1038 (1.052 %)Investment Banking
1038 (1.052 %)Insurance
1133 (0.914 %)Back Office
1133 (0.914 %)Retail
1232 (0.886 %)Law
1331 (0.858 %)Publishing
1331 (0.858 %)Pensions
1425 (0.692 %)Home Office
1520 (0.554 %)Construction
Job Titles
1624 (17.28 %)Analyst
2566 (15.67 %)Project Manager
3354 (9.803 %)Developer
4277 (7.671 %)Business Analyst
5273 (7.560 %)Architect
6257 (7.117 %)Consultant
799 (2.742 %)Test Analyst
890 (2.492 %)Programme Manager
973 (2.022 %)Administrator
1071 (1.966 %)Technical Architect
1159 (1.634 %)Java Developer
1159 (1.634 %)Tester
1255 (1.523 %)Project Officer
1354 (1.495 %)Solutions Architect
1453 (1.468 %)Service Manager
1552 (1.440 %)DBA
1552 (1.440 %)Senior Manager
1648 (1.329 %)IT Manager
1648 (1.329 %)Data Analyst
1747 (1.302 %)Coordinator
Miscellaneous
169 (1.911 %)Management Information System
256 (1.551 %)Fixed Income
350 (1.385 %)CESG
447 (1.302 %)NHS
542 (1.163 %)Derivative
640 (1.108 %)Biometrics
729 (0.803 %)Blackberry
828 (0.775 %)RMADS
927 (0.748 %)Statistics
1025 (0.692 %)Credit Derivative
1123 (0.637 %)PKI
1123 (0.637 %)Asset Management
1222 (0.609 %)Freedom of Information
1320 (0.554 %)CESG CLAS
1417 (0.471 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1516 (0.443 %)E-Learning
1516 (0.443 %)N-Tier
1615 (0.415 %)Data Protection Act
1615 (0.415 %)Client/Server
1615 (0.415 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1254 (7.034 %)Windows
2117 (3.240 %)Unix
397 (2.686 %)Linux
453 (1.468 %)Windows Server 2003
549 (1.357 %)Windows XP
645 (1.246 %)Windows 2000
736 (0.997 %)Solaris
827 (0.748 %)Windows NT
910 (0.277 %)AIX
106 (0.166 %)NetWare
113 (0.083 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.083 %)SUSE
122 (0.055 %)VME
131 (0.028 %)HPUX
131 (0.028 %)VxWorks
131 (0.028 %)Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
11607 (44.50 %)Security Cleared
2729 (20.19 %)SC Cleared
3666 (18.44 %)PRINCE2
4437 (12.10 %)Project Management
5243 (6.729 %)CTC Cleared
6208 (5.760 %)ITIL
7141 (3.905 %)Migration
8133 (3.683 %)Stakeholder Management
9132 (3.655 %)Change Management
9132 (3.655 %)DV Cleared
10126 (3.489 %)Business Analysis
11114 (3.157 %)ERP
12110 (3.046 %)BC Cleared
13108 (2.991 %)CRM
14101 (2.797 %)Service Management
15100 (2.769 %)Data Modelling
1699 (2.742 %)UML
1797 (2.686 %)Business Intelligence
1895 (2.631 %)User Acceptance Testing
1895 (2.631 %)Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1265 (7.339 %)SQL
2192 (5.317 %)Java
3109 (3.019 %)C#
489 (2.465 %)PL/SQL
558 (1.606 %)JavaScript
650 (1.385 %)C
737 (1.025 %)VB
828 (0.775 %)VB.NET
922 (0.609 %)Transact-SQL
1020 (0.554 %)VBScript
1119 (0.526 %)C++
1217 (0.471 %)VBA
1313 (0.360 %)Shell Script
1412 (0.332 %)VB6
1511 (0.305 %)PHP
1610 (0.277 %)Perl
176 (0.166 %)SAS Macro
185 (0.138 %)XPath
185 (0.138 %)XQuery
185 (0.138 %)ABAP
Qualifications
1116 (3.212 %)PRINCE2 Certification
270 (1.939 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
369 (1.911 %)Degree
462 (1.717 %)ISEB
539 (1.080 %)Cisco Certification
631 (0.858 %)ITIL Certification
730 (0.831 %)CCNP
827 (0.748 %)Microsoft Certification
919 (0.526 %)MCSE
1017 (0.471 %)CCIE
1114 (0.388 %)CCNA
1212 (0.332 %)CISSP
1311 (0.305 %)MCP
147 (0.194 %)Oracle Certification
147 (0.194 %)CIPD
156 (0.166 %)ISEB Practitioner
156 (0.166 %)Sun Certification
164 (0.111 %)CCSA
164 (0.111 %)CCAB
164 (0.111 %)CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
184 (2.326 %)QA
248 (1.329 %)SLA
338 (1.052 %)ISO27001
412 (0.332 %)BS7799
412 (0.332 %)CESG Infosec
510 (0.277 %)ISO17799
67 (0.194 %)IAS 39
76 (0.166 %)WAI
85 (0.138 %)JSP 440
94 (0.111 %)BS7666
94 (0.111 %)BS15000
94 (0.111 %)ISO9000
94 (0.111 %)COBIT
94 (0.111 %)HMG Infosec
103 (0.083 %)ISO9001
112 (0.055 %)PCI DSS
121 (0.028 %)BS25999
121 (0.028 %)ISO/IEC 20000
121 (0.028 %)EFQM
121 (0.028 %)TickIT
System Software
1102 (2.825 %)Active Directory
244 (1.218 %)AquaLogic
319 (0.526 %)Oracle RMAN
319 (0.526 %)Oracle RAC
410 (0.277 %)NetBackup
58 (0.222 %)Terminal Services
66 (0.166 %)VMware Infrastructure
75 (0.138 %)VMware ESX
84 (0.111 %)Samba
84 (0.111 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
93 (0.083 %)Citrix Presentation Server
93 (0.083 %)ISA Server
93 (0.083 %)Backup Exec
102 (0.055 %)MetaFrame
111 (0.028 %)VMware Server
111 (0.028 %)Novell eDirectory
111 (0.028 %)NDS
Systems Management
116 (0.443 %)MOM
27 (0.194 %)OpenView
36 (0.166 %)BMC PATROL
36 (0.166 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
45 (0.138 %)WSUS
45 (0.138 %)DameWare
45 (0.138 %)Tivoli
54 (0.111 %)ZENworks
54 (0.111 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
54 (0.111 %)SCOM
63 (0.083 %)BMC Performance Manager
63 (0.083 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (0.055 %)ARCserve
72 (0.055 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.055 %)MIIS
72 (0.055 %)CiscoWorks
72 (0.055 %)HP Data Protector
81 (0.028 %)Legato
81 (0.028 %)Unicenter
81 (0.028 %)MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1542 (15.01 %)Oracle
2310 (8.585 %)Microsoft
3201 (5.566 %)SAP
482 (2.271 %)Business Objects
581 (2.243 %)Cisco
665 (1.800 %)BEA
761 (1.689 %)HP
834 (0.942 %)Citrix
930 (0.831 %)VMware
1029 (0.803 %)BMC
1126 (0.720 %)Sun
1223 (0.637 %)Remedy
1223 (0.637 %)TIBCO
1321 (0.582 %)Novell
1419 (0.526 %)Red Hat
1518 (0.498 %)RedDot
1617 (0.471 %)Sybase
1714 (0.388 %)Adobe
1813 (0.360 %)Cognos
1912 (0.332 %)CheckPoint
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