The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 19 June 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 London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 356 338 416
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +78
Contract jobs citing Local Government 28 72 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.123% 0.271% 0.086%
As % of the General category 0.239% 0.515% 0.147%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 53 22
Average daily rate £393 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.05% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £210 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £586 £429 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 2
Average hourly rate £16.41 £25.34 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.22% -11.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.93 £19.58 £23.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.81 £28.17 £33.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £19.52 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+6.30% -9.20%
All of the General Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
11731 13981 18344
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 51.44% 52.58% 58.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8192 9554 12567
Average daily rate £488 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 198 264
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.65% -4.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Local Government
England

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Local Government Daily Rate Trend

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Local Government across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Local Government Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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Vacancies
City of London -4 3 £350 -12.50% 1
Local Government
England

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 15 (21.74%) Project Management
2 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
3 9 (13.04%) Windows
3 9 (13.04%) Management Information System
4 8 (11.59%) Service Delivery
4 8 (11.59%) Finance
4 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
4 8 (11.59%) Citrix
5 7 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.14%) ITIL
5 7 (10.14%) Change Management
5 7 (10.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (10.14%) Windows 7
6 6 (8.696%) Information Architecture
6 6 (8.696%) Content Management
6 6 (8.696%) Degree
6 6 (8.696%) Internet
6 6 (8.696%) Telecoms
6 6 (8.696%) Migration
6 6 (8.696%) MS Office
7 5 (7.246%) Oracle
7 5 (7.246%) SLA
7 5 (7.246%) LAN
7 5 (7.246%) Windows XP
7 5 (7.246%) MS Exchange
7 5 (7.246%) NHS
7 5 (7.246%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (7.246%) Intranet
7 5 (7.246%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (7.246%) Time Management

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 3 (4.348%) J2EE
1 3 (4.348%) CSS
1 3 (4.348%) HTML
1 3 (4.348%) WDK
1 3 (4.348%) Spring
1 3 (4.348%) Java EE
2 1 (1.449%) XML
2 1 (1.449%) XSL
2 1 (1.449%) ODBC
2 1 (1.449%) .NET
2 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.449%) WCF
2 1 (1.449%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.449%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.449%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.246%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.348%) Documentum
2 3 (4.348%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.348%) Captiva
3 2 (2.899%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.899%) WordPress
3 2 (2.899%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.449%) IIS
4 1 (1.449%) GroupWise
4 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (8.696%) MS Office
2 4 (5.797%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (5.797%) Acrobat
2 4 (5.797%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.899%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.899%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.449%) MS Project
4 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.348%) ResourceLink
2 2 (2.899%) Agresso
3 1 (1.449%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.449%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.696%) Internet
2 5 (7.246%) LAN
2 5 (7.246%) Intranet
3 2 (2.899%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.449%) VoIP
4 1 (1.449%) WAN
4 1 (1.449%) 3G
4 1 (1.449%) Firewall
4 1 (1.449%) Network Security
4 1 (1.449%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.797%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.348%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.449%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.449%) EDMS
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.449%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.449%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.449%) MSI
General
1 8 (11.59%) Finance
2 6 (8.696%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.348%) Legal
3 3 (4.348%) Publishing
4 1 (1.449%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (18.84%) Project Manager
2 11 (15.94%) Consultant
3 7 (10.14%) Developer
4 5 (7.246%) Analyst
4 5 (7.246%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.797%) Web Editor
5 4 (5.797%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.797%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.348%) Service Manager
6 3 (4.348%) Documentum Consultant
6 3 (4.348%) Documentum Developer
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Documentum Developer
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Documentum Consultant
7 2 (2.899%) Intranet Manager
7 2 (2.899%) Information Assurance Consultant
7 2 (2.899%) Windows Support Engineer
7 2 (2.899%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.246%) NHS
3 3 (4.348%) Copywriting
4 2 (2.899%) Social Media
4 2 (2.899%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.449%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.449%) IVR
5 1 (1.449%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.449%) CESG
5 1 (1.449%) CESG CLAS
5 1 (1.449%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.449%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.449%) CCTV
5 1 (1.449%) Statistics
5 1 (1.449%) Data Conversion
5 1 (1.449%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Windows
2 7 (10.14%) Windows 7
3 5 (7.246%) Windows XP
4 2 (2.899%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.449%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Project Management
2 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
3 8 (11.59%) Service Delivery
4 7 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (10.14%) ITIL
4 7 (10.14%) Change Management
4 7 (10.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (8.696%) Information Architecture
5 6 (8.696%) Content Management
5 6 (8.696%) Migration
6 5 (7.246%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (7.246%) Time Management
7 4 (5.797%) Business Analysis
7 4 (5.797%) Document Management
8 3 (4.348%) ERP
8 3 (4.348%) SEO
8 3 (4.348%) Web Design
8 3 (4.348%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (4.348%) Risk Management
8 3 (4.348%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.348%) Java
2 2 (2.899%) SQL
3 1 (1.449%) VBScript
3 1 (1.449%) C#
3 1 (1.449%) C++
3 1 (1.449%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.449%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.696%) Degree
2 4 (5.797%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.797%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.899%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (2.899%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.449%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.449%) CCNA
4 1 (1.449%) CISSP
4 1 (1.449%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.449%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.449%) ISEB
4 1 (1.449%) CISA
4 1 (1.449%) CITP
4 1 (1.449%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.449%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.449%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.246%) SLA
1 5 (7.246%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.797%) WAI
3 2 (2.899%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (2.899%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.449%) TickIT
4 1 (1.449%) WCAG
4 1 (1.449%) QA
4 1 (1.449%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.797%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.899%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (1.449%) XenApp
4 1 (1.449%) XenServer
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
1 8 (11.59%) Citrix
2 5 (7.246%) Oracle
3 4 (5.797%) Cisco
3 4 (5.797%) Adobe
3 4 (5.797%) Business Objects
4 3 (4.348%) EMC
4 3 (4.348%) VMware
4 3 (4.348%) Fujitsu
4 3 (4.348%) Northgate
5 2 (2.899%) Facebook
5 2 (2.899%) LANDesk
5 2 (2.899%) Kaseya
6 1 (1.449%) SAP
6 1 (1.449%) Sage
6 1 (1.449%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.449%) HP
6 1 (1.449%) Remedy
6 1 (1.449%) Altiris
North London
ADMIN STUDIO ORCA ICE APPLICATION PACKAGER - NORTH LONDON needed with the following skills; - In depth experience of application packaging, including use of such concepts as MSI transforms and...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Help develop the innovative use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) across a fast-moving local authority... From interactive services to help residents locate services and facilities to managing...
Surrey County Council
Rate: £33,019 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
We are currently looking for a Senior Citrix Engineer with experince working on Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and XenServer.This is a contract that will last between 4-6...
Agilisys
Rate: £400 - £600 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
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