The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 69 79 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.626% 0.162% -
As % of the General category 1.592% 0.484% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £82.50 £13.42 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+514.75% -
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
377 413 406
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 39.31% 33.47% 38.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 200 181
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £210 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £500 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 18
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.70% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £11.30 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £34.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bolton - - - -
Local Government
North West

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
4 3 (21.43%) Master Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) CheckPoint
4 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (21.43%) Kaspersky
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (21.43%) VPN
4 3 (21.43%) SSL
4 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
4 3 (21.43%) UNIX
4 3 (21.43%) Windows
4 3 (21.43%) Linux
4 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (21.43%) Firewall
4 3 (21.43%) SurfControl
4 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
4 3 (21.43%) Clearswift
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.143%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (7.143%) Umbraco
2 1 (7.143%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
1 3 (21.43%) SSL
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) MS Access
2 1 (7.143%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Head of Service Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Head of Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Head of Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Head of ICT
5 1 (7.143%) Umbraco Developer
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Information Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Data Integration
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (21.43%) UNIX
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Master Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 2 (14.29%) Data Mapping
6 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.143%) Data Transformation
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.143%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) CheckPoint
1 3 (21.43%) Kaspersky
1 3 (21.43%) SurfControl
1 3 (21.43%) Clearswift
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) Twitter
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