The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 24 27 34
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing Local Government 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.163% 0.376% 0.583%
As % of the General category 4.444% 1.299% 1.754%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
+0.14% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.77 £19.89 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+9.46% +28.30%
All of the General Category
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
45 77 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 26.16% 28.95% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 31 20
Average daily rate £450 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £250 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £650 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 23
Average hourly rate £32.00 £36.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +58.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner