Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Newcastle region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Government over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank121
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads353
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.058 %
As % of the category below15.00 %55.79 %
Daily rates quoted011
Average minimum daily rate-£387
Average daily rate-£392
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£399£405
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£42.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.79£25.73
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Newcastle
Matching contract IT job ads2095
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.104 %
Daily rates quoted630
Average minimum daily rate£198£347
Average daily rate£213£349
% change on same period last year-38.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£229£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£378
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£41.85
Average hourly rate£35.00£46.81
% change on same period last year-25.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£51.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.32£26.63
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Government Tyne and WearGovernment
Tyne and Wear

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 Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle Government Daily Rate Trend

Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Newcastle Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

119 (61.29 %)Security Cleared
214 (45.16 %)SC Cleared
39 (29.03 %)Windows
39 (29.03 %)Active Directory
48 (25.81 %)Oracle
57 (22.58 %)Oracle 10g
57 (22.58 %)J2EE
66 (19.35 %)DNS
66 (19.35 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (16.13 %)ISEB
75 (16.13 %)Microsoft
75 (16.13 %)PRINCE2
75 (16.13 %)Java
75 (16.13 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
84 (12.90 %)ITIL
84 (12.90 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (12.90 %)Oracle 9i
93 (9.677 %)Service Management
93 (9.677 %)Windows NT
93 (9.677 %)DHCP
102 (6.452 %)MS Excel
102 (6.452 %)UML
102 (6.452 %)MS Office
102 (6.452 %)Dell
102 (6.452 %)Windows Vista
111 (3.226 %)COBIT
111 (3.226 %)VME
111 (3.226 %)Performance Management
111 (3.226 %)Information Management
111 (3.226 %)AJAX

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (22.58 %)J2EE
21 (3.226 %)ASP.NET
21 (3.226 %)XML
21 (3.226 %)SAP XI
21 (3.226 %)AJAX
21 (3.226 %).NET
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.452 %)MS Office
12 (6.452 %)MS Excel
21 (3.226 %)MS Visio
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.226 %)Oracle 11i
11 (3.226 %)Oracle Payroll
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (19.35 %)DNS
23 (9.677 %)DHCP
31 (3.226 %)SNMP
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (22.58 %)Oracle 10g
24 (12.90 %)Oracle 8/8i
24 (12.90 %)Oracle 9i
31 (3.226 %)SQL Server
31 (3.226 %)DB2
31 (3.226 %)Oracle Reports
31 (3.226 %)BusinessObjects
31 (3.226 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (3.226 %)SQL Server 2005
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.226 %)Telecoms
11 (3.226 %)Banking
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (25.81 %)Consultant
18 (25.81 %)Oracle Consultant
27 (22.58 %)J2EE Consultant
34 (12.90 %)Java Consultant
34 (12.90 %)Project Manager
42 (6.452 %)Programme Manager
42 (6.452 %)Desktop Support
42 (6.452 %)Server Engineer
42 (6.452 %)Server Support
51 (3.226 %)Technical Support
51 (3.226 %)Support Engineer
51 (3.226 %)3rd Line Support
51 (3.226 %)2nd Line Support
51 (3.226 %)Change Manager
51 (3.226 %)Business Change Manager
51 (3.226 %)Senior Project Manager
51 (3.226 %)Desktop Support Engineer
51 (3.226 %)Junior Project Manager
51 (3.226 %)Desktop Engineer
51 (3.226 %)Architect
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)Management Information System
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (29.03 %)Windows
26 (19.35 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (9.677 %)Windows NT
42 (6.452 %)Windows Vista
51 (3.226 %)VME
51 (3.226 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (3.226 %)MVS
51 (3.226 %)UNIX
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (61.29 %)Security Cleared
214 (45.16 %)SC Cleared
35 (16.13 %)PRINCE2
44 (12.90 %)ITIL
53 (9.677 %)Service Management
62 (6.452 %)UML
71 (3.226 %)OO
71 (3.226 %)SSADM
71 (3.226 %)DSDM
71 (3.226 %)Project Management
71 (3.226 %)Information Assurance
71 (3.226 %)Risk Management
71 (3.226 %)Information Security
71 (3.226 %)Zachman Framework
71 (3.226 %)TOGAF
71 (3.226 %)Information Management
71 (3.226 %)Enterprise Architecture
71 (3.226 %)Performance Management
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (16.13 %)Java
21 (3.226 %)SQL
21 (3.226 %)Transact-SQL
21 (3.226 %)C#
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (16.13 %)ISEB
15 (16.13 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (3.226 %)Degree
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.226 %)ISO27001
11 (3.226 %)COBIT
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (29.03 %)Active Directory
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.226 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (25.81 %)Oracle
25 (16.13 %)Microsoft
32 (6.452 %)Dell
41 (3.226 %)Business Objects
41 (3.226 %)SAP