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Local Government Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 92 115 117
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +2
Contract jobs citing Local Government 25 19 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.047% 0.625% 0.265%
As % of the General category 2.726% 1.820% 0.632%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 3
Average daily rate £400 £388 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +40.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 4
Average hourly rate £44.90 £22.41 £26.21
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.35% -14.49%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.81 £11.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £24.28 £43.50
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 917 1044 1265
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 38.42% 34.36% 41.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 593 715
Average daily rate £350 £360 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 36 53
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.75 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.66% +36.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £11.35 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.00 £39.00
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

North West Local Government Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North West 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
Cheshire +2 12 £391 +73.88% 1
Manchester +10 6 £413 -
Local Government
England

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 28 (50.00%) ITIL
1 28 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 15 (26.79%) Windows
3 12 (21.43%) Migration
3 12 (21.43%) Windows 7
4 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
4 11 (19.64%) Project Management
5 10 (17.86%) SQL
6 9 (16.07%) Oracle
6 9 (16.07%) Citrix
6 9 (16.07%) Finance
7 8 (14.29%) TOGAF
8 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
8 7 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 7 (12.50%) MS Visio
9 6 (10.71%) Windows XP
9 6 (10.71%) VPN
9 6 (10.71%) Service Management
9 6 (10.71%) Firewall
9 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (10.71%) SCCM
9 6 (10.71%) XenApp
10 5 (8.929%) Service Delivery
10 5 (8.929%) VMware
10 5 (8.929%) Business Continuity
10 5 (8.929%) Symantec
10 5 (8.929%) SharePoint
10 5 (8.929%) PL/SQL
11 4 (7.143%) TCP/IP
11 4 (7.143%) PRINCE

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (5.357%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.786%) CSS3
2 1 (1.786%) HTML5
2 1 (1.786%) HTML
2 1 (1.786%) .NET
2 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.786%) CSS
2 1 (1.786%) XML
2 1 (1.786%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.929%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.571%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.786%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.786%) ESB
3 1 (1.786%) CMS
3 1 (1.786%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.786%) Documentum
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 7 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.357%) MS Project
3 2 (3.571%) MS Office
4 1 (1.786%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.786%) Fireworks
4 1 (1.786%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (7.143%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (5.357%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (5.357%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (3.571%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.786%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) VPN
1 6 (10.71%) Firewall
2 4 (7.143%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.357%) SSL
3 3 (5.357%) WAN
4 2 (3.571%) SAN
4 2 (3.571%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.786%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.571%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.786%) GIS
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.786%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.786%) MS Access
3 1 (1.786%) DTS
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (1.786%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (1.786%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (16.07%) Finance
2 1 (1.786%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (17.86%) Project Manager
1 10 (17.86%) Analyst
2 7 (12.50%) Architect
3 6 (10.71%) Business Analyst
4 5 (8.929%) Head of Service Delivery
4 5 (8.929%) Designer
4 5 (8.929%) Consultant
4 5 (8.929%) Oracle Consultant
5 3 (5.357%) Head of ICT
5 3 (5.357%) Senior Manager
5 3 (5.357%) Information Architect
5 3 (5.357%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (5.357%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.357%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (5.357%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (5.357%) Test Manager
5 3 (5.357%) Coordinator
6 2 (3.571%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.571%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 2 (3.571%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.143%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.571%) iPad
3 1 (1.786%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.786%) Handset
3 1 (1.786%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.786%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.79%) Windows
2 12 (21.43%) Windows 7
3 6 (10.71%) Windows XP
3 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (5.357%) UNIX
4 3 (5.357%) Linux
5 1 (1.786%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.786%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.00%) ITIL
1 28 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 12 (21.43%) Migration
3 11 (19.64%) Project Management
4 8 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 6 (10.71%) Service Management
6 5 (8.929%) Service Delivery
6 5 (8.929%) Business Continuity
7 4 (7.143%) PRINCE
7 4 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (7.143%) Risk Management
7 4 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (5.357%) Project Planning
8 3 (5.357%) Data Protection
8 3 (5.357%) Master Data Management
8 3 (5.357%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (5.357%) Data Management
8 3 (5.357%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (5.357%) CRM
9 2 (3.571%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.86%) SQL
2 5 (8.929%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.786%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (5.357%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (5.357%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.571%) Degree
4 1 (1.786%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.571%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.71%) XenApp
3 4 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (5.357%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) SCCM
2 2 (3.571%) AppDNA
3 1 (1.786%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.07%) Oracle
2 9 (16.07%) Citrix
3 5 (8.929%) VMware
3 5 (8.929%) Symantec
4 4 (7.143%) AppSense
5 3 (5.357%) Kaspersky
5 3 (5.357%) SurfControl
5 3 (5.357%) Cisco
5 3 (5.357%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.357%) McAfee
5 3 (5.357%) Clearswift
6 1 (1.786%) Twitter
6 1 (1.786%) Northgate
6 1 (1.786%) Software AG
6 1 (1.786%) EMC
6 1 (1.786%) Adobe
6 1 (1.786%) webMethods
6 1 (1.786%) Business Objects
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