The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 17 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 Northamptonshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 29 33 31
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing Local Government 2 13 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.813% 3.234% 0.365%
As % of the General category 1.587% 5.532% 0.662%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 1
Average daily rate £350 £337 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.78% -1.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £360
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £22.41 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +44.58%
All of the General Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
126 235 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 51.22% 58.46% 55.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 170 108
Average daily rate £425 £400 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +4.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £276 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £500 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £8.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +135.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Local Government
East Midlands

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Northampton +2 1 £350 +8.52%
Local Government
East Midlands

Local Government
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) MS Project
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) WinForms
4 1 (16.67%) Capita
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Project
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Manager
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Change Management
1 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Capita