The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Local Government 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.351% - -
As % of the General category 1.282% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £360
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.68 - -
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
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
78 55 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 27.37% 24.77% 21.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 25 17
Average daily rate £400 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £630 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 £14.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+96.42% +21.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Local Government
Nottinghamshire

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 3 (60.00%) MCP
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 2000
2 2 (40.00%) MS Access
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) VBScript
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) ASP
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Publishing

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) ASP
1 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) MS Access
General
1 1 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Developer
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCP
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft