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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Reading 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1320
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads8370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.071 %
As % of the category below19.21 %16.67 %
Daily rates quoted2529
Average minimum daily rate£315£394
Average daily rate£340£437
% change on same period last year-22.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£369
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted42
Average minimum hourly rate£32.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£37.00£42.50
% change on same period last year-12.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£31.14
% change on same period last year-9.96 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads432420
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.576 %0.425 %
Daily rates quoted154144
Average minimum daily rate£323£374
Average daily rate£345£393
% change on same period last year-12.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£412
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted1523
Average minimum hourly rate£24.19£28.71
Average hourly rate£26.28£30.72
% change on same period last year-14.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£32.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Government BerkshireGovernment
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Government Daily Rate Trend

Government
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the Reading region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Reading Government Daily Rate Histogram

Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

190 (58.44 %)Security Cleared
248 (31.17 %)SC Cleared
342 (27.27 %)Windows
426 (16.88 %)Windows Server 2003
522 (14.29 %)Borland
522 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
522 (14.29 %)StarTeam
619 (12.34 %)Oracle
619 (12.34 %)TCP/IP
619 (12.34 %)Configuration Management
717 (11.04 %)OpenView Configuration Management
816 (10.39 %)Microsoft
915 (9.740 %)Cisco
915 (9.740 %)Finance
1014 (9.091 %)Project Management
1014 (9.091 %)MS Office
1113 (8.442 %)Firewall
1212 (7.792 %)HP
1311 (7.143 %)SAN
1311 (7.143 %)ITIL
1311 (7.143 %)SQL
1410 (6.494 %)VBScript
1410 (6.494 %)XML
1410 (6.494 %)ERP
1410 (6.494 %)Management Information System
1410 (6.494 %)CMS
1410 (6.494 %)ISO27001
159 (5.844 %)TestDirector
159 (5.844 %)SQL Server
159 (5.844 %)C#

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (6.494 %)XML
25 (3.247 %)Software Packaging
34 (2.597 %)WebServices
43 (1.948 %)WSH
43 (1.948 %)HTML
43 (1.948 %).NET
43 (1.948 %)J2EE
52 (1.299 %)ASP.NET
52 (1.299 %)CSS
52 (1.299 %)JSP
52 (1.299 %)XHTML
61 (0.649 %)LAMP
61 (0.649 %)WebSphere
61 (0.649 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (6.494 %)CMS
23 (1.948 %)TIBCO EMS
32 (1.299 %)MS Exchange
32 (1.299 %)SharePoint Portal Server
32 (1.299 %)WebLogic
41 (0.649 %)IIS
41 (0.649 %)SharePoint
41 (0.649 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.649 %)ESB
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (9.091 %)MS Office
27 (4.545 %)MS Project
33 (1.948 %)MS Excel
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.247 %)Oracle ERP
24 (2.597 %)Oracle Applications
33 (1.948 %)BusinessWorks
33 (1.948 %)Oracle EBS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (12.34 %)TCP/IP
213 (8.442 %)Firewall
311 (7.143 %)SAN
46 (3.896 %)ATM
46 (3.896 %)ISDN
55 (3.247 %)Ethernet
64 (2.597 %)LAN
64 (2.597 %)X.500
64 (2.597 %)X.509
73 (1.948 %)Intrusion Detection
73 (1.948 %)MPLS
73 (1.948 %)VPN
73 (1.948 %)WAN
73 (1.948 %)Network Security
82 (1.299 %)HTTPS
82 (1.299 %)HTTP
82 (1.299 %)RIP
82 (1.299 %)OSPF
82 (1.299 %)BIG-IP
91 (0.649 %)DNS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (5.844 %)SQL Server
26 (3.896 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (3.247 %)SQL Server Integration Services
35 (3.247 %)DTS
35 (3.247 %)SQL Server 7
41 (0.649 %)MS Access
41 (0.649 %)MySQL
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (14.29 %)StarTeam
29 (5.844 %)TestDirector
34 (2.597 %)Visual Studio
42 (1.299 %)WinRunner
51 (0.649 %)ClearCase
51 (0.649 %)QARun
51 (0.649 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (0.649 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.649 %)MSI
51 (0.649 %)InstallShield
51 (0.649 %)NUnit
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (9.740 %)Finance
27 (4.545 %)Financial Institution
36 (3.896 %)Electronics
36 (3.896 %)Telecoms
36 (3.896 %)Aerospace
44 (2.597 %)Education
53 (1.948 %)Banking
62 (1.299 %)Retail
62 (1.299 %)Retail Banking
62 (1.299 %)Construction
71 (0.649 %)Publishing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (17.53 %)Architect
222 (14.29 %)Analyst
313 (8.442 %)Technical Architect
412 (7.792 %)Business Analyst
510 (6.494 %)Project Manager
69 (5.844 %)Administrator
78 (5.195 %)Consultant
87 (4.545 %)Coordinator
87 (4.545 %)Security Architect
87 (4.545 %)Windows Administrator
96 (3.896 %)Technical Manager
96 (3.896 %)Tester
96 (3.896 %)Test Analyst
96 (3.896 %)Technical Project Manager
96 (3.896 %)Applications Packager
105 (3.247 %)Developer
105 (3.247 %)Technical Author
105 (3.247 %)Author
105 (3.247 %)Programme Coordinator
114 (2.597 %)Security Consultant
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (6.494 %)Management Information System
25 (3.247 %)Clustering
25 (3.247 %)Biometrics
34 (2.597 %)PKI
34 (2.597 %)Web 2.0
34 (2.597 %)E-Learning
42 (1.299 %)CESG
42 (1.299 %)Replication
42 (1.299 %)Taxonomies
51 (0.649 %)PDA
51 (0.649 %)Chip and PIN
51 (0.649 %)NHS
51 (0.649 %)CESG CLAS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
142 (27.27 %)Windows
226 (16.88 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (5.195 %)UNIX
47 (4.545 %)Windows XP
56 (3.896 %)Solaris
63 (1.948 %)Windows 2000
72 (1.299 %)Windows NT
72 (1.299 %)HPUX
81 (0.649 %)AIX
81 (0.649 %)Linux
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
190 (58.44 %)Security Cleared
248 (31.17 %)SC Cleared
322 (14.29 %)PRINCE2
419 (12.34 %)Configuration Management
514 (9.091 %)Project Management
611 (7.143 %)ITIL
710 (6.494 %)ERP
88 (5.195 %)UML
97 (4.545 %)Service Management
105 (3.247 %)Migration
105 (3.247 %)Agile Software Development
105 (3.247 %)Content Management
105 (3.247 %)Test Scripting
105 (3.247 %)Automated Testing
105 (3.247 %)Business Analysis
105 (3.247 %)Technical Architecture
114 (2.597 %)Load Balancing
114 (2.597 %)User Acceptance Testing
114 (2.597 %)PRINCE
114 (2.597 %)SSADM
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (7.143 %)SQL
210 (6.494 %)VBScript
39 (5.844 %)C#
48 (5.195 %)Transact-SQL
55 (3.247 %)Java
64 (2.597 %)VB
72 (1.299 %)REXX
72 (1.299 %)Tcl
72 (1.299 %)C
81 (0.649 %)Korn
81 (0.649 %)PHP5
81 (0.649 %)JavaScript
81 (0.649 %)Perl
81 (0.649 %)PHP
81 (0.649 %)PL/SQL
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.597 %)Cisco Certification
14 (2.597 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
23 (1.948 %)CCNA
23 (1.948 %)CCNP
32 (1.299 %)CCIP
32 (1.299 %)CCDP
32 (1.299 %)ISEB
41 (0.649 %)MCP
41 (0.649 %)CCIE
41 (0.649 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.649 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.649 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.649 %)ITIL Certification
41 (0.649 %)PMP
41 (0.649 %)PMI Certification
41 (0.649 %)ISEB Practitioner
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (6.494 %)ISO27001
21 (0.649 %)QA
21 (0.649 %)JSP 440
21 (0.649 %)TickIT
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (3.247 %)Active Directory
23 (1.948 %)NetBackup
31 (0.649 %)VMware ESX
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (11.04 %)OpenView Configuration Management
24 (2.597 %)MIIS
31 (0.649 %)Netcool/Webtop
31 (0.649 %)Unicenter
31 (0.649 %)Tivoli
31 (0.649 %)Netcool
31 (0.649 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (14.29 %)Borland
219 (12.34 %)Oracle
316 (10.39 %)Microsoft
415 (9.740 %)Cisco
512 (7.792 %)HP
68 (5.195 %)IBM
68 (5.195 %)CA
77 (4.545 %)Serena
84 (2.597 %)VERITAS
93 (1.948 %)TIBCO
102 (1.299 %)CheckPoint
102 (1.299 %)Nokia
102 (1.299 %)Juniper
102 (1.299 %)BEA
102 (1.299 %)Sun
111 (0.649 %)SAP
111 (0.649 %)Progress
111 (0.649 %)Novadigm
111 (0.649 %)NetApp
111 (0.649 %)VMware
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