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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Slough region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Government over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3318
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.016 %
As % of the category below3.390 %16.30 %
Daily rates quoted19
Average minimum daily rate£500£361
Average daily rate£500£425
% change on same period last year+17.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£489
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£366
% change on same period last year+6.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.68£29.21
% change on same period last year-5.25 %
General SloughGeneral
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads5992
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted2339
Average minimum daily rate£364£337
Average daily rate£381£369
% change on same period last year+3.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted126
Average minimum hourly rate£23.83£46.67
Average hourly rate£25.21£47.50
% change on same period last year-46.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.58£48.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

12 (33.33 %)Oracle
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)Oracle EBS
12 (33.33 %)Workflow
12 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications
12 (33.33 %)Oracle Workflow
12 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
12 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Network Security
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)CESG
21 (16.67 %)CESG CLAS
21 (16.67 %)Billing
21 (16.67 %)Italian Language
21 (16.67 %)Spanish Language
21 (16.67 %)Test Management
21 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Education
21 (16.67 %)Oracle HRMS
21 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
21 (16.67 %)Firewall
21 (16.67 %)XHTML
21 (16.67 %)Windows XP
21 (16.67 %)Oracle Discoverer
21 (16.67 %)TestDirector
21 (16.67 %)XML
21 (16.67 %)HTML
21 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
21 (16.67 %)SQL

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Application Development
11 (16.67 %)HTML
11 (16.67 %)XML
11 (16.67 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
12 (33.33 %)Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
12 (33.33 %)Oracle EBS
12 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications
21 (16.67 %)Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)Firewall
11 (16.67 %)Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
11 (16.67 %)TestDirector
General
11 (16.67 %)Finance
11 (16.67 %)Education
11 (16.67 %)Billing
Job Titles
12 (33.33 %)Tester
12 (33.33 %)Developer
12 (33.33 %)Oracle Developer
12 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications Developer
21 (16.67 %)Security Architect
21 (16.67 %)Oracle Discoverer Developer
21 (16.67 %)Coordinator
21 (16.67 %)Architect
21 (16.67 %)Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)CESG
11 (16.67 %)CESG CLAS
11 (16.67 %)Italian Language
11 (16.67 %)Spanish Language
Operating Systems
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (16.67 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Workflow
12 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
12 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
21 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Test Management
Programming Languages
11 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
11 (16.67 %)SQL
Vendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle
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