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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the South Coast 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank917
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.008 %
As % of the category below19.23 %10.26 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£350
Average daily rate£300£375
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£381
% change on same period last year+2.57 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£17.00£35.00
% change on same period last year-51.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.28£29.85
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South Coast
Matching contract IT job ads5278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.078 %
Daily rates quoted2044
Average minimum daily rate£391£441
Average daily rate£415£457
% change on same period last year-9.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£439£472
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£381
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£23.00
Average hourly rate£16.00£26.67
% change on same period last year-39.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£30.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.94£27.04
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Government EnglandGovernment
England

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

South Coast 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 South Coast region.

South Coast 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 South Coast region.

South Coast Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast 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.

113 (52.00 %)Security Cleared
29 (36.00 %)Windows
29 (36.00 %)Local Government
38 (32.00 %)SC Cleared
47 (28.00 %)Linux
56 (24.00 %)Windows 2000
56 (24.00 %)MS Excel
56 (24.00 %)Solaris
56 (24.00 %)Sun
56 (24.00 %)UNIX
56 (24.00 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (20.00 %)Oracle
74 (16.00 %)Novell
83 (12.00 %)Stakeholder Management
92 (8.000 %)Intrusion Detection
92 (8.000 %)Business Continuity
92 (8.000 %)Disaster Recovery
92 (8.000 %)Firewall
92 (8.000 %)BT
92 (8.000 %)CheckPoint
92 (8.000 %)CISSP
92 (8.000 %)VPN
92 (8.000 %)Cisco
92 (8.000 %)BS7799
92 (8.000 %)Internet
92 (8.000 %)BCP
92 (8.000 %)C
92 (8.000 %)BC Cleared
92 (8.000 %)Cisco PIX
92 (8.000 %)Network Security

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Coast 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.

South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.000 %).NET
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (4.000 %)SharePoint
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (24.00 %)MS Excel
21 (4.000 %)MS Visio
21 (4.000 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (4.000 %)InfoPath
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.000 %)Intrusion Detection
12 (8.000 %)Firewall
12 (8.000 %)VPN
12 (8.000 %)Internet
12 (8.000 %)Cisco PIX
12 (8.000 %)Network Security
12 (8.000 %)NGN
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.000 %)SQL Server
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (36.00 %)Local Government
21 (4.000 %)Electric
21 (4.000 %)Health
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (20.00 %)Project Manager
24 (16.00 %)Analyst
33 (12.00 %)Developer
33 (12.00 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
33 (12.00 %)Technical Project Manager
33 (12.00 %)DBA
33 (12.00 %)Administrator
33 (12.00 %)Oracle DBA
33 (12.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
33 (12.00 %)Technical Manager
42 (8.000 %)Network Analyst
42 (8.000 %)Design Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Security Analyst
42 (8.000 %)Security Consultant
42 (8.000 %)Consultant
42 (8.000 %)Programme Manager
42 (8.000 %)Network Security Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Business Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Business Process Analyst
51 (4.000 %)Database Analyst
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (36.00 %)Windows
27 (28.00 %)Linux
36 (24.00 %)Windows 2000
36 (24.00 %)Solaris
36 (24.00 %)UNIX
36 (24.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (4.000 %)Windows XP
41 (4.000 %)Embedded Linux
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (52.00 %)Security Cleared
28 (32.00 %)SC Cleared
33 (12.00 %)Stakeholder Management
42 (8.000 %)Business Continuity
42 (8.000 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (8.000 %)BCP
42 (8.000 %)BC Cleared
51 (4.000 %)Unit Testing
51 (4.000 %)ITIL
51 (4.000 %)OOD
51 (4.000 %)UML
51 (4.000 %)OO
51 (4.000 %)BPR
51 (4.000 %)Workflow
51 (4.000 %)Business Analysis
51 (4.000 %)TDD
51 (4.000 %)Change Management
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (8.000 %)C
21 (4.000 %)C#
21 (4.000 %)C++
21 (4.000 %)Embedded C
21 (4.000 %)Embedded C++
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.000 %)CISSP
12 (8.000 %)Degree
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (8.000 %)BS7799
12 (8.000 %)JSP 440
12 (8.000 %)ISO27001
South Coast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (24.00 %)Sun
25 (20.00 %)Oracle
34 (16.00 %)Novell
42 (8.000 %)BT
42 (8.000 %)CheckPoint
42 (8.000 %)Cisco
51 (4.000 %)Microsoft