South East Chip and PIN Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Chip and PIN skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Chip and PIN over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Chelmsford East of England England Essex Home Counties London South East Thames Valley UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	245	270
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	2	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.023 %
As % of the category below	0.117 %	0.931 %
Daily rates quoted	1	17
Average minimum daily rate	£90	£286
Average daily rate	£90	£318
% change on same period last year	-71.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£90	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£170	£289
% change on same period last year	-41.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1706	2471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.402 %	2.497 %
Daily rates quoted	431	536
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£319
Average daily rate	£351	£341
% change on same period last year	+2.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	281	413
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.34	£27.84
Average hourly rate	£24.97	£29.50
% change on same period last year	-15.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.60	£31.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.99	£26.29
% change on same period last year	-4.93 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Chip and PIN across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Chip and PIN across the South East region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Chip and PIN across the South East region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chip and PIN within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Thames Valley	-	1	-	-
Home Counties	-	1	£90	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN.

1 4 (36.36 %) C 1 4 (36.36 %) EFT 1 4 (36.36 %) Smartcard 1 4 (36.36 %) ISO8583 2 3 (27.27 %) EFTPOS 2 3 (27.27 %) PRINCE 2 3 (27.27 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 2 (18.18 %) Java 3 2 (18.18 %) SLA 3 2 (18.18 %) APACS 4 1 (9.091 %) Firewall 4 1 (9.091 %) Electronics 4 1 (9.091 %) Workflow 4 1 (9.091 %) Finance 4 1 (9.091 %) Aerospace

4 1 (9.091 %) Government 4 1 (9.091 %) Legal 4 1 (9.091 %) Migration 4 1 (9.091 %) Device Driver 4 1 (9.091 %) TETRA 4 1 (9.091 %) TOGAF 4 1 (9.091 %) Cryptography 4 1 (9.091 %) Penetration Testing 4 1 (9.091 %) Auditing 4 1 (9.091 %) Java SE 4 1 (9.091 %) NHS 4 1 (9.091 %) MATLAB 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 4 1 (9.091 %) SQL 4 1 (9.091 %) VB.NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (9.091 %) .NET 1 1 (9.091 %) Java SE	Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MATLAB
Communications & Networking 1 1 (9.091 %) SMS 1 1 (9.091 %) Firewall 1 1 (9.091 %) TETRA	General 1 1 (9.091 %) Electronics 1 1 (9.091 %) Finance 1 1 (9.091 %) Aerospace 1 1 (9.091 %) Government 1 1 (9.091 %) Legal 1 1 (9.091 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 3 (27.27 %) Project Manager 2 2 (18.18 %) Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Process Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Java Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) .NET Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Test Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) VB.NET Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Project Director 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Process Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 4 (36.36 %) EFT 1 4 (36.36 %) Smartcard 2 3 (27.27 %) EFTPOS 3 2 (18.18 %) APACS 4 1 (9.091 %) Cryptography 4 1 (9.091 %) Device Driver 4 1 (9.091 %) NHS 4 1 (9.091 %) EPoS 4 1 (9.091 %) EMV
Operating Systems 1 1 (9.091 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (27.27 %) PRINCE 2 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 2 1 (9.091 %) Workflow 2 1 (9.091 %) Migration 2 1 (9.091 %) TOGAF 2 1 (9.091 %) Penetration Testing 2 1 (9.091 %) UML
Programming Languages 1 4 (36.36 %) C 2 2 (18.18 %) Java 3 1 (9.091 %) SQL 3 1 (9.091 %) VB.NET 3 1 (9.091 %) C++	Qualifications 1 3 (27.27 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (36.36 %) ISO8583 2 2 (18.18 %) SLA