South East Education Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Education' in contract IT jobs within the South East 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 Education over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Education
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheadle Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire City of London Clapham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gateshead Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Harlow Hayes Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Reading Salford Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	156	172
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	97	133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.131 %	0.131 %
As % of the category below	1.780 %	1.932 %
Daily rates quoted	32	25
Average minimum daily rate	£306	£350
Average daily rate	£325	£366
% change on same period last year	-11.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£362
% change on same period last year	-8.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.67	£26.48
Average hourly rate	£21.95	£28.82
% change on same period last year	-23.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.23	£31.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.03	£25.72
% change on same period last year	-14.35 %
General South East
Matching contract IT job ads	5450	6885
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	7.367 %	6.789 %
Daily rates quoted	1506	1993
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£365
Average daily rate	£373	£385
% change on same period last year	-3.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£382	£381
% change on same period last year	+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	483	591
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.21	£26.37
Average hourly rate	£26.93	£28.09
% change on same period last year	-4.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.65	£29.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.14	£27.27
% change on same period last year	+3.16 %
Education 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.

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Demand Trend

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

Education
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Education
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Education across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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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 Education within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Surrey	+17	20	£314	-
Berkshire	+11	19	£313	-23.75 %
Oxfordshire	-2	11	£303	-13.57 %
Hampshire	+19	6	£450	+50.00 %
Middlesex	+1	5	-	-
Thames Valley	+19	4	-	-
West Sussex	+3	4	£300	-20.00 %
Kent	+3	4	£120	-
Buckinghamshire	-4	2	£428	+114.04 %
Home Counties	+16	2	-	-
Isle of Wight	-	1	-	-
Sussex	-	1	-	-
East Sussex	+12	1	-	-

Education England

Education
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Education 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 Education.

1 49 (24.38 %) Degree 2 32 (15.92 %) SQL 3 31 (15.42 %) Microsoft 4 28 (13.93 %) MS Excel 5 26 (12.94 %) Windows 6 23 (11.44 %) Government 7 17 (8.458 %) Finance 7 17 (8.458 %) HTML 8 16 (7.960 %) C# 9 15 (7.463 %) SAP 9 15 (7.463 %) Project Management 10 14 (6.965 %) .NET 10 14 (6.965 %) CMS 10 14 (6.965 %) Content Management 10 14 (6.965 %) Computer Science

11 13 (6.468 %) C++ 11 13 (6.468 %) MS Office 11 13 (6.468 %) CSS 11 13 (6.468 %) Windows Server 2003 12 11 (5.473 %) C 12 11 (5.473 %) ASP.NET 12 11 (5.473 %) Java 12 11 (5.473 %) Local Government 13 10 (4.975 %) HND 14 9 (4.478 %) Windows 2000 14 9 (4.478 %) Oracle 14 9 (4.478 %) Configuration Management 14 9 (4.478 %) Dreamweaver 14 9 (4.478 %) Migration 15 8 (3.980 %) E-Learning

Education
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Education 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 Education. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (8.458 %) HTML 2 14 (6.965 %) .NET 3 13 (6.468 %) CSS 4 11 (5.473 %) ASP.NET 5 6 (2.985 %) Middleware 6 4 (1.990 %) ASP 6 4 (1.990 %) J2EE 7 3 (1.493 %) XML 7 3 (1.493 %) XHTML 7 3 (1.493 %) WebSphere 8 2 (0.995 %) ASP.NET 2.0 8 2 (0.995 %) WebServices 8 2 (0.995 %) Oracle ADF 9 1 (0.498 %) SAP ALE 9 1 (0.498 %) Windows SharePoint Services 9 1 (0.498 %) X-Windows 9 1 (0.498 %) CGI 9 1 (0.498 %) ActiveX 9 1 (0.498 %) MFC 9 1 (0.498 %) STL	Application Platforms 1 14 (6.965 %) CMS 2 5 (2.488 %) SharePoint 2 5 (2.488 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (2.488 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (1.493 %) SAS 3 3 (1.493 %) WebSphere MQ 4 2 (0.995 %) ArcGIS 4 2 (0.995 %) BizTalk Server 4 2 (0.995 %) ArcSDE 4 2 (0.995 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (0.498 %) Lotus Notes 5 1 (0.498 %) Office Project Server 5 1 (0.498 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 28 (13.93 %) MS Excel 2 13 (6.468 %) MS Office 3 8 (3.980 %) Photoshop 4 7 (3.483 %) MS PowerPoint 5 4 (1.990 %) MS Visio 6 3 (1.493 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 2 (0.995 %) MS Project 8 1 (0.498 %) SPSS 8 1 (0.498 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 4 (1.990 %) SAP HR 2 3 (1.493 %) Line 50 3 2 (0.995 %) Remedy ITSM 4 1 (0.498 %) Oracle EBS 4 1 (0.498 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 1 (0.498 %) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking 1 7 (3.483 %) Broadband 1 7 (3.483 %) DVB 2 5 (2.488 %) SAN 3 3 (1.493 %) VPN 3 3 (1.493 %) Firewall 3 3 (1.493 %) Internet 3 3 (1.493 %) VLAN 4 2 (0.995 %) 3G 4 2 (0.995 %) TETRA 4 2 (0.995 %) Wireless 4 2 (0.995 %) DNS 4 2 (0.995 %) SMTP 4 2 (0.995 %) HTTP 4 2 (0.995 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (0.498 %) LAN 5 1 (0.498 %) Intranet 5 1 (0.498 %) 2G 5 1 (0.498 %) IP Telephony 5 1 (0.498 %) Network Security 5 1 (0.498 %) ADSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (3.980 %) MS Access 1 8 (3.980 %) Datawarehouse 2 7 (3.483 %) SQL Server 3 4 (1.990 %) Crystal Reports 3 4 (1.990 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 3 (1.493 %) GIS 4 3 (1.493 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (0.995 %) ETL 5 2 (0.995 %) OLAP 5 2 (0.995 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 2 (0.995 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.498 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.498 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.498 %) EDMS
Development Applications 1 9 (4.478 %) Dreamweaver 2 5 (2.488 %) Flash 3 2 (0.995 %) Visual Studio 3 2 (0.995 %) JDeveloper 4 1 (0.498 %) TestDirector 4 1 (0.498 %) MSI 4 1 (0.498 %) InstallShield	General 1 23 (11.44 %) Government 2 17 (8.458 %) Finance 3 11 (5.473 %) Local Government 4 6 (2.985 %) Marketing 4 6 (2.985 %) Manufacturing 5 5 (2.488 %) Publishing 5 5 (2.488 %) Banking 5 5 (2.488 %) Health 5 5 (2.488 %) Telecoms 6 3 (1.493 %) Legal 6 3 (1.493 %) Retail 7 2 (0.995 %) 3D Graphics 7 2 (0.995 %) Law 7 2 (0.995 %) Construction 7 2 (0.995 %) Electric 7 2 (0.995 %) Front Office 8 1 (0.498 %) Electronics 8 1 (0.498 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.498 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.498 %) Home Office
Job Titles 1 34 (16.92 %) Developer 2 25 (12.44 %) Analyst 3 22 (10.95 %) Administrator 4 16 (7.960 %) Project Manager 5 14 (6.965 %) SQL Developer 6 12 (5.970 %) Trainer 7 11 (5.473 %) Web Administrator 8 6 (2.985 %) Web Editor 8 6 (2.985 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 6 (2.985 %) .NET Developer 8 6 (2.985 %) C# Developer 8 6 (2.985 %) Web Designer 8 6 (2.985 %) Business Analyst 8 6 (2.985 %) Web Developer 8 6 (2.985 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 5 (2.488 %) Web Content Editor 9 5 (2.488 %) Content Editor 9 5 (2.488 %) Support Analyst 9 5 (2.488 %) Support Engineer 9 5 (2.488 %) Network Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 14 (6.965 %) Computer Science 2 8 (3.980 %) E-Learning 3 6 (2.985 %) STB 3 6 (2.985 %) iDTV 4 5 (2.488 %) Management Information System 4 5 (2.488 %) Clustering 5 4 (1.990 %) Mathematics 6 3 (1.493 %) W3C 6 3 (1.493 %) MPEG 7 2 (0.995 %) NHS 7 2 (0.995 %) Thin Client 7 2 (0.995 %) Fat Client 7 2 (0.995 %) Multithreading 7 2 (0.995 %) Remote Sensing 7 2 (0.995 %) Data Conversion 8 1 (0.498 %) Mainframe 8 1 (0.498 %) AS400 8 1 (0.498 %) Handset 8 1 (0.498 %) PMI 8 1 (0.498 %) Physics
Operating Systems 1 26 (12.94 %) Windows 2 13 (6.468 %) Windows Server 2003 3 9 (4.478 %) Windows 2000 4 7 (3.483 %) UNIX 5 3 (1.493 %) Linux 5 3 (1.493 %) Windows XP 6 1 (0.498 %) VMS 6 1 (0.498 %) Debian 6 1 (0.498 %) AIX 6 1 (0.498 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (7.463 %) Project Management 2 14 (6.965 %) Content Management 3 9 (4.478 %) Migration 3 9 (4.478 %) Configuration Management 4 8 (3.980 %) QMS 4 8 (3.980 %) SC Cleared 4 8 (3.980 %) Security Cleared 5 7 (3.483 %) ITIL 6 6 (2.985 %) UML 6 6 (2.985 %) Quality Management 6 6 (2.985 %) Service Delivery 6 6 (2.985 %) Change Management 7 5 (2.488 %) PRINCE2 7 5 (2.488 %) ERP 7 5 (2.488 %) Time Management 7 5 (2.488 %) Business Analysis 7 5 (2.488 %) Software Engineering 8 3 (1.493 %) SAP Implementation 8 3 (1.493 %) Usability Testing 8 3 (1.493 %) Web Development
Programming Languages 1 32 (15.92 %) SQL 2 16 (7.960 %) C# 3 13 (6.468 %) C++ 4 11 (5.473 %) Java 4 11 (5.473 %) C 5 6 (2.985 %) Embedded C 5 6 (2.985 %) Embedded C++ 6 5 (2.488 %) VB 7 3 (1.493 %) JavaScript 7 3 (1.493 %) COBOL 7 3 (1.493 %) VBScript 8 1 (0.498 %) Perl 8 1 (0.498 %) PHP 8 1 (0.498 %) ActionScript 8 1 (0.498 %) VC++	Qualifications 1 49 (24.38 %) Degree 2 10 (4.975 %) HND 3 7 (3.483 %) HNC 4 6 (2.985 %) Cisco Certification 4 6 (2.985 %) Microsoft Certification 5 4 (1.990 %) MCP 5 4 (1.990 %) MCSE 6 3 (1.493 %) ISEB 7 2 (0.995 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 2 (0.995 %) ACCA 7 2 (0.995 %) CIMA 8 1 (0.498 %) MBA 8 1 (0.498 %) NVQ Level 4 8 1 (0.498 %) Sun Certification 8 1 (0.498 %) PMP 8 1 (0.498 %) PMI Certification 8 1 (0.498 %) IBM AIX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (3.483 %) QA 2 4 (1.990 %) SLA 3 2 (0.995 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 6 (2.985 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.995 %) Terminal Services 3 1 (0.498 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 3 (1.493 %) MOM 1 3 (1.493 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 3 (1.493 %) MAILsweeper 2 2 (0.995 %) CONTROL-M 2 2 (0.995 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.498 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.498 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 1 (0.498 %) OVSD	Vendors 1 31 (15.42 %) Microsoft 2 15 (7.463 %) SAP 3 9 (4.478 %) Oracle 4 8 (3.980 %) Adobe 5 7 (3.483 %) RedDot 6 6 (2.985 %) Cisco 7 5 (2.488 %) EMC 8 4 (1.990 %) HP 8 4 (1.990 %) Macromedia 8 4 (1.990 %) VMware 9 3 (1.493 %) Sage 9 3 (1.493 %) 3Com 9 3 (1.493 %) Business Objects 9 3 (1.493 %) Siebel 10 2 (0.995 %) JD Edwards 10 2 (0.995 %) Remedy 11 1 (0.498 %) Mapinfo 11 1 (0.498 %) Capita 11 1 (0.498 %) Agresso 11 1 (0.498 %) Citrix