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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' 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 job ads that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5264
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads343396
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.452 %0.420 %
As % of the category below6.218 %5.682 %
Daily rates quoted153164
Average minimum daily rate£373£366
Average daily rate£393£382
% change on same period last year+2.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£382
% change on same period last year+5.86 %
Hourly rates quoted1113
Average minimum hourly rate£20.55£32.36
Average hourly rate£22.50£33.51
% change on same period last year-32.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.45£34.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.90£31.73
% change on same period last year-21.52 %
General South EastGeneral
South East
Matching contract IT job ads55166969
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.274 %7.392 %
Daily rates quoted13931767
Average minimum daily rate£356£355
Average daily rate£376£376
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted579543
Average minimum hourly rate£25.34£27.23
Average hourly rate£27.10£28.76
% change on same period last year-5.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.87£30.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Insurance EnglandInsurance
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.

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

South East Insurance Demand Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Insurance Daily Rate Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South East Insurance Daily Rate Histogram

Insurance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Insurance Hourly Rate Trend

Insurance
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South East Insurance Hourly Rate Histogram

Insurance
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Insurance within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

LocationRank 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
SurreyUp+8135£380+4.98 %
HampshireUp+1469£394+6.10 %
KentUp+1825£354-0.99 %
West SussexUp+1225£398+12.75 %
East SussexUp+1319£329-38.28 %
SussexUp+2218£532-
BerkshireUp+2612£406-15.94 %
MiddlesexNo change010£317-19.87 %
Thames ValleyUp+218£350-24.32 %
BuckinghamshireUp+15£506-
M4 CorridorUp+73£449-2.97 %
OxfordshireDown-83--
Insurance EnglandInsurance
England

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Insurance 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 Insurance.

1317 (41.99 %)Finance
2108 (14.30 %)SQL
399 (13.11 %)Oracle
495 (12.58 %)Pensions
585 (11.26 %)Project Management
681 (10.73 %)Java
778 (10.33 %)SQL Server
874 (9.801 %)PRINCE2
970 (9.272 %)Windows
1060 (7.947 %)Microsoft
1157 (7.550 %)Migration
1255 (7.285 %)Banking
1353 (7.020 %).NET
1450 (6.623 %)XML
1549 (6.490 %)J2EE
1646 (6.093 %)MS Office
1646 (6.093 %)User Acceptance Testing
1744 (5.828 %)MS Excel
1840 (5.298 %)Unix
1840 (5.298 %)WebSphere
1937 (4.901 %)Business Analysis
2036 (4.768 %)C#
2135 (4.636 %)Data Migration
2234 (4.503 %)Change Management
2332 (4.238 %)DB2
2332 (4.238 %)UML
2431 (4.106 %)E-Commerce
2431 (4.106 %)TestDirector
2530 (3.974 %)PL/SQL
2629 (3.841 %)IBM

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Insurance 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 Insurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
153 (7.020 %).NET
250 (6.623 %)XML
349 (6.490 %)J2EE
440 (5.298 %)WebSphere
528 (3.709 %)HTML
626 (3.444 %)JSP
626 (3.444 %)Hibernate
722 (2.914 %)WebServices
821 (2.781 %)ASP.NET
919 (2.517 %)Spring
1018 (2.384 %)XSLT
1117 (2.252 %)Servlets
1214 (1.854 %)Struts
1311 (1.457 %)ASP
1311 (1.457 %)EJB
1311 (1.457 %)JSF
147 (0.927 %)WinForms
147 (0.927 %)AJAX
147 (0.927 %)CSS
155 (0.662 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
116 (2.119 %)MS Exchange
213 (1.722 %)WebLogic
311 (1.457 %)WebSphere Application Server
410 (1.325 %)SAS
59 (1.192 %)CICS
59 (1.192 %)Exchange Server 2003
67 (0.927 %)WebSphere Message Broker
67 (0.927 %)WebSphere MQ
76 (0.795 %)CMS
76 (0.795 %)Exchange Server 2000
84 (0.530 %)ColdFusion
93 (0.397 %)Oracle Application Server
102 (0.265 %)Exchange Server 2007
102 (0.265 %)Lotus Notes
102 (0.265 %)Lotus Domino
102 (0.265 %)Oracle Workflow
102 (0.265 %)Papyrus
102 (0.265 %)BizTalk Server
111 (0.132 %)GroupWise
111 (0.132 %)WPS
Applications
146 (6.093 %)MS Office
244 (5.828 %)MS Excel
319 (2.517 %)MS Project
417 (2.252 %)MS PowerPoint
417 (2.252 %)MS Visio
511 (1.457 %)CA Clarity
65 (0.662 %)Photoshop
74 (0.530 %)Open Workbench
82 (0.265 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
16 (0.795 %)SAP FI
16 (0.795 %)SAP FI/CO
16 (0.795 %)SAP CO
16 (0.795 %)AWD
24 (0.530 %)SAP CRM
33 (0.397 %)INSURE/90
41 (0.132 %)SoftGrid
41 (0.132 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.132 %)Staffware
Communications & Networking
112 (1.589 %)WINS
210 (1.325 %)Internet
38 (1.060 %)SAN
47 (0.927 %)TELNET
54 (0.530 %)Intranet
54 (0.530 %)Extranet
54 (0.530 %)Symposium
54 (0.530 %)DNS
54 (0.530 %)TCP/IP
63 (0.397 %)RIP
63 (0.397 %)LAN
63 (0.397 %)SMS
63 (0.397 %)IP Telephony
63 (0.397 %)Nortel Meridian
63 (0.397 %)IPCC
72 (0.265 %)Firewall
72 (0.265 %)Wireless
72 (0.265 %)Cisco ICM
72 (0.265 %)Cisco IPT
72 (0.265 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
178 (10.33 %)SQL Server
232 (4.238 %)DB2
324 (3.179 %)SQL Server 2005
423 (3.046 %)Datawarehouse
517 (2.252 %)SQL Server 2000
615 (1.987 %)DTS
713 (1.722 %)Oracle 10g
88 (1.060 %)BusinessObjects
88 (1.060 %)ETL
88 (1.060 %)Star Schema
97 (0.927 %)SQL Server 7
97 (0.927 %)RDBMS
97 (0.927 %)Oracle Reports
105 (0.662 %)Oracle OWB
114 (0.530 %)DataStage
114 (0.530 %)Oracle 9i
114 (0.530 %)Oracle Discoverer
123 (0.397 %)TOAD
123 (0.397 %)OLTP
123 (0.397 %)MySQL
Development Applications
131 (4.106 %)TestDirector
212 (1.589 %)QuickTest Pro
212 (1.589 %)Oracle Forms
311 (1.457 %)ClearCase
49 (1.192 %)JUnit
49 (1.192 %)LoadRunner
49 (1.192 %)RequisitePro
58 (1.060 %)XMLSpy
67 (0.927 %)ProC
75 (0.662 %)VSS/SourceSafe
75 (0.662 %)Eclipse
75 (0.662 %)WinRunner
84 (0.530 %)ClearQuest
93 (0.397 %)Ant
93 (0.397 %)Log4j
93 (0.397 %)QARun
102 (0.265 %)TestPartner
102 (0.265 %)Dreamweaver
102 (0.265 %)Visual Studio
102 (0.265 %)Flash
General
1317 (41.99 %)Finance
295 (12.58 %)Pensions
355 (7.285 %)Banking
428 (3.709 %)Retail
524 (3.179 %)Health
617 (2.252 %)Retail Banking
716 (2.119 %)Financial Institution
86 (0.795 %)Telecoms
95 (0.662 %)Back Office
95 (0.662 %)Billing
95 (0.662 %)General Ledger
95 (0.662 %)Marketing
104 (0.530 %)Investment Banking
104 (0.530 %)Front Office
112 (0.265 %)Legal
112 (0.265 %)Education
112 (0.265 %)Government
121 (0.132 %)Local Government
121 (0.132 %)Advertising
121 (0.132 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1276 (36.56 %)Analyst
2144 (19.07 %)Developer
3122 (16.16 %)Business Analyst
4106 (14.04 %)Project Manager
555 (7.285 %)Test Analyst
647 (6.225 %)Java Developer
731 (4.106 %)Consultant
829 (3.841 %)Systems Analyst
925 (3.311 %)Architect
925 (3.311 %)Insurance Business Analyst
1024 (3.179 %)Programme Manager
1122 (2.914 %)J2EE Developer
1122 (2.914 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1218 (2.384 %)Oracle Developer
1218 (2.384 %)Tester
1218 (2.384 %)Support Analyst
1317 (2.252 %)Programme Office Manager
1415 (1.987 %)Web Developer
1415 (1.987 %)Business Manager
1514 (1.854 %)Programmer
Miscellaneous
120 (2.649 %)Mainframe
217 (2.252 %)Client/Server
39 (1.192 %)AS400
48 (1.060 %)Management Information System
57 (0.927 %)IBM Mainframe
64 (0.530 %)N-Tier
73 (0.397 %)PMI
82 (0.265 %)Blackberry
82 (0.265 %)French Language
91 (0.132 %)Social Network
91 (0.132 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.132 %)Data Extraction
91 (0.132 %)NHS
91 (0.132 %)W3C
91 (0.132 %)CLARiiON
91 (0.132 %)Symmetrix
91 (0.132 %)PDA
91 (0.132 %)CCTV
91 (0.132 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
170 (9.272 %)Windows
240 (5.298 %)Unix
316 (2.119 %)Windows XP
412 (1.589 %)Windows NT
511 (1.457 %)AIX
68 (1.060 %)Windows 2000
68 (1.060 %)zOS
74 (0.530 %)Solaris
83 (0.397 %)Linux
83 (0.397 %)Windows Mobile
92 (0.265 %)Windows Server 2003
101 (0.132 %)OS/400
101 (0.132 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
185 (11.26 %)Project Management
274 (9.801 %)PRINCE2
357 (7.550 %)Migration
446 (6.093 %)User Acceptance Testing
537 (4.901 %)Business Analysis
635 (4.636 %)Data Migration
734 (4.503 %)Change Management
832 (4.238 %)UML
931 (4.106 %)E-Commerce
1027 (3.576 %)RUP
1126 (3.444 %)Test Scripting
1221 (2.781 %)System Testing
1320 (2.649 %)OO
1320 (2.649 %)Stakeholder Management
1418 (2.384 %)Workflow
1418 (2.384 %)Systems Analysis
1517 (2.252 %)SOA
1517 (2.252 %)ITIL
1616 (2.119 %)Business Intelligence
1715 (1.987 %)Unified Process
Programming Languages
1108 (14.30 %)SQL
281 (10.73 %)Java
336 (4.768 %)C#
430 (3.974 %)PL/SQL
522 (2.914 %)JavaScript
620 (2.649 %)C
719 (2.517 %)VB
813 (1.722 %)COBOL
911 (1.457 %)VB.NET
1010 (1.325 %)Perl
119 (1.192 %)C++
128 (1.060 %)Transact-SQL
128 (1.060 %)VB6
128 (1.060 %)Korn
137 (0.927 %)JCL
145 (0.662 %)Shell Script
154 (0.530 %)VBScript
154 (0.530 %)VBA
163 (0.397 %)RPG
172 (0.265 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
126 (3.444 %)ISEB
217 (2.252 %)PRINCE2 Certification
310 (1.325 %)Microsoft Certification
49 (1.192 %)Degree
49 (1.192 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
49 (1.192 %)MCP
49 (1.192 %)MCSE
53 (0.397 %)ACCA
62 (0.265 %)CIMA
62 (0.265 %)Citrix Certification
62 (0.265 %)MCSA
71 (0.132 %)CCA
71 (0.132 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.132 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.132 %)PMP
71 (0.132 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.132 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
71 (0.132 %)CNE
71 (0.132 %)Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
115 (1.987 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
214 (1.854 %)QA
32 (0.265 %)SLA
System Software
118 (2.384 %)Active Directory
210 (1.325 %)NetBackup
34 (0.530 %)VMware ESX
34 (0.530 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.132 %)Novell eDirectory
41 (0.132 %)VMware Server
41 (0.132 %)MetaFrame
Systems Management
13 (0.397 %)Norton AntiVirus
13 (0.397 %)AllFusion Endevor
22 (0.265 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.132 %)Tivoli
Vendors
199 (13.11 %)Oracle
260 (7.947 %)Microsoft
329 (3.841 %)IBM
426 (3.444 %)SAP
512 (1.589 %)Citrix
611 (1.457 %)VMware
710 (1.325 %)HP
89 (1.192 %)Intel
98 (1.060 %)Business Objects
106 (0.795 %)Adobe
106 (0.795 %)Niku
115 (0.662 %)VERITAS
115 (0.662 %)BEA
115 (0.662 %)Sun
115 (0.662 %)FileNet
115 (0.662 %)Thunderhead
124 (0.530 %)PeopleSoft
124 (0.530 %)Sybase
124 (0.530 %)Informatica
133 (0.397 %)Nortel
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