The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 190 224 244
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +20
Contract jobs citing Local Government 30 21 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.379% 0.207% 0.088%
As % of the General category 1.083% 0.549% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 5
Average daily rate £300 £375 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £239 £354
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £432 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £340 £360
% change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 2
Average hourly rate £19.65 £11.25 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.62% -23.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.45 £10.73 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £17.87 £15.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.25 £20.26 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+9.84% +30.67%
All of the General Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2770 3827 3867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 34.97% 37.67% 37.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1244 1669 1695
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 201 241
Average hourly rate £20.38 £27.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.90% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Local Government
England

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Local Government across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South East Local Government Jobs Demand Trend

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Local Government Daily Rate Trend

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Local Government across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Local Government Daily Rate Histogram

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Local Government Hourly Rate Trend

Local Government
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Kent -3 7 £290 -24.67%
East Sussex +13 6 £300 +93.86%
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Berkshire +11 3 - -
West Sussex +16 2 - -
Middlesex +4 2 - -
Hampshire -13 2 £380 +4.82%
Surrey - 1 - -
Local Government
England

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Local 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 Local Government.

1 25 (46.30%) Windows
2 24 (44.44%) Finance
3 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
4 17 (31.48%) Windows XP
5 15 (27.78%) Windows 7
6 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (18.52%) MCP
7 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
7 10 (18.52%) SCCM
8 9 (16.67%) QA
8 9 (16.67%) VBScript
8 9 (16.67%) ITIL
8 9 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 9 (16.67%) MSI
9 8 (14.81%) SQL
9 8 (14.81%) Publishing
9 8 (14.81%) Migration
9 8 (14.81%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (12.96%) SharePoint
10 7 (12.96%) Project Management
10 7 (12.96%) Wise Package Studio
11 6 (11.11%) SLA
11 6 (11.11%) MS Excel
12 5 (9.259%) TCP/IP
12 5 (9.259%) SharePoint 2010
12 5 (9.259%) Degree
12 5 (9.259%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (7.407%) Taxonomies
13 4 (7.407%) Risk Management
13 4 (7.407%) Oracle Reports

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Local 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 Local Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (7.407%) HTML
2 3 (5.556%) CSS
3 1 (1.852%) .NET
3 1 (1.852%) Web Services
3 1 (1.852%) Dojo
3 1 (1.852%) WCF
3 1 (1.852%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (12.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.259%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (5.556%) MS Exchange
3 3 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.852%) IIS
4 1 (1.852%) ArcGIS
4 1 (1.852%) ArcIMS
4 1 (1.852%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.407%) MS Office
3 1 (1.852%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.852%) Acrobat
3 1 (1.852%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 2 (3.704%) SAP BPC
1 2 (3.704%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.704%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (1.852%) Academy Housing
2 1 (1.852%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.259%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.556%) LAN
2 3 (5.556%) WAN
3 2 (3.704%) Firewall
3 2 (3.704%) Broadband
4 1 (1.852%) VoIP
4 1 (1.852%) VRRP
4 1 (1.852%) SAN
4 1 (1.852%) Intranet
4 1 (1.852%) Extranet
4 1 (1.852%) OSPF
4 1 (1.852%) DHCP
4 1 (1.852%) DNS
4 1 (1.852%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.407%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (7.407%) SQL Server
1 4 (7.407%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 2 (3.704%) GIS
4 1 (1.852%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (1.852%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.852%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) MSI
2 7 (12.96%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (1.852%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (44.44%) Finance
2 8 (14.81%) Publishing
3 3 (5.556%) Back Office
4 2 (3.704%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Applications Packager
2 8 (14.81%) Developer
3 6 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 5 (9.259%) Project Manager
4 5 (9.259%) SharePoint Developer
5 4 (7.407%) SharePoint Administrator
5 4 (7.407%) Administrator
6 3 (5.556%) Consultant
6 3 (5.556%) Procurement Manager
6 3 (5.556%) Report Developer
7 2 (3.704%) IT Support
7 2 (3.704%) Senior Network Technician
7 2 (3.704%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (3.704%) Network Technician
7 2 (3.704%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (3.704%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 2 (3.704%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (3.704%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (3.704%) DBA
7 2 (3.704%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.407%) Taxonomies
2 2 (3.704%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.852%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.852%) Economics
3 1 (1.852%) Statistics
3 1 (1.852%) Social Media
3 1 (1.852%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 25 (46.30%) Windows
2 17 (31.48%) Windows XP
3 15 (27.78%) Windows 7
4 5 (9.259%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.704%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.852%) UNIX
6 1 (1.852%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.52%) Service Delivery
2 9 (16.67%) ITIL
3 8 (14.81%) Migration
4 7 (12.96%) Project Management
5 4 (7.407%) Risk Management
6 3 (5.556%) Data Modelling
6 3 (5.556%) BPR
6 3 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (5.556%) Process Management
6 3 (5.556%) Workflow
6 3 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (5.556%) QMS
6 3 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (3.704%) Process Improvement
7 2 (3.704%) Business Development
7 2 (3.704%) CRM
8 1 (1.852%) CAD
8 1 (1.852%) PRINCE
8 1 (1.852%) Benchmarking
8 1 (1.852%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.67%) VBScript
2 8 (14.81%) SQL
3 3 (5.556%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.852%) Python
4 1 (1.852%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.852%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (18.52%) MCP
3 5 (9.259%) Degree
4 3 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (5.556%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.704%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.852%) MCSE
6 1 (1.852%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.852%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) QA
2 6 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.81%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (18.52%) SCCM
2 1 (1.852%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.407%) Oracle
3 3 (5.556%) Business Objects
3 3 (5.556%) SAP
4 2 (3.704%) Citrix
5 1 (1.852%) Websense
5 1 (1.852%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.852%) Remedy
5 1 (1.852%) Cisco
5 1 (1.852%) ESRI
5 1 (1.852%) VMware
5 1 (1.852%) Civica
5 1 (1.852%) Capita
5 1 (1.852%) Google
5 1 (1.852%) Mitel
5 1 (1.852%) Twitter
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