South West BS7799 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for BS 7799 skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BS7799 over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

BS 7799
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Hampshire Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Manchester Norfolk North West Norwich Portsmouth Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South West Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	163
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	1	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.641 %	2.691 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£556	-
Average daily rate	£556	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£556	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£498	£314
% change on same period last year	+58.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	5
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£25.00
Average hourly rate	-	£29.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.94	£29.50
% change on same period last year	-18.85 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance South West
Matching contract IT job ads	156	223
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.206 %	0.222 %
Daily rates quoted	52	69
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£363
Average daily rate	£396	£382
% change on same period last year	+3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£435	£401
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£361
% change on same period last year	+5.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	46
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.43	£20.07
Average hourly rate	£23.59	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+4.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.74	£25.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.03	£24.95
% change on same period last year	-3.68 %
BS7799 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.

BS7799
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BS7799 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

BS7799
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BS7799 across the South West 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 BS7799 across the South West region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BS7799 within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Bristol	-	1	£556	-

BS7799 England

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Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing BS7799 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 BS7799.

1 3 (100.00 %) ITIL 2 2 (66.67 %) MS Visio 2 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 2 (66.67 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 2 (66.67 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (33.33 %) IT Governance 3 1 (33.33 %) COBIT 3 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (33.33 %) Service Management 3 1 (33.33 %) Service Delivery 3 1 (33.33 %) ISO9000

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing BS7799 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 BS7799. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Visio 1 2 (66.67 %) MS PowerPoint	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Management Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Service Management Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) ITIL Consultant	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) ITIL 2 1 (33.33 %) IT Governance 2 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Service Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (66.67 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (33.33 %) COBIT 2 1 (33.33 %) ISO9000