South West Insurance Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in contract IT jobs within the South West 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 Insurance over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Amersham Andover Aylesbury Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hove Ipswich Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Paddington Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	44	42
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	136	184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.194 %	0.190 %
As % of the category below	6.221 %	7.227 %
Daily rates quoted	78	93
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£378
Average daily rate	£380	£395
% change on same period last year	-3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£411
UK excluding London average daily rate	£388	£398
% change on same period last year	-2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£16.00
Average hourly rate	£25.00	£16.00
% change on same period last year	+56.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.90	£20.79
% change on same period last year	+24.60 %
General South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2186	2546
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.115 %	2.633 %
Daily rates quoted	796	834
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£368
Average daily rate	£399	£387
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£381
% change on same period last year	+0.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	328	269
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.58	£28.25
Average hourly rate	£31.36	£29.97
% change on same period last year	+4.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.14	£31.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.97	£26.66
% change on same period last year	+4.91 %
Insurance 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 Insurance across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General 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 Insurance across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 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 Insurance within the South West region over the 3 months to 15 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
Wiltshire	+7	50	£370	-18.66 %
Bristol	-7	40	£346	-9.60 %
Dorset	+8	15	£450	+16.12 %
Gloucestershire	0	9	£386	-
Somerset	-8	1	£175	-56.19 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 153 (48.11 %) Finance 2 101 (31.76 %) Pensions 3 52 (16.35 %) Project Management 4 31 (9.748 %) Banking 5 25 (7.862 %) ISEB 5 25 (7.862 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 23 (7.233 %) PRINCE2 7 21 (6.604 %) MS Office 7 21 (6.604 %) Oracle 8 20 (6.289 %) Datawarehouse 9 19 (5.975 %) Business Analysis 10 17 (5.346 %) Change Management 10 17 (5.346 %) Business Intelligence 10 17 (5.346 %) Oracle Discoverer 11 16 (5.031 %) Data Modelling

11 16 (5.031 %) Retail 12 15 (4.717 %) Migration 13 14 (4.403 %) Lotus 13 14 (4.403 %) Lotus Notes 14 13 (4.088 %) ITIL 14 13 (4.088 %) .NET 14 13 (4.088 %) Management Information System 15 12 (3.774 %) Data Analysis 15 12 (3.774 %) SQL 15 12 (3.774 %) OLAP 15 12 (3.774 %) E-Commerce 15 12 (3.774 %) OLTP 15 12 (3.774 %) Test Scripting 16 11 (3.459 %) CA Clarity 16 11 (3.459 %) SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 13 (4.088 %) .NET 2 7 (2.201 %) ASP.NET 3 4 (1.258 %) XML 4 3 (0.943 %) WebServices 5 2 (0.629 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 2 (0.629 %) XHTML 5 2 (0.629 %) .NET Framework 5 2 (0.629 %) HTML 5 2 (0.629 %) ASP 6 1 (0.314 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.314 %) COM+ 6 1 (0.314 %) CSS 6 1 (0.314 %) Struts 6 1 (0.314 %) WCF 6 1 (0.314 %) WPF 6 1 (0.314 %) Silverlight 6 1 (0.314 %) Hibernate 6 1 (0.314 %) WebWork 6 1 (0.314 %) WinForms 6 1 (0.314 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 14 (4.403 %) Lotus Notes 2 10 (3.145 %) SAS 3 1 (0.314 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (0.314 %) GroupWise 3 1 (0.314 %) Oracle Application Server 3 1 (0.314 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 21 (6.604 %) MS Office 2 11 (3.459 %) MS Project 2 11 (3.459 %) CA Clarity 3 7 (2.201 %) MS Excel 4 4 (1.258 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (0.629 %) HiPortfolio 1 2 (0.629 %) GraphTalk 2 1 (0.314 %) assyst 2 1 (0.314 %) AWD
Communications & Networking 1 4 (1.258 %) Internet 2 3 (0.943 %) ATM 2 3 (0.943 %) CTI 2 3 (0.943 %) Intranet 2 3 (0.943 %) MPLS 2 3 (0.943 %) IPCC 3 1 (0.314 %) Firewall 3 1 (0.314 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (6.289 %) Datawarehouse 2 17 (5.346 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 12 (3.774 %) OLTP 3 12 (3.774 %) OLAP 4 11 (3.459 %) SQL Server 5 10 (3.145 %) Oracle OLAP 6 8 (2.516 %) Base SAS 7 6 (1.887 %) Oracle BI EE 7 6 (1.887 %) SQL Server 2005 8 5 (1.572 %) ETL 8 5 (1.572 %) Oracle OWB 9 4 (1.258 %) BusinessObjects 10 3 (0.943 %) Oracle 10g 11 2 (0.629 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 2 (0.629 %) SQL Server 2000 12 1 (0.314 %) SQL Server Integration Services 12 1 (0.314 %) BusinessObjects XI 12 1 (0.314 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 12 1 (0.314 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 12 1 (0.314 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 6 (1.887 %) TestDirector 1 6 (1.887 %) QuickTest Pro 2 4 (1.258 %) LoadRunner 3 3 (0.943 %) WinRunner 4 2 (0.629 %) Visual Studio 4 2 (0.629 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 1 (0.314 %) Oracle Forms 5 1 (0.314 %) Flash 5 1 (0.314 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.314 %) ERwin 5 1 (0.314 %) Rational Performance Tester 5 1 (0.314 %) PVCS	General 1 153 (48.11 %) Finance 2 101 (31.76 %) Pensions 3 31 (9.748 %) Banking 4 16 (5.031 %) Retail 5 10 (3.145 %) Legal 6 8 (2.516 %) Retail Banking 7 7 (2.201 %) Marketing 8 6 (1.887 %) Telecoms 9 5 (1.572 %) Back Office 10 3 (0.943 %) Financial Institution 10 3 (0.943 %) Health 10 3 (0.943 %) Multimedia 11 1 (0.314 %) Manufacturing 11 1 (0.314 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 127 (39.94 %) Analyst 2 75 (23.58 %) Project Manager 3 68 (21.38 %) Business Analyst 4 30 (9.434 %) Test Analyst 5 28 (8.805 %) Consultant 6 23 (7.233 %) Business Manager 6 23 (7.233 %) Insurance Business Analyst 7 21 (6.604 %) Developer 8 15 (4.717 %) Programme Manager 8 15 (4.717 %) Business Project Manager 9 14 (4.403 %) PMO Consultant 10 12 (3.774 %) Senior Analyst 11 7 (2.201 %) UAT Analyst 11 7 (2.201 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 11 7 (2.201 %) Financial Business Analyst 12 6 (1.887 %) .NET Developer 12 6 (1.887 %) Junior 12 6 (1.887 %) Test Manager 12 6 (1.887 %) Systems Analyst 12 6 (1.887 %) Process Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 13 (4.088 %) Management Information System 2 4 (1.258 %) Mainframe 3 3 (0.943 %) EPoS 3 3 (0.943 %) EFT 3 3 (0.943 %) IVR 4 2 (0.629 %) Client/Server 4 2 (0.629 %) Freedom of Information Act 4 2 (0.629 %) Freedom of Information 5 1 (0.314 %) Data Protection Act 5 1 (0.314 %) CMDB 5 1 (0.314 %) IBM Mainframe 5 1 (0.314 %) Data Integration 5 1 (0.314 %) Tandem 5 1 (0.314 %) AS400 5 1 (0.314 %) Replication
Operating Systems 1 3 (0.943 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.629 %) Windows 3 1 (0.314 %) Linux 3 1 (0.314 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (0.314 %) Windows NT 3 1 (0.314 %) Windows XP 3 1 (0.314 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 52 (16.35 %) Project Management 2 25 (7.862 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 23 (7.233 %) PRINCE2 4 19 (5.975 %) Business Analysis 5 17 (5.346 %) Business Intelligence 5 17 (5.346 %) Change Management 6 16 (5.031 %) Data Modelling 7 15 (4.717 %) Migration 8 13 (4.088 %) ITIL 9 12 (3.774 %) Test Scripting 9 12 (3.774 %) Data Analysis 9 12 (3.774 %) E-Commerce 10 9 (2.830 %) RAD 11 8 (2.516 %) UML 11 8 (2.516 %) Data Migration 12 7 (2.201 %) Manual Testing 12 7 (2.201 %) Project Planning 12 7 (2.201 %) Stakeholder Management 13 6 (1.887 %) Information Security 13 6 (1.887 %) Data Mapping
Programming Languages 1 12 (3.774 %) SQL 2 10 (3.145 %) C# 3 6 (1.887 %) VB.NET 4 3 (0.943 %) VB6 4 3 (0.943 %) VB 4 3 (0.943 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (0.629 %) C 5 2 (0.629 %) Java 5 2 (0.629 %) JavaScript 5 2 (0.629 %) PHP 6 1 (0.314 %) C++ 6 1 (0.314 %) LotusScript	Qualifications 1 25 (7.862 %) ISEB 2 7 (2.201 %) ISTQB 3 6 (1.887 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 5 (1.572 %) DCSE 5 3 (0.943 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 3 (0.943 %) ITIL Certification 6 2 (0.629 %) MIIA 7 1 (0.314 %) Degree 7 1 (0.314 %) CISSP 7 1 (0.314 %) CNA 7 1 (0.314 %) CNE 7 1 (0.314 %) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (2.516 %) QA 2 7 (2.201 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 2 (0.629 %) COSO 4 1 (0.314 %) ISO17799	System Software 1 1 (0.314 %) NDS 1 1 (0.314 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 1 (0.314 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 21 (6.604 %) Oracle 2 14 (4.403 %) Lotus 3 4 (1.258 %) Avaya 3 4 (1.258 %) Business Objects 3 4 (1.258 %) SAP 3 4 (1.258 %) IBM 4 3 (0.943 %) Microsoft 4 3 (0.943 %) Sun 4 3 (0.943 %) BT 4 3 (0.943 %) Thunderhead 5 2 (0.629 %) CA 6 1 (0.314 %) Novell 6 1 (0.314 %) Actuate 6 1 (0.314 %) Planview 6 1 (0.314 %) HP 6 1 (0.314 %) Intel 6 1 (0.314 %) Citrix 6 1 (0.314 %) Siebel 6 1 (0.314 %) Progress