The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 88 121 104
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -17
Contract jobs citing Local Government 13 11 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.647% 0.352% 0.793%
As % of the General category 1.798% 0.826% 1.825%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 14
Average daily rate £269 £525 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.80% +31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £325 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £550 £524
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £12.72 £24.98 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.07% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.68 £24.98 £14.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.76 £24.98 £30.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £19.52 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+6.30% -9.20%
All of the General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
723 1332 1315
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.99% 42.60% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 935 736
Average daily rate £380 £380 £380
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £273 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 103
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -27.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £18.00 £13.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £43.70 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bristol +17 5 £275 -50.00% 4
Wiltshire +4 4 £400 +23.07% 1
Dorset - 3 £110 -
Somerset - 1 £190 - 1
Devon - - - -
Local Government
England

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (28.00%) Windows
1 7 (28.00%) Windows 7
2 6 (24.00%) ITIL
2 6 (24.00%) Data Modelling
3 5 (20.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.00%) Migration
4 4 (16.00%) Application Packaging
4 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.00%) AppDNA
4 4 (16.00%) SCCM
5 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 3 (12.00%) CSS
5 3 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
5 3 (12.00%) SQL
5 3 (12.00%) T-SQL
5 3 (12.00%) VBScript
5 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (12.00%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (12.00%) Business Objects
5 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (12.00%) InstallShield
5 3 (12.00%) AdminStudio
5 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) VMware
5 3 (12.00%) VMware Workstation

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (16.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (12.00%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Office
1 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) LAN
1 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
1 3 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (12.00%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) InstallShield
1 3 (12.00%) AdminStudio
General
1 2 (8.000%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Marketing
2 1 (4.000%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (16.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Report Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Applications Packager
4 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.000%) Business Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Project Officer
5 1 (4.000%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.000%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Thin Client
1 1 (4.000%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
1 7 (28.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) ITIL
1 6 (24.00%) Data Modelling
2 5 (20.00%) Project Management
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.000%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.000%) Change Management
5 2 (8.000%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.000%) BPR
5 2 (8.000%) B2B
5 2 (8.000%) Change Control
6 1 (4.000%) BPMN
6 1 (4.000%) Data Migration
6 1 (4.000%) Requirements Management
6 1 (4.000%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (4.000%) Transition Management
6 1 (4.000%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
1 3 (12.00%) T-SQL
1 3 (12.00%) VBScript
2 2 (8.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.000%) MCSE
2 1 (4.000%) MCP
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.000%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) AppDNA
1 4 (16.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Business Objects
2 3 (12.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.000%) Citrix
Bath, South West
Preparing reports to Programme and Project governance bodies including Strategic Management Team and Public Services Board 4... High-level IT skills including experience of designing and delivering programme...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £190.00 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
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