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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Suffolk 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 Government over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2327
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.012 %
As % of the category below2.083 %10.71 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£246
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£254
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£381
% change on same period last year+4.20 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£8.00£32.00
Average hourly rate£9.00£33.00
% change on same period last year-72.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£10.00£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.49£26.81
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads48112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.113 %
Daily rates quoted2053
Average minimum daily rate£263£309
Average daily rate£277£320
% change on same period last year-13.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£292£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted416
Average minimum hourly rate£22.60£26.16
Average hourly rate£27.30£27.09
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£28.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Government East of EnglandGovernment
East of 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.

Government
Demand Trend

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

Suffolk Government Demand Trend

Government
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Government Daily Rate Trend

Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing 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 Government.

13 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
13 (33.33 %)SQL
13 (33.33 %)Oracle
13 (33.33 %)UNIX
13 (33.33 %)Local Government
22 (22.22 %)SC Cleared
22 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Forms
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Discoverer
22 (22.22 %)Oracle 10g
22 (22.22 %)NHS
22 (22.22 %)Oracle EBS
22 (22.22 %)Workflow
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Applications
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (11.11 %)Construction
31 (11.11 %)Education
31 (11.11 %)Validation
31 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (11.11 %)Shell Script
31 (11.11 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (11.11 %)EPoS
31 (11.11 %)Apache
31 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
31 (11.11 %)Client/Server
31 (11.11 %)Windows XP
31 (11.11 %)Windows
31 (11.11 %)C

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing 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 Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Workflow
21 (11.11 %)Apache
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Project
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (22.22 %)Oracle EBS
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Applications
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Discoverer
12 (22.22 %)Oracle 10g
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Forms
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (33.33 %)Local Government
21 (11.11 %)Construction
21 (11.11 %)Education
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (22.22 %)Developer
12 (22.22 %)DBA
12 (22.22 %)Oracle DBA
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Applications DBA
12 (22.22 %)Access Developer
21 (11.11 %)Project Officer
21 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Project Support Officer
21 (11.11 %)1st Line Support
21 (11.11 %)Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Test Analyst
21 (11.11 %)Consultant
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)NHS
21 (11.11 %)Client/Server
21 (11.11 %)EPoS
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (33.33 %)UNIX
21 (11.11 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)Windows XP
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Workflow
12 (22.22 %)SC Cleared
12 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
21 (11.11 %)Validation
21 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
13 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (11.11 %)Shell Script
21 (11.11 %)C
21 (11.11 %)C++
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (33.33 %)Oracle