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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in contract IT jobs within the Surrey 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2421
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads110144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.143 %
As % of the category below13.00 %14.78 %
Daily rates quoted5076
Average minimum daily rate£338£328
Average daily rate£353£341
% change on same period last year+3.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£393
% change on same period last year+2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£16.50£21.00
Average hourly rate£17.50£24.00
% change on same period last year-27.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.50£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.07£22.18
% change on same period last year+8.51 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads846974
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.116 %0.970 %
Daily rates quoted248316
Average minimum daily rate£333£353
Average daily rate£351£373
% change on same period last year-5.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted80100
Average minimum hourly rate£23.19£20.29
Average hourly rate£25.11£22.07
% change on same period last year+13.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.02£23.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.85£27.05
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Insurance South EastInsurance
South East

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.

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

Surrey Insurance Demand Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Surrey Insurance Daily Rate Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Surrey Insurance Daily Rate Histogram

Insurance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Insurance Hourly Rate Trend

Insurance
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the Surrey 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.

LocationRank 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
StainesNo change033£356+17.23 %
GuildfordDown-66£470+17.22 %
ReigateUp+53£350+5.26 %
EpsomNew entry-2--
RedhillDown-42£331+21.63 %
ChertseyNew entry-1--
DorkingDown-31--
Insurance South EastInsurance
South East

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

190 (40.18 %)Finance
246 (20.54 %)PRINCE2
329 (12.95 %)SQL
428 (12.50 %)Pensions
527 (12.05 %)Oracle
625 (11.16 %)Java
625 (11.16 %)Business Analysis
723 (10.27 %)RUP
822 (9.821 %)UML
822 (9.821 %)Microsoft
822 (9.821 %)Migration
919 (8.482 %)ISEB
919 (8.482 %)SQL Server
1018 (8.036 %).NET
1018 (8.036 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1018 (8.036 %)Project Management
1117 (7.589 %)Windows
1117 (7.589 %)Data Migration
1216 (7.143 %)Degree
1216 (7.143 %)Banking
1315 (6.696 %)Health
1315 (6.696 %)C#
1315 (6.696 %)Requirements Management
1414 (6.250 %)OO
1414 (6.250 %)Windows XP
1513 (5.804 %)TestDirector
1513 (5.804 %)MS Excel
1513 (5.804 %)CRM
1513 (5.804 %)Unified Process
1612 (5.357 %)Billing

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (8.036 %).NET
211 (4.911 %)J2EE
310 (4.464 %)HTML
48 (3.571 %)JSF
48 (3.571 %)WebSphere
57 (3.125 %)CSS
66 (2.679 %)XML
75 (2.232 %)WebServices
75 (2.232 %)ASP.NET
75 (2.232 %)EJB
84 (1.786 %)XSLT
84 (1.786 %)AJAX
93 (1.339 %)XSL
93 (1.339 %)XHTML
93 (1.339 %)ASP
93 (1.339 %)Hibernate
102 (0.893 %)Spring
102 (0.893 %)JSP
102 (0.893 %)Servlets
102 (0.893 %).NET Framework
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (1.786 %)ColdFusion
23 (1.339 %)Oracle Application Server
23 (1.339 %)BizTalk Server
32 (0.893 %)MS Exchange
32 (0.893 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.446 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (0.446 %)JBoss
41 (0.446 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (0.446 %)WebLogic
41 (0.446 %)IIS
41 (0.446 %)CICS
41 (0.446 %)GroupWise
41 (0.446 %)SAS
41 (0.446 %)CMS
41 (0.446 %)Oracle Workflow
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (5.804 %)MS Excel
212 (5.357 %)MS Office
39 (4.018 %)MS Visio
45 (2.232 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (2.232 %)MS Project
52 (0.893 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.893 %)Photoshop
61 (0.446 %)SPSS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.339 %)SAP FI
13 (1.339 %)SAP FI/CO
13 (1.339 %)SAP CO
22 (0.893 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.893 %)AWD
31 (0.446 %)INSURE/90
31 (0.446 %)Oracle 11i
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (2.232 %)Internet
24 (1.786 %)DNS
24 (1.786 %)SAN
33 (1.339 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.893 %)DHCP
42 (0.893 %)LAN
42 (0.893 %)SMS
51 (0.446 %)WAN
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (8.482 %)SQL Server
27 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2005
27 (3.125 %)Datawarehouse
34 (1.786 %)Oracle 10g
43 (1.339 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.446 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (0.446 %)Base SAS
51 (0.446 %)DTS
51 (0.446 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.446 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.446 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.446 %)RDBMS
51 (0.446 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.446 %)ETL
51 (0.446 %)Oracle OWB
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (5.804 %)TestDirector
28 (3.571 %)RequisitePro
37 (3.125 %)QuickTest Pro
46 (2.679 %)LoadRunner
55 (2.232 %)ClearCase
63 (1.339 %)Oracle Forms
63 (1.339 %)JUnit
63 (1.339 %)Eclipse
72 (0.893 %)MSI
72 (0.893 %)InstallShield
72 (0.893 %)Dreamweaver
72 (0.893 %)Flash
72 (0.893 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.446 %)StarTeam
81 (0.446 %)QARun
81 (0.446 %)Rational Performance Tester
81 (0.446 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.446 %)WinRunner
81 (0.446 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.446 %)JMeter
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (40.18 %)Finance
228 (12.50 %)Pensions
316 (7.143 %)Banking
415 (6.696 %)Health
512 (5.357 %)Billing
610 (4.464 %)Retail
75 (2.232 %)General Ledger
84 (1.786 %)Government
84 (1.786 %)Marketing
93 (1.339 %)Telecoms
102 (0.893 %)Back Office
102 (0.893 %)Publishing
102 (0.893 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.446 %)FMCG
111 (0.446 %)Advertising
111 (0.446 %)Automotive
111 (0.446 %)Financial Institution
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1112 (50.00 %)Analyst
251 (22.77 %)Business Analyst
330 (13.39 %)Developer
424 (10.71 %)Systems Analyst
521 (9.375 %)Project Manager
613 (5.804 %)Test Analyst
613 (5.804 %)Java Developer
712 (5.357 %)Insurance Business Analyst
811 (4.911 %)Consultant
99 (4.018 %)Test Manager
99 (4.018 %)Tester
108 (3.571 %)Support Analyst
108 (3.571 %)Service Analyst
116 (2.679 %)Analyst Programmer
116 (2.679 %)Programmer
116 (2.679 %)Programme Manager
116 (2.679 %)Business Systems Analyst
116 (2.679 %)Programme Office Manager
116 (2.679 %)Six Sigma Consultant
125 (2.232 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (3.125 %)Management Information System
22 (0.893 %)Client/Server
22 (0.893 %)Computer Science
31 (0.446 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (0.446 %)PMI
31 (0.446 %)W3C
31 (0.446 %)Blackberry
31 (0.446 %)Mainframe
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (7.589 %)Windows
214 (6.250 %)Windows XP
36 (2.679 %)Windows 2000
45 (2.232 %)UNIX
53 (1.339 %)Solaris
53 (1.339 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (0.893 %)Windows NT
71 (0.446 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (0.446 %)NetWare
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
146 (20.54 %)PRINCE2
225 (11.16 %)Business Analysis
323 (10.27 %)RUP
422 (9.821 %)UML
422 (9.821 %)Migration
518 (8.036 %)Project Management
617 (7.589 %)Data Migration
715 (6.696 %)Requirements Management
814 (6.250 %)OO
913 (5.804 %)CRM
913 (5.804 %)Unified Process
1012 (5.357 %)Systems Analysis
1111 (4.911 %)ITIL
1111 (4.911 %)Change Management
1210 (4.464 %)Use Case
1210 (4.464 %)User Acceptance Testing
1210 (4.464 %)System Testing
139 (4.018 %)Integration Testing
139 (4.018 %)Six Sigma
139 (4.018 %)Stakeholder Management
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (12.95 %)SQL
225 (11.16 %)Java
315 (6.696 %)C#
47 (3.125 %)JavaScript
56 (2.679 %)VB
56 (2.679 %)VB.NET
64 (1.786 %)PL/SQL
73 (1.339 %)Perl
73 (1.339 %)C++
82 (0.893 %)C
82 (0.893 %)Transact-SQL
82 (0.893 %)VBScript
82 (0.893 %)ActionScript
91 (0.446 %)Korn
91 (0.446 %)SAS Macro
91 (0.446 %)RPG
91 (0.446 %)COBOL
91 (0.446 %)DHTML
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (8.482 %)ISEB
218 (8.036 %)PRINCE2 Certification
316 (7.143 %)Degree
48 (3.571 %)ISEB Practitioner
48 (3.571 %)Microsoft Certification
48 (3.571 %)MCP
48 (3.571 %)ISTQB
57 (3.125 %)MCSE
62 (0.893 %)MCSA
62 (0.893 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
71 (0.446 %)CNE
71 (0.446 %)Novell Certification
71 (0.446 %)ITIL Certification
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.232 %)QA
21 (0.446 %)SLA
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (4.018 %)Active Directory
22 (0.893 %)MetaFrame
31 (0.446 %)Novell eDirectory
31 (0.446 %)VMware Infrastructure
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.893 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 (0.893 %)Norton AntiVirus
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (12.05 %)Oracle
222 (9.821 %)Microsoft
310 (4.464 %)SAP
49 (4.018 %)HP
57 (3.125 %)IBM
66 (2.679 %)Adobe
66 (2.679 %)PeopleSoft
75 (2.232 %)JD Edwards
84 (1.786 %)Thunderhead
84 (1.786 %)Cognos
93 (1.339 %)Planview
93 (1.339 %)Sybase
93 (1.339 %)Citrix
93 (1.339 %)Intel
93 (1.339 %)Sun
102 (0.893 %)Altiris
102 (0.893 %)VMware
102 (0.893 %)Symantec
111 (0.446 %)Business Objects
111 (0.446 %)BEA