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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Swindon region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Government over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGovernment
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4848
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.592 %2.146 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£377£245
Average daily rate£406£258
% change on same period last year+57.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£436£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£366
% change on same period last year+6.86 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£47.50£25.00
% change on same period last year+90.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£55.00£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.68£29.21
% change on same period last year-5.25 %
General SwindonGeneral
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads314233
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.414 %0.247 %
Daily rates quoted14292
Average minimum daily rate£432£361
Average daily rate£460£393
% change on same period last year+17.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£489£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted2324
Average minimum hourly rate£25.59£37.42
Average hourly rate£27.61£39.98
% change on same period last year-30.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.63£42.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Government WiltshireGovernment
Wiltshire

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 Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Government Daily Rate Trend

Government
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Swindon Government Daily Rate Histogram

Government
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Government Hourly Rate Trend

Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

110 (40.00 %)Telecoms
29 (36.00 %)Security Cleared
38 (32.00 %)Linux
47 (28.00 %)SC Cleared
56 (24.00 %)Replication
56 (24.00 %)SQL
56 (24.00 %)Migration
56 (24.00 %)Red Hat
65 (20.00 %)Clustering
65 (20.00 %)Oracle
65 (20.00 %)Unix
74 (16.00 %)ERP
74 (16.00 %)SQL Server
74 (16.00 %)Finance
74 (16.00 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (16.00 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (16.00 %)Data Migration
83 (12.00 %)Nortel Meridian
83 (12.00 %)Video Conferencing
83 (12.00 %)VMware
83 (12.00 %)Multimedia
83 (12.00 %)CTI
83 (12.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (12.00 %)Solaris
83 (12.00 %)DTS
83 (12.00 %)Nortel
83 (12.00 %)Avaya
92 (8.000 %)BMC
92 (8.000 %)Sun
92 (8.000 %)CRM

Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

Application Development
11 (4.000 %)HTML
11 (4.000 %)JSP
11 (4.000 %)Servlets
11 (4.000 %)Struts
Application Platforms
12 (8.000 %)Apache
21 (4.000 %)SharePoint
21 (4.000 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
11 (4.000 %)MS Office
11 (4.000 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
11 (4.000 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
13 (12.00 %)CTI
13 (12.00 %)Nortel Meridian
21 (4.000 %)iSCSI
21 (4.000 %)NetScreen
21 (4.000 %)Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (16.00 %)SQL Server
14 (16.00 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (16.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (12.00 %)DTS
32 (8.000 %)Oracle Reports
41 (4.000 %)Oracle OLAP
41 (4.000 %)BusinessObjects
41 (4.000 %)OLAP
Development Applications
13 (12.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
110 (40.00 %)Telecoms
24 (16.00 %)Finance
33 (12.00 %)Multimedia
42 (8.000 %)Local Government
42 (8.000 %)Legal
51 (4.000 %)Law
Job Titles
14 (16.00 %)Consultant
14 (16.00 %)DBA
23 (12.00 %)SQL Server DBA
23 (12.00 %)SQL DBA
23 (12.00 %)Administrator
32 (8.000 %)Technical Consultant
32 (8.000 %)UNIX Engineer
32 (8.000 %)Linux Engineer
41 (4.000 %)Service Support Manager
41 (4.000 %)Implementation Engineer
41 (4.000 %)HTML Developer
41 (4.000 %)Network Specialist
41 (4.000 %)Project Office Administrator
41 (4.000 %)UNIX Consultant
41 (4.000 %)JSP Developer
41 (4.000 %)Linux Consultant
41 (4.000 %)Project Administrator
41 (4.000 %)SQL Developer
41 (4.000 %)Server Engineer
41 (4.000 %)Support Manager
Miscellaneous
16 (24.00 %)Replication
25 (20.00 %)Clustering
33 (12.00 %)Video Conferencing
41 (4.000 %)Data Extraction
41 (4.000 %)Management Information System
41 (4.000 %)Asset Management
41 (4.000 %)CLARiiON
Operating Systems
18 (32.00 %)Linux
25 (20.00 %)Unix
33 (12.00 %)Solaris
42 (8.000 %)SUSE
51 (4.000 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
19 (36.00 %)Security Cleared
27 (28.00 %)SC Cleared
36 (24.00 %)Migration
44 (16.00 %)ERP
44 (16.00 %)Data Migration
52 (8.000 %)CRM
52 (8.000 %)Project Management
52 (8.000 %)ITIL
61 (4.000 %)PRINCE2
61 (4.000 %)Validation
61 (4.000 %)Data Management
61 (4.000 %)Data Analysis
61 (4.000 %)Load Balancing
61 (4.000 %)Performance Management
61 (4.000 %)Data Mapping
Programming Languages
16 (24.00 %)SQL
22 (8.000 %)Shell Script
31 (4.000 %)Java
System Software
11 (4.000 %)NFS
11 (4.000 %)NetBackup
11 (4.000 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
11 (4.000 %)Unicenter
11 (4.000 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
16 (24.00 %)Red Hat
25 (20.00 %)Oracle
33 (12.00 %)Nortel
33 (12.00 %)Avaya
33 (12.00 %)VMware
42 (8.000 %)Lagan
42 (8.000 %)Sun
42 (8.000 %)Nokia
42 (8.000 %)VERITAS
42 (8.000 %)BMC
51 (4.000 %)CA
51 (4.000 %)NetApp
51 (4.000 %)Business Objects
51 (4.000 %)Cisco
51 (4.000 %)Microsoft
51 (4.000 %)EMC
51 (4.000 %)Remedy
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