Thames Valley NPfIT Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for National Programme for IT (NPfIT) skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NPfIT over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

National Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Location Bedfordshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire City of London Derbyshire Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Exeter Hampshire Hull Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicestershire London Luton Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Portsmouth Preston South East South West Stafford Staffordshire Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£371
% change on same period last year	-3.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.31	£26.85
% change on same period last year	-9.46 %
Miscellaneous Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads	70	79
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.098 %	0.079 %
Daily rates quoted	10	3
Average minimum daily rate	£291	£300
Average daily rate	£299	£333
% change on same period last year	-10.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£307	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.05	£30.70
Average hourly rate	£38.13	£34.54
% change on same period last year	+10.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.21	£38.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.83	£26.95
% change on same period last year	-7.89 %
NPfIT 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.

NPfIT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NPfIT across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

NPfIT
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT.

1 3 (100.00 %) NHS 1 3 (100.00 %) Change Management 1 3 (100.00 %) Health 2 2 (66.67 %) Strategic Planning 2 2 (66.67 %) Fujitsu 2 2 (66.67 %) Management Information System 3 1 (33.33 %) Project Management

NPfIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing NPfIT 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 NPfIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 3 (100.00 %) Health	Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Project Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Change Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) NHS Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 3 (100.00 %) NHS 2 2 (66.67 %) Management Information System	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Change Management 2 2 (66.67 %) Strategic Planning 3 1 (33.33 %) Project Management
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Fujitsu