The first table below looks at the demand for GCOS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GCOS over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Electric Comprehensive Operating System (GCOS)
Rank 539 - 585
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing GCOS 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% - 0.002%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.020% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £380 - £800
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9982 11864 12923
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.54% 20.33% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5365 5902 6319
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £195 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 953 1188 1264
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.31 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%

GCOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GCOS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

GCOS Jobs Demand Trend

GCOS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GCOS within the UK.

GCOS Daily Rate Trend

GCOS
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCOS within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 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
East of England - 2 £380 -
England - 2 £380 -
Suffolk - 2 £380 -
Ipswich - 2 £380 -

GCOS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCOS 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 GCOS.

1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management

GCOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCOS 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 GCOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree