Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insurance in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank637059
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Down-11
Matching contract IT job ads12328271992
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.550 %2.096 %2.423 %
As % of the General category4.859 %4.547 %5.234 %
Daily rates quoted576350893
Average daily rate£411£390£405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.440 %-3.700 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£280£250£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£375£400
% change year-on-year
--6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted121879
Average hourly rate£25.75£19.75£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.37 %-1.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.10£11.46£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.45£38.55£33.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.50£21.25£19.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %+8.970 %
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
253541818638059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK52.48 %46.10 %46.30 %
Daily rates quoted12745642713805
Average daily rate£450£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£245£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted83010362261
Average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.160 %-4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.12£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.00£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %

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.

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Insurance Daily Rate Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 within the UK.

Insurance Hourly Rate Trend

Insurance
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Insurance Hourly Rate Histogram

Insurance
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+71162£413+6.45 %
LondonDown-8639£435+8.07 %
South EastUp+52256£386+10.35 %
City of LondonDown-31215£438+9.37 %
SurreyUp+1493£375+25.00 %
South WestUp+1592£344-9.83 %
East of EnglandDown-765£413+17.85 %
ScotlandUp+445£335-16.25 %
HampshireUp+2344£550+41.93 %
North WestUp+1341£298+16.09 %
BristolUp+439£305+9.90 %
EdinburghDown-629£325-18.75 %
YorkshireUp+2127£400+48.14 %
WiltshireUp+1226£380-11.62 %
West MidlandsUp+124£463+23.33 %
SwindonUp+1120£380-11.62 %
KentUp+1219£313-13.79 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1019£280-34.88 %
ManchesterUp+719£335+21.81 %
HertfordshireUp+1117£300-14.28 %
NorfolkDown-317£451-9.90 %
West YorkshireUp+416£390-
South WalesUp+1614£425-
WalesUp+1514£425-
GuildfordUp+1114£400+6.66 %
WatfordDown-314£300-14.28 %
EssexDown-414£414+106.87 %
NorwichDown-313£451-9.90 %
GloucestershireUp+1711£284-
BerkshireUp+1310£263-

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1969 (43.51 %)Finance
2273 (12.26 %)Banking
3249 (11.18 %)Project Management
4237 (10.64 %)SQL
5201 (9.026 %)SQL Server
6186 (8.352 %)PRINCE2
7181 (8.128 %).NET
8174 (7.813 %)Business Analysis
9165 (7.409 %)Retail
10163 (7.319 %)Pensions
11156 (7.005 %)Stakeholder Management
12148 (6.646 %)Microsoft
13136 (6.107 %)Oracle
14126 (5.658 %)Datawarehouse
15103 (4.625 %)C#
16102 (4.580 %)E-Commerce
1798 (4.401 %)Migration
1894 (4.221 %)Retail Banking
1989 (3.996 %)MS Excel
2088 (3.952 %)ASP.NET
2088 (3.952 %)User Acceptance Testing
2186 (3.862 %)Basel II
2280 (3.592 %)Windows
2280 (3.592 %)Java
2377 (3.458 %)Change Management
2476 (3.413 %)MS Office
2575 (3.368 %)MS Project
2674 (3.323 %)Risk Management
2772 (3.233 %)ETL
2870 (3.143 %)XML

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1181 (8.128 %).NET
288 (3.952 %)ASP.NET
370 (3.143 %)XML
452 (2.335 %)Web Services
542 (1.886 %)CSS
633 (1.482 %)J2EE
731 (1.392 %)WebSphere
827 (1.212 %)AJAX
924 (1.078 %).NET Framework
1023 (1.033 %)WCF
1120 (0.898 %)Spring
1219 (0.853 %)jQuery
1318 (0.808 %)JSP
1318 (0.808 %)HTML
1416 (0.718 %)NHibernate
1515 (0.674 %)JSON
1613 (0.584 %)XHTML
1613 (0.584 %)SOAP
1613 (0.584 %)XSLT
1613 (0.584 %)WinForms
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
155 (2.470 %)SAS
232 (1.437 %)SharePoint
323 (1.033 %)IIS
419 (0.853 %)MS Exchange
517 (0.763 %)Apache
615 (0.674 %)CMS
712 (0.539 %)Tomcat
810 (0.449 %)WebSphere Application Server
810 (0.449 %)WebLogic
810 (0.449 %)Lotus Notes
810 (0.449 %)Exchange Server 2003
98 (0.359 %)AquaLogic
98 (0.359 %)WebSphere Process Server
98 (0.359 %)ESB
107 (0.314 %)Exchange Server 2007
107 (0.314 %)LiveLink
116 (0.269 %)BizTalk Server
116 (0.269 %)SharePoint Server 2007
125 (0.225 %)Office Project Server
125 (0.225 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
189 (3.996 %)MS Excel
276 (3.413 %)MS Office
375 (3.368 %)MS Project
457 (2.559 %)MS Visio
528 (1.257 %)CA Clarity
620 (0.898 %)MS PowerPoint
712 (0.539 %)Open Workbench
86 (0.269 %)Niku Workbench
95 (0.225 %)Spreadsheet
103 (0.135 %)Photoshop
103 (0.135 %)Adobe Illustrator
103 (0.135 %)MATLAB
111 (0.045 %)Adobe Captivate
111 (0.045 %)InfoPath
111 (0.045 %)SPSS
111 (0.045 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.404 %)Microsoft CRM
28 (0.359 %)SAP FI
37 (0.314 %)Oracle Financials
46 (0.269 %)SAP FI/CO
46 (0.269 %)Dynamics CRM
46 (0.269 %)SAP CO
46 (0.269 %)SAP IS-U
53 (0.135 %)Oracle EBS R12
53 (0.135 %)AWD
53 (0.135 %)Exstream
62 (0.090 %)Oracle EBS
62 (0.090 %)HiPortfolio
62 (0.090 %)SAP HR
62 (0.090 %)SAP Retail
62 (0.090 %)Capstone
62 (0.090 %)Cognos Planning
62 (0.090 %)Google Analytics
62 (0.090 %)Eagle PACE
62 (0.090 %)SAP FS
62 (0.090 %)INSURE/90
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
142 (1.886 %)Internet
220 (0.898 %)SAN
318 (0.808 %)Firewall
416 (0.718 %)LAN
513 (0.584 %)WAN
513 (0.584 %)TCP/IP
610 (0.449 %)DNS
79 (0.404 %)DHCP
79 (0.404 %)Extranet
88 (0.359 %)VPN
97 (0.314 %)VLAN
106 (0.269 %)Intranet
106 (0.269 %)VoIP
115 (0.225 %)Cisco ASA
115 (0.225 %)IP Telephony
124 (0.180 %)NetScreen
124 (0.180 %)Cisco IPT
133 (0.135 %)IMAP
133 (0.135 %)BIG-IP
133 (0.135 %)RSVP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1201 (9.026 %)SQL Server
2126 (5.658 %)Datawarehouse
372 (3.233 %)ETL
466 (2.964 %)SQL Server 2005
545 (2.021 %)SQL Server Integration Services
637 (1.661 %)BusinessObjects
735 (1.572 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
826 (1.167 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
924 (1.078 %)SQL Server 2000
1021 (0.943 %)SQL Server 2008
1118 (0.808 %)DB2
1216 (0.718 %)MySQL
1216 (0.718 %)Base SAS
1315 (0.674 %)Crystal Reports
1414 (0.629 %)Oracle 10g
1414 (0.629 %)Data Mining
1510 (0.449 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
169 (0.404 %)MS Access
178 (0.359 %)PowerCenter
178 (0.359 %)TOAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
125 (1.123 %)Visual Studio
224 (1.078 %)QuickTest Pro
320 (0.898 %)Eclipse
417 (0.763 %)TestDirector
515 (0.674 %)TeamCity
515 (0.674 %)NUnit
69 (0.404 %)Subversion
69 (0.404 %)ClearQuest
78 (0.359 %)ClearCase
85 (0.225 %)Team Foundation Server
85 (0.225 %)JUnit
85 (0.225 %)ERwin
94 (0.180 %)WinRunner
94 (0.180 %)RequisitePro
94 (0.180 %)FitNesse
103 (0.135 %)Oracle Forms
112 (0.090 %)Dreamweaver
112 (0.090 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.090 %)XDE
112 (0.090 %)Maven
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1969 (43.51 %)Finance
2273 (12.26 %)Banking
3165 (7.409 %)Retail
4163 (7.319 %)Pensions
594 (4.221 %)Retail Banking
648 (2.155 %)Investment Banking
745 (2.021 %)Telecoms
831 (1.392 %)Marketing
924 (1.078 %)Education
1023 (1.033 %)Health
1119 (0.853 %)Legal
1119 (0.853 %)Back Office
1216 (0.718 %)General Ledger
1311 (0.494 %)Financial Institution
1311 (0.494 %)Front Office
149 (0.404 %)Auditing
158 (0.359 %)Law
167 (0.314 %)Corporate Banking
167 (0.314 %)Games
176 (0.269 %)Private Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1931 (41.81 %)Analyst
2600 (26.94 %)Business Analyst
3414 (18.59 %)Project Manager
4246 (11.05 %)Developer
5233 (10.46 %)Insurance Business Analyst
6104 (4.670 %)Consultant
777 (3.458 %)Architect
865 (2.919 %)Programme Manager
962 (2.784 %)Test Manager
962 (2.784 %)Senior Analyst
1055 (2.470 %).NET Developer
1153 (2.380 %)Test Analyst
1252 (2.335 %)Data Analyst
1351 (2.290 %)Senior Manager
1443 (1.931 %)Systems Analyst
1541 (1.841 %)Business Manager
1640 (1.796 %)Field Engineer
1739 (1.751 %)Senior Project Manager
1836 (1.617 %)Field Service Engineer
1934 (1.527 %)Senior Business Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
132 (1.437 %)Mainframe
231 (1.392 %)AS400
322 (0.988 %)iSeries
418 (0.808 %)N-Tier
517 (0.763 %)Management Information System
616 (0.718 %)Data Conversion
715 (0.674 %)Credit Risk
814 (0.629 %)Market Risk
913 (0.584 %)Derivative
1012 (0.539 %)W3C
119 (0.404 %)Blackberry
128 (0.359 %)Equities
137 (0.314 %)French Language
137 (0.314 %)VAX
137 (0.314 %)Fixed Income
146 (0.269 %)German Language
146 (0.269 %)Computer Science
146 (0.269 %)Data Extraction
155 (0.225 %)Spanish Language
155 (0.225 %)Credit Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
180 (3.592 %)Windows
230 (1.347 %)Linux
323 (1.033 %)UNIX
420 (0.898 %)Windows XP
420 (0.898 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (0.449 %)Windows Server 2008
69 (0.404 %)AIX
69 (0.404 %)Windows 2000
77 (0.314 %)Red Hat Linux
86 (0.269 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.180 %)Solaris
103 (0.135 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
103 (0.135 %)Windows 7
112 (0.090 %)MVS
112 (0.090 %)Windows NT
112 (0.090 %)Windows 2000 Server
121 (0.045 %)OS/400
121 (0.045 %)zOS
121 (0.045 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1249 (11.18 %)Project Management
2186 (8.352 %)PRINCE2
3174 (7.813 %)Business Analysis
4156 (7.005 %)Stakeholder Management
5102 (4.580 %)E-Commerce
698 (4.401 %)Migration
788 (3.952 %)User Acceptance Testing
877 (3.458 %)Change Management
974 (3.323 %)Risk Management
1065 (2.919 %)UML
1160 (2.694 %)Data Analysis
1259 (2.649 %)Workflow
1259 (2.649 %)Business Intelligence
1349 (2.200 %)Scrum
1445 (2.021 %)Six Sigma
1445 (2.021 %)Data Modelling
1543 (1.931 %)Data Migration
1642 (1.886 %)Systems Analysis
1642 (1.886 %)Agile Software Development
1738 (1.706 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1237 (10.64 %)SQL
2103 (4.625 %)C#
380 (3.592 %)Java
454 (2.425 %)C
551 (2.290 %)T-SQL
641 (1.841 %)VB
641 (1.841 %)PL/SQL
740 (1.796 %)VBA
834 (1.527 %)JavaScript
925 (1.123 %)VB.NET
1015 (0.674 %)C++
1114 (0.629 %)Perl
1212 (0.539 %)VB6
1212 (0.539 %)SAS Macro
1311 (0.494 %)COBOL
1410 (0.449 %)RPG
158 (0.359 %)PHP
167 (0.314 %)VBScript
167 (0.314 %)FoxPro (VFP)
174 (0.180 %)JCL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
153 (2.380 %)Degree
250 (2.245 %)ISEB
348 (2.155 %)PRINCE2 Certification
416 (0.718 %)Microsoft Certification
513 (0.584 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
513 (0.584 %)MCSE
611 (0.494 %)PMI Certification
611 (0.494 %)Dell Certification
710 (0.449 %)DCSE
89 (0.404 %)MCP
89 (0.404 %)PMP
98 (0.359 %)APMP
107 (0.314 %)ISTQB
116 (0.269 %)ACCA
116 (0.269 %)MCITP
125 (0.225 %)ISEB Practitioner
125 (0.225 %)MCTS
134 (0.180 %)CISSP
134 (0.180 %)Cisco Certification
134 (0.180 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
186 (3.862 %)Basel II
243 (1.931 %)QA
335 (1.572 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
46 (0.269 %)MiFID
55 (0.225 %)SLA
62 (0.090 %)GAAP
71 (0.045 %)PCI DSS
71 (0.045 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
139 (1.751 %)Active Directory
219 (0.853 %)VMware Infrastructure
316 (0.718 %)VMware ESX
47 (0.314 %)Oracle RAC
53 (0.135 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.090 %)ISA Server
62 (0.090 %)MSMQ
62 (0.090 %)XenApp
71 (0.045 %)VMware Server
71 (0.045 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (0.314 %)HP Quality Center
25 (0.225 %)AutoSys
34 (0.180 %)Data Guard
43 (0.135 %)Tivoli
43 (0.135 %)Cisco IPCC
52 (0.090 %)MAILsweeper
52 (0.090 %)WSUS
52 (0.090 %)SCCM
61 (0.045 %)SCOM
61 (0.045 %)HP Data Protector
61 (0.045 %)MOM
61 (0.045 %)CiscoWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1148 (6.646 %)Microsoft
2136 (6.107 %)Oracle
352 (2.335 %)SAP
437 (1.661 %)Business Objects
534 (1.527 %)VMware
534 (1.527 %)Dell
632 (1.437 %)Cisco
731 (1.392 %)HP
824 (1.078 %)IBM
824 (1.078 %)Citrix
923 (1.033 %)Cognos
1017 (0.763 %)FileNet
1113 (0.584 %)Informatica
1212 (0.539 %)Niku
1311 (0.494 %)Red Hat
1311 (0.494 %)Lotus
1410 (0.449 %)MicroStrategy
1410 (0.449 %)JBoss
1410 (0.449 %)Planview
159 (0.404 %)CheckPoint