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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Military over the 3 months to 11 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.

 Military
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank384260340
Rank change year-on-year
Down-124Up+80
Matching contract IT job ads96197299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.205 %0.486 %0.367 %
As % of the General category0.390 %1.056 %0.794 %
Daily rates quoted143968
Average daily rate£255£400£369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.25 %+8.470 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£159£201£171
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£335£525£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£400£375
% change year-on-year
-36.25 %+6.660 %
Hourly rates quoted485884
Average hourly rate£33.00£37.25£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.40 %+6.420 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.38£30.00£31.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.20£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.00£37.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-11.40 %+6.420 %
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
246271865337679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK52.69 %45.99 %46.19 %
Daily rates quoted12374651713575
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£250£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 quoted81610922231
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.000 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.27£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.72 %-

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.

Military
Demand Trend

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

Military Demand Trend

Military
Daily Rate Trend

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

Military Daily Rate Trend

Military
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Military within the UK over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

Military Daily Rate Histogram

Military
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Military within the UK.

Military Hourly Rate Trend

Military
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Military within the UK over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

Military Hourly Rate Histogram

Military
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 Military within the UK over the 3 months to 11 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
EnglandDown-13486£255-38.18 %
South EastDown-4947£290-31.76 %
HampshireDown-1521£275-35.29 %
South WestDown-3515£220-51.11 %
East of EnglandUp+3111--
HertfordshireUp+179--
Milton KeynesUp+98--
BuckinghamshireDown-38--
StevenageUp+47--
BerkshireUp+47£295-31.79 %
WiltshireUp+17£220-51.11 %
North EastNew entry-6--
SwindonNew entry-5£215-
West SussexNo change04--
DorsetDown-14--
CrawleyDown-14--
ScotlandDown-164--
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-4--
Tyne and WearNew entry-4--
BasingstokeDown-23£375-
RomseyNew entry-3--
West MidlandsUp+162£300-
GloucestershireUp+42--
KentUp+22--
ReadingUp+22£300-
North WestDown-122--
BristolDown-152--
SurreyDown-192--
BasildonNew entry-2--
EdinburghNew entry-2--

Military
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Military 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 Military.

1110 (56.41 %)Security Cleared
290 (46.15 %)SC Cleared
332 (16.41 %)C
428 (14.36 %)UML
522 (11.28 %)Microsoft
620 (10.26 %)Government
719 (9.744 %)C++
719 (9.744 %)ITIL
818 (9.231 %)C#
818 (9.231 %)Software Engineering
818 (9.231 %)DV Cleared
917 (8.718 %)Aerospace
1016 (8.205 %)Java
1115 (7.692 %)SQL
1115 (7.692 %)Windows
1214 (7.179 %)HP
1214 (7.179 %).NET
1214 (7.179 %)Electronics
1312 (6.154 %)Telecoms
1312 (6.154 %)Validation
1312 (6.154 %)MS Office
1312 (6.154 %)OpenGL
1411 (5.641 %)DirectX
1411 (5.641 %)MS Excel
1411 (5.641 %)Programme Management
1411 (5.641 %)Games
1411 (5.641 %)Avionics
1411 (5.641 %)Visualisation
1510 (5.128 %)Degree
169 (4.615 %)OVOW

Military
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Military 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 Military. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (7.179 %).NET
212 (6.154 %)OpenGL
311 (5.641 %)DirectX
45 (2.564 %)WinForms
45 (2.564 %)XML
53 (1.538 %)JSP
62 (1.026 %)Flash
62 (1.026 %)MFC
71 (0.513 %)AJAX
71 (0.513 %)Web Services
71 (0.513 %)XSD
71 (0.513 %)XSLT
71 (0.513 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.513 %)COM
71 (0.513 %)CSS
71 (0.513 %)HTML
71 (0.513 %)WSDL
71 (0.513 %)XML Schema
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (4.615 %)MS Exchange
23 (1.538 %)Exchange Server 2007
23 (1.538 %)SharePoint
32 (1.026 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (6.154 %)MS Office
211 (5.641 %)MS Excel
36 (3.077 %)MATLAB
36 (3.077 %)Simulink
44 (2.051 %)MS Visio
44 (2.051 %)MS Project
52 (1.026 %)Photoshop
52 (1.026 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (1.026 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (1.026 %)Zemax
61 (0.513 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (2.051 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
21 (0.513 %)AWD
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (4.615 %)TCP/IP
26 (3.077 %)Internet
35 (2.564 %)X.400
44 (2.051 %)Wi-Fi
44 (2.051 %)X.500
44 (2.051 %)LAN
53 (1.538 %)LDAP
53 (1.538 %)Wireless
62 (1.026 %)Firewall
62 (1.026 %)S/MIME
62 (1.026 %)SAN
62 (1.026 %)WiMAX
71 (0.513 %)VoIP
71 (0.513 %)SMTP
71 (0.513 %)CDMA
71 (0.513 %)GSM
71 (0.513 %)Ethernet
71 (0.513 %)HTTP
71 (0.513 %)DNS
71 (0.513 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (4.615 %)Datawarehouse
26 (3.077 %)SQL Server
32 (1.026 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.026 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (0.513 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (0.513 %)BODI
41 (0.513 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.513 %)MS Access
41 (0.513 %)Ingres
41 (0.513 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.513 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (2.051 %)Subversion
22 (1.026 %)ClearCase
22 (1.026 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.026 %)PVCS
31 (0.513 %)StarTeam
31 (0.513 %)TestDirector
31 (0.513 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (10.26 %)Government
217 (8.718 %)Aerospace
314 (7.179 %)Electronics
412 (6.154 %)Telecoms
511 (5.641 %)Games
511 (5.641 %)Avionics
66 (3.077 %)Education
75 (2.564 %)Electric
84 (2.051 %)Legal
93 (1.538 %)Finance
102 (1.026 %)Animation
102 (1.026 %)3D Graphics
102 (1.026 %)Automotive
111 (0.513 %)Social Media
111 (0.513 %)Billing
111 (0.513 %)Construction
111 (0.513 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.513 %)Publishing
111 (0.513 %)Police
111 (0.513 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
132 (16.41 %)Systems Engineer
223 (11.79 %)Analyst
317 (8.718 %)Software Engineer
415 (7.692 %)Developer
512 (6.154 %)Test Engineer
611 (5.641 %)Consultant
79 (4.615 %)Design Engineer
79 (4.615 %)Trainer
79 (4.615 %)Tester
88 (4.103 %)Cognos Developer
96 (3.077 %)Senior Systems Engineer
96 (3.077 %)Administrator
96 (3.077 %)Author
96 (3.077 %)Technical Author
96 (3.077 %)Software Test Engineer
105 (2.564 %)Senior Software Engineer
105 (2.564 %)Electronics Engineer
105 (2.564 %)Systems Administrator
114 (2.051 %)Project Manager
114 (2.051 %)Helpdesk Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (5.641 %)Visualisation
25 (2.564 %)PKI
34 (2.051 %)Statistics
34 (2.051 %)Computer Science
43 (1.538 %)E-Learning
43 (1.538 %)Physics
43 (1.538 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
52 (1.026 %)Mathematics
52 (1.026 %)Clustering
52 (1.026 %)Learning Management System
61 (0.513 %)CESG
61 (0.513 %)CESG CLAS
61 (0.513 %)Device Driver
61 (0.513 %)SCORM
61 (0.513 %)VHDL
61 (0.513 %)Robotics
61 (0.513 %)Norwegian Language
61 (0.513 %)Cryptography
61 (0.513 %)N-Tier
61 (0.513 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (7.692 %)Windows
29 (4.615 %)Linux
38 (4.103 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (2.564 %)UNIX
54 (2.051 %)Windows XP
62 (1.026 %)Windows Vista
62 (1.026 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.513 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.513 %)AIX
71 (0.513 %)HPUX
71 (0.513 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
128 (14.36 %)UML
219 (9.744 %)ITIL
318 (9.231 %)Software Engineering
412 (6.154 %)Validation
511 (5.641 %)Programme Management
69 (4.615 %)ITSM
78 (4.103 %)Data Modelling
78 (4.103 %)Software Testing
78 (4.103 %)Dimensional Modelling
87 (3.590 %)Integration Acceptance Testing
96 (3.077 %)Project Management
96 (3.077 %)Test Scripting
96 (3.077 %)Requirements Management
96 (3.077 %)Performance Management
105 (2.564 %)PRINCE2
105 (2.564 %)OO
105 (2.564 %)Configuration Management
105 (2.564 %)Service Management
114 (2.051 %)CMMI
114 (2.051 %)OOA/OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
132 (16.41 %)C
219 (9.744 %)C++
318 (9.231 %)C#
416 (8.205 %)Java
515 (7.692 %)SQL
66 (3.077 %)Embedded C
75 (2.564 %)VB
75 (2.564 %)Python
83 (1.538 %)T-SQL
83 (1.538 %)Ada
91 (0.513 %)PowerShell
91 (0.513 %)VB.NET
91 (0.513 %)VBA
91 (0.513 %)VBScript
91 (0.513 %)Perl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1110 (56.41 %)Security Cleared
290 (46.15 %)SC Cleared
318 (9.231 %)DV Cleared
410 (5.128 %)Degree
57 (3.590 %)ISEB
64 (2.051 %)HND
73 (1.538 %)Chartered Engineer
82 (1.026 %)CISSP
82 (1.026 %)Server+ Certification
91 (0.513 %)BC Cleared
91 (0.513 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.513 %)HNC
91 (0.513 %)MCSE
91 (0.513 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (4.103 %)QA
24 (2.051 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (2.564 %)Active Directory
24 (2.051 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (1.026 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.513 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (4.615 %)OVOW
19 (4.615 %)OpenView
25 (2.564 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.513 %)HP Quality Center
31 (0.513 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.513 %)MOM
31 (0.513 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.513 %)MIIS
31 (0.513 %)ARCserve
31 (0.513 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
122 (11.28 %)Microsoft
214 (7.179 %)HP
38 (4.103 %)EMC
38 (4.103 %)Cognos
38 (4.103 %)Teradata
46 (3.077 %)VMware
53 (1.538 %)Adobe
61 (0.513 %)Altera
61 (0.513 %)Business Objects
61 (0.513 %)Cisco
61 (0.513 %)IBM
61 (0.513 %)CA
61 (0.513 %)Red Hat
61 (0.513 %)Clearswift