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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in contract IT jobs within the West Sussex region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2431
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads2220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.020 %
As % of the category below15.71 %8.368 %
Daily rates quoted54
Average minimum daily rate£318£525
Average daily rate£373£531
% change on same period last year-29.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£407£393
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.20£20.25
% change on same period last year+9.62 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads140239
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.189 %0.236 %
Daily rates quoted5287
Average minimum daily rate£346£370
Average daily rate£375£388
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted168
Average minimum hourly rate£30.07£24.78
Average hourly rate£32.35£25.89
% change on same period last year+24.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.63£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Insurance South EastInsurance
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.

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Insurance Daily Rate Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Sussex 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 across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Insurance Hourly Rate Trend

Insurance
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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CrawleyUp+310£240-56.36 %
GatwickNo change01--
Insurance South EastInsurance
South East

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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.

113 (25.49 %)Finance
212 (23.53 %)Microsoft
311 (21.57 %)Project Management
311 (21.57 %)SQL
311 (21.57 %)SQL Server
49 (17.65 %)MS Excel
49 (17.65 %)MS Visio
58 (15.69 %)MS PowerPoint
58 (15.69 %)CA Clarity
58 (15.69 %)MS Project
67 (13.73 %)VB
67 (13.73 %)SQL Server 2005
76 (11.76 %)Migration
76 (11.76 %)Workflow
76 (11.76 %)Windows
76 (11.76 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
85 (9.804 %)Client/Server
85 (9.804 %)DB2
94 (7.843 %)SAP CRM
94 (7.843 %)Banking
94 (7.843 %)Test Scripting
94 (7.843 %)V-Model
94 (7.843 %).NET
94 (7.843 %)C#
94 (7.843 %)SAP
94 (7.843 %)XML
94 (7.843 %)XSLT
94 (7.843 %)AIX
94 (7.843 %)CRM
94 (7.843 %)Six Sigma

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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.

West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (7.843 %).NET
14 (7.843 %)XML
14 (7.843 %)XSLT
23 (5.882 %)WSH
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.922 %)MS Exchange
12 (3.922 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (1.961 %)Lotus Domino
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (17.65 %)MS Excel
19 (17.65 %)MS Visio
28 (15.69 %)MS PowerPoint
28 (15.69 %)CA Clarity
28 (15.69 %)MS Project
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (7.843 %)SAP CRM
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.882 %)IPCC
22 (3.922 %)Cisco ICM
22 (3.922 %)Cisco IPT
31 (1.961 %)DHCP
31 (1.961 %)TCP/IP
31 (1.961 %)VPN
31 (1.961 %)DNS
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (21.57 %)SQL Server
27 (13.73 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (9.804 %)DB2
43 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (5.882 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
43 (5.882 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
43 (5.882 %)DTS
43 (5.882 %)SQL Server Integration Services
43 (5.882 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
52 (3.922 %)Ingres
52 (3.922 %)ETL
52 (3.922 %)DataStage
61 (1.961 %)Datawarehouse
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (7.843 %)TestDirector
21 (1.961 %)LoadRunner
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (25.49 %)Finance
24 (7.843 %)Banking
33 (5.882 %)Pensions
33 (5.882 %)Health
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (31.37 %)Analyst
29 (17.65 %)Applications Manager
36 (11.76 %)Programme Manager
36 (11.76 %)Test Analyst
45 (9.804 %)Consultant
45 (9.804 %)Applications Support
45 (9.804 %)Business Analyst
45 (9.804 %)Programme Office Manager
45 (9.804 %)Support Manager
45 (9.804 %)Applications Support Manager
54 (7.843 %)Developer
54 (7.843 %)Project Manager
54 (7.843 %)Process Consultant
63 (5.882 %)Support Analyst
72 (3.922 %)Administrator
72 (3.922 %)Technical Analyst
81 (1.961 %)Senior Analyst
81 (1.961 %)Data Analyst
81 (1.961 %)Functional Test Analyst
81 (1.961 %)PMO Manager
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (9.804 %)Client/Server
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (11.76 %)Windows
24 (7.843 %)AIX
32 (3.922 %)Windows NT
32 (3.922 %)Windows XP
32 (3.922 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (3.922 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (1.961 %)Windows 2000
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (21.57 %)Project Management
26 (11.76 %)Workflow
26 (11.76 %)Migration
34 (7.843 %)Test Scripting
34 (7.843 %)Six Sigma
34 (7.843 %)CRM
34 (7.843 %)V-Model
43 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
43 (5.882 %)BCP
43 (5.882 %)Data Migration
51 (1.961 %)Data Architecture
51 (1.961 %)Manual Testing
51 (1.961 %)System Testing
51 (1.961 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (1.961 %)Agile Software Development
51 (1.961 %)Business Analysis
51 (1.961 %)Software Testing
51 (1.961 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (1.961 %)Service Delivery
51 (1.961 %)Change Management
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (21.57 %)SQL
27 (13.73 %)VB
34 (7.843 %)C#
43 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
43 (5.882 %)VBScript
43 (5.882 %)VB6
51 (1.961 %)C
51 (1.961 %)Java
51 (1.961 %)RPG
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.961 %)ISEB
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (11.76 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (3.922 %)NetBackup
12 (3.922 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (1.961 %)Active Directory
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (23.53 %)Microsoft
24 (7.843 %)SAP
24 (7.843 %)IBM
33 (5.882 %)Cisco
33 (5.882 %)Citrix
42 (3.922 %)Vignette
42 (3.922 %)HP
42 (3.922 %)VMware
42 (3.922 %)Intel
51 (1.961 %)Ingenium
51 (1.961 %)Pega
51 (1.961 %)Compaq
51 (1.961 %)VERITAS
51 (1.961 %)Niku
51 (1.961 %)Websense