The first table below looks at the demand for ActiveX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActiveX 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 Application Development category for the Canary Wharf region.

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
Microsoft ActiveX
Rank - 48 53
Contract jobs citing ActiveX 0 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf - 0.262% 1.553%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.794% 4.878%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £300 £188
% change year-on-year
-29.16% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -22.50%
All Application Development
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
120 126 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 30.85% 32.98% 31.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 79 135
Average daily rate £600 £525 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £400 £418
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ActiveX
London

ActiveX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ActiveX across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Canary Wharf ActiveX Jobs Demand Trend

ActiveX
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) ASP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle