The first table below looks at the demand for Build Forge 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 Build Forge over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Development Applications 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Build Forge
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Build Forge 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £444 £475 -
% change year-on-year
-6.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
36 60 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 10.53% 15.46% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 39 38
Average daily rate £600 £575 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £451 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £640 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
Build Forge
London

Build Forge
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Build Forge Jobs Demand Trend

Build Forge
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Build Forge across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Build Forge Daily Rate Trend

Build Forge
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Build Forge 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 Build Forge.

1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) STL
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (100.00%) Hudson
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#

Build Forge
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Build Forge 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 Build Forge. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) STL
1 2 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 2 (100.00%) Hudson
General
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Excel Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
2 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree