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The table below looks at the demand for Rapid Application Development (RAD) skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RAD over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRapid Application Development (RAD)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3437
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.015 %
As % of the category below2.174 %5.283 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£471
Average daily rate-£497
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£523
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£382
% change on same period last year-2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.60£32.70
% change on same period last year-33.94 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads138265
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.224 %0.289 %
Daily rates quoted47146
Average minimum daily rate£372£436
Average daily rate£394£464
% change on same period last year-15.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£492
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted61
Average minimum hourly rate£28.82£15.00
Average hourly rate£29.41£17.50
% change on same period last year+68.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
RAD LondonRAD
London

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.

RAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RAD across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Canary Wharf RAD Demand Trend

RAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf RAD Daily Rate Trend

RAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing RAD 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 RAD.

18 (88.89 %)C#
18 (88.89 %)SQL
25 (55.56 %)Front Office
25 (55.56 %)Finance
34 (44.44 %)Windows
34 (44.44 %)C++
34 (44.44 %)VBA
43 (33.33 %).NET
43 (33.33 %)SQL Server
43 (33.33 %)VSS/SourceSafe
43 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
43 (33.33 %)Banking
52 (22.22 %)Equities
52 (22.22 %)Perforce
52 (22.22 %)Scrum
52 (22.22 %)VMware
52 (22.22 %)VMware ESX
52 (22.22 %)MSI
52 (22.22 %)Subversion
52 (22.22 %)Investment Banking
52 (22.22 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (22.22 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (22.22 %).NET Remoting
52 (22.22 %)Windows Vista
52 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (22.22 %)Client/Server
52 (22.22 %)Windows XP
52 (22.22 %)N-Tier
52 (22.22 %)SOA
52 (22.22 %)IBM

RAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing RAD 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 RAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (33.33 %).NET
22 (22.22 %)ASP
22 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
22 (22.22 %)COM+
22 (22.22 %)WebServices
22 (22.22 %).NET Remoting
31 (11.11 %)ATL
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (11.11 %)TIBCO EMS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (11.11 %)Global One
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (11.11 %)OLAP
21 (11.11 %)OLTP
21 (11.11 %)BusinessObjects
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (33.33 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
22 (22.22 %)PVCS
22 (22.22 %)MSI
22 (22.22 %)Subversion
31 (11.11 %)ClearCase
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Front Office
15 (55.56 %)Finance
23 (33.33 %)Banking
32 (22.22 %)Investment Banking
41 (11.11 %)Financial Institution
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Developer
24 (44.44 %)RAD Developer
33 (33.33 %)Excel Developer
33 (33.33 %)Analyst
33 (33.33 %)Front Office Developer
33 (33.33 %)C# Developer
42 (22.22 %)Technical Analyst
42 (22.22 %)Senior Technical Analyst
42 (22.22 %)VBA Developer
42 (22.22 %)Senior Analyst
42 (22.22 %)Excel Specialist
51 (11.11 %)Excel VBA Developer
51 (11.11 %)C++/C# Developer
51 (11.11 %)C++ Developer
51 (11.11 %)Analyst Developer
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)Client/Server
12 (22.22 %)N-Tier
12 (22.22 %)Equities
21 (11.11 %)Contract for Difference
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (44.44 %)Windows
22 (22.22 %)Windows XP
22 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (22.22 %)Windows Vista
31 (11.11 %)UNIX
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
22 (22.22 %)SOA
22 (22.22 %)Scrum
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (88.89 %)C#
18 (88.89 %)SQL
24 (44.44 %)C++
24 (44.44 %)VBA
32 (22.22 %)VB
32 (22.22 %)VB.NET
41 (11.11 %)Perl
41 (11.11 %)VC++
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (22.22 %)VMware ESX
12 (22.22 %)VMware Infrastructure
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)IBM
12 (22.22 %)Microsoft
12 (22.22 %)HP
12 (22.22 %)Perforce
12 (22.22 %)VMware
21 (11.11 %)Sophis
21 (11.11 %)Sybase
21 (11.11 %)Business Objects
21 (11.11 %)TIBCO
21 (11.11 %)Reuters
21 (11.11 %)Bloomberg