City of London ActiveX Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActiveX over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft ActiveX
Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Docklands, London Dundee East of England England Hampshire Havant Henley-on-Thames Kent London North East North West Northwich Oxfordshire Portsmouth Sandwich Scotland South East Staines Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	186
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.620 %
Daily rates quoted	0	9
Average minimum daily rate	-	£489
Average daily rate	-	£492
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£494
UK excluding London average daily rate	£280	£311
% change on same period last year	-9.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.50	£37.13
% change on same period last year	-4.37 %
Application Development City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	2015	1775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.864 %	1.793 %
Daily rates quoted	1137	813
Average minimum daily rate	£389	£450
Average daily rate	£423	£476
% change on same period last year	-11.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£457	£503
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£333
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.74	£31.45
Average hourly rate	£29.42	£33.46
% change on same period last year	-12.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.10	£35.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.18	£32.06
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
ActiveX 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.

ActiveX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ActiveX across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActiveX across the City of London region.

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActiveX across the City of London region.