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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Specialist
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-186
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads011
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.168 %
Daily rates quoted011
Average minimum daily rate-£536
Average daily rate-£554
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£572
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£417
% change on same period last year-11.19 %
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£17.50£29.73
% change on same period last year-41.13 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71556541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.17 %6.606 %
Daily rates quoted38782689
Average minimum daily rate£408£443
Average daily rate£444£471
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£499
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted310235
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£23.09
Average hourly rate£24.30£24.42
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.14£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Applications Specialist LondonApplications Specialist
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.

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

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

City of London Applications Specialist Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Applications Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title.

18 (57.14 %)Windows
18 (57.14 %)Equities
27 (50.00 %)Reuters
27 (50.00 %)Bloomberg
36 (42.86 %)UNIX
45 (35.71 %)Perl
45 (35.71 %)SQL
45 (35.71 %)Tcl
54 (28.57 %)SQL Server
54 (28.57 %)Banking
54 (28.57 %)Finance
54 (28.57 %)Electronic Trading
63 (21.43 %)Investment Banking
63 (21.43 %).NET
72 (14.29 %)VB.NET
72 (14.29 %)Oracle
72 (14.29 %)Solaris
72 (14.29 %)Shell Script
81 (7.143 %)Endur
81 (7.143 %)Front Office
81 (7.143 %)Oracle EBS
81 (7.143 %)Fund Management
81 (7.143 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (7.143 %)Law
81 (7.143 %)Legal
81 (7.143 %)Publishing
81 (7.143 %)Migration
81 (7.143 %)Fixed Income
81 (7.143 %)Reference Data
81 (7.143 %)SC Cleared

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (21.43 %).NET
21 (7.143 %)WSH
21 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
21 (7.143 %)J2EE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)Tomcat
11 (7.143 %)BizTalk Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.143 %)Endur
11 (7.143 %)Oracle EBS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)DHCP
11 (7.143 %)DNS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (28.57 %)SQL Server
21 (7.143 %)Reference Data
21 (7.143 %)MS Access
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)TestDirector
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Banking
14 (28.57 %)Finance
23 (21.43 %)Investment Banking
31 (7.143 %)Front Office
31 (7.143 %)Law
31 (7.143 %)Legal
31 (7.143 %)Publishing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (57.14 %)Equities
21 (7.143 %)Fixed Income
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (57.14 %)Windows
26 (42.86 %)UNIX
32 (14.29 %)Solaris
41 (7.143 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (7.143 %)Linux
41 (7.143 %)Windows 2000
41 (7.143 %)Windows XP
41 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (28.57 %)Electronic Trading
21 (7.143 %)Fund Management
21 (7.143 %)Migration
21 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
21 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (35.71 %)Perl
15 (35.71 %)SQL
15 (35.71 %)Tcl
22 (14.29 %)VB.NET
22 (14.29 %)Shell Script
31 (7.143 %)VB
31 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
31 (7.143 %)C#
31 (7.143 %)C++
31 (7.143 %)Java
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)MCSE
11 (7.143 %)CCA
11 (7.143 %)Citrix Certification
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.143 %)Citrix Presentation Server
11 (7.143 %)Terminal Server
11 (7.143 %)Terminal Services
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (50.00 %)Reuters
17 (50.00 %)Bloomberg
22 (14.29 %)Oracle
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft
31 (7.143 %)Citrix