The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Specialist
Rank 190 216 238
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +22
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 13 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.204% 0.025% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.221% 0.028% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 4
Average daily rate £410 £395 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.79% +21.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £450 £385
% change year-on-year
-33.33% +16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Specialist
London

Applications Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Specialist across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Applications Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 24 May 2013, 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.

1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 11 (44.00%) Penetration Testing
3 10 (40.00%) HP
4 9 (36.00%) SQL
4 9 (36.00%) Finance
5 7 (28.00%) ITIL
5 7 (28.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (28.00%) OWASP
5 7 (28.00%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (24.00%) Security Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Application Packaging
6 6 (24.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (20.00%) CruiseControl
7 5 (20.00%) Migration
7 5 (20.00%) Internet
7 5 (20.00%) Citrix
7 5 (20.00%) MSI
7 5 (20.00%) J2EE
7 5 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (20.00%) SCCM
7 5 (20.00%) XenApp
7 5 (20.00%) TeamCity
7 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (16.00%) Spring
8 4 (16.00%) CEH
8 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
8 4 (16.00%) Java

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (24.00%) Application Packaging
2 5 (20.00%) J2EE
3 4 (16.00%) Spring
4 1 (4.000%) WinForms
4 1 (4.000%) Middleware
4 1 (4.000%) .NET
4 1 (4.000%) COM
4 1 (4.000%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Internet
2 4 (16.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (4.000%) MS Access
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) CruiseControl
1 5 (20.00%) MSI
1 5 (20.00%) TeamCity
2 4 (16.00%) AdminStudio
3 1 (4.000%) AppScan
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Publishing
3 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.000%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.000%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.000%) Replication
2 1 (4.000%) Clustering
2 1 (4.000%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (16.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (28.00%) ITIL
2 7 (28.00%) OWASP
3 6 (24.00%) Security Testing
4 5 (20.00%) Migration
4 5 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (12.00%) Software Deployment
6 2 (8.000%) Change Control
6 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.000%) System Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Investment Management
7 1 (4.000%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.000%) Document Management
7 1 (4.000%) Ethical Hacking
7 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity
7 1 (4.000%) Workflow
7 1 (4.000%) Validation
7 1 (4.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.000%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) Java
3 3 (12.00%) VB
4 2 (8.000%) C#
5 1 (4.000%) VB6
5 1 (4.000%) VBA
5 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.000%) VBScript
5 1 (4.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) CEH
2 4 (16.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.000%) COBIT
1 1 (4.000%) COSO
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (20.00%) XenApp
3 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (4.000%) WebInspect
2 1 (4.000%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) HP
2 5 (20.00%) Citrix
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.000%) IBM
5 1 (4.000%) Altiris
5 1 (4.000%) AppSense
5 1 (4.000%) Metastorm
5 1 (4.000%) VMware
5 1 (4.000%) Sybase
City of London
They are looking for someone with in-depth knowledge of the IBM Platform Symphony Grid application... It is essential that the candidate has the following experience- IBM Platform...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £501 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013