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

LinkBenchmarking
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank196194
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.137 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£392£400
Average daily rate£442£413
% change on same period last year+7.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£492£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£439£333
% change on same period last year+31.59 %
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£21.79£20.00
% change on same period last year+8.92 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads43773584
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.220 %3.620 %
Daily rates quoted25391510
Average minimum daily rate£418£440
Average daily rate£457£471
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£497£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted8693
Average minimum hourly rate£24.26£23.43
Average hourly rate£25.89£25.53
% change on same period last year+1.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.52£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Benchmarking LondonBenchmarking
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.

Benchmarking
Demand Trend

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

City of London Benchmarking Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Benchmarking Hourly Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

14 (30.77 %)SQL
14 (30.77 %)SQL Server
14 (30.77 %)DTS
14 (30.77 %)Data Modelling
14 (30.77 %)Security Management
14 (30.77 %)Disaster Recovery
14 (30.77 %)Finance
14 (30.77 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14 (30.77 %)Migration
14 (30.77 %)Data Migration
22 (15.38 %)Change Management
31 (7.692 %)C++
31 (7.692 %)Java
31 (7.692 %)Perl
31 (7.692 %)Service Management
31 (7.692 %)Murex
31 (7.692 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (7.692 %)NHS
31 (7.692 %)TIBCO
31 (7.692 %)Configuration Management
31 (7.692 %)ITIL
31 (7.692 %)UNIX
31 (7.692 %)Solaris
31 (7.692 %)Linux
31 (7.692 %)Banking
31 (7.692 %)Data Management
31 (7.692 %)RMDS
31 (7.692 %)Data Analysis
31 (7.692 %)Investment Banking
31 (7.692 %)Data Mart

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.692 %)RMDS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (30.77 %)SQL Server
14 (30.77 %)DTS
14 (30.77 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (7.692 %)Data Mart
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (30.77 %)Finance
21 (7.692 %)Banking
21 (7.692 %)Investment Banking
21 (7.692 %)Government
21 (7.692 %)Health
21 (7.692 %)Front Office
21 (7.692 %)Marketing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (46.15 %)Analyst
24 (30.77 %)DBA
24 (30.77 %)SQL DBA
32 (15.38 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
32 (15.38 %)Administrator
32 (15.38 %)Consultant
32 (15.38 %)Business Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Management Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Developer
41 (7.692 %)Murex Developer
41 (7.692 %)Integration Engineer
41 (7.692 %)Service Management Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Senior Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Data Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Financial Analyst
41 (7.692 %)Business Data Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 (7.692 %)NHS
11 (7.692 %)Management Information System
11 (7.692 %)Statistics
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)UNIX
11 (7.692 %)Solaris
11 (7.692 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (30.77 %)Data Modelling
14 (30.77 %)Security Management
14 (30.77 %)Disaster Recovery
14 (30.77 %)Migration
14 (30.77 %)Data Migration
22 (15.38 %)Change Management
31 (7.692 %)Service Management
31 (7.692 %)Configuration Management
31 (7.692 %)ITIL
31 (7.692 %)Data Management
31 (7.692 %)Data Analysis
31 (7.692 %)GAP Analysis
31 (7.692 %)Risk Management
31 (7.692 %)Problem Management
31 (7.692 %)Quantitative Analysis
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (30.77 %)SQL
21 (7.692 %)C++
21 (7.692 %)Java
21 (7.692 %)Perl
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.692 %)Murex
11 (7.692 %)TIBCO