The first table below looks at the demand for Business Desktop Deployment skills 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 Business Desktop Deployment 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 of the Systems Management category 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
Microsoft Business Desktop Deployment (BDD)
Rank 202 217 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing Business Desktop Deployment 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.013% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.279% 0.238% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £350 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.38
All Systems Management
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
359 421 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 5.628% 5.353% 4.829%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 267 301
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £264 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 33
Average hourly rate £36.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.88 £16.60 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.65 £34.20 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
Business Desktop Deployment
London

Business Desktop Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Desktop Deployment across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

City of London Business Desktop Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Business Desktop Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Desktop Deployment across the City of London region.

City of London Business Desktop Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Business Desktop Deployment
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Business Desktop Deployment 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 Business Desktop Deployment.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SMS
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development

Business Desktop Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Business Desktop Deployment 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 Business Desktop Deployment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SMS
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) UI Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript