The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Chip and PIN
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Chip and PIN 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £440 £575
% change year-on-year
- -23.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2018 2574 3936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.64% 32.73% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1496 1987 3043
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 67 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.38 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Chip and PIN
London

Chip and PIN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Chip and PIN across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London Chip and PIN Jobs Demand Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Chip and PIN Daily Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN.

1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Chip and PIN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development