City of London Degree Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aylesbury Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cwmbran Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Douglas Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harrow Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Kegworth Kent Kettering Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian Loughborough Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Reigate Romford Rotherham Runcorn Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swindon Tamworth Teddington Thames Valley Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	45	41
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	313	284
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.413 %	0.283 %
As % of the category below	35.21 %	39.50 %
Daily rates quoted	151	159
Average minimum daily rate	£377	£438
Average daily rate	£416	£477
% change on same period last year	-12.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£454	£516
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£295
% change on same period last year	+20.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.39	£14.00
Average hourly rate	£18.68	£14.00
% change on same period last year	+33.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.97	£14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.93	£31.68
% change on same period last year	-15.00 %
Qualifications City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	889	719
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.173 %	0.716 %
Daily rates quoted	442	322
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£385
Average daily rate	£392	£410
% change on same period last year	-4.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£419	£434
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£329
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.87	£18.98
Average hourly rate	£23.47	£19.81
% change on same period last year	+18.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.07	£20.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.31	£25.67
% change on same period last year	-5.30 %
Degree 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Degree across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Degree 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 Degree.

1 225 (39.96 %) Finance 2 172 (30.55 %) Banking 3 135 (23.98 %) SQL 4 124 (22.02 %) Investment Banking 5 104 (18.47 %) Front Office 6 83 (14.74 %) Java 6 83 (14.74 %) UNIX 7 80 (14.21 %) Windows 8 76 (13.50 %) Mathematics 9 68 (12.08 %) SQL Server 10 66 (11.72 %) C++ 11 63 (11.19 %) Computer Science 12 61 (10.83 %) Microsoft 13 59 (10.48 %) C# 14 58 (10.30 %) OO

15 57 (10.12 %) .NET 16 56 (9.947 %) Fixed Income 16 56 (9.947 %) Derivative 17 55 (9.769 %) J2EE 18 53 (9.414 %) Project Management 19 47 (8.348 %) JavaScript 20 46 (8.171 %) MS Office 21 45 (7.993 %) XML 21 45 (7.993 %) ITIL 22 44 (7.815 %) Oracle 23 43 (7.638 %) VBA 24 39 (6.927 %) MS Excel 25 38 (6.750 %) Sybase 25 38 (6.750 %) PRINCE2 25 38 (6.750 %) AJAX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 57 (10.12 %) .NET 2 55 (9.769 %) J2EE 3 45 (7.993 %) XML 4 38 (6.750 %) AJAX 5 37 (6.572 %) CSS 6 34 (6.039 %) Hibernate 7 32 (5.684 %) ASP.NET 8 25 (4.440 %) Spring 9 24 (4.263 %) HTML 10 19 (3.375 %) XSLT 11 18 (3.197 %) STL 12 17 (3.020 %) JDBC 13 14 (2.487 %) .NET Framework 14 12 (2.131 %) ASP 15 9 (1.599 %) JMS 16 6 (1.066 %) Struts 16 6 (1.066 %) MDX 17 5 (0.888 %) WinForms 18 4 (0.710 %) WebServices 19 3 (0.533 %) JPA	Application Platforms 1 25 (4.440 %) WebLogic 2 16 (2.842 %) MS Exchange 3 10 (1.776 %) MQSeries 3 10 (1.776 %) SharePoint 4 7 (1.243 %) SAS 5 5 (0.888 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 5 (0.888 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 4 (0.710 %) Apache 6 4 (0.710 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 3 (0.533 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 3 (0.533 %) Tomcat 7 3 (0.533 %) CMS 8 2 (0.355 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 2 (0.355 %) Exchange Server 5.5 8 2 (0.355 %) TIBCO EMS 8 2 (0.355 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.178 %) WMQI 9 1 (0.178 %) NetWeaver 9 1 (0.178 %) BizTalk Server 9 1 (0.178 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 46 (8.171 %) MS Office 2 39 (6.927 %) MS Excel 3 23 (4.085 %) Photoshop 4 12 (2.131 %) Spreadsheet 5 8 (1.421 %) MS PowerPoint 5 8 (1.421 %) MS Project 6 5 (0.888 %) MS Visio 7 2 (0.355 %) MATLAB 8 1 (0.178 %) Fireworks 8 1 (0.178 %) SPSS 8 1 (0.178 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 4 (0.710 %) JDE OneWorld 2 3 (0.533 %) FENICS FX 2 3 (0.533 %) Kondor+ 3 1 (0.178 %) SAP Travel Management 3 1 (0.178 %) PeopleSoft Financials 3 1 (0.178 %) Summit 3 1 (0.178 %) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking 1 21 (3.730 %) Internet 2 19 (3.375 %) DNS 3 14 (2.487 %) Firewall 3 14 (2.487 %) TCP/IP 4 13 (2.309 %) VPN 4 13 (2.309 %) LAN 5 12 (2.131 %) VoIP 6 10 (1.776 %) WAN 7 8 (1.421 %) DHCP 7 8 (1.421 %) SAN 8 7 (1.243 %) Intranet 9 6 (1.066 %) WLAN 10 5 (0.888 %) Cisco IPT 10 5 (0.888 %) IP Telephony 11 4 (0.710 %) Softphone 11 4 (0.710 %) DEFINITY 11 4 (0.710 %) SSL 11 4 (0.710 %) Network Security 12 3 (0.533 %) LDAP 12 3 (0.533 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 68 (12.08 %) SQL Server 2 32 (5.684 %) SQL Server 2005 3 13 (2.309 %) SQL Server 2000 3 13 (2.309 %) Oracle 10g 4 11 (1.954 %) OLAP 4 11 (1.954 %) MySQL 5 10 (1.776 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 10 (1.776 %) Oracle 9i 6 8 (1.421 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 7 (1.243 %) RDBMS 7 7 (1.243 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 6 (1.066 %) Crystal Reports 9 5 (0.888 %) MS Access 10 4 (0.710 %) DTS 10 4 (0.710 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 4 (0.710 %) Data Cleansing 11 3 (0.533 %) BusinessObjects 11 3 (0.533 %) Datawarehouse 12 1 (0.178 %) Oracle OLAP 12 1 (0.178 %) TOAD
Development Applications 1 28 (4.973 %) Subversion 2 12 (2.131 %) Eclipse 3 9 (1.599 %) JUnit 4 8 (1.421 %) Visual Studio 5 7 (1.243 %) NUnit 6 2 (0.355 %) Ant 6 2 (0.355 %) TestDirector 6 2 (0.355 %) QuickTest Pro 6 2 (0.355 %) LoadRunner 6 2 (0.355 %) Selenium 6 2 (0.355 %) FitNesse 7 1 (0.178 %) WinRunner 7 1 (0.178 %) ClearQuest 7 1 (0.178 %) PVCS 7 1 (0.178 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 1 (0.178 %) Flash 7 1 (0.178 %) ClearCase 7 1 (0.178 %) IntelliJ	General 1 225 (39.96 %) Finance 2 172 (30.55 %) Banking 3 124 (22.02 %) Investment Banking 4 104 (18.47 %) Front Office 5 37 (6.572 %) Education 6 21 (3.730 %) Financial Institution 7 20 (3.552 %) Insurance 8 17 (3.020 %) Back Office 8 17 (3.020 %) Telecoms 9 12 (2.131 %) Marketing 10 11 (1.954 %) Government 11 9 (1.599 %) Health 12 8 (1.421 %) Construction 13 6 (1.066 %) Publishing 14 5 (0.888 %) Games 14 5 (0.888 %) Retail 15 4 (0.710 %) Electric 16 3 (0.533 %) Pharmaceutical 16 3 (0.533 %) Law 16 3 (0.533 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 209 (37.12 %) Developer 2 127 (22.56 %) Analyst 3 45 (7.993 %) Java Developer 4 44 (7.815 %) Business Analyst 5 38 (6.750 %) C++ Developer 6 35 (6.217 %) Support Analyst 7 31 (5.506 %) Consultant 7 31 (5.506 %) Graduate 8 28 (4.973 %) Web Developer 9 25 (4.440 %) Junior 10 24 (4.263 %) Risk Analyst 10 24 (4.263 %) Project Manager 11 20 (3.552 %) Trainee 12 19 (3.375 %) Junior Developer 13 18 (3.197 %) Quant Developer 14 17 (3.020 %) C# Developer 15 15 (2.664 %) Applications Support 16 14 (2.487 %) Senior Developer 17 13 (2.309 %) Desktop Support 17 13 (2.309 %) Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 76 (13.50 %) Mathematics 2 63 (11.19 %) Computer Science 3 56 (9.947 %) Fixed Income 3 56 (9.947 %) Derivative 4 36 (6.394 %) Equities 5 23 (4.085 %) Market Risk 6 18 (3.197 %) Credit Risk 7 17 (3.020 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 15 (2.664 %) Credit Derivative 8 15 (2.664 %) Physics 9 11 (1.954 %) Management Information System 9 11 (1.954 %) Economics 10 9 (1.599 %) Equity Derivative 11 8 (1.421 %) Grid Computing 11 8 (1.421 %) Statistics 12 7 (1.243 %) Blackberry 13 6 (1.066 %) French Language 14 5 (0.888 %) N-Tier 15 4 (0.710 %) Replication 16 3 (0.533 %) CCTV
Operating Systems 1 83 (14.74 %) UNIX 2 80 (14.21 %) Windows 3 34 (6.039 %) Linux 4 14 (2.487 %) Solaris 4 14 (2.487 %) Windows Server 2003 5 11 (1.954 %) Windows XP 6 10 (1.776 %) Windows 2000 7 6 (1.066 %) Red Hat Linux 8 2 (0.355 %) Windows NT 8 2 (0.355 %) AIX 8 2 (0.355 %) Windows Vista 9 1 (0.178 %) OS/390 9 1 (0.178 %) VMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 58 (10.30 %) OO 2 53 (9.414 %) Project Management 3 45 (7.993 %) ITIL 4 38 (6.750 %) PRINCE2 5 31 (5.506 %) Scrum 6 30 (5.329 %) Business Analysis 7 28 (4.973 %) Software Engineering 8 25 (4.440 %) UML 8 25 (4.440 %) Agile Software Development 9 22 (3.908 %) System Testing 10 18 (3.197 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 17 (3.020 %) Change Management 11 17 (3.020 %) Risk Management 12 15 (2.664 %) Information Security 12 15 (2.664 %) Investment Management 13 14 (2.487 %) Security Cleared 14 13 (2.309 %) Asset Management 15 12 (2.131 %) Unit Testing 16 11 (1.954 %) Data Analysis 17 9 (1.599 %) DV Cleared
Programming Languages 1 135 (23.98 %) SQL 2 83 (14.74 %) Java 3 66 (11.72 %) C++ 4 59 (10.48 %) C# 5 47 (8.348 %) JavaScript 6 43 (7.638 %) VBA 7 25 (4.440 %) VB 7 25 (4.440 %) DHTML 8 21 (3.730 %) Shell Script 9 19 (3.375 %) Perl 10 15 (2.664 %) PL/SQL 11 13 (2.309 %) Transact-SQL 11 13 (2.309 %) C 12 9 (1.599 %) VC++ 12 9 (1.599 %) VB6 13 6 (1.066 %) VB.NET 14 4 (0.710 %) PHP 15 3 (0.533 %) VBScript 16 2 (0.355 %) Python 16 2 (0.355 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 32 (5.684 %) Microsoft Certification 2 23 (4.085 %) MCSE 3 19 (3.375 %) Cisco Certification 4 18 (3.197 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 18 (3.197 %) ITIL Certification 5 12 (2.131 %) MCSA 5 12 (2.131 %) CCNA 6 9 (1.599 %) CISSP 6 9 (1.599 %) CISM 7 8 (1.421 %) CISA 7 8 (1.421 %) MCP 8 6 (1.066 %) PhD 9 4 (0.710 %) MBA 9 4 (0.710 %) HNC 9 4 (0.710 %) HND 9 4 (0.710 %) CCNP 9 4 (0.710 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 10 3 (0.533 %) CCIE 11 2 (0.355 %) MCTS 11 2 (0.355 %) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (3.197 %) QA 2 10 (1.776 %) SLA 3 3 (0.533 %) COBIT 3 3 (0.533 %) ISO27001 3 3 (0.533 %) BS7799 3 3 (0.533 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 3 (0.533 %) Basel II 3 3 (0.533 %) ISO17799	System Software 1 20 (3.552 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.533 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 3 (0.533 %) NetBackup 3 2 (0.355 %) ClearTrust 3 2 (0.355 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (0.355 %) Oracle RMAN 3 2 (0.355 %) Terminal Server 3 2 (0.355 %) Oracle RAC 4 1 (0.178 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 3 (0.533 %) Legato 1 3 (0.533 %) BMC PATROL 2 2 (0.355 %) Tivoli 2 2 (0.355 %) EMC NetWorker 3 1 (0.178 %) ServiceCenter 3 1 (0.178 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.178 %) MIMEsweeper	Vendors 1 61 (10.83 %) Microsoft 2 44 (7.815 %) Oracle 3 38 (6.750 %) Sybase 4 22 (3.908 %) Cisco 5 19 (3.375 %) Bloomberg 6 13 (2.309 %) Reuters 7 10 (1.776 %) TIBCO 7 10 (1.776 %) Remedy 8 9 (1.599 %) HP 9 8 (1.421 %) Citrix 9 8 (1.421 %) Sun 9 8 (1.421 %) CheckPoint 10 7 (1.243 %) VERITAS 10 7 (1.243 %) EMC 10 7 (1.243 %) VMware 11 6 (1.066 %) SAP 11 6 (1.066 %) Red Hat 11 6 (1.066 %) Proquote 12 5 (0.888 %) OpenLink 13 4 (0.710 %) Siemens