The first table below looks at the demand for Degree 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 Degree 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 Qualifications 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
Degree
Rank 36 30 37
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 286 348 441
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 4.483% 4.425% 4.502%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.43% 32.34% 36.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 197 310
Average daily rate £425 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £599 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 7
Average hourly rate £21.63 £16.11 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.23% -35.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.23 £12.10 £16.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.20 £22.50 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -11.76%
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
940 1076 1209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.68% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 646 767
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 50 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.85 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.30% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £28.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Degree
London

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Degree Daily Rate Trend

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

City of London Degree Daily Rate Histogram

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Degree Hourly Rate Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 199 (32.15%) Finance
2 189 (30.53%) SQL
3 174 (28.11%) Banking
4 151 (24.39%) Computer Science
5 115 (18.58%) Investment Banking
6 108 (17.45%) Project Management
7 106 (17.12%) Microsoft
8 91 (14.70%) C#
9 88 (14.22%) Java
10 85 (13.73%) .NET
11 78 (12.60%) Agile Software Development
12 75 (12.12%) Front Office
13 74 (11.95%) MS Excel
14 73 (11.79%) SQL Server
15 69 (11.15%) XML
16 68 (10.99%) Windows
17 67 (10.82%) Business Analysis
18 60 (9.693%) Mathematics
19 56 (9.047%) Data Warehouse
20 55 (8.885%) Data Modelling
21 51 (8.239%) PRINCE2
22 50 (8.078%) Oracle
23 49 (7.916%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
24 48 (7.754%) MS Office
25 46 (7.431%) Management Information System
25 46 (7.431%) Derivative
26 44 (7.108%) Marketing
26 44 (7.108%) C++
27 42 (6.785%) Risk Management
28 40 (6.462%) Fixed Income

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 85 (13.73%) .NET
2 69 (11.15%) XML
3 37 (5.977%) WPF
3 37 (5.977%) HTML
4 31 (5.008%) CSS
5 30 (4.847%) Web Services
6 28 (4.523%) WCF
7 26 (4.200%) ASP.NET
8 16 (2.585%) Flash
9 15 (2.423%) jQuery
9 15 (2.423%) .NET Framework
10 14 (2.262%) ASP
11 12 (1.939%) HTML5
12 11 (1.777%) ASP.NET MVC
13 9 (1.454%) XSLT
14 8 (1.292%) MapReduce
15 6 (0.969%) SAP XI
15 6 (0.969%) WinForms
15 6 (0.969%) COM
15 6 (0.969%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 19 (3.069%) SAS
2 18 (2.908%) Apache
3 15 (2.423%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.939%) CMS
5 9 (1.454%) IIS
6 8 (1.292%) Adobe CQ
7 7 (1.131%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 7 (1.131%) Tomcat
7 7 (1.131%) MS Exchange
7 7 (1.131%) Apache Pig
8 5 (0.808%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.646%) Lync
10 3 (0.485%) Rendezvous
10 3 (0.485%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.323%) Oracle Coherence
11 2 (0.323%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.323%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (0.323%) Confluence
11 2 (0.323%) Lotus Notes
12 1 (0.162%) Documentum
Applications
1 74 (11.95%) MS Excel
2 48 (7.754%) MS Office
3 27 (4.362%) MS Visio
4 21 (3.393%) Photoshop
5 20 (3.231%) MS PowerPoint
6 11 (1.777%) MS Project
7 7 (1.131%) SPSS
8 6 (0.969%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.323%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.323%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.162%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.162%) Maya
10 1 (0.162%) InDesign
10 1 (0.162%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.162%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (0.646%) Front Arena
2 3 (0.485%) Summit
3 2 (0.323%) Bond Adapt
3 2 (0.323%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.323%) RMDS
3 2 (0.323%) Endur
4 1 (0.162%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.162%) Agresso
4 1 (0.162%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.162%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.162%) SiteCatalyst
4 1 (0.162%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.162%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.162%) Loan IQ
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.231%) TCP/IP
2 17 (2.746%) Firewall
3 10 (1.616%) DNS
3 10 (1.616%) Intranet
4 9 (1.454%) HTTP
5 8 (1.292%) WAN
5 8 (1.292%) DHCP
5 8 (1.292%) LAN
5 8 (1.292%) SAN
5 8 (1.292%) Internet
6 7 (1.131%) VoIP
7 6 (0.969%) NAS
8 4 (0.646%) Network Security
8 4 (0.646%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (0.646%) FTP
8 4 (0.646%) CTI
9 3 (0.485%) H.323
9 3 (0.485%) SSL
9 3 (0.485%) IPsec
10 2 (0.323%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (11.79%) SQL Server
2 56 (9.047%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (3.393%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (2.423%) Data Mining
4 15 (2.423%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (2.262%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (1.616%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.454%) MySQL
7 9 (1.454%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (1.454%) HBase
8 8 (1.292%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (1.292%) Big Data
8 8 (1.292%) Apache Cassandra
8 8 (1.292%) MS Access
9 7 (1.131%) OLAP
9 7 (1.131%) Apache Hive
9 7 (1.131%) Mahout
9 7 (1.131%) Oracle BI EE
10 6 (0.969%) BusinessObjects XI
10 6 (0.969%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 19 (3.069%) Eclipse
2 15 (2.423%) Subversion
3 12 (1.939%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (1.454%) JIRA
5 7 (1.131%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.969%) Selenium
6 6 (0.969%) Git (software)
6 6 (0.969%) Maven
6 6 (0.969%) Ant
7 5 (0.808%) InstallShield
7 5 (0.808%) Dreamweaver
7 5 (0.808%) JUnit
7 5 (0.808%) LLVM
8 4 (0.646%) MSBuild
9 3 (0.485%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.485%) FogBugz
9 3 (0.485%) Trac
9 3 (0.485%) Redmine
9 3 (0.485%) FitNesse
10 2 (0.323%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 199 (32.15%) Finance
2 174 (28.11%) Banking
3 115 (18.58%) Investment Banking
4 75 (12.12%) Front Office
5 44 (7.108%) Marketing
6 31 (5.008%) Legal
7 28 (4.523%) Telecoms
7 28 (4.523%) Retail
8 19 (3.069%) Publishing
9 13 (2.100%) Back Office
9 13 (2.100%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.454%) Games
11 7 (1.131%) Advertising
11 7 (1.131%) Billing
11 7 (1.131%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.969%) Law
13 4 (0.646%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.485%) French Language
14 3 (0.485%) German Language
14 3 (0.485%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 172 (27.79%) Developer
2 163 (26.33%) Analyst
3 78 (12.60%) Business Analyst
4 43 (6.947%) Project Manager
5 41 (6.624%) C# Developer
6 28 (4.523%) Data Analyst
7 25 (4.039%) Data Modeller
8 24 (3.877%) Architect
9 21 (3.393%) Java Developer
10 18 (2.908%) Android Developer
11 16 (2.585%) Senior Developer
11 16 (2.585%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (2.585%) .NET Developer
12 15 (2.423%) C++ Developer
13 14 (2.262%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
13 14 (2.262%) Consultant
14 12 (1.939%) C# .NET Developer
14 12 (1.939%) Applications Support
15 11 (1.777%) Junior
15 11 (1.777%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 151 (24.39%) Computer Science
2 60 (9.693%) Mathematics
3 49 (7.916%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 46 (7.431%) Management Information System
4 46 (7.431%) Derivative
5 40 (6.462%) Fixed Income
6 30 (4.847%) Market Risk
7 29 (4.685%) Physics
8 25 (4.039%) Statistics
9 24 (3.877%) Credit Risk
10 22 (3.554%) Credit Derivative
11 16 (2.585%) Social Media
12 15 (2.423%) Reference Data
12 15 (2.423%) Wiki
13 14 (2.262%) PMI
14 13 (2.100%) Economics
14 13 (2.100%) Visualisation
15 11 (1.777%) Grid Computing
16 10 (1.616%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
16 10 (1.616%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 68 (10.99%) Windows
2 33 (5.331%) Linux
3 27 (4.362%) UNIX
4 23 (3.716%) Android
5 12 (1.939%) Windows 7
6 10 (1.616%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (1.454%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.131%) Solaris
9 5 (0.808%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.485%) Windows XP
10 3 (0.485%) Gentoo
10 3 (0.485%) CentOS
11 2 (0.323%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.323%) AIX
11 2 (0.323%) VMS
12 1 (0.162%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.162%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.162%) SUSE
12 1 (0.162%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.162%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (17.45%) Project Management
2 78 (12.60%) Agile Software Development
3 67 (10.82%) Business Analysis
4 55 (8.885%) Data Modelling
5 51 (8.239%) PRINCE2
6 42 (6.785%) Risk Management
7 40 (6.462%) E-Commerce
8 39 (6.300%) UML
8 39 (6.300%) Analytics
9 35 (5.654%) ITIL
9 35 (5.654%) TDD
10 34 (5.493%) OO
10 34 (5.493%) Multithreading
11 32 (5.170%) Migration
11 32 (5.170%) Scrum
12 31 (5.008%) User Acceptance Testing
13 30 (4.847%) Change Management
14 27 (4.362%) Software Engineering
14 27 (4.362%) Use Case
15 26 (4.200%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 189 (30.53%) SQL
2 91 (14.70%) C#
3 88 (14.22%) Java
4 44 (7.108%) C++
5 31 (5.008%) JavaScript
5 31 (5.008%) VBA
6 26 (4.200%) Python
7 25 (4.039%) C
8 21 (3.393%) T-SQL
9 16 (2.585%) VB
10 13 (2.100%) PHP
10 13 (2.100%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.939%) Scala
11 12 (1.939%) Perl
11 12 (1.939%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.616%) R
13 7 (1.131%) VC++
14 6 (0.969%) Ruby
15 5 (0.808%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.808%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (3.231%) PMI Certification
2 17 (2.746%) ISEB
3 15 (2.423%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (2.100%) Postgraduate
4 13 (2.100%) Security Cleared
5 12 (1.939%) PhD
6 11 (1.777%) MCITP
7 8 (1.292%) ISTQB
7 8 (1.292%) MCSE
7 8 (1.292%) PMP
8 7 (1.131%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (0.969%) SC Cleared
9 6 (0.969%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (0.969%) MBA
10 5 (0.808%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.808%) BC Cleared
11 4 (0.646%) HND
11 4 (0.646%) CCNA
12 3 (0.485%) CCA
12 3 (0.485%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.877%) QA
2 9 (1.454%) SLA
3 8 (1.292%) ISO 9001
4 6 (0.969%) Basel III
5 2 (0.323%) WAI
5 2 (0.323%) COBIT
5 2 (0.323%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.323%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.323%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.162%) Basel II
6 1 (0.162%) GAAP
System Software
1 21 (3.393%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.423%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.969%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.646%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.485%) NFS
5 3 (0.485%) vSphere
5 3 (0.485%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.323%) XenServer
6 2 (0.323%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.323%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.162%) XenApp
7 1 (0.162%) vCloud
7 1 (0.162%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.162%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (2.262%) HP Quality Center
2 9 (1.454%) SCCM
3 3 (0.485%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (0.485%) BMC Performance Manager
4 2 (0.323%) SCOM
4 2 (0.323%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.323%) Netcool
4 2 (0.323%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.323%) CA SiteMinder
5 1 (0.162%) Legato
5 1 (0.162%) Nagios
5 1 (0.162%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.162%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.162%) CA Wily
5 1 (0.162%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.162%) Zenoss
5 1 (0.162%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.162%) BladeLogic
5 1 (0.162%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (17.12%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.078%) Oracle
3 19 (3.069%) VMware
4 18 (2.908%) Adobe
5 17 (2.746%) Citrix
6 16 (2.585%) Sybase
7 14 (2.262%) SAP
8 12 (1.939%) Siebel
8 12 (1.939%) Cisco
8 12 (1.939%) HP
9 11 (1.777%) TIBCO
9 11 (1.777%) Bloomberg
9 11 (1.777%) Business Objects
10 9 (1.454%) Reuters
11 8 (1.292%) Altera
11 8 (1.292%) Cognos
12 6 (0.969%) Informatica
13 5 (0.808%) Salesforce.com
13 5 (0.808%) NetApp
13 5 (0.808%) Sun
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