City of London DOC1 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Group 1 DOC1 skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DOC1 over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Group 1 DOC1
Location City of London Edinburgh England Midlands Scotland UK West Midlands	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£388
% change on same period last year	-10.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Applications City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	875	888
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.237 %	0.899 %
Daily rates quoted	408	387
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£351
Average daily rate	£350	£371
% change on same period last year	-5.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£292	£280
% change on same period last year	+4.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	124	59
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.45	£18.74
Average hourly rate	£18.86	£20.18
% change on same period last year	-6.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.27	£21.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.55	£19.44
% change on same period last year	-4.57 %
DOC1 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 DOC1 across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications 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 DOC1 across the City of London region.

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Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing DOC1 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 DOC1.

1 2 (100.00 %) J2EE 1 2 (100.00 %) Oracle 1 2 (100.00 %) XML 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux 1 2 (100.00 %) Government 1 2 (100.00 %) Criminal Justice 1 2 (100.00 %) Data Analysis 1 2 (100.00 %) FormScape 2 1 (50.00 %) Spreadsheet 2 1 (50.00 %) SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing DOC1 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 DOC1. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (100.00 %) J2EE 1 2 (100.00 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 2 (100.00 %) FormScape
Applications 1 1 (50.00 %) Spreadsheet	General 1 2 (100.00 %) Government 1 2 (100.00 %) Criminal Justice
Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 2 (100.00 %) Technical Analyst	Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) Data Analysis	Programming Languages 1 1 (50.00 %) SQL
Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) Oracle