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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Google over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGoogle
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank199-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.264 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£203-
Average daily rate£232-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£260-
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£200
% change on same period last year+75.09 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.19£31.53
% change on same period last year+17.95 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads34063299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.816 %3.340 %
Daily rates quoted18021371
Average minimum daily rate£396£439
Average daily rate£428£466
% change on same period last year-8.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£461£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£354
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted171126
Average minimum hourly rate£21.67£23.40
Average hourly rate£23.61£24.40
% change on same period last year-3.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.55£25.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.41£24.34
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Google LondonGoogle
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Google.

Google
Demand Trend

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

City of London Google Demand Trend

Google
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Google Daily Rate Trend

Google
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Google across the City of London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

City of London Google Daily Rate Histogram

Google
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Google Hourly Rate Trend

Google
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

110 (45.45 %)Java
29 (40.91 %)ActionScript
29 (40.91 %)Banking
29 (40.91 %)Investment Banking
29 (40.91 %)Internet
29 (40.91 %)Omniture
29 (40.91 %)Adobe Flex
29 (40.91 %)RIA
37 (31.82 %)Google Analytics
46 (27.27 %)Web Analytics
54 (18.18 %)SQL
63 (13.64 %)HTML
63 (13.64 %)JavaScript
63 (13.64 %)AJAX
63 (13.64 %)WebTrends
72 (9.091 %)Web Development
72 (9.091 %)CSS
72 (9.091 %).NET
72 (9.091 %)MS Excel
72 (9.091 %)Microsoft
72 (9.091 %)SEO
81 (4.545 %)Finance
81 (4.545 %)Publishing
81 (4.545 %)BBC
81 (4.545 %)Scrum
81 (4.545 %)Clustering
81 (4.545 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (4.545 %)Web Design
81 (4.545 %)Active Directory
81 (4.545 %)Sage

Google
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (40.91 %)Adobe Flex
23 (13.64 %)HTML
23 (13.64 %)AJAX
32 (9.091 %).NET
32 (9.091 %)CSS
41 (4.545 %)XML
41 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
41 (4.545 %)Drupal
41 (4.545 %)GWT
41 (4.545 %)Google Maps API
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.545 %)MS Exchange
11 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 2007
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (9.091 %)MS Excel
21 (4.545 %)MS Visio
21 (4.545 %)Fireworks
21 (4.545 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (4.545 %)Photoshop
21 (4.545 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (31.82 %)Google Analytics
23 (13.64 %)WebTrends
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (40.91 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.545 %)SQL Server
11 (4.545 %)Data Mining
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.545 %)Visual Studio
11 (4.545 %)Flash
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (40.91 %)Banking
19 (40.91 %)Investment Banking
21 (4.545 %)Marketing
21 (4.545 %)Financial Institution
21 (4.545 %)Telecoms
21 (4.545 %)Finance
21 (4.545 %)Publishing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (54.55 %)Developer
29 (40.91 %)Flex Developer
37 (31.82 %)Analyst
37 (31.82 %)Data Analyst
42 (9.091 %)Web Developer
51 (4.545 %)Consultant
51 (4.545 %)Java Developer
51 (4.545 %).NET Developer
51 (4.545 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (4.545 %)Exchange Consultant
51 (4.545 %)Java Web Developer
51 (4.545 %)Search Manager
51 (4.545 %)Graduate
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (40.91 %)RIA
21 (4.545 %)BBC
21 (4.545 %)Clustering
21 (4.545 %)Copywriting
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (27.27 %)Web Analytics
22 (9.091 %)Web Development
22 (9.091 %)SEO
31 (4.545 %)Scrum
31 (4.545 %)Web Design
31 (4.545 %)Digital Marketing
31 (4.545 %)UML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (45.45 %)Java
29 (40.91 %)ActionScript
34 (18.18 %)SQL
43 (13.64 %)JavaScript
51 (4.545 %)PHP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.545 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (40.91 %)Omniture
22 (9.091 %)Microsoft
31 (4.545 %)Sage
31 (4.545 %)Postini
31 (4.545 %)Sybase