The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset 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 Handset over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 192 208 224
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +16
Contract jobs citing Handset 11 9 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.171% 0.114% 0.124%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.543% 0.346% 0.307%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 9
Average daily rate £300 £341 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% +13.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £201 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £468 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £251 £375
% change year-on-year
+9.56% -33.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +87.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +24.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2025 2601 3903
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.51% 33.08% 40.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1504 2000 3020
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £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 51 68 51
Average hourly rate £24.50 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.95% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.44 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £47.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Handset
London

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London Handset Daily Rate Histogram

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Handset 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 Handset.

1 14 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (57.14%) Blackberry
2 12 (57.14%) Android
3 9 (42.86%) Apple iOS
4 7 (33.33%) Apple
5 6 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 6 (28.57%) iOS SDK
5 6 (28.57%) Mobile App
6 5 (23.81%) HTML5
6 5 (23.81%) Finance
6 5 (23.81%) Legal
6 5 (23.81%) iPhone
6 5 (23.81%) Social Network
6 5 (23.81%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (23.81%) J2ME
6 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
7 4 (19.05%) Windows XP
7 4 (19.05%) VoIP
7 4 (19.05%) Cisco
7 4 (19.05%) Avaya
7 4 (19.05%) Banking
7 4 (19.05%) PhoneGap
7 4 (19.05%) Appcelerator Titanium
8 3 (14.29%) Windows 7
8 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
8 3 (14.29%) Citrix
8 3 (14.29%) LAN
9 2 (9.524%) CCNA
9 2 (9.524%) ITIL

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (28.57%) iOS SDK
2 5 (23.81%) HTML5
2 5 (23.81%) J2ME
3 1 (4.762%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (9.524%) Lync
3 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
3 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Vectorworks
1 1 (4.762%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) VoIP
2 3 (14.29%) LAN
3 2 (9.524%) CTI
3 2 (9.524%) RTP
3 2 (9.524%) OSPF
3 2 (9.524%) BGP
3 2 (9.524%) H.323
3 2 (9.524%) Softphone
3 2 (9.524%) Nortel Meridian
4 1 (4.762%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (4.762%) Firewall
4 1 (4.762%) WAN
4 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) PhoneGap
1 4 (19.05%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
1 5 (23.81%) Legal
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.524%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Developer
2 10 (47.62%) Mobile Developer
3 6 (28.57%) Applications Developer
3 6 (28.57%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Service Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Desktop Support
5 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (9.524%) Systems Support
5 2 (9.524%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Voice Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Server Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Server Support Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) JavaScript Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Blackberry
2 6 (28.57%) Mobile App
3 5 (23.81%) iPhone
3 5 (23.81%) Social Network
4 1 (4.762%) Streaming Video
4 1 (4.762%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (57.14%) Android
3 9 (42.86%) Apple iOS
4 5 (23.81%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (19.05%) Windows XP
6 3 (14.29%) Windows 7
6 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (4.762%) Mac OS
7 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (4.762%) Mac OS X
7 1 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.524%) ITIL
2 1 (4.762%) Software Distribution
2 1 (4.762%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (4.762%) Migration
2 1 (4.762%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) CCNA
1 2 (9.524%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (9.524%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.762%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) Avaya Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) vSphere
1 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Apple
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) Avaya
3 3 (14.29%) Citrix
4 2 (9.524%) Nortel
4 2 (9.524%) CyberTech
5 1 (4.762%) Acme Packet
5 1 (4.762%) VMware
5 1 (4.762%) BT
5 1 (4.762%) HP
5 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.762%) Adobe