The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills 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 Internet 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
Internet
Rank 89 84 99
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +15
Contract jobs citing Internet 126 160 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.961% 2.035% 1.684%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.02% 15.73% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 100 114
Average daily rate £400 £413 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +6.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £249 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £520 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 12
Average hourly rate £135.00 £110.00 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% +443.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
839 1017 974
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 13.06% 12.94% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 692 637
Average daily rate £388 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.06% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £270 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 39 71
Average hourly rate £54.00 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+145.45% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £17.55 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Internet
London

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

City of London Internet Hourly Rate Histogram

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 69 (26.85%) Finance
1 69 (26.85%) JavaScript
1 69 (26.85%) Windows
2 66 (25.68%) HTML
3 64 (24.90%) Banking
4 54 (21.01%) Java
5 48 (18.68%) CSS
5 48 (18.68%) Project Management
6 44 (17.12%) HTML5
7 42 (16.34%) .NET
8 38 (14.79%) Microsoft
9 37 (14.40%) ITIL
10 35 (13.62%) Windows 7
11 34 (13.23%) jQuery
12 32 (12.45%) Intranet
13 30 (11.67%) Citrix
14 29 (11.28%) Cisco
14 29 (11.28%) SQL
15 28 (10.89%) LAN
16 27 (10.51%) WAN
16 27 (10.51%) Web Services
16 27 (10.51%) Linux
16 27 (10.51%) TDD
16 27 (10.51%) Windows Server 2008
17 26 (10.12%) CSS3
17 26 (10.12%) PRINCE2
17 26 (10.12%) E-Commerce
17 26 (10.12%) Cisco Certification
18 25 (9.728%) Active Directory
18 25 (9.728%) Windows XP

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 66 (25.68%) HTML
2 48 (18.68%) CSS
3 44 (17.12%) HTML5
4 42 (16.34%) .NET
5 34 (13.23%) jQuery
6 27 (10.51%) Web Services
7 26 (10.12%) CSS3
8 21 (8.171%) Ajax
9 19 (7.393%) XML
10 14 (5.447%) WebSphere
11 13 (5.058%) ASP
11 13 (5.058%) ASP.NET
11 13 (5.058%) REST
12 12 (4.669%) JSON
13 9 (3.502%) Flash
13 9 (3.502%) JSP
13 9 (3.502%) J2EE
13 9 (3.502%) .NET Framework
14 8 (3.113%) XHTML
15 7 (2.724%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 21 (8.171%) IIS
2 18 (7.004%) MS Exchange
3 15 (5.837%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (4.669%) SharePoint
5 10 (3.891%) Apache
6 9 (3.502%) Amazon AWS
7 7 (2.724%) WebSphere Application Server
7 7 (2.724%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (2.335%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.335%) Route 53
8 6 (2.335%) CMS
9 5 (1.946%) TeamSite
9 5 (1.946%) WebSphere Process Server
9 5 (1.946%) ESB
10 4 (1.556%) Drupal
10 4 (1.556%) Alfresco
10 4 (1.556%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (1.556%) WebLogic
10 4 (1.556%) Tomcat
11 3 (1.167%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 19 (7.393%) MS Excel
2 16 (6.226%) MS Office
3 9 (3.502%) Photoshop
4 8 (3.113%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (2.724%) MS Visio
6 6 (2.335%) MS Project
7 4 (1.556%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.389%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.389%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.389%) Google Apps
8 1 (0.389%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (2.335%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.389%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.389%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.389%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.389%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.389%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.45%) Intranet
2 28 (10.89%) LAN
3 27 (10.51%) WAN
4 20 (7.782%) HTTP
5 17 (6.615%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (6.615%) TCP/IP
6 16 (6.226%) Firewall
7 13 (5.058%) DNS
8 10 (3.891%) MPLS
8 10 (3.891%) SMTP
9 9 (3.502%) FTP
10 7 (2.724%) Extranet
11 6 (2.335%) Wireless
11 6 (2.335%) SSL
11 6 (2.335%) HTTPS
12 5 (1.946%) DHCP
12 5 (1.946%) SMS
12 5 (1.946%) SAN
12 5 (1.946%) BGP
12 5 (1.946%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.949%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.560%) MySQL
3 8 (3.113%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (3.113%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.724%) Redis
5 6 (2.335%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.335%) MS Access
6 3 (1.167%) DB2
6 3 (1.167%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (1.167%) Big Data
6 3 (1.167%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.778%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.778%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (0.778%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.389%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.389%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.389%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.389%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.389%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.389%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (5.447%) Selenium
2 13 (5.058%) Git (software)
3 12 (4.669%) JUnit
4 10 (3.891%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.502%) TeamCity
6 8 (3.113%) Mockito
7 6 (2.335%) JIRA
7 6 (2.335%) Subversion
7 6 (2.335%) CruiseControl
8 4 (1.556%) WinDbg
9 3 (1.167%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.167%) PhoneGap
9 3 (1.167%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.167%) Expression Blend
10 2 (0.778%) TestNG
10 2 (0.778%) RSpec
10 2 (0.778%) JProfiler
10 2 (0.778%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.778%) Xcode
10 2 (0.778%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (26.85%) Finance
2 64 (24.90%) Banking
3 18 (7.004%) Retail
4 17 (6.615%) Telecoms
5 12 (4.669%) Marketing
6 11 (4.280%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.113%) Billing
7 8 (3.113%) Investment Banking
7 8 (3.113%) Back Office
8 6 (2.335%) Legal
9 5 (1.946%) Law
9 5 (1.946%) Advertising
9 5 (1.946%) Publishing
9 5 (1.946%) Front Office
9 5 (1.946%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.946%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.778%) Music
10 2 (0.778%) German Language
10 2 (0.778%) Games
11 1 (0.389%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 70 (27.24%) Developer
2 30 (11.67%) Analyst
3 22 (8.560%) Project Manager
4 18 (7.004%) Architect
5 16 (6.226%) Administrator
6 15 (5.837%) Systems Administrator
7 14 (5.447%) Web Developer
7 14 (5.447%) Consultant
8 12 (4.669%) Mobile Developer
8 12 (4.669%) Front-End Developer
9 11 (4.280%) Support Analyst
10 10 (3.891%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.502%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.502%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.113%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.113%) 2nd Line Support
13 7 (2.724%) Security Specialist
14 6 (2.335%) Front-End Web Developer
14 6 (2.335%) .NET Developer
14 6 (2.335%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.728%) Online Banking
2 20 (7.782%) Blackberry
3 13 (5.058%) Open Source
4 11 (4.280%) RIA
5 8 (3.113%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.724%) Client/Server
6 7 (2.724%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (1.946%) SWIFT
7 5 (1.946%) DataPower
8 4 (1.556%) Social Media
8 4 (1.556%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.556%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.556%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.167%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.167%) IPTV
9 3 (1.167%) Clustering
9 3 (1.167%) PKI
9 3 (1.167%) iPad
9 3 (1.167%) SaaS
9 3 (1.167%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 69 (26.85%) Windows
2 35 (13.62%) Windows 7
3 27 (10.51%) Linux
3 27 (10.51%) Windows Server 2008
4 25 (9.728%) Windows XP
4 25 (9.728%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (6.615%) UNIX
6 12 (4.669%) Android
7 11 (4.280%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.946%) Solaris
8 5 (1.946%) Windows Vista
8 5 (1.946%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.556%) Windows 2000
10 3 (1.167%) Windows NT
10 3 (1.167%) Mac OS X
10 3 (1.167%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (0.778%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.778%) Debian
11 2 (0.778%) AIX
12 1 (0.389%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (18.68%) Project Management
2 37 (14.40%) ITIL
3 27 (10.51%) TDD
4 26 (10.12%) PRINCE2
4 26 (10.12%) E-Commerce
5 25 (9.728%) Scrum
6 24 (9.339%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (8.949%) Business Analysis
8 22 (8.560%) Service Management
9 18 (7.004%) BDD
10 17 (6.615%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (6.615%) MVC
11 16 (6.226%) OO
12 15 (5.837%) Web Development
13 13 (5.058%) Security Testing
14 12 (4.669%) Workflow
15 11 (4.280%) Load Balancing
15 11 (4.280%) Unit Testing
15 11 (4.280%) Content Management
15 11 (4.280%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (26.85%) JavaScript
2 54 (21.01%) Java
3 29 (11.28%) SQL
4 21 (8.171%) C#
5 14 (5.447%) PHP
6 10 (3.891%) Ruby
7 9 (3.502%) Perl
7 9 (3.502%) Objective-C
8 8 (3.113%) VBScript
8 8 (3.113%) C++
8 8 (3.113%) Python
9 6 (2.335%) C
10 4 (1.556%) XAML
11 3 (1.167%) VB
11 3 (1.167%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.778%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.389%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.389%) VBA
13 1 (0.389%) COBOL
13 1 (0.389%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (10.12%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (8.560%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (8.171%) MCSE
4 16 (6.226%) CCNA
5 8 (3.113%) Degree
5 8 (3.113%) CCIE
5 8 (3.113%) CCNP
6 4 (1.556%) CCSA
6 4 (1.556%) CCSE
6 4 (1.556%) PMP
6 4 (1.556%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.167%) CISSP
8 2 (0.778%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.778%) CAPM
9 1 (0.389%) MCP
9 1 (0.389%) MBA
9 1 (0.389%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.389%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.389%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.782%) SLA
2 8 (3.113%) QA
3 2 (0.778%) WAI
4 1 (0.389%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.389%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (9.728%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.502%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.556%) XenApp
4 3 (1.167%) ProxySG
4 3 (1.167%) VMware ESX
4 3 (1.167%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (1.167%) vSphere
5 1 (0.389%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.389%) NFS
5 1 (0.389%) NDS
5 1 (0.389%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (1.556%) SCOM
2 3 (1.167%) Tivoli
2 3 (1.167%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 3 (1.167%) Legato
2 3 (1.167%) NetBackup
2 3 (1.167%) Backup Exec
2 3 (1.167%) SCCM
3 2 (0.778%) Puppet
3 2 (0.778%) CFEngine
3 2 (0.778%) Nagios
3 2 (0.778%) CA SiteMinder
3 2 (0.778%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.778%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (0.389%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.389%) DameWare
4 1 (0.389%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (0.389%) WMI
4 1 (0.389%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 1 (0.389%) BladeLogic
4 1 (0.389%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 38 (14.79%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.67%) Citrix
3 29 (11.28%) Cisco
4 23 (8.949%) Oracle
5 12 (4.669%) HP
6 10 (3.891%) F5
6 10 (3.891%) Adobe
7 9 (3.502%) VMware
8 8 (3.113%) Twitter
8 8 (3.113%) Google
9 7 (2.724%) IBM
9 7 (2.724%) Lotus
9 7 (2.724%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.335%) Percona
10 6 (2.335%) Facebook
10 6 (2.335%) JBoss
11 5 (1.946%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.946%) Juniper
11 5 (1.946%) McAfee
11 5 (1.946%) Blue Coat
City of London
Qualification and Experience 2+ years industry experience using the .Net Framework (Windows Forms, WPF). WPF is strongly preferred (E)... 2+ years industry experience of using the .Net framework...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 May 2013
City, London
To be considered you must have circa 2 years Architectural experience designing and implementing enterprise applications primarily on Microsoft .NET technologies, and 5 years C#/.Net 3 (or...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
SharePoint Developer - 12 Month Contract - City of London - £ Excellent rateSharePoint Developer required by our client who are an exciting brand in the Telecommunications industry require an experienced SharePoint...
Pioneer Consulting
Rate: Excellent
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Duties & Responsibilities Java developer with 3+ years of proven experience of working in a Java Enterprise/ Web environment (E) Proven experience of common development tools, for example Ant,...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 May 2013
City of London
Location: City of London Key skills: Java, Core Java, Agile, SCRUM, Test Driven Development, TDD, Behaviour Driven Development, BDD, CI, JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, API Design, REST, HTML5, Javascript.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg LP
Rate: Competitive benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg
Rate: Competitive benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City Of London
2 Front End Web/Mobile developers - London Opus Recruitment Solutions are urgently seeking 2 Front end web/Mobile developers for an initial 6 month contract, for a global...
OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP275 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
City of London
Location: City of London Key skills: Java, Core Java, Agile, SCRUM, Test Driven Development, TDD, Behaviour Driven Development, BDD, CI, JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, API Design, REST, HTML5, Javascript.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The FX Electronic Trading team is seeking for a technically strong, highly driven individual with C++ programming skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for technical integration between...
Bloomberg LP
Rate: competitive
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Product Manager - £450-500/d - London Product Manager Responsibilities: Looking for a Lead Product Manager to develop customer enabling products that are carefully tailored to the customer base...
Annapurna HR
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
City, London
We are looking for an Oracle Consultant from a banking background with Oracle Internet Directory (OID) Design and build experience. This is to join my global clients reporting...
TEKsystems
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Business facing) Requirements MUST HAVE: - Business Analyst 4+ - Project Management 3+ - Internet/Web Portal Projects - Target Operating Model - Business Design - Support and build TOM - Retail or Corporate Banking...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £550
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
A new Solutions Architecture requirement has just arisen with a key Financial Services Client based in London. Working as part of the wider group IT function, experienced candidates...
Head Resourcing
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Experience with some of the following technologies; DataPower, WebSphere application server, WebSphere process server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, Internet Banking Foundation Servers and BAPIs, Oracle, DB2, WebSphere content...
Rate: £550 - £650 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
The purpose of this role is to work is to undertake Change and Transformation assignments on the Internet Portal Platforms within the Corporate banking arm of the bank.....
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £550/day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
The successful applicant must have a 5 years solid end to end delivery with a focus on managing Internet projects including of experience in reviewing and/or designing...
Sanderson
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Procurement, Sourcing, Stakeholder management, Retail Banking, Online Banking, Digital Banking, Mobile, Apps, Internet. My client, a leading retail bank requires a senior level Sourcing/Procurement manager to complete...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013