Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Intranet 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 Intranet over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the City of London region.

 Intranet
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank156111113
Rank change year-on-year
Down-45Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads623999
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London0.723 %0.964 %1.229 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category8.245 %8.280 %10.95 %
Daily rates quoted381364
Average daily rate£395£375£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.330 %-16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£175£190
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£320£300
% change year-on-year
-14.06 %+6.660 %
Hourly rates quoted129
Average hourly rate£14.40£19.00£28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.21 %-32.14 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.75£20.00£17.50
% change year-on-year
-31.25 %+14.28 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
752471904
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London8.768 %11.65 %11.22 %
Daily rates quoted427238408
Average daily rate£400£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£265£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted452478
Average hourly rate£20.50£22.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.810 %+4.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£11.40£14.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.20£30.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Intranet LondonIntranet
London

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.

Intranet
Demand Trend

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

City of London Intranet Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Intranet across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London Intranet Daily Rate Histogram

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

185 (54.84 %)Internet
258 (37.42 %)Banking
346 (29.68 %)SharePoint
438 (24.52 %).NET
535 (22.58 %)Finance
634 (21.94 %)HTML
733 (21.29 %)SQL
733 (21.29 %)ASP.NET
733 (21.29 %)Investment Banking
828 (18.06 %)C#
828 (18.06 %)Windows
926 (16.77 %)SQL Server
926 (16.77 %)Extranet
1024 (15.48 %)Firewall
1122 (14.19 %)Project Management
1122 (14.19 %)Java
1122 (14.19 %)JavaScript
1221 (13.55 %)ASP
1221 (13.55 %)XML
1319 (12.26 %)CSS
1417 (10.97 %)IIS
1417 (10.97 %)MS Project
1417 (10.97 %)Cisco
1516 (10.32 %)Oracle
1516 (10.32 %)Content Management
1615 (9.677 %)Programme Management
1615 (9.677 %)WAN
1714 (9.032 %)Microsoft
1714 (9.032 %)VPN
1714 (9.032 %)SharePoint Server 2007

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
138 (24.52 %).NET
234 (21.94 %)HTML
333 (21.29 %)ASP.NET
421 (13.55 %)ASP
421 (13.55 %)XML
519 (12.26 %)CSS
613 (8.387 %)Hibernate
613 (8.387 %)Spring
711 (7.097 %)Web Services
89 (5.806 %)WebSphere
98 (5.161 %)JSP
106 (3.871 %).NET Framework
106 (3.871 %)AJAX
115 (3.226 %)jQuery
115 (3.226 %)Grails
115 (3.226 %)ASP.NET 2.0
124 (2.581 %)Windows SharePoint Services
124 (2.581 %)COM+
133 (1.935 %)XSLT
133 (1.935 %)DHTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
146 (29.68 %)SharePoint
217 (10.97 %)IIS
314 (9.032 %)SharePoint Server 2007
412 (7.742 %)CMS
56 (3.871 %)WebSphere Application Server
56 (3.871 %)Apache
64 (2.581 %)Tomcat
73 (1.935 %)MTS
73 (1.935 %)Drupal
73 (1.935 %)WordPress
73 (1.935 %)Confluence
82 (1.290 %)SharePoint Portal Server
82 (1.290 %)WebLogic
82 (1.290 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.645 %)MS Exchange
91 (0.645 %)TeamSite
91 (0.645 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.645 %)LiveLink
91 (0.645 %)MQSI
91 (0.645 %)Exchange Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (10.97 %)MS Project
210 (6.452 %)MS PowerPoint
39 (5.806 %)MS Office
48 (5.161 %)MS Excel
53 (1.935 %)MS Visio
53 (1.935 %)InfoPath
62 (1.290 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.645 %)SmartSuite
71 (0.645 %)Photoshop
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (3.226 %)SAP SRM
22 (1.290 %)WebTrends
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
185 (54.84 %)Internet
226 (16.77 %)Extranet
324 (15.48 %)Firewall
415 (9.677 %)WAN
514 (9.032 %)VPN
613 (8.387 %)DNS
613 (8.387 %)SDH
613 (8.387 %)Ethernet
613 (8.387 %)MPLS
712 (7.742 %)VPLS
811 (7.097 %)LAN
99 (5.806 %)VoIP
105 (3.226 %)DHCP
105 (3.226 %)TCP/IP
114 (2.581 %)DMZ
121 (0.645 %)Broadband
121 (0.645 %)HTTP
121 (0.645 %)NAS
121 (0.645 %)Network Security
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (16.77 %)SQL Server
210 (6.452 %)Oracle 10g
39 (5.806 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (3.226 %)Datawarehouse
54 (2.581 %)MySQL
54 (2.581 %)Oracle 9i
63 (1.935 %)BusinessObjects
72 (1.290 %)IDOL
72 (1.290 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (1.290 %)ETL
72 (1.290 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.645 %)TOAD
81 (0.645 %)DTS
81 (0.645 %)OLAP
81 (0.645 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.645 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.645 %)SQL Server 2008
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (5.806 %)Subversion
26 (3.871 %)Selenium
26 (3.871 %)Maven
26 (3.871 %)Eclipse
35 (3.226 %)Visual Studio
35 (3.226 %)FrontPage
41 (0.645 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.645 %)PowerBuilder
41 (0.645 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.645 %)ClearCase
41 (0.645 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.645 %)Ant
41 (0.645 %)JMeter
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
158 (37.42 %)Banking
235 (22.58 %)Finance
333 (21.29 %)Investment Banking
412 (7.742 %)Telecoms
510 (6.452 %)Law
68 (5.161 %)Government
77 (4.516 %)Publishing
77 (4.516 %)Marketing
86 (3.871 %)Online Banking
95 (3.226 %)Legal
104 (2.581 %)Health
113 (1.935 %)Financial Institution
122 (1.290 %)Retail Banking
122 (1.290 %)Corporate Banking
122 (1.290 %)Retail
122 (1.290 %)Front Office
131 (0.645 %)Pharmaceutical
131 (0.645 %)Social Media
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
147 (30.32 %)Developer
237 (23.87 %)Analyst
312 (7.742 %)Web Analyst
312 (7.742 %)Java Developer
312 (7.742 %)Network Engineer
411 (7.097 %)Business Analyst
411 (7.097 %).NET Developer
411 (7.097 %)C# Developer
411 (7.097 %)ASP.NET Developer
411 (7.097 %)SharePoint Developer
59 (5.806 %)Deployment Engineer
59 (5.806 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
68 (5.161 %)Consultant
68 (5.161 %)Architect
76 (3.871 %)Programmer
85 (3.226 %)Administrator
85 (3.226 %)Oracle Developer
85 (3.226 %)Sybase Developer
94 (2.581 %)PMO Analyst
94 (2.581 %)SAP SRM Consultant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (7.742 %)French Language
26 (3.871 %)Open Source
33 (1.935 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
33 (1.935 %)N-Tier
33 (1.935 %)Fixed Income
33 (1.935 %)Derivative
33 (1.935 %)Credit Risk
33 (1.935 %)Blog
42 (1.290 %)Wiki
42 (1.290 %)Web 2.0
42 (1.290 %)Streaming Video
42 (1.290 %)NHS
51 (0.645 %)Replication
51 (0.645 %)Streaming Media
51 (0.645 %)Podcast
51 (0.645 %)RMADS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (18.06 %)Windows
29 (5.806 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (4.516 %)UNIX
45 (3.226 %)Linux
45 (3.226 %)Windows Server 2008
53 (1.935 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (1.290 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (1.290 %)Windows XP
71 (0.645 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.645 %)Windows Vista
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (14.19 %)Project Management
216 (10.32 %)Content Management
315 (9.677 %)Programme Management
414 (9.032 %)Resource Management
513 (8.387 %)ITIL
612 (7.742 %)PRINCE2
711 (7.097 %)Agile Software Development
810 (6.452 %)Workflow
97 (4.516 %)UML
106 (3.871 %)User Acceptance Testing
106 (3.871 %)Business Analysis
106 (3.871 %)TDD
115 (3.226 %)Release Management
124 (2.581 %)Dimensional Modelling
124 (2.581 %)Load Balancing
124 (2.581 %)Web Development
124 (2.581 %)Scrum
124 (2.581 %)Migration
124 (2.581 %)Risk Management
124 (2.581 %)Configuration Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (21.29 %)SQL
228 (18.06 %)C#
322 (14.19 %)Java
322 (14.19 %)JavaScript
49 (5.806 %)PL/SQL
57 (4.516 %)Groovy
66 (3.871 %)T-SQL
75 (3.226 %)VB
75 (3.226 %)Perl
84 (2.581 %)VB6
84 (2.581 %)VBScript
84 (2.581 %)Python
93 (1.935 %)Shell Script
93 (1.935 %)VB.NET
93 (1.935 %)Bash shell
102 (1.290 %)Ruby
102 (1.290 %)C
102 (1.290 %)VBA
111 (0.645 %)C++
111 (0.645 %)PHP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (3.871 %)Security Cleared
23 (1.935 %)Degree
23 (1.935 %)SC Cleared
31 (0.645 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.645 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.645 %)Sun Certification
31 (0.645 %)MCSE
31 (0.645 %)MOS
31 (0.645 %)DV Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.935 %)SLA
21 (0.645 %)Basel II
21 (0.645 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (3.871 %)Active Directory
23 (1.935 %)Squid
32 (1.290 %)ISA Server
41 (0.645 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.645 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.645 %)SCOM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (10.97 %)Cisco
216 (10.32 %)Oracle
314 (9.032 %)Microsoft
413 (8.387 %)CheckPoint
413 (8.387 %)Nokia
58 (5.161 %)Sybase
67 (4.516 %)Vignette
76 (3.871 %)SAP
85 (3.226 %)Tridion
85 (3.226 %)VMware
93 (1.935 %)Lotus
93 (1.935 %)Business Objects
93 (1.935 %)Alterian
102 (1.290 %)SolarWinds
102 (1.290 %)Atlassian
102 (1.290 %)Cognos
102 (1.290 %)Sun
102 (1.290 %)Red Hat
102 (1.290 %)TIBCO
102 (1.290 %)Websense