The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Kindle 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 Kindle over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Amazon Kindle
Rank 187 193 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Kindle 14 27 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.222% 0.346% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.702% 1.043% -
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 0
Average daily rate £425 £538 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.93% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £160 £400 £290
% change year-on-year
-60.00% +37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £13.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1994 2589 3914
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.56% 33.15% 40.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1477 1987 3023
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 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 69 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 £13.45 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Kindle
London

Kindle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Kindle Jobs Demand Trend

Kindle
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Kindle Daily Rate Trend

Kindle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Kindle across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London Kindle Daily Rate Histogram

Kindle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Kindle Hourly Rate Trend

Kindle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Kindle 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 Kindle.

1 18 (100.00%) ISO 9001
2 12 (66.67%) SQL
3 11 (61.11%) Banking
4 8 (44.44%) Finance
5 7 (38.89%) HTML
5 7 (38.89%) Degree
6 6 (33.33%) Oracle
6 6 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
7 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
7 5 (27.78%) Windows
7 5 (27.78%) Investment Banking
7 5 (27.78%) Fixed Income
7 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (27.78%) Release Management
7 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (22.22%) Spring
8 4 (22.22%) OLAP
8 4 (22.22%) Java
8 4 (22.22%) PHP
8 4 (22.22%) J2EE
8 4 (22.22%) Calypso
8 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (22.22%) OLTP
8 4 (22.22%) XML
8 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
8 4 (22.22%) Data Mining

Kindle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (38.89%) HTML
2 4 (22.22%) J2EE
2 4 (22.22%) Spring
2 4 (22.22%) XML
3 2 (11.11%) CSS
4 1 (5.556%) .NET
4 1 (5.556%) WebSphere
4 1 (5.556%) Java EE
4 1 (5.556%) jQuery
4 1 (5.556%) JPA
4 1 (5.556%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.556%) CMS
2 1 (5.556%) Joomla!
2 1 (5.556%) WordPress
2 1 (5.556%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.556%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (22.22%) OLAP
3 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (22.22%) Data Mining
3 4 (22.22%) OLTP
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle OLAP
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (5.556%) MSI
2 1 (5.556%) NUnit
2 1 (5.556%) CruiseControl
2 1 (5.556%) Subversion
2 1 (5.556%) WiX
2 1 (5.556%) MSBuild
2 1 (5.556%) JUnit
2 1 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 11 (61.11%) Banking
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Investment Banking
4 3 (16.67%) Front Office
5 1 (5.556%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Java Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Junior
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (11.11%) SQL Developer
4 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Java Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) ITSM Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Fixed Income
2 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.556%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Release Management
2 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 4 (22.22%) ETL
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (22.22%) Data Security
3 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (16.67%) Web Development
3 3 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (5.556%) Document Management
4 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
4 1 (5.556%) Usability Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Security Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.556%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) PHP
3 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
4 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
5 1 (5.556%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.556%) LPIC
3 1 (5.556%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.556%) MCSE
3 1 (5.556%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (100.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.556%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (22.22%) Calypso
4 3 (16.67%) Lotus
5 2 (11.11%) Charles River
5 2 (11.11%) Cadis
City of London
As the Business Analyst you will be responsible for leading the analysis and documentation of business requirements for the implementation of the global SharePoint project.Key Responsibilities:You...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £440 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Our clients IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivative swaps and fixed income products... 1997 ISO9001:2008, REC technology member)... Kindle e-Readers on...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 24 April 2013
City of London
Our clients IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivative swaps and fixed income products... 1997 ISO9001:2008, REC technology member)... Kindle e-Readers on...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Our clients IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivative swaps and fixed income products... 1997 ISO9001:2008, REC technology member)... Kindle e-Readers on...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 April 2013
City of London
Experience of interest rate derivatives / swaps... Our client's IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivatives swaps and fixed income products... ISO9001:2008 certified. *...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 2 May 2013
City of London
Our clients IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivative swaps and fixed income products... 1997 ISO9001:2008, REC technology member)... Kindle e-Readers on...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 April 2013