City of London Mantas Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mantas 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 Mantas over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mantas
Location City of London Docklands, London England London UK	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	211	197
Rank change on same period last year	-14
Matching contract IT job ads	15	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.398 %	0.059 %
Daily rates quoted	12	2
Average minimum daily rate	£548	£575
Average daily rate	£559	£600
% change on same period last year	-6.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£569	£625
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	3770	3382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.975 %	3.368 %
Daily rates quoted	2014	1369
Average minimum daily rate	£412	£429
Average daily rate	£445	£456
% change on same period last year	-2.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£479	£482
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	176	119
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.63	£21.19
Average hourly rate	£24.44	£22.54
% change on same period last year	+8.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.25	£23.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
Mantas 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 Mantas, Inc.

Mantas
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mantas across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Mantas 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 Mantas.

1 9 (50.00 %) RUP 2 7 (38.89 %) Banking 3 5 (27.78 %) Business Analysis 3 5 (27.78 %) International Banking 4 3 (16.67 %) RequisitePro 5 2 (11.11 %) Finance 5 2 (11.11 %) Investment Banking 6 1 (5.556 %) Test Management 6 1 (5.556 %) Norkom 6 1 (5.556 %) Requirements Management 6 1 (5.556 %) Unified Process 6 1 (5.556 %) Front Office 6 1 (5.556 %) Retail 6 1 (5.556 %) Oracle 6 1 (5.556 %) Project Management

6 1 (5.556 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (5.556 %) SAS

Mantas
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Mantas 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 Mantas. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (5.556 %) SAS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (5.556 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 3 (16.67 %) RequisitePro	General 1 7 (38.89 %) Banking 2 5 (27.78 %) International Banking 3 2 (11.11 %) Finance 3 2 (11.11 %) Investment Banking 4 1 (5.556 %) Front Office 4 1 (5.556 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 14 (77.78 %) Business Analyst 1 14 (77.78 %) Analyst 2 8 (44.44 %) Senior Business Analyst 2 8 (44.44 %) Senior Analyst 3 3 (16.67 %) Project Manager 4 1 (5.556 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 4 1 (5.556 %) Banking Business Analyst 4 1 (5.556 %) Banking Analyst 4 1 (5.556 %) Solutions Architect 4 1 (5.556 %) Architect	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (50.00 %) RUP 2 5 (27.78 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (5.556 %) Test Management 3 1 (5.556 %) Requirements Management 3 1 (5.556 %) Unified Process 3 1 (5.556 %) Project Management
Vendors 1 1 (5.556 %) Norkom 1 1 (5.556 %) Oracle