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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Music' in contract IT jobs within the City of London region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Music over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMusic
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank204-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.074 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£277
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads54035152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.640 %5.215 %
Daily rates quoted30382204
Average minimum daily rate£430£443
Average daily rate£468£475
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£506£507
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Hourly rates quoted195145
Average minimum hourly rate£23.47£21.00
Average hourly rate£25.96£22.25
% change on same period last year+16.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.45£23.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.07£26.79
% change on same period last year+4.77 %
Music LondonMusic
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.

Music
Demand Trend

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

City of London Music Demand Trend

Music
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Music Daily Rate Trend

Music
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Music 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 Music.

15 (41.67 %)PRINCE2
24 (33.33 %)Windows
33 (25.00 %)Active Directory
33 (25.00 %)Music Industry
33 (25.00 %)Oracle
42 (16.67 %)Finance
42 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
42 (16.67 %)Mac OS X
42 (16.67 %)UML
42 (16.67 %)Oracle Forms
42 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
42 (16.67 %)Windows XP
42 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
42 (16.67 %)Microsoft
42 (16.67 %)SQL
42 (16.67 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (8.333 %)Retail
51 (8.333 %)Data Analysis
51 (8.333 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
51 (8.333 %)Systems Analysis
51 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (8.333 %)VMware
51 (8.333 %)VMware ESX
51 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
51 (8.333 %)E-business
51 (8.333 %)MCSE
51 (8.333 %)Siebel
51 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (8.333 %)Internet
51 (8.333 %)SQLPlus

Music
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Music 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 Music. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
21 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)SQLPlus
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (16.67 %)Oracle Forms
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Music Industry
22 (16.67 %)Finance
31 (8.333 %)Publishing
31 (8.333 %)Retail
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Analyst
24 (33.33 %)Business Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Tester
32 (16.67 %)Applications Tester
41 (8.333 %)Oracle Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Project Manager
41 (8.333 %)Business Systems Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Systems Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Programmer
41 (8.333 %)1st Line Support
41 (8.333 %)3rd Line Support
41 (8.333 %)Data Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Helpdesk Support
41 (8.333 %)Server Engineer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (16.67 %)Windows XP
22 (16.67 %)Mac OS X
22 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
31 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (41.67 %)PRINCE2
22 (16.67 %)UML
22 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
22 (16.67 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (8.333 %)Data Analysis
31 (8.333 %)Systems Analysis
31 (8.333 %)DRM
31 (8.333 %)E-business
31 (8.333 %)Migration
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)MCSE
11 (8.333 %)ISEB
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (8.333 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (8.333 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (8.333 %)VMware ESX
21 (8.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Oracle
22 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (8.333 %)Symantec
31 (8.333 %)VMware
31 (8.333 %)Siebel