The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier 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 N-Tier over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
N-Tier
Rank 170 178 146
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -32
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 33 40 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.517% 0.509% 1.041%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.635% 1.554% 2.591%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 35 100
Average daily rate £425 £525 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.04% -8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £300 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £575 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2018 2574 3936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.64% 32.73% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1496 1987 3043
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 67 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.38 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
N-Tier
London

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London N-Tier Jobs Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing N-Tier across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.

1 40 (54.05%) C#
1 40 (54.05%) .NET
2 37 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 33 (44.59%) Web Services
4 32 (43.24%) SQL Server
5 31 (41.89%) SQL
6 29 (39.19%) Banking
7 27 (36.49%) OO
8 25 (33.78%) Finance
9 24 (32.43%) Telecoms
9 24 (32.43%) XML
9 24 (32.43%) WCF
10 21 (28.38%) MVC
11 18 (24.32%) TDD
12 17 (22.97%) CSS
12 17 (22.97%) Java
12 17 (22.97%) Memory Management
13 15 (20.27%) Scrum
14 14 (18.92%) Windows
14 14 (18.92%) Linux
14 14 (18.92%) ASP.NET
15 13 (17.57%) JavaScript
15 13 (17.57%) SOA
15 13 (17.57%) Objective-C
16 12 (16.22%) C++
16 12 (16.22%) SOAP
16 12 (16.22%) jQuery
17 11 (14.86%) Apple iOS
17 11 (14.86%) MonoTouch
17 11 (14.86%) Android

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (54.05%) .NET
2 33 (44.59%) Web Services
3 24 (32.43%) XML
3 24 (32.43%) WCF
4 17 (22.97%) CSS
5 14 (18.92%) ASP.NET
6 12 (16.22%) SOAP
6 12 (16.22%) jQuery
7 11 (14.86%) MonoTouch
7 11 (14.86%) iOS SDK
7 11 (14.86%) Cocoa Touch
7 11 (14.86%) J2EE
7 11 (14.86%) Spring
7 11 (14.86%) Cocoa
8 10 (13.51%) JMS
8 10 (13.51%) Struts
8 10 (13.51%) EJB
8 10 (13.51%) Apache CXF
8 10 (13.51%) Apache Axis
8 10 (13.51%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 11 (14.86%) Apache
2 5 (6.757%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.703%) FileNet
3 2 (2.703%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.351%) WordPress
4 1 (1.351%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.351%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (1.351%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.351%) CMS
4 1 (1.351%) IIS
4 1 (1.351%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (4.054%) MS Office
2 1 (1.351%) MS Project
2 1 (1.351%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.81%) NFC
2 5 (6.757%) Internet
3 4 (5.405%) DNS
4 3 (4.054%) HTTP
5 2 (2.703%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.351%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (1.351%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (43.24%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.86%) MySQL
3 6 (8.108%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (5.405%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.351%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.351%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.351%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.351%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (1.351%) SSDT
5 1 (1.351%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.351%) GIS
5 1 (1.351%) MS Access
5 1 (1.351%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.351%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (14.86%) Xcode
2 8 (10.81%) Subversion
3 6 (8.108%) Eclipse
3 6 (8.108%) JIRA
4 3 (4.054%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (2.703%) Serena SBM
5 2 (2.703%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.703%) JProfiler
6 1 (1.351%) Firebug
6 1 (1.351%) Selenium
6 1 (1.351%) SilkTest
6 1 (1.351%) GitHub
6 1 (1.351%) Maven
6 1 (1.351%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.351%) ClearQuest
General
1 29 (39.19%) Banking
2 25 (33.78%) Finance
3 24 (32.43%) Telecoms
4 10 (13.51%) Front Office
5 3 (4.054%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.703%) Back Office
7 1 (1.351%) Games
Job Titles
1 58 (78.38%) Developer
2 20 (27.03%) Senior Developer
3 19 (25.68%) C# Developer
4 17 (22.97%) Software Developer
4 17 (22.97%) C# Software Developer
5 12 (16.22%) Java Developer
6 11 (14.86%) iOS Developer
6 11 (14.86%) Senior iOS Developer
7 7 (9.459%) .NET Developer
8 6 (8.108%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (5.405%) Architect
10 3 (4.054%) C++ Developer
10 3 (4.054%) Analyst
11 2 (2.703%) Development Manager
11 2 (2.703%) Support Analyst
11 2 (2.703%) Applications Support
11 2 (2.703%) Applications Support Analyst
11 2 (2.703%) Infrastructure Architect
11 2 (2.703%) Java Swing Developer
12 1 (1.351%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) iPhone
1 11 (14.86%) Mobile App
1 11 (14.86%) Blackberry
2 8 (10.81%) Java Card
3 7 (9.459%) Fixed Income
4 5 (6.757%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (5.405%) Equities
5 4 (5.405%) Derivative
6 3 (4.054%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (4.054%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.703%) PKI
7 2 (2.703%) Swaptions
8 1 (1.351%) Open Source
8 1 (1.351%) Inversion of Control
8 1 (1.351%) Market Risk
8 1 (1.351%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.92%) Windows
1 14 (18.92%) Linux
2 11 (14.86%) Apple iOS
2 11 (14.86%) Android
2 11 (14.86%) Windows Phone
2 11 (14.86%) UNIX
3 1 (1.351%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 27 (36.49%) OO
3 21 (28.38%) MVC
4 18 (24.32%) TDD
5 17 (22.97%) Memory Management
6 15 (20.27%) Scrum
7 13 (17.57%) SOA
8 11 (14.86%) Mobile Application Development
9 10 (13.51%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (9.459%) E-Commerce
11 4 (5.405%) UML
11 4 (5.405%) Web Development
12 3 (4.054%) Portfolio Management
12 3 (4.054%) Document Management
12 3 (4.054%) Configuration Management
12 3 (4.054%) Change Management
12 3 (4.054%) CRM
12 3 (4.054%) Code Coverage
13 2 (2.703%) Risk Management
13 2 (2.703%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 40 (54.05%) C#
2 31 (41.89%) SQL
3 17 (22.97%) Java
4 13 (17.57%) JavaScript
4 13 (17.57%) Objective-C
5 12 (16.22%) C++
6 2 (2.703%) Python
6 2 (2.703%) C
6 2 (2.703%) VBA
6 2 (2.703%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.703%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.351%) Jython
7 1 (1.351%) VB
7 1 (1.351%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.351%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (1.351%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.351%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.703%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.703%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.351%) NDS
Vendors
1 7 (9.459%) Oracle
1 7 (9.459%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.054%) Sencha
2 3 (4.054%) IBM
3 2 (2.703%) Cognizant
3 2 (2.703%) Sybase
3 2 (2.703%) VMware
3 2 (2.703%) Telerik
3 2 (2.703%) Serena
3 2 (2.703%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.351%) Zend
4 1 (1.351%) Google
4 1 (1.351%) TOWER Software
4 1 (1.351%) EMC
4 1 (1.351%) Reuters