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This section looks at the demand for N-Tier skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkN-Tier
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank161147
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads5654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.054 %
As % of the category below1.794 %1.985 %
Daily rates quoted4038
Average minimum daily rate£476£498
Average daily rate£512£552
% change on same period last year-7.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£549£607
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£359
% change on same period last year-8.70 %
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£36.75£43.01
% change on same period last year-14.55 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads31212721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.119 %2.710 %
Daily rates quoted19341275
Average minimum daily rate£472£495
Average daily rate£520£538
% change on same period last year-3.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£568£581
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted5848
Average minimum hourly rate£19.16£23.53
Average hourly rate£20.54£24.83
% change on same period last year-17.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.92£26.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
N-Tier LondonN-Tier
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.

N-Tier
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 20 August 2008.

City of London N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 20 August 2008, 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.

184 (68.29 %)C#
258 (47.15 %).NET
356 (45.53 %)Java
443 (34.96 %)SQL Server
539 (31.71 %)OO
637 (30.08 %)WinForms
735 (28.46 %)Finance
735 (28.46 %)WebServices
735 (28.46 %)Sybase
735 (28.46 %)C++
834 (27.64 %)SQL
933 (26.83 %)XML
1032 (26.02 %)Oracle
1032 (26.02 %)Banking
1131 (25.20 %)ASP.NET
1230 (24.39 %)Front Office
1329 (23.58 %)Investment Banking
1428 (22.76 %)J2EE
1523 (18.70 %)HTML
1523 (18.70 %)Equities
1621 (17.07 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1621 (17.07 %)UML
1720 (16.26 %)Spring
1720 (16.26 %).NET Framework
1819 (15.45 %)Hibernate
1917 (13.82 %)UNIX
1917 (13.82 %)CSS
1917 (13.82 %)WebLogic
2016 (13.01 %)Client/Server
2115 (12.20 %)CORBA

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
158 (47.15 %).NET
237 (30.08 %)WinForms
335 (28.46 %)WebServices
433 (26.83 %)XML
531 (25.20 %)ASP.NET
628 (22.76 %)J2EE
723 (18.70 %)HTML
820 (16.26 %)Spring
820 (16.26 %).NET Framework
919 (15.45 %)Hibernate
1017 (13.82 %)CSS
1115 (12.20 %)CORBA
1115 (12.20 %)JSP
1214 (11.38 %)Middleware
1313 (10.57 %)Taglibs
1412 (9.756 %)Struts
1412 (9.756 %)ASP
159 (7.317 %)AJAX
167 (5.691 %)Java EE
176 (4.878 %)Servlets
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (13.82 %)WebLogic
214 (11.38 %)JBoss
312 (9.756 %)Rendezvous
411 (8.943 %)IIS
411 (8.943 %)TeamSite
57 (5.691 %)WebLogic Portal
64 (3.252 %)TIBCO EMS
64 (3.252 %)Tomcat
64 (3.252 %)BizTalk Server
72 (1.626 %)Apache
72 (1.626 %)WebSphere Application Server
81 (0.813 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.813 %)CMS
81 (0.813 %)Oracle Workflow
81 (0.813 %)Flash Media Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (8.130 %)Photoshop
23 (2.439 %)MS Excel
31 (0.813 %)MS Office
31 (0.813 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (5.691 %)LDAP
23 (2.439 %)Internet
32 (1.626 %)Intranet
41 (0.813 %)DHCP
41 (0.813 %)DNS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (34.96 %)SQL Server
213 (10.57 %)RDBMS
312 (9.756 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (5.691 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (2.439 %)Oracle 10g
53 (2.439 %)Reference Data
62 (1.626 %)DTS
71 (0.813 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.813 %)Datawarehouse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (9.756 %)Ant
211 (8.943 %)Visual Studio
35 (4.065 %)JUnit
43 (2.439 %)NUnit
52 (1.626 %)Flash
52 (1.626 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.813 %)Log4Net
61 (0.813 %)VSS/SourceSafe
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (28.46 %)Finance
232 (26.02 %)Banking
330 (24.39 %)Front Office
429 (23.58 %)Investment Banking
511 (8.943 %)Insurance
64 (3.252 %)Back Office
64 (3.252 %)Construction
71 (0.813 %)Financial Institution
71 (0.813 %)Music
71 (0.813 %)Music Industry
71 (0.813 %)Marketing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
194 (76.42 %)Developer
247 (38.21 %)C# Developer
319 (15.45 %)Architect
418 (14.63 %)Java Developer
418 (14.63 %)WinForms Developer
516 (13.01 %).NET Developer
614 (11.38 %)Web Developer
712 (9.756 %)Analyst
88 (6.504 %)Systems Architect
88 (6.504 %)GUI Developer
97 (5.691 %)Solutions Architect
97 (5.691 %)Senior Developer
97 (5.691 %)Analyst Developer
106 (4.878 %)C++ Developer
106 (4.878 %)ASP.NET Developer
106 (4.878 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
115 (4.065 %)Senior C# Developer
124 (3.252 %)Technical Lead
124 (3.252 %)Java Analyst Developer
133 (2.439 %)Test Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (18.70 %)Equities
221 (17.07 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
316 (13.01 %)Client/Server
414 (11.38 %)Derivative
510 (8.130 %)Fixed Income
68 (6.504 %)Multithreading
76 (4.878 %)Fat Client
76 (4.878 %)Credit Risk
76 (4.878 %)Thin Client
83 (2.439 %)German Language
92 (1.626 %)Data Conversion
92 (1.626 %)Replication
101 (0.813 %)Computer Science
101 (0.813 %)Credit Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (13.82 %)UNIX
211 (8.943 %)Windows
35 (4.065 %)Linux
42 (1.626 %)Windows XP
42 (1.626 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.813 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.813 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (0.813 %)Windows Vista
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
139 (31.71 %)OO
221 (17.07 %)UML
313 (10.57 %)Content Management
412 (9.756 %)Time Management
511 (8.943 %)E-Commerce
68 (6.504 %)Agile Software Development
68 (6.504 %)SOA
68 (6.504 %)Risk Management
77 (5.691 %)RUP
77 (5.691 %)Investment Management
77 (5.691 %)TDD
85 (4.065 %)Workflow
85 (4.065 %)Unit Testing
85 (4.065 %)Electronic Trading
94 (3.252 %)Web Development
103 (2.439 %)Data Modelling
103 (2.439 %)OOD
103 (2.439 %)Technical Architecture
103 (2.439 %)Asset Management
103 (2.439 %)Software Engineering
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
184 (68.29 %)C#
256 (45.53 %)Java
335 (28.46 %)C++
434 (27.64 %)SQL
512 (9.756 %)VBScript
611 (8.943 %)VB.NET
79 (7.317 %)JavaScript
87 (5.691 %)VC++
93 (2.439 %)PL/SQL
93 (2.439 %)Transact-SQL
102 (1.626 %)Perl
102 (1.626 %)DHTML
111 (0.813 %)VB
111 (0.813 %)XPath
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (4.065 %)Degree
24 (3.252 %)ISEB
33 (2.439 %)Sun Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.813 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (5.691 %)AquaLogic
22 (1.626 %)Oracle RAC
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (28.46 %)Sybase
232 (26.02 %)Oracle
310 (8.130 %)Microsoft
49 (7.317 %)TIBCO
57 (5.691 %)BEA
62 (1.626 %)Progress
71 (0.813 %)Bloomberg
71 (0.813 %)ION Trading