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The table below looks at the demand for Open Workbench skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Workbench over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Workbench
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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£356£255
% change on same period last year+39.73 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads906887
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.266 %0.891 %
Daily rates quoted427388
Average minimum daily rate£327£352
Average daily rate£353£371
% change on same period last year-5.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£391
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£283
% change on same period last year+4.03 %
Hourly rates quoted12562
Average minimum hourly rate£17.10£18.74
Average hourly rate£18.46£19.84
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.83£20.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.39£19.59
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
Open Workbench LondonOpen Workbench
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.

Open Workbench
Demand Trend

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

City of London Open Workbench Demand Trend

Open Workbench
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Open Workbench Daily Rate Trend

Open Workbench
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

13 (100.00 %)SQL
13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %)MS Project
13 (100.00 %)XML
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
13 (100.00 %)Actuate
13 (100.00 %)Niku
13 (100.00 %)Banking
13 (100.00 %)Investment Banking
13 (100.00 %)CA Clarity
22 (66.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (66.67 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)TOAD
22 (66.67 %)WebSphere
22 (66.67 %)CA
22 (66.67 %)WebLogic Workshop
22 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
22 (66.67 %)Oracle Reports
22 (66.67 %)Apache
22 (66.67 %)Tomcat
22 (66.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
22 (66.67 %)VBA
22 (66.67 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)Oracle
22 (66.67 %)WebLogic
31 (33.33 %)ASP
31 (33.33 %)MS Excel
31 (33.33 %)WebServices
31 (33.33 %)Windows

Open Workbench
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)WebSphere
22 (66.67 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
31 (33.33 %)WebServices
31 (33.33 %)ASP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)WebLogic
12 (66.67 %)Apache
12 (66.67 %)Tomcat
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (100.00 %)MS Project
13 (100.00 %)CA Clarity
21 (33.33 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)Oracle Reports
12 (66.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
12 (66.67 %)TOAD
21 (33.33 %)Data Cleansing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)WebLogic Workshop
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Banking
13 (100.00 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (33.33 %)Data Mapping
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)VBA
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
22 (66.67 %)C#
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft
13 (100.00 %)Actuate
13 (100.00 %)Niku
22 (66.67 %)Oracle
22 (66.67 %)CA