The first table below looks at the demand for RIATest skills 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 RIATest over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Development Applications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cogitek RIATest
Rank - - 233
Contract jobs citing RIATest 0 0 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London - - 0.132%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 1.291%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
784 649 1007
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 12.45% 8.342% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 476 751
Average daily rate £413 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 7
Average hourly rate £42.00 £37.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.51% +48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £15.80 £13.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.20 £39.60 £75.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
RIATest
London

RIATest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London RIATest Jobs Demand Trend

RIATest
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London RIATest Daily Rate Trend