The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartcard 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 Smartcard over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smart Card
Rank 195 217 241
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +24
Contract jobs citing Smartcard 4 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.063% 0.025% 0.040%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.199% 0.078% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £381 - £498
90% offered a daily rate of more than £366 - £423
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 - £541
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £425
% change year-on-year
+2.18% -19.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £13.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-23.07% -20.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2008 2575 4008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.61% 32.71% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1491 1993 3106
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £300 £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 48 66 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 £13.39 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Smartcard
London

Smartcard
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Smartcard Jobs Demand Trend

Smartcard
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Smartcard Daily Rate Trend

Smartcard
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Smartcard Hourly Rate Trend

Smartcard
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard.

1 3 (27.27%) VB
1 3 (27.27%) VB.NET
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
1 3 (27.27%) NFC
2 2 (18.18%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) Mobile Payment
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) EMV
2 2 (18.18%) Mobile Commerce
2 2 (18.18%) GSM
2 2 (18.18%) 3GPP
3 1 (9.091%) VPN
3 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
3 1 (9.091%) SAP
3 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
3 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
3 1 (9.091%) NHS
3 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
3 1 (9.091%) Information Security
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.091%) Information Governance
3 1 (9.091%) Database Security
3 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
3 1 (9.091%) CCTV

Smartcard
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) NFC
2 2 (18.18%) GSM
2 2 (18.18%) 3GPP
3 1 (9.091%) VPN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile Payment
1 2 (18.18%) EMV
2 1 (9.091%) NHS
2 1 (9.091%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile Commerce
2 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
2 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
2 1 (9.091%) Information Security
2 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (9.091%) Information Governance
2 1 (9.091%) Database Security
2 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) VB
1 3 (27.27%) VB.NET
2 2 (18.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) SAP