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This section looks at the demand for TIBCO SmartSockets skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SmartSockets over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTIBCO SmartSockets
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3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-197
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.258 %
Daily rates quoted00
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City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads1174775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.549 %0.772 %
Daily rates quoted611297
Average minimum daily rate£372£410
Average daily rate£400£431
% change on same period last year-7.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£452
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£347
% change on same period last year+1.54 %
Hourly rates quoted5847
Average minimum hourly rate£24.81£20.60
Average hourly rate£26.46£21.61
% change on same period last year+22.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.10£22.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.22£24.95
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
SmartSockets LondonSmartSockets
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.

SmartSockets
Demand Trend

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

City of London SmartSockets Demand Trend

SmartSockets
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London SmartSockets Daily Rate Trend

SmartSockets
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SmartSockets 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 SmartSockets.

19 (100.00 %)C++
19 (100.00 %)Middleware
28 (88.89 %)Windows
28 (88.89 %)Linux
28 (88.89 %)WebSphere
37 (77.78 %)Multithreading
37 (77.78 %)WebSphere MQ
37 (77.78 %)TIBCO
37 (77.78 %)Banking
37 (77.78 %)Investment Banking
37 (77.78 %)Java
37 (77.78 %)UNIX
46 (66.67 %)C#
46 (66.67 %)Oracle
46 (66.67 %)Solaris
46 (66.67 %)IBM
55 (55.56 %)Rendezvous
61 (11.11 %)CORBA
61 (11.11 %)MQSeries
61 (11.11 %)Sybase
61 (11.11 %)SQL
61 (11.11 %).NET

SmartSockets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SmartSockets 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 SmartSockets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %)Middleware
28 (88.89 %)WebSphere
31 (11.11 %)CORBA
31 (11.11 %).NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (77.78 %)WebSphere MQ
25 (55.56 %)Rendezvous
31 (11.11 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (77.78 %)Banking
17 (77.78 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Developer
27 (77.78 %)C++ Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (77.78 %)Multithreading
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (88.89 %)Windows
18 (88.89 %)Linux
27 (77.78 %)UNIX
36 (66.67 %)Solaris
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)C++
27 (77.78 %)Java
36 (66.67 %)C#
41 (11.11 %)SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (77.78 %)TIBCO
26 (66.67 %)Oracle
26 (66.67 %)IBM
31 (11.11 %)Sybase