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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Symbian over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymbian
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank203-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.087 %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£363£288
% change on same period last year+25.72 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£42.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.30£38.39
% change on same period last year-5.44 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads34293321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.828 %3.356 %
Daily rates quoted18071379
Average minimum daily rate£396£440
Average daily rate£429£466
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted173130
Average minimum hourly rate£21.72£23.30
Average hourly rate£23.69£24.30
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.65£25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Symbian LondonSymbian
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Symbian Ltd.

Symbian
Demand Trend

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

City of London Symbian Demand Trend

Symbian
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Symbian Daily Rate Trend

Symbian
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Symbian Hourly Rate Trend

Symbian
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symbian across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Symbian Hourly Rate Histogram

Symbian
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

18 (80.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)MCSE
24 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
24 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (40.00 %)SAN
24 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (40.00 %)Blackberry
24 (40.00 %)IBM
24 (40.00 %)CCNA
24 (40.00 %)Windows Mobile
24 (40.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
33 (30.00 %)Windows Vista
33 (30.00 %)ISEB
33 (30.00 %)Windows XP
42 (20.00 %)Series 60
42 (20.00 %)System Testing
42 (20.00 %)Web Testing
42 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
51 (10.00 %)QA
51 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
51 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
51 (10.00 %)BREW
51 (10.00 %)Telecoms
51 (10.00 %)Finance
51 (10.00 %)Samba
51 (10.00 %)MIDP
51 (10.00 %)Eclipse
51 (10.00 %)FTP
51 (10.00 %)DNS

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Symbian 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 Symbian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)Series 60
21 (10.00 %)BREW
21 (10.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)Struts
21 (10.00 %)J2ME
21 (10.00 %)MIDP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (40.00 %)SAN
21 (10.00 %)FTP
21 (10.00 %)DNS
21 (10.00 %)SSL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Ant
11 (10.00 %)Eclipse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Telecoms
11 (10.00 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Analyst
13 (30.00 %)Test Analyst
13 (30.00 %)Server Engineer
13 (30.00 %)Wintel Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Symbian Software Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Developer
31 (10.00 %)Server Specialist
31 (10.00 %)Senior Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Telephony Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Senior Test Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Blackberry
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (40.00 %)Windows Mobile
24 (40.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
33 (30.00 %)Windows XP
33 (30.00 %)Windows Vista
41 (10.00 %)Solaris
41 (10.00 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Web Testing
12 (20.00 %)Test Scripting
12 (20.00 %)System Testing
21 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)C#
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)MCSE
14 (40.00 %)CCNA
14 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
14 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (30.00 %)ISEB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Samba
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)IBM