The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Reference Data 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Docklands, 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
Reference Data
Rank 27 32 52
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +20
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 2 1 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.198% 0.452% 2.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.985% 2.000% 4.286%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £450 £500 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £398 £330
% change year-on-year
+16.20% +20.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
67 50 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 40.12% 22.62% 46.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 30 127
Average daily rate £500 £510 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.96% -11.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £385 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £605 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £26.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +16.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Reference Data
London

Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London Reference Data Jobs Demand Trend

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Reference Data across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Reference Data Daily Rate Trend

Reference Data
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis