The first table below looks at the demand for RMDS skills 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 RMDS over the 3 months to 21 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 Business Applications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reuters Market Data System (RMDS)
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing RMDS 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.149% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 28.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £550 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
7 8 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 4.023% 3.653% 6.985%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 20
Average daily rate £130 £493 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-73.60% -10.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £487 £420
10% offered a daily rate of more than £588 £583 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
RMDS
London

RMDS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London RMDS Jobs Demand Trend

RMDS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London RMDS Daily Rate Trend

RMDS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing RMDS 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 RMDS.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
1 2 (100.00%) 3000 Xtra
1 2 (100.00%) Cadis

RMDS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing RMDS 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 RMDS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) 3000 Xtra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters
1 2 (100.00%) Cadis