The first table below looks at the demand for bada skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited bada over the 3 months to 22 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 Operating Systems category for the England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Samsung bada
Rank 512 568 -
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -
Contract jobs citing bada 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.004% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.022% 0.018% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9128 11158 11667
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.62% 20.57% 21.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4939 5678 5853
Average daily rate £365 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 950 1134 1170
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
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UK

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Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing bada across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

England bada Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing bada across the England region.

England bada Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing bada across the England region.

England bada Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing bada within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +30 1 £425 +21.42%
East of England - 1 £475 -
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing bada 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 bada.

1 9 (100.00%) Symbian
1 9 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 7 (77.78%) Android
3 6 (66.67%) JSON
4 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
4 5 (55.56%) Web Services
4 5 (55.56%) OpenGL
4 5 (55.56%) Qt
4 5 (55.56%) Augmented Reality
4 5 (55.56%) Degree
5 4 (44.44%) iPhone SDK
5 4 (44.44%) iOS SDK
5 4 (44.44%) Maemo
5 4 (44.44%) Blackberry
5 4 (44.44%) ISEB
5 4 (44.44%) Mac OS X
5 4 (44.44%) Windows
5 4 (44.44%) Linux
5 4 (44.44%) iPhone
5 4 (44.44%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
6 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
6 3 (33.33%) Java
6 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 3 (33.33%) Cucumber
6 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
6 3 (33.33%) HTML5
6 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing bada 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 bada. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (66.67%) JSON
2 5 (55.56%) Web Services
2 5 (55.56%) OpenGL
2 5 (55.56%) Qt
3 4 (44.44%) iPhone SDK
3 4 (44.44%) iOS SDK
4 3 (33.33%) HTML5
5 2 (22.22%) Series 60
6 1 (11.11%) XML
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 3 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Xcode
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) Firebug
2 1 (11.11%) Robotium
General
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Android Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Web Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Web Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
1 5 (55.56%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (44.44%) Blackberry
2 4 (44.44%) iPhone
3 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
4 1 (11.11%) Semantic Web
4 1 (11.11%) Interactive TV
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 7 (77.78%) Android
3 4 (44.44%) Maemo
3 4 (44.44%) Mac OS X
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) TDD
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) ISEB
2 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Symbian