Benchmarking Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 463 498 523
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +25
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 55 64 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.132% 0.120% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.185% 0.175% 0.129%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 31 26
Average daily rate £375 £300 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £525 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £245 £283
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.48 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+142.72% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.31 -
% change year-on-year
+160.53% -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 29662 36514 38847
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.38% 68.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18132 21436 22477
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 906 1198 1411
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.27 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Benchmarking across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Benchmarking Daily Rate Histogram

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Benchmarking Hourly Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +20 32 £575 +91.66%
South East +19 9 £250 +4.16%
North West - 6 £323 -
East of England - 4 - -
East Midlands -3 2 £85 -65.30%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Benchmarking
UK

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1 44 (34.38%) Java
2 43 (33.59%) Windows
3 39 (30.47%) Linux
4 35 (27.34%) Finance
5 29 (22.66%) Oracle
6 27 (21.09%) ITIL
7 24 (18.75%) SQL Server
8 23 (17.97%) Web Services
9 22 (17.19%) MySQL
10 21 (16.41%) SQL
10 21 (16.41%) Service Management
11 19 (14.84%) C
11 19 (14.84%) XML
12 17 (13.28%) XSLT
13 16 (12.50%) Degree
13 16 (12.50%) DV Cleared
13 16 (12.50%) Security Cleared
14 15 (11.72%) Drools
14 15 (11.72%) NAS
14 15 (11.72%) Scala
14 15 (11.72%) QlikView
14 15 (11.72%) Continuous Integration
14 15 (11.72%) NetApp
15 14 (10.94%) Cisco
16 13 (10.16%) Test Automation
17 12 (9.375%) RESTful
17 12 (9.375%) Microsoft
17 12 (9.375%) Solaris
17 12 (9.375%) J2EE
17 12 (9.375%) SAN

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (17.97%) Web Services
2 19 (14.84%) XML
3 17 (13.28%) XSLT
4 15 (11.72%) Drools
5 12 (9.375%) RESTful
5 12 (9.375%) J2EE
5 12 (9.375%) WebSphere
6 11 (8.594%) HTML
7 10 (7.813%) Middleware
7 10 (7.813%) Spring
8 8 (6.250%) JSON
8 8 (6.250%) REST
8 8 (6.250%) JAX-RS
9 5 (3.906%) .NET
10 4 (3.125%) .NET Framework
11 3 (2.344%) Silverlight
11 3 (2.344%) HTML5
11 3 (2.344%) Flash
12 2 (1.563%) Hibernate
12 2 (1.563%) Java SE
Application Platforms
1 10 (7.813%) WebLogic
1 10 (7.813%) IIS
1 10 (7.813%) Apache
2 2 (1.563%) MQSeries
2 2 (1.563%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (0.781%) Adobe CQ
3 1 (0.781%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.781%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (7.813%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.344%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.344%) MS Office
3 2 (1.563%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.781%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.781%) MS Project
4 1 (0.781%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (9.375%) RMDS
2 7 (5.469%) Tesseract
2 7 (5.469%) Minerva
2 7 (5.469%) Sentinel
3 6 (4.688%) LatentZero
3 6 (4.688%) Capstone
4 2 (1.563%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.72%) NAS
2 12 (9.375%) SAN
3 7 (5.469%) Broadband
4 6 (4.688%) Firewall
5 5 (3.906%) HTTP
6 4 (3.125%) VPN
7 3 (2.344%) Wireshark
7 3 (2.344%) xDSL
7 3 (2.344%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (2.344%) DNS
7 3 (2.344%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.344%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.563%) Internet
9 1 (0.781%) Wireless
9 1 (0.781%) Intranet
9 1 (0.781%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 22 (17.19%) MySQL
3 15 (11.72%) QlikView
4 7 (5.469%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.688%) NoSQL
5 6 (4.688%) MarkLogic
6 4 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.563%) OLTP
7 2 (1.563%) VLDB
8 1 (0.781%) Base SAS
8 1 (0.781%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.781%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (3.906%) DbUnit
1 5 (3.906%) Ant
2 2 (1.563%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.781%) JIRA
3 1 (0.781%) MSI
3 1 (0.781%) LoadRunner
General
1 35 (27.34%) Finance
2 7 (5.469%) Games
3 6 (4.688%) Banking
3 6 (4.688%) Retail
3 6 (4.688%) Back Office
3 6 (4.688%) Legal
3 6 (4.688%) Marketing
4 5 (3.906%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.906%) Front Office
5 4 (3.125%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.344%) Publishing
7 2 (1.563%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.563%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.563%) Law
7 2 (1.563%) Local Government
7 2 (1.563%) Billing
7 2 (1.563%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.781%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.781%) French Language
8 1 (0.781%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 32 (25.00%) Analyst
2 19 (14.84%) Architect
2 19 (14.84%) Developer
3 11 (8.594%) Business Analyst
4 9 (7.031%) Infrastructure Architect
4 9 (7.031%) Software Engineer
5 8 (6.250%) Test Analyst
5 8 (6.250%) Java Developer
6 7 (5.469%) Software Manager
6 7 (5.469%) Applications Manager
7 6 (4.688%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.688%) Applications Developer
7 6 (4.688%) Database Architect
8 5 (3.906%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.906%) Server Engineer
8 5 (3.906%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.125%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.125%) Performance Analyst
9 4 (3.125%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.125%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.469%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (4.688%) Statistics
4 4 (3.125%) Streaming Media
4 4 (3.125%) Mathematics
5 3 (2.344%) Copywriting
5 3 (2.344%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.344%) Online Games
5 3 (2.344%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.344%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.344%) Derivative
5 3 (2.344%) NHS
5 3 (2.344%) N-Tier
6 2 (1.563%) Clustering
6 2 (1.563%) Streaming Video
6 2 (1.563%) Interactive TV
6 2 (1.563%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.563%) Social Media
6 2 (1.563%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.781%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 43 (33.59%) Windows
2 39 (30.47%) Linux
3 12 (9.375%) Solaris
4 7 (5.469%) Windows 7
5 6 (4.688%) UNIX
6 2 (1.563%) Windows XP
6 2 (1.563%) HPUX
6 2 (1.563%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.563%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (1.563%) Android
6 2 (1.563%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.781%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.781%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.09%) ITIL
2 21 (16.41%) Service Management
3 15 (11.72%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (10.16%) Test Automation
5 12 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
5 12 (9.375%) TDD
6 10 (7.813%) RDF
6 10 (7.813%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (7.813%) Performance Testing
7 9 (7.031%) Performance Management
7 9 (7.031%) Complex Event Processing
7 9 (7.031%) Workflow
8 8 (6.250%) OO
8 8 (6.250%) Pair Programming
8 8 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (6.250%) BDD
8 8 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (5.469%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (5.469%) Validation
9 7 (5.469%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 44 (34.38%) Java
2 21 (16.41%) SQL
3 19 (14.84%) C
4 15 (11.72%) Scala
5 10 (7.813%) JavaScript
6 9 (7.031%) Python
7 8 (6.250%) XQuery
7 8 (6.250%) XPath
8 7 (5.469%) Perl
9 5 (3.906%) C#
9 5 (3.906%) C++
9 5 (3.906%) VB.NET
10 4 (3.125%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.344%) Jython
12 2 (1.563%) AWK
12 2 (1.563%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.563%) Korn
12 2 (1.563%) Ruby
12 2 (1.563%) Bourne shell
12 2 (1.563%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) Degree
1 16 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 16 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.125%) CCNA
2 4 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.563%) Sun Certification
3 2 (1.563%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.781%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.781%) CIMA
4 1 (0.781%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.469%) QA
1 7 (5.469%) SLA
2 2 (1.563%) COBIT
3 1 (0.781%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.781%) Basel II
System Software
1 5 (3.906%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.125%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.563%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 2 (1.563%) Veritas File System
Systems Management
1 7 (5.469%) BMC PATROL
2 5 (3.906%) BMC Performance Manager
2 5 (3.906%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.563%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.563%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 29 (22.66%) Oracle
2 15 (11.72%) NetApp
3 14 (10.94%) Cisco
4 12 (9.375%) Microsoft
5 10 (7.813%) Sybase
5 10 (7.813%) EMC
5 10 (7.813%) DataSynapse
6 9 (7.031%) 29West
7 7 (5.469%) BMC
8 6 (4.688%) VMware
9 5 (3.906%) Infobright
9 5 (3.906%) Bloomberg
9 5 (3.906%) Adobe
10 3 (2.344%) Calypso
11 2 (1.563%) Siebel
11 2 (1.563%) PeopleSoft
11 2 (1.563%) Business Objects
11 2 (1.563%) Sun
11 2 (1.563%) Hyperion
11 2 (1.563%) Remedy
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