The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chip and PIN 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Chip and PIN
Rank 506 549 544
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -5
Contract jobs citing Chip and PIN 12 13 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.029% 0.024% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.107% 0.096% 0.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
Average daily rate £450 £395 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.92% +39.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £350 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £509 £588
UK excluding London average daily rate - £395 £575
% change year-on-year
- -31.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11177 13497 16706
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.92% 25.28% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6881 8100 10073
Average daily rate £440 £435 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.14% -17.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £605 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 489 618 698
Average hourly rate £23.75 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.05 £41.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Chip and PIN
UK

Chip and PIN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Chip and PIN across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Chip and PIN Jobs Demand Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Chip and PIN Daily Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Chip and PIN Daily Rate Histogram

Chip and PIN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Chip and PIN Hourly Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chip and PIN 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 - 10 £450 -
South East +15 2 - -
Chip and PIN
UK

Chip and PIN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (56.25%) EPoS
2 17 (53.13%) EMV
3 8 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (25.00%) APACS
3 8 (25.00%) Retail
3 8 (25.00%) VeriFone
4 7 (21.88%) Scrum
5 6 (18.75%) E-Commerce
6 5 (15.63%) EFTPOS
6 5 (15.63%) ATM
6 5 (15.63%) ISO 8583
6 5 (15.63%) Mobile Payment
6 5 (15.63%) PCI DSS
7 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (12.50%) C
7 4 (12.50%) C++
7 4 (12.50%) Linux
7 4 (12.50%) Smartcard
8 3 (9.375%) Project Management
8 3 (9.375%) EFT
8 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.375%) PMI
8 3 (9.375%) PMI Certification
8 3 (9.375%) NFC
8 3 (9.375%) Android
8 3 (9.375%) QA
8 3 (9.375%) Mobile App
8 3 (9.375%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (9.375%) Apple iOS
8 3 (9.375%) Waterfall

Chip and PIN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (3.125%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (6.250%) MS Office
1 2 (6.250%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) ATM
2 3 (9.375%) NFC
3 1 (3.125%) Internet
3 1 (3.125%) 3G
3 1 (3.125%) ADSL
3 1 (3.125%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.125%) Wireless
General
1 8 (25.00%) Finance
1 8 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (6.250%) Military
2 2 (6.250%) Electronics
2 2 (6.250%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.250%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.125%) Banking
3 1 (3.125%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Systems Analyst
3 6 (18.75%) Business Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Developer
5 4 (12.50%) EMV Project Manager
5 4 (12.50%) Software Programmer
5 4 (12.50%) C++ Developer
5 4 (12.50%) C++ Programmer
5 4 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 4 (12.50%) Consultant
5 4 (12.50%) Programmer
5 4 (12.50%) Tester
5 4 (12.50%) Software Developer
6 3 (9.375%) Test Analyst
6 3 (9.375%) Business Systems Analyst
6 3 (9.375%) C Developer
6 3 (9.375%) C Programmer
7 2 (6.250%) Technical Leader
7 2 (6.250%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (56.25%) EPoS
2 17 (53.13%) EMV
3 8 (25.00%) APACS
4 5 (15.63%) EFTPOS
4 5 (15.63%) Mobile Payment
5 4 (12.50%) Smartcard
6 3 (9.375%) EFT
6 3 (9.375%) PMI
6 3 (9.375%) Mobile App
7 2 (6.250%) iPad
7 2 (6.250%) iPhone
7 2 (6.250%) Smartphone
7 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
8 1 (3.125%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
2 3 (9.375%) Android
2 3 (9.375%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.125%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Scrum
2 6 (18.75%) E-Commerce
3 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (9.375%) Project Management
4 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
4 3 (9.375%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (9.375%) Waterfall
5 2 (6.250%) Communications Security
5 2 (6.250%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.250%) Information Management
5 2 (6.250%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.250%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.250%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.250%) Service Management
5 2 (6.250%) Change Management
5 2 (6.250%) ITSM
5 2 (6.250%) Validation
5 2 (6.250%) ITIL
5 2 (6.250%) Mobile Commerce
6 1 (3.125%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) C
1 4 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (9.375%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.250%) ISEB
3 1 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) ISO 8583
1 5 (15.63%) PCI DSS
2 3 (9.375%) QA
3 2 (6.250%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.250%) Unicenter
2 1 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) VeriFone
2 2 (6.250%) VocaLink
2 2 (6.250%) TSYS
2 2 (6.250%) CA
2 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.125%) Temenos
3 1 (3.125%) Sage
3 1 (3.125%) Wincor Nixdorf
3 1 (3.125%) jBASE