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The table below looks at the demand for CodeGear Delphi skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Delphi over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCodeGear Delphi
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank490452
Rank change on same period last yearDown-38
Matching contract IT job ads53183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.189 %
As % of the category below0.245 %0.546 %
Daily rates quoted1120
Average minimum daily rate£334£313
Average daily rate£346£356
% change on same period last year-2.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£328
% change on same period last year-14.62 %
Hourly rates quoted234
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£30.81
Average hourly rate£31.25£33.07
% change on same period last year-5.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£35.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£33.05
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads2162333515
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled30.82 %34.66 %
Daily rates quoted751410516
Average minimum daily rate£368£402
Average daily rate£394£428
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£334
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Hourly rates quoted15972511
Average minimum hourly rate£29.96£30.59
Average hourly rate£31.95£32.80
% change on same period last year-2.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.94£35.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.07£32.81
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Delphi UKDelphi
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Delphi
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Delphi across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England Delphi Demand Trend

Delphi
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Delphi Daily Rate Trend

Delphi
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Delphi across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

England Delphi Daily Rate Histogram

Delphi
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Delphi Hourly Rate Trend

Delphi
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Delphi within the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+1518£270-5.92 %
LondonUp+4513£456+21.66 %
YorkshireUp+178--
East of EnglandUp+136£240-
West MidlandsUp+74£388-
North WestUp+112--
East MidlandsDown-41--
South WestUp+51--
Delphi UKDelphi
UK

Delphi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Delphi 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 Delphi.

152 (32.91 %)Oracle
250 (31.65 %)SQL Server
343 (27.22 %)C#
343 (27.22 %)SQL
436 (22.78 %)UML
535 (22.15 %)Windows
535 (22.15 %)C++
633 (20.89 %)OO
729 (18.35 %).NET
828 (17.72 %)XML
925 (15.82 %)Java
1014 (8.861 %)MySQL
1113 (8.228 %)PHP
1113 (8.228 %)VB
1113 (8.228 %)TCP/IP
1212 (7.595 %)JavaScript
1212 (7.595 %)Telecoms
1311 (6.962 %)SQL Server 2005
1311 (6.962 %)Apache
1311 (6.962 %)SQL Server 2000
1410 (6.329 %)Borland
1410 (6.329 %)Integration Testing
159 (5.696 %)AJAX
159 (5.696 %)Unit Testing
159 (5.696 %)Linux
159 (5.696 %)VSS/SourceSafe
168 (5.063 %)COM+
168 (5.063 %)DCOM
168 (5.063 %)Microsoft
168 (5.063 %)VoIP

Delphi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Delphi 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 Delphi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (18.35 %).NET
228 (17.72 %)XML
39 (5.696 %)AJAX
48 (5.063 %)TAPI
48 (5.063 %)COM+
48 (5.063 %)DCOM
57 (4.430 %)ADO
66 (3.797 %)WebServices
66 (3.797 %).NET Framework
75 (3.165 %)JSF
75 (3.165 %)JMS
75 (3.165 %)HTML
75 (3.165 %)ASP
84 (2.532 %)ADO.NET
84 (2.532 %)JSP
84 (2.532 %)Servlets
84 (2.532 %)SOAP
84 (2.532 %)Spring
93 (1.899 %)LAMP
93 (1.899 %)XML Schema
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (6.962 %)Apache
25 (3.165 %)JBoss
34 (2.532 %)Tomcat
43 (1.899 %)BizTalk Server
43 (1.899 %)Rendezvous
52 (1.266 %)Tuxedo
61 (0.633 %)MQSeries
61 (0.633 %)TIBCO EMS
61 (0.633 %)Site Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (1.899 %)MS Excel
21 (0.633 %)GeoMedia
21 (0.633 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.266 %)Singl.eView
21 (0.633 %)Summit
21 (0.633 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
21 (0.633 %)Oracle 11i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (8.228 %)TCP/IP
28 (5.063 %)VoIP
33 (1.899 %)Internet
42 (1.266 %)SNMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (31.65 %)SQL Server
214 (8.861 %)MySQL
311 (6.962 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (6.962 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (4.430 %)GIS
47 (4.430 %)Oracle 8/8i
54 (2.532 %)Ingres
54 (2.532 %)JasperReports
62 (1.266 %)Oracle 10g
62 (1.266 %)Data Cleansing
71 (0.633 %)SQLite
71 (0.633 %)Adabas
71 (0.633 %)TOAD
71 (0.633 %)RDBMS
71 (0.633 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.633 %)MS Access
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (5.696 %)VSS/SourceSafe
24 (2.532 %)Ant
24 (2.532 %)JUnit
24 (2.532 %)Visual Studio
24 (2.532 %)Eclipse
32 (1.266 %)QuickTest Pro
32 (1.266 %)LoadRunner
32 (1.266 %)ClearCase
32 (1.266 %)VisiBroker
41 (0.633 %)TestComplete
41 (0.633 %)JBuilder
41 (0.633 %)Rational Rose
41 (0.633 %)InstallShield
41 (0.633 %)C++Builder
41 (0.633 %)StarTeam
41 (0.633 %)FitNesse
41 (0.633 %)Oracle Forms
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (7.595 %)Telecoms
28 (5.063 %)Finance
28 (5.063 %)Manufacturing
37 (4.430 %)Retail
44 (2.532 %)Back Office
44 (2.532 %)Government
53 (1.899 %)Banking
62 (1.266 %)Investment Banking
62 (1.266 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.633 %)Front Office
71 (0.633 %)Police
71 (0.633 %)Health
71 (0.633 %)Insurance
71 (0.633 %)Pensions
71 (0.633 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.633 %)Marketing
71 (0.633 %)Billing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1110 (69.62 %)Developer
269 (43.67 %)Delphi Developer
319 (12.03 %)Analyst
414 (8.861 %)Software Engineer
511 (6.962 %)Software Developer
69 (5.696 %)Java Developer
78 (5.063 %)Test Analyst
78 (5.063 %)Applications Developer
87 (4.430 %)Tester
87 (4.430 %)C# Developer
96 (3.797 %)Senior Software Engineer
105 (3.165 %).NET Developer
105 (3.165 %)Programmer
105 (3.165 %)SQL Developer
114 (2.532 %)SQL Server Developer
114 (2.532 %)PHP Developer
114 (2.532 %)Delphi Programmer
114 (2.532 %)Senior Developer
114 (2.532 %)Systems Analyst
114 (2.532 %)Architect
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (4.430 %)Client/Server
25 (3.165 %)NHS
33 (1.899 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
42 (1.266 %)Derivative
42 (1.266 %)Social Network
42 (1.266 %)Multithreading
51 (0.633 %)Data Conversion
51 (0.633 %)Management Information System
51 (0.633 %)Handset
51 (0.633 %)VHDL
51 (0.633 %)Equities
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (22.15 %)Windows
29 (5.696 %)Linux
37 (4.430 %)Windows XP
46 (3.797 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (3.165 %)UNIX
55 (3.165 %)Windows 2000
62 (1.266 %)Solaris
62 (1.266 %)Windows Vista
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (22.78 %)UML
233 (20.89 %)OO
310 (6.329 %)Integration Testing
49 (5.696 %)Unit Testing
58 (5.063 %)Software Engineering
66 (3.797 %)OOD
66 (3.797 %)Migration
75 (3.165 %)Automated Testing
75 (3.165 %)Manual Testing
84 (2.532 %)Test Scripting
84 (2.532 %)Agile Software Development
93 (1.899 %)Project Management
93 (1.899 %)RUP
93 (1.899 %)ITIL
93 (1.899 %)PRINCE2
93 (1.899 %)Web Development
93 (1.899 %)E-Commerce
93 (1.899 %)Data Analysis
93 (1.899 %)User Acceptance Testing
102 (1.266 %)Performance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (27.22 %)C#
143 (27.22 %)SQL
235 (22.15 %)C++
325 (15.82 %)Java
413 (8.228 %)PHP
413 (8.228 %)VB
512 (7.595 %)JavaScript
67 (4.430 %)Perl
67 (4.430 %)C
76 (3.797 %)VB.NET
84 (2.532 %)FoxPro (VFP)
84 (2.532 %)VB6
93 (1.899 %)Python
93 (1.899 %)VBScript
102 (1.266 %)PL/SQL
102 (1.266 %)VC++
102 (1.266 %)Embedded C
102 (1.266 %)Pascal
111 (0.633 %)Embedded C++
111 (0.633 %)Ada
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.899 %)ISEB
13 (1.899 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (0.633 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (5.063 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.633 %)OpenView Configuration Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (32.91 %)Oracle
210 (6.329 %)Borland
38 (5.063 %)Microsoft
44 (2.532 %)Sybase
53 (1.899 %)IBM
62 (1.266 %)SAP
71 (0.633 %)TIBCO
71 (0.633 %)GoldenSource
71 (0.633 %)Murex
71 (0.633 %)Calypso
71 (0.633 %)BMC