England German Language Contracts

This section looks at the demand for German Language skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited German Language over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aylesbury Berkshire Bracknell Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridgeshire Channel Islands City of London East of England England Essex Gatwick Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Jersey Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West North Yorkshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Surrey UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	358	417
Rank change on same period last year	+59
Matching contract IT job ads	211	238
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.281 %	0.241 %
As % of the category below	1.436 %	1.183 %
Daily rates quoted	27	45
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£378
Average daily rate	£391	£398
% change on same period last year	-1.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£379
% change on same period last year	-6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	50	60
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.27	£15.28
Average hourly rate	£14.45	£16.22
% change on same period last year	-10.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.63	£17.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.41	£13.69
% change on same period last year	+5.27 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	14696	20118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	19.59 %	20.35 %
Daily rates quoted	5577	7447
Average minimum daily rate	£448	£473
Average daily rate	£483	£508
% change on same period last year	-4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£517	£542
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£354
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	1261	1397
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.46	£26.59
Average hourly rate	£24.45	£28.35
% change on same period last year	-13.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.43	£30.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£29.20
% change on same period last year	-16.30 %
German Language 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing German Language across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing German Language across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing German Language within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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 East	+70	80	£356	+9.26 %
London	+11	69	£442	+8.82 %
North West	-4	27	-	-
East of England	+5	8	£365	-9.15 %
Yorkshire	+16	7	-	-
South West	+30	6	-	-
North East	+16	5	-	-
West Midlands	+6	3	£300	-
Midlands	+9	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing German Language 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 German Language.

1 168 (41.48 %) French Language 2 96 (23.70 %) Windows 3 84 (20.74 %) Spanish Language 4 76 (18.77 %) Italian Language 5 65 (16.05 %) Dutch Language 6 64 (15.80 %) Microsoft 7 58 (14.32 %) MS Office 8 54 (13.33 %) Finance 9 52 (12.84 %) MS Excel 10 47 (11.60 %) Telecoms 11 46 (11.36 %) Windows 2000 12 43 (10.62 %) SAP 13 38 (9.383 %) SLA 14 30 (7.407 %) Finnish Language 14 30 (7.407 %) Swedish Language

14 30 (7.407 %) Danish Language 15 26 (6.420 %) Project Management 15 26 (6.420 %) Business Intelligence 15 26 (6.420 %) Norwegian Language 16 25 (6.173 %) Asset Management 17 24 (5.926 %) MS Exchange 17 24 (5.926 %) Windows XP 17 24 (5.926 %) Extranet 18 23 (5.679 %) Banking 19 22 (5.432 %) Active Directory 20 20 (4.938 %) Citrix 20 20 (4.938 %) Arabic Language 21 19 (4.691 %) Greek Language 21 19 (4.691 %) LAN 22 18 (4.444 %) SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing German Language 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 German Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (4.198 %) HTML 2 16 (3.951 %) .NET 3 14 (3.457 %) XML 4 13 (3.210 %) .NET Framework 5 10 (2.469 %) J2EE 6 9 (2.222 %) EDI 7 8 (1.975 %) WebServices 8 7 (1.728 %) JSP 9 6 (1.481 %) Hibernate 9 6 (1.481 %) Spring 10 5 (1.235 %) Taglibs 10 5 (1.235 %) CSS 10 5 (1.235 %) Struts 11 4 (0.988 %) EDIFACT 11 4 (0.988 %) AJAX 12 3 (0.741 %) BAPI 12 3 (0.741 %) SAP XI 12 3 (0.741 %) Middleware 13 2 (0.494 %) WebSphere 13 2 (0.494 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 24 (5.926 %) MS Exchange 2 14 (3.457 %) SharePoint 3 11 (2.716 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 10 (2.469 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 8 (1.975 %) JBoss 6 6 (1.481 %) WebLogic 6 6 (1.481 %) IIS 7 5 (1.235 %) Lotus Notes 7 5 (1.235 %) Documentum 7 5 (1.235 %) TeamSite 8 3 (0.741 %) LiveLink 9 1 (0.247 %) TIBCO EMS 9 1 (0.247 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.247 %) CICS 9 1 (0.247 %) Tomcat 9 1 (0.247 %) Tuxedo 9 1 (0.247 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 58 (14.32 %) MS Office 2 52 (12.84 %) MS Excel 3 15 (3.704 %) MS PowerPoint 4 7 (1.728 %) AutoCAD 5 6 (1.481 %) Photoshop 5 6 (1.481 %) CATIA 6 3 (0.741 %) MS Project 7 2 (0.494 %) MS Visio 8 1 (0.247 %) ImageReady 8 1 (0.247 %) MATLAB 8 1 (0.247 %) Simulink 8 1 (0.247 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 7 (1.728 %) SAP FI 1 7 (1.728 %) SAP FI/CO 1 7 (1.728 %) SAP CO 2 6 (1.481 %) SAP QM 3 5 (1.235 %) SAP PM 4 4 (0.988 %) Movex 5 3 (0.741 %) SAP SD 5 3 (0.741 %) SAP CRM 6 1 (0.247 %) SAP Payroll 6 1 (0.247 %) SAP FI-AA 6 1 (0.247 %) TIBCO iProcess 6 1 (0.247 %) BusinessWorks 6 1 (0.247 %) SAP R/3 6 1 (0.247 %) Great Plains 6 1 (0.247 %) SAP HR 6 1 (0.247 %) Oracle Applications 6 1 (0.247 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 24 (5.926 %) Extranet 2 19 (4.691 %) LAN 3 16 (3.951 %) WAN 4 15 (3.704 %) Internet 5 14 (3.457 %) TCP/IP 6 13 (3.210 %) GPRS 7 12 (2.963 %) 3G 8 11 (2.716 %) VPN 9 5 (1.235 %) Ethernet 9 5 (1.235 %) Firewall 10 4 (0.988 %) Wireless 10 4 (0.988 %) TETRA 10 4 (0.988 %) FTP 11 3 (0.741 %) VoIP 11 3 (0.741 %) WLAN 12 2 (0.494 %) SAN 12 2 (0.494 %) Wi-Fi 12 2 (0.494 %) ISDN 12 2 (0.494 %) BGP 13 1 (0.247 %) DSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (3.704 %) SQL Server 2 7 (1.728 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (0.988 %) GIS 4 3 (0.741 %) PowerCenter 4 3 (0.741 %) Oracle OLAP 4 3 (0.741 %) OLAP 4 3 (0.741 %) Datawarehouse 4 3 (0.741 %) ETL 5 1 (0.247 %) RDBMS 5 1 (0.247 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (0.247 %) DTS 5 1 (0.247 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.247 %) MS Access 5 1 (0.247 %) DB2 5 1 (0.247 %) IDMS 5 1 (0.247 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 1 (0.247 %) SQL Server 7 5 1 (0.247 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 6 (1.481 %) Visual Studio 2 5 (1.235 %) TestDirector 2 5 (1.235 %) Ant 3 4 (0.988 %) Flash 3 4 (0.988 %) ClearCase 4 3 (0.741 %) Dreamweaver 5 2 (0.494 %) Subversion 5 2 (0.494 %) CaliberRM 5 2 (0.494 %) QuickTest Pro 5 2 (0.494 %) RequisitePro 6 1 (0.247 %) ClearQuest 6 1 (0.247 %) LSMW 6 1 (0.247 %) Rational Rose 6 1 (0.247 %) VisiBroker 6 1 (0.247 %) JUnit	General 1 54 (13.33 %) Finance 2 47 (11.60 %) Telecoms 3 23 (5.679 %) Banking 4 14 (3.457 %) Pharmaceutical 5 11 (2.716 %) Electric 6 9 (2.222 %) Investment Banking 7 8 (1.975 %) Education 7 8 (1.975 %) Aerospace 8 7 (1.728 %) Retail 9 6 (1.481 %) Legal 9 6 (1.481 %) Insurance 9 6 (1.481 %) Marketing 10 4 (0.988 %) Health 10 4 (0.988 %) Automotive 11 3 (0.741 %) Financial Institution 11 3 (0.741 %) Manufacturing 11 3 (0.741 %) Advertising 11 3 (0.741 %) Billing 12 2 (0.494 %) Music 12 2 (0.494 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 150 (37.04 %) Analyst 2 59 (14.57 %) Helpdesk Analyst 3 57 (14.07 %) Support Analyst 4 40 (9.877 %) Project Manager 5 32 (7.901 %) Helpdesk Support 6 31 (7.654 %) Consultant 7 28 (6.914 %) Developer 8 23 (5.679 %) Business Analyst 9 19 (4.691 %) Author 9 19 (4.691 %) Technical Author 9 19 (4.691 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 10 14 (3.457 %) SAP Consultant 10 14 (3.457 %) Trainer 11 9 (2.222 %) Test Analyst 11 9 (2.222 %) 1st Line Support 12 8 (1.975 %) Coordinator 12 8 (1.975 %) SAP Analyst 13 7 (1.728 %) SharePoint Developer 13 7 (1.728 %) Applications Support 13 7 (1.728 %) Technical Support	Miscellaneous 1 168 (41.48 %) French Language 2 84 (20.74 %) Spanish Language 3 76 (18.77 %) Italian Language 4 65 (16.05 %) Dutch Language 5 30 (7.407 %) Finnish Language 5 30 (7.407 %) Swedish Language 5 30 (7.407 %) Danish Language 6 26 (6.420 %) Norwegian Language 7 20 (4.938 %) Arabic Language 8 19 (4.691 %) Greek Language 9 13 (3.210 %) Portuguese Language 10 12 (2.963 %) AS400 11 5 (1.235 %) N-Tier 11 5 (1.235 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 11 5 (1.235 %) Russian Language 11 5 (1.235 %) Video Conferencing 12 4 (0.988 %) Japanese Language 12 4 (0.988 %) Derivative 13 3 (0.741 %) Computer Science 13 3 (0.741 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 96 (23.70 %) Windows 2 46 (11.36 %) Windows 2000 3 24 (5.926 %) Windows XP 4 11 (2.716 %) UNIX 5 8 (1.975 %) Windows NT 6 3 (0.741 %) Windows Vista 6 3 (0.741 %) AIX 6 3 (0.741 %) Solaris 6 3 (0.741 %) Linux 7 1 (0.247 %) HPUX 7 1 (0.247 %) OpenVMS 7 1 (0.247 %) Mac OS X 7 1 (0.247 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (6.420 %) Business Intelligence 1 26 (6.420 %) Project Management 2 25 (6.173 %) Asset Management 3 14 (3.457 %) ITIL 3 14 (3.457 %) Investment Management 4 12 (2.963 %) PRINCE2 5 9 (2.222 %) OO 5 9 (2.222 %) Time Management 5 9 (2.222 %) Content Management 6 8 (1.975 %) UML 6 8 (1.975 %) ERP 6 8 (1.975 %) Migration 7 7 (1.728 %) GAP Analysis 8 6 (1.481 %) CRM 8 6 (1.481 %) Information Management 8 6 (1.481 %) Network Design 8 6 (1.481 %) Incident Management 8 6 (1.481 %) Security Cleared 9 5 (1.235 %) Validation 9 5 (1.235 %) Fund Management
Programming Languages 1 18 (4.444 %) SQL 2 13 (3.210 %) Java 3 10 (2.469 %) ABAP 4 8 (1.975 %) Perl 5 7 (1.728 %) JavaScript 6 6 (1.481 %) RPG 7 5 (1.235 %) C# 8 4 (0.988 %) VBA 9 3 (0.741 %) SAPscript 9 3 (0.741 %) C 9 3 (0.741 %) Korn 9 3 (0.741 %) VB 10 2 (0.494 %) VB.NET 10 2 (0.494 %) C++ 11 1 (0.247 %) COBOL 11 1 (0.247 %) PowerHouse 11 1 (0.247 %) Embedded C 11 1 (0.247 %) Pascal 11 1 (0.247 %) PL/1	Qualifications 1 6 (1.481 %) Degree 2 3 (0.741 %) CCNA 2 3 (0.741 %) Cisco Certification 2 3 (0.741 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (0.741 %) SAP Certification 3 2 (0.494 %) MCSE 3 2 (0.494 %) CISSP 3 2 (0.494 %) CISA 3 2 (0.494 %) CISM 4 1 (0.247 %) Citrix Certification 4 1 (0.247 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.247 %) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 38 (9.383 %) SLA 2 9 (2.222 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.247 %) Basel II	System Software 1 22 (5.432 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.247 %) Orbix 2 1 (0.247 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 6 (1.481 %) MOM 2 2 (0.494 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (0.494 %) Tivoli NetView 3 1 (0.247 %) Netcool 3 1 (0.247 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 3 1 (0.247 %) TIBCO Hawk 3 1 (0.247 %) EMC TimeFinder 3 1 (0.247 %) EMC NetWorker 3 1 (0.247 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.247 %) Unicenter 3 1 (0.247 %) Legato 3 1 (0.247 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 64 (15.80 %) Microsoft 2 43 (10.62 %) SAP 3 20 (4.938 %) Citrix 4 18 (4.444 %) Oracle 5 9 (2.222 %) Siebel 6 6 (1.481 %) HP 6 6 (1.481 %) Lotus 6 6 (1.481 %) VMware 7 5 (1.235 %) JD Edwards 7 5 (1.235 %) Cisco 7 5 (1.235 %) Sybase 8 4 (0.988 %) Cognos 8 4 (0.988 %) Murex 8 4 (0.988 %) Baan 8 4 (0.988 %) Mapinfo 9 3 (0.741 %) Nortel 9 3 (0.741 %) Informatica 9 3 (0.741 %) Nokia 9 3 (0.741 %) Sun 10 2 (0.494 %) Calypso