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The table below looks at the demand for Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGrid Computing
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank444557
Rank change on same period last yearUp+113
Matching contract IT job ads8965
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.141 %0.069 %
As % of the category below0.672 %0.340 %
Daily rates quoted3832
Average minimum daily rate£522£550
Average daily rate£562£596
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£602£642
UK excluding London average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1323619101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.99 %20.33 %
Daily rates quoted48416806
Average minimum daily rate£411£463
Average daily rate£443£496
% change on same period last year-10.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£529
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted11331482
Average minimum hourly rate£23.69£23.23
Average hourly rate£25.48£25.21
% change on same period last year+1.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.27£27.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£25.42
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Grid Computing UKGrid Computing
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.

Grid Computing
Demand Trend

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

England Grid Computing Demand Trend

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Grid Computing Daily Rate Trend

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Grid Computing across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

England Grid Computing Daily Rate Histogram

Grid Computing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Grid Computing Hourly Rate Trend

Grid Computing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Grid Computing within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
LondonUp+11183£562-7.45 %
South WestUp+325--
West MidlandsNew entry-1--
Grid Computing UKGrid Computing
UK

Grid Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing.

1122 (59.51 %)Java
1122 (59.51 %)Derivative
2101 (49.27 %)DataSynapse
388 (42.93 %)Banking
481 (39.51 %)Front Office
571 (34.63 %)C#
669 (33.66 %)C++
669 (33.66 %)SQL
669 (33.66 %)Investment Banking
758 (28.29 %)Oracle
852 (25.37 %)Sybase
947 (22.93 %)OO
1046 (22.44 %).NET
1145 (21.95 %)Credit Derivative
1244 (21.46 %)UNIX
1244 (21.46 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1342 (20.49 %)Fixed Income
1441 (20.00 %)Finance
1534 (16.59 %)XML
1632 (15.61 %)Credit Risk
1731 (15.12 %)SQL Server
1731 (15.12 %)Tangosol
1829 (14.15 %)Windows
1928 (13.66 %)Hibernate
1928 (13.66 %)Spring
1928 (13.66 %)Oracle Coherence
2026 (12.68 %)J2EE
2122 (10.73 %)Degree
2220 (9.756 %)Agile Software Development
2318 (8.780 %)Swing

Grid Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
146 (22.44 %).NET
234 (16.59 %)XML
328 (13.66 %)Hibernate
328 (13.66 %)Spring
328 (13.66 %)Oracle Coherence
426 (12.68 %)J2EE
518 (8.780 %)Swing
614 (6.829 %)J2SE
710 (4.878 %)JDBC
89 (4.390 %)WebServices
98 (3.902 %)WinForms
106 (2.927 %)ASP.NET
115 (2.439 %)EJB
123 (1.463 %)XSD
123 (1.463 %).NET Framework
132 (0.976 %)HTML
132 (0.976 %)WebSphere
132 (0.976 %).NET Remoting
132 (0.976 %)Middleware
132 (0.976 %)CSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (0.976 %)Rendezvous
21 (0.488 %)ArcGIS
21 (0.488 %)ArcSDE
21 (0.488 %)MapXtreme
21 (0.488 %)Oracle Spatial
21 (0.488 %)JBoss
21 (0.488 %)Apache
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (0.976 %)MS Excel
12 (0.976 %)MATLAB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.488 %)GPRS
11 (0.488 %)GSM
11 (0.488 %)LAN
11 (0.488 %)SMS
11 (0.488 %)UMTS
11 (0.488 %)WAN
11 (0.488 %)HTTP
11 (0.488 %)PPP
11 (0.488 %)TCP/IP
11 (0.488 %)SAN
11 (0.488 %)Internet
11 (0.488 %)RTP
11 (0.488 %)Wi-Fi
11 (0.488 %)Wireless
11 (0.488 %)WiMAX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (15.12 %)SQL Server
27 (3.415 %)Datawarehouse
35 (2.439 %)OLAP
35 (2.439 %)Sybase ASE
35 (2.439 %)Oracle OLAP
44 (1.951 %)BusinessObjects
53 (1.463 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (1.463 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (0.976 %)RDBMS
71 (0.488 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.488 %)Data Mining
71 (0.488 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.488 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.488 %)MS Access
71 (0.488 %)GIS
71 (0.488 %)Sybase IQ
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (7.805 %)Ant
212 (5.854 %)JUnit
38 (3.902 %)QuickTest Pro
45 (2.439 %)Subversion
54 (1.951 %)JIRA
63 (1.463 %)ClearCase
72 (0.976 %)Eclipse
72 (0.976 %)IntelliJ
81 (0.488 %)PowerBuilder
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
188 (42.93 %)Banking
281 (39.51 %)Front Office
369 (33.66 %)Investment Banking
441 (20.00 %)Finance
55 (2.439 %)Education
62 (0.976 %)International Banking
71 (0.488 %)Financial Institution
71 (0.488 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.488 %)Telecoms
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1152 (74.15 %)Developer
292 (44.88 %)Java Developer
337 (18.05 %)C# Developer
423 (11.22 %)Senior Developer
518 (8.780 %)C++ Developer
615 (7.317 %)Senior Java Developer
615 (7.317 %)Analyst
713 (6.341 %)Architect
810 (4.878 %).NET Developer
99 (4.390 %)Technical Architect
108 (3.902 %)Support Analyst
116 (2.927 %)Project Manager
116 (2.927 %)Analyst Developer
125 (2.439 %)Project Leader
125 (2.439 %)Front Office Developer
125 (2.439 %)Quant Developer
125 (2.439 %)Java Analyst Developer
134 (1.951 %)GUI Developer
134 (1.951 %)Java/J2EE Developer
134 (1.951 %)Senior C# Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1122 (59.51 %)Derivative
245 (21.95 %)Credit Derivative
344 (21.46 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
442 (20.49 %)Fixed Income
532 (15.61 %)Credit Risk
616 (7.805 %)Equity Derivative
715 (7.317 %)Market Risk
811 (5.366 %)Computer Science
910 (4.878 %)Interest Rate Derivative
109 (4.390 %)Multithreading
117 (3.415 %)Mathematics
125 (2.439 %)Physics
125 (2.439 %)Equities
133 (1.463 %)Hybrid Derivative
142 (0.976 %)Artificial Intelligence
142 (0.976 %)Statistics
142 (0.976 %)N-Tier
151 (0.488 %)French Language
151 (0.488 %)Exotic Derivative
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (21.46 %)UNIX
229 (14.15 %)Windows
314 (6.829 %)Linux
48 (3.902 %)Solaris
52 (0.976 %)Windows 2000
52 (0.976 %)Windows XP
52 (0.976 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
147 (22.93 %)OO
220 (9.756 %)Agile Software Development
316 (7.805 %)OOD
316 (7.805 %)Monte Carlo Method
412 (5.854 %)Greeks
511 (5.366 %)Data Modelling
610 (4.878 %)Risk Management
78 (3.902 %)Continuous Integration
78 (3.902 %)Black-Scholes
87 (3.415 %)Unit Testing
87 (3.415 %)SOA
96 (2.927 %)TDD
104 (1.951 %)Workflow
104 (1.951 %)Validation
104 (1.951 %)Migration
104 (1.951 %)Business Intelligence
104 (1.951 %)UML
113 (1.463 %)Software Engineering
113 (1.463 %)Technical Architecture
122 (0.976 %)Web Development
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1122 (59.51 %)Java
271 (34.63 %)C#
369 (33.66 %)C++
369 (33.66 %)SQL
414 (6.829 %)VBA
511 (5.366 %)Python
67 (3.415 %)Perl
75 (2.439 %)Transact-SQL
84 (1.951 %)Ruby
93 (1.463 %)C
102 (0.976 %)VB
102 (0.976 %)VB.NET
102 (0.976 %)JavaScript
111 (0.488 %)VC++
111 (0.488 %)Shell Script
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (10.73 %)Degree
22 (0.976 %)MCP
22 (0.976 %)Microsoft Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.488 %)Active Directory
11 (0.488 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.951 %)AutoSys
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1101 (49.27 %)DataSynapse
258 (28.29 %)Oracle
352 (25.37 %)Sybase
431 (15.12 %)Tangosol
56 (2.927 %)GigaSpaces
56 (2.927 %)Microsoft
64 (1.951 %)Business Objects
73 (1.463 %)Calypso
82 (0.976 %)Red Hat
82 (0.976 %)Murex
82 (0.976 %)TIBCO
91 (0.488 %)ESRI
91 (0.488 %)Mapinfo
91 (0.488 %)Fidessa
91 (0.488 %)Sun