NFC 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 NFC 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 NFC over the 3 months to 21 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 Communications & Networking 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Near Field Communication (NFC)
Rank 491 513 550
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +37
Contract jobs citing NFC 21 44 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.050% 0.082% 0.009%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.339% 0.523% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 3
Average daily rate £428 £460 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.06% +2.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £335 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £545 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £478 £481 £475
% change year-on-year
-0.77% +1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6195 8413 7242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.64% 15.72% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3101 3939 3363
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 514 566 726
Average hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
NFC
UK

NFC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England NFC Jobs Demand Trend

NFC
Daily Rate Trend

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

England NFC Daily Rate Trend

NFC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NFC across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England NFC Daily Rate Histogram

NFC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England NFC Hourly Rate Trend

NFC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NFC within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +9 15 £425 +18.05%
North West +12 2 £425 -22.06%
East Midlands +1 2 £500 -
Yorkshire -7 2 £553 +19.45%
NFC
UK

NFC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing NFC 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 NFC.

1 26 (50.98%) Android
2 25 (49.02%) Mobile App
3 18 (35.29%) Blackberry
4 17 (33.33%) iPhone
4 17 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 15 (29.41%) Java Card
5 15 (29.41%) Scrum
6 14 (27.45%) Java
6 14 (27.45%) Windows
7 12 (23.53%) Objective-C
7 12 (23.53%) Mobile Application Development
8 11 (21.57%) Cocoa
9 10 (19.61%) EMV
9 10 (19.61%) SOA
9 10 (19.61%) Xcode
9 10 (19.61%) TDD
9 10 (19.61%) Windows Phone
10 9 (17.65%) Mobile Payment
10 9 (17.65%) Cocoa Touch
10 9 (17.65%) iOS SDK
10 9 (17.65%) Finance
10 9 (17.65%) Smartcard
11 8 (15.69%) N-Tier
11 8 (15.69%) MonoTouch
12 7 (13.73%) OOP
12 7 (13.73%) HTML
12 7 (13.73%) Cryptography
13 6 (11.76%) C++
13 6 (11.76%) C
13 6 (11.76%) Multithreading

NFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing NFC 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 NFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (21.57%) Cocoa
2 9 (17.65%) Cocoa Touch
2 9 (17.65%) iOS SDK
3 8 (15.69%) MonoTouch
4 7 (13.73%) HTML
5 5 (9.804%) J2EE
6 3 (5.882%) JSON
6 3 (5.882%) XML
7 2 (3.922%) REST
7 2 (3.922%) HTML5
7 2 (3.922%) Google Maps API
7 2 (3.922%) jQuery
7 2 (3.922%) MIDP
7 2 (3.922%) Java ME
7 2 (3.922%) Middleware
7 2 (3.922%) XHTML
7 2 (3.922%) WML
8 1 (1.961%) .NET
8 1 (1.961%) CSS
8 1 (1.961%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.843%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.961%) SAS
2 1 (1.961%) CMS
2 1 (1.961%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Photoshop
1 1 (1.961%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.843%) Wireless
2 2 (3.922%) 3GPP
3 1 (1.961%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.961%) GSM
3 1 (1.961%) WLAN
3 1 (1.961%) 3G
3 1 (1.961%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.961%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.922%) SQLite
2 1 (1.961%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.961%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Xcode
2 5 (9.804%) Ant
2 5 (9.804%) Subversion
2 5 (9.804%) Maven
3 3 (5.882%) Eclipse
3 3 (5.882%) JUnit
3 3 (5.882%) Git (software)
3 3 (5.882%) Mercurial
4 2 (3.922%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 9 (17.65%) Finance
2 4 (7.843%) Banking
2 4 (7.843%) Retail
3 3 (5.882%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.961%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.961%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (39.22%) Developer
2 11 (21.57%) Senior Developer
2 11 (21.57%) Architect
3 10 (19.61%) iOS Developer
4 9 (17.65%) Senior iOS Developer
4 9 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (11.76%) Mobile Developer
6 5 (9.804%) Android Developer
6 5 (9.804%) Analyst
7 4 (7.843%) Consultant
8 3 (5.882%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) Security Consultant
8 3 (5.882%) Applications Developer
8 3 (5.882%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Test Engineer
9 2 (3.922%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (3.922%) Web Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Web Applications Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.922%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (49.02%) Mobile App
2 18 (35.29%) Blackberry
3 17 (33.33%) iPhone
4 15 (29.41%) Java Card
5 10 (19.61%) EMV
6 9 (17.65%) Mobile Payment
6 9 (17.65%) Smartcard
7 8 (15.69%) N-Tier
8 7 (13.73%) Cryptography
9 4 (7.843%) CCTV
10 3 (5.882%) Chip and PIN
10 3 (5.882%) iPad
11 2 (3.922%) SaaS
11 2 (3.922%) Handset
11 2 (3.922%) Computer Science
11 2 (3.922%) PKI
11 2 (3.922%) EPoS
11 2 (3.922%) EFTPOS
12 1 (1.961%) EFT
12 1 (1.961%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 26 (50.98%) Android
2 17 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 14 (27.45%) Windows
4 10 (19.61%) Windows Phone
5 2 (3.922%) Windows Phone 7
5 2 (3.922%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.961%) VMS
6 1 (1.961%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.961%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.961%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Scrum
2 12 (23.53%) Mobile Application Development
3 10 (19.61%) SOA
3 10 (19.61%) TDD
4 7 (13.73%) OOP
5 6 (11.76%) Multithreading
6 5 (9.804%) OO
6 5 (9.804%) MVC
7 4 (7.843%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (7.843%) TOGAF
8 3 (5.882%) Network Design
8 3 (5.882%) Business Analysis
8 3 (5.882%) Change Management
8 3 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.922%) Security Testing
9 2 (3.922%) OWASP
9 2 (3.922%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (3.922%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (3.922%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (3.922%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) Java
2 12 (23.53%) Objective-C
3 6 (11.76%) C++
3 6 (11.76%) C
4 3 (5.882%) Perl
4 3 (5.882%) Python
5 2 (3.922%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.922%) C#
6 1 (1.961%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.961%) SQL
6 1 (1.961%) Groovy
6 1 (1.961%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (1.961%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (1.961%) ISEB
1 1 (1.961%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (1.961%) Degree
1 1 (1.961%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.922%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.961%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 1 (1.961%) ISO/IEC 7816
Systems Management
1 1 (1.961%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (9.804%) Hyperion
1 5 (9.804%) Google
2 4 (7.843%) SAP
3 3 (5.882%) Apple
4 1 (1.961%) IBM
4 1 (1.961%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.961%) Adobe
4 1 (1.961%) Interwoven
4 1 (1.961%) Omniture
4 1 (1.961%) ATG
4 1 (1.961%) Appcelerator
4 1 (1.961%) Demandware
4 1 (1.961%) Broadcom
4 1 (1.961%) Renesas
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