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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Symbian over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSymbian
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank499572
Rank change on same period last yearUp+73
Matching contract IT job ads8075
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.074 %
As % of the category below0.273 %0.183 %
Daily rates quoted1611
Average minimum daily rate£290£297
Average daily rate£318£320
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£220
% change on same period last year+47.72 %
Hourly rates quoted99
Average minimum hourly rate£35.44£32.22
Average hourly rate£37.00£36.61
% change on same period last year+1.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.56£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.08£38.45
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2931040976
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.62 %40.41 %
Daily rates quoted906212170
Average minimum daily rate£380£392
Average daily rate£405£416
% change on same period last year-2.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£358
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted26683709
Average minimum hourly rate£22.77£23.96
Average hourly rate£24.34£25.51
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.91£27.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.29£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Symbian UKSymbian
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Symbian Ltd.

Symbian
Demand Trend

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

England Symbian Demand Trend

Symbian
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Symbian Daily Rate Trend

Symbian
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symbian across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

England Symbian Daily Rate Histogram

Symbian
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Symbian Hourly Rate Trend

Symbian
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Symbian across the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

England Symbian Hourly Rate Histogram

Symbian
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symbian within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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+10359£317-3.83 %
South EastUp+4411--
East of EnglandNew entry-7£325-
North WestUp+41--
South WestUp+261--
Symbian UKSymbian
UK

Symbian
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

193 (51.96 %)Windows
289 (49.72 %)C++
371 (39.66 %)Windows Mobile
467 (37.43 %)Java
558 (32.40 %)J2ME
656 (31.28 %)Handset
747 (26.26 %)UIQ
839 (21.79 %)Series 60
935 (19.55 %)C
1029 (16.20 %)Blackberry
1128 (15.64 %)Telecoms
1224 (13.41 %).NET
1224 (13.41 %)Microsoft
1321 (11.73 %)Symbian OS
1419 (10.61 %)MIDP
1518 (10.06 %)UML
1616 (8.939 %)Windows CE
1616 (8.939 %)J2SE
1616 (8.939 %)Eclipse
1715 (8.380 %)OOD
1812 (6.704 %)Internet
1911 (6.145 %)Bluetooth
1911 (6.145 %)OO
1911 (6.145 %)Oracle
2010 (5.587 %)Windows XP
2010 (5.587 %)NetBeans
2010 (5.587 %)AJAX
2010 (5.587 %)Windows Vista
2010 (5.587 %)Web Testing
219 (5.028 %)Multimedia

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Symbian 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 Symbian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
158 (32.40 %)J2ME
247 (26.26 %)UIQ
339 (21.79 %)Series 60
424 (13.41 %).NET
519 (10.61 %)MIDP
616 (8.939 %)J2SE
710 (5.587 %)NetBeans
710 (5.587 %)AJAX
88 (4.469 %)BREW
88 (4.469 %)HTML
97 (3.911 %)J2EE
97 (3.911 %)XML
97 (3.911 %)Swing
97 (3.911 %)WAP
97 (3.911 %)CLDC
105 (2.793 %)Struts
105 (2.793 %).NET Framework
105 (2.793 %)OpenGL
114 (2.235 %)XSD
114 (2.235 %)XSL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (1.117 %)Apache
12 (1.117 %)Tomcat
12 (1.117 %)TeamSite
12 (1.117 %)CMS
21 (0.559 %)WebLogic
21 (0.559 %)JBoss
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (1.676 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (6.704 %)Internet
211 (6.145 %)Bluetooth
38 (4.469 %)GSM
38 (4.469 %)HTTP
38 (4.469 %)Wireless
46 (3.352 %)TCP/IP
46 (3.352 %)3G
55 (2.793 %)GPRS
64 (2.235 %)SAN
64 (2.235 %)Wi-Fi
73 (1.676 %)DNS
73 (1.676 %)SSL
73 (1.676 %)FTP
82 (1.117 %)SMS
82 (1.117 %)UMTS
82 (1.117 %)VoIP
82 (1.117 %)WCDMA
82 (1.117 %)2G
82 (1.117 %)2.5G
91 (0.559 %)TETRA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.117 %)MySQL
21 (0.559 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (0.559 %)Oracle 10g
21 (0.559 %)SQLite
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (8.939 %)Eclipse
24 (2.235 %)Ant
31 (0.559 %)JUnit
31 (0.559 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.559 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.559 %)Flash
31 (0.559 %)WinRunner
31 (0.559 %)TestDirector
31 (0.559 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.559 %)Subversion
31 (0.559 %)Carbide.c++
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (15.64 %)Telecoms
29 (5.028 %)Games
29 (5.028 %)Multimedia
35 (2.793 %)Mobile Games
42 (1.117 %)3D Graphics
42 (1.117 %)Music
42 (1.117 %)Finance
42 (1.117 %)Government
42 (1.117 %)Advertising
51 (0.559 %)Publishing
51 (0.559 %)Animation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
191 (50.84 %)Developer
232 (17.88 %)Symbian Developer
324 (13.41 %)Software Engineer
417 (9.497 %)C++ Developer
516 (8.939 %)Analyst
613 (7.263 %)Test Analyst
712 (6.704 %)Test Engineer
811 (6.145 %)Java Developer
98 (4.469 %)Applications Developer
98 (4.469 %)Architect
106 (3.352 %)Software Developer
106 (3.352 %)Senior Developer
106 (3.352 %)Web Developer
106 (3.352 %)Software Test Engineer
115 (2.793 %)Symbian Software Engineer
124 (2.235 %)Principal Software Engineer
124 (2.235 %)Principal Engineer
124 (2.235 %)Java Software Engineer
124 (2.235 %)Server Engineer
124 (2.235 %)C# Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
156 (31.28 %)Handset
229 (16.20 %)Blackberry
35 (2.793 %)Client/Server
35 (2.793 %)Smartphone
35 (2.793 %)Multithreading
44 (2.235 %)DTV
53 (1.676 %)Computer Science
53 (1.676 %)iPhone
62 (1.117 %)Pocket PC
71 (0.559 %)PDA
71 (0.559 %)Physics
71 (0.559 %)Ergonomics
71 (0.559 %)Device Driver
71 (0.559 %)Data Integration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
193 (51.96 %)Windows
271 (39.66 %)Windows Mobile
321 (11.73 %)Symbian OS
416 (8.939 %)Windows CE
510 (5.587 %)Windows XP
510 (5.587 %)Windows Vista
67 (3.911 %)Linux
75 (2.793 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (2.793 %)Windows 2000 Server
83 (1.676 %)Solaris
92 (1.117 %)Palm OS
101 (0.559 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (10.06 %)UML
215 (8.380 %)OOD
311 (6.145 %)OO
410 (5.587 %)Web Testing
57 (3.911 %)Test Scripting
65 (2.793 %)Software Testing
65 (2.793 %)System Testing
74 (2.235 %)SC Cleared
74 (2.235 %)BC Cleared
74 (2.235 %)Security Cleared
74 (2.235 %)Software Engineering
82 (1.117 %)User Acceptance Testing
91 (0.559 %)Performance Testing
91 (0.559 %)Unit Testing
91 (0.559 %)Integration Testing
91 (0.559 %)Scrum
91 (0.559 %)TDD
91 (0.559 %)Requirements Analysis
91 (0.559 %)Project Planning
91 (0.559 %)Test Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
189 (49.72 %)C++
267 (37.43 %)Java
335 (19.55 %)C
48 (4.469 %)JavaScript
48 (4.469 %)Perl
48 (4.469 %)Embedded C++
57 (3.911 %)C#
63 (1.676 %)SQL
63 (1.676 %)Embedded C
71 (0.559 %)Objective-C
71 (0.559 %)Python
71 (0.559 %)PHP
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (3.911 %)ISEB
17 (3.911 %)Degree
25 (2.793 %)Cisco Certification
25 (2.793 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (2.793 %)MCSE
25 (2.793 %)CCNA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.235 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.676 %)Samba
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.235 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (13.41 %)Microsoft
211 (6.145 %)Oracle
35 (2.793 %)IBM
42 (1.117 %)Apple
51 (0.559 %)Red Hat