The first table below looks at the demand for 3000 Xtra skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3000 Xtra over the 3 months to 24 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 Business Applications category for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reuters 3000 Xtra
Rank 363 403 434
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +31
Contract jobs citing 3000 Xtra 14 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.065% 0.045% 0.026%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.811% 0.547% 0.301%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 5
Average daily rate £320 £399 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.79% -11.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £304 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £399 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.51 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1726 2194 2661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.970% 8.144% 8.563%
Number of daily rates quoted 1021 1194 1598
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 22
Average hourly rate £32.58 £41.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.53% +22.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £52.50 £62.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
3000 Xtra
England

3000 Xtra
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 3000 Xtra across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

London 3000 Xtra Jobs Demand Trend

3000 Xtra
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3000 Xtra across the London region.

London 3000 Xtra Daily Rate Trend

3000 Xtra
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3000 Xtra across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 3000 Xtra Daily Rate Histogram

3000 Xtra
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3000 Xtra across the London region.

London 3000 Xtra Hourly Rate Trend

3000 Xtra
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3000 Xtra within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +12 3 £775 +129.62%
Docklands, London - 2 - -
3000 Xtra
England

3000 Xtra
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 3000 Xtra 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 3000 Xtra.

1 16 (94.12%) Reuters
2 13 (76.47%) Finance
3 11 (64.71%) VBA
4 10 (58.82%) .NET
4 10 (58.82%) SQL Server
4 10 (58.82%) C#
4 10 (58.82%) VBScript
4 10 (58.82%) VB
4 10 (58.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (58.82%) VB6
4 10 (58.82%) RMDS
4 10 (58.82%) Cadis
5 7 (41.18%) Citrix
6 6 (35.29%) SunGard
6 6 (35.29%) Windows
6 6 (35.29%) Java
6 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET
6 6 (35.29%) JSP
6 6 (35.29%) Struts
6 6 (35.29%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (35.29%) Business Objects
6 6 (35.29%) IIS
6 6 (35.29%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (35.29%) Bloomberg
6 6 (35.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (35.29%) .NET Framework
7 5 (29.41%) Blackberry
7 5 (29.41%) Linux
7 5 (29.41%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (23.53%) Investment Banking

3000 Xtra
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 3000 Xtra 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 3000 Xtra. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (58.82%) .NET
2 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET
2 6 (35.29%) JSP
2 6 (35.29%) Struts
2 6 (35.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.882%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 6 (35.29%) IIS
1 6 (35.29%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (58.82%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
1 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (58.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (35.29%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (5.882%) KDB
General
1 13 (76.47%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Investment Banking
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Front Office
3 1 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
1 9 (52.94%) Support Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Business Support Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Applications Support
3 4 (23.53%) Applications Support Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Desktop Support
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (29.41%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.882%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Linux
3 4 (23.53%) UNIX
4 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.882%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
2 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Data Management
2 1 (5.882%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.882%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (5.882%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (5.882%) ITIL
2 1 (5.882%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (5.882%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) VBA
2 10 (58.82%) C#
2 10 (58.82%) VBScript
2 10 (58.82%) VB
2 10 (58.82%) VB6
3 6 (35.29%) Java
4 1 (5.882%) Python
4 1 (5.882%) Perl
4 1 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) MCP
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) MCSE
3 2 (11.76%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Reuters
2 10 (58.82%) Cadis
3 7 (41.18%) Citrix
4 6 (35.29%) SunGard
4 6 (35.29%) Business Objects
4 6 (35.29%) Bloomberg
5 4 (23.53%) Red Hat
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft