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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActiveX over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank397463
Rank change on same period last yearUp+66
Matching contract IT job ads1028
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.028 %
As % of the category below0.118 %0.226 %
Daily rates quoted77
Average minimum daily rate£254£407
Average daily rate£271£407
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£289£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£322
% change on same period last year-13.00 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£60.00£19.25
Average hourly rate£70.00£21.88
% change on same period last year+220.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£80.00£24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£38.33
% change on same period last year-15.21 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads844512371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.42 %12.20 %
Daily rates quoted38314828
Average minimum daily rate£370£397
Average daily rate£400£425
% change on same period last year-6.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted265361
Average minimum hourly rate£31.31£29.59
Average hourly rate£33.49£32.63
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.67£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
ActiveX EnglandActiveX
England

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.

ActiveX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ActiveX across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London ActiveX Demand Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ActiveX Daily Rate Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London ActiveX Daily Rate Histogram

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ActiveX Hourly Rate Trend

ActiveX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActiveX within the London 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
Docklands, LondonUp+384£279+11.50 %
ActiveX EnglandActiveX
England

ActiveX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119 (59.38 %)SQL
119 (59.38 %)VB
218 (56.25 %)Visual Studio
218 (56.25 %)ASP
317 (53.13 %)XML
317 (53.13 %)VBA
416 (50.00 %)HTML
514 (43.75 %)SQL Server
514 (43.75 %)DCOM
514 (43.75 %)VB6
613 (40.63 %)PL/SQL
712 (37.50 %)IIS
712 (37.50 %)Oracle
712 (37.50 %)OO
712 (37.50 %)Oracle 9i
811 (34.38 %)OOD
811 (34.38 %)ODBC
811 (34.38 %).NET
910 (31.25 %)MS Office
109 (28.13 %)ASP.NET
118 (25.00 %)UML
118 (25.00 %)C#
127 (21.88 %)DTS
127 (21.88 %)SQL Server 2000
136 (18.75 %)Microsoft
136 (18.75 %)OLAP
136 (18.75 %)Windows
136 (18.75 %)SQL Server 2005
145 (15.63 %)MDX
145 (15.63 %)Windows 2000

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (56.25 %)ASP
217 (53.13 %)XML
316 (50.00 %)HTML
414 (43.75 %)DCOM
511 (34.38 %).NET
511 (34.38 %)ODBC
69 (28.13 %)ASP.NET
75 (15.63 %)CSS
75 (15.63 %)MDX
83 (9.375 %)XSLT
83 (9.375 %)COM+
91 (3.125 %)ADO
91 (3.125 %)XSL
91 (3.125 %)OLE
91 (3.125 %)OLE DB
91 (3.125 %)AJAX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (37.50 %)IIS
21 (3.125 %)Documentum
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (31.25 %)MS Office
23 (9.375 %)Spreadsheet
23 (9.375 %)Photoshop
31 (3.125 %)MS Project
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (6.250 %)SAP ERP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (9.375 %)Reverse Proxy
22 (6.250 %)Softphone
31 (3.125 %)SMTP
31 (3.125 %)TCP/IP
31 (3.125 %)SSL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (43.75 %)SQL Server
212 (37.50 %)Oracle 9i
37 (21.88 %)DTS
37 (21.88 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (18.75 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (18.75 %)OLAP
55 (15.63 %)TOAD
55 (15.63 %)SQL Navigator
55 (15.63 %)Oracle 10g
64 (12.50 %)MS Access
72 (6.250 %)GIS
72 (6.250 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (3.125 %)Datawarehouse
81 (3.125 %)Oracle 8/8i
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (56.25 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.125 %)Rational Rose
21 (3.125 %)RequisitePro
21 (3.125 %)ClearQuest
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (9.375 %)Finance
13 (9.375 %)Legal
13 (9.375 %)Banking
22 (6.250 %)Financial Institution
31 (3.125 %)Publishing
31 (3.125 %)Law
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (84.38 %)Developer
29 (28.13 %)VB Developer
38 (25.00 %)SQL Developer
38 (25.00 %)Oracle Developer
45 (15.63 %)Analyst
54 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
54 (12.50 %)C# Developer
54 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst
54 (12.50 %)PL/SQL Developer
54 (12.50 %)Analyst Developer
54 (12.50 %)VBA Developer
63 (9.375 %)Senior Analyst Developer
63 (9.375 %)VB6 Developer
63 (9.375 %)Administrator
63 (9.375 %)Systems Administrator
63 (9.375 %)Excel Developer
63 (9.375 %)Excel VBA Developer
72 (6.250 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
72 (6.250 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
72 (6.250 %)ASP Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.125 %)W3C
11 (3.125 %)Management Information System
11 (3.125 %)Statistics
11 (3.125 %)Mathematics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (18.75 %)Windows
25 (15.63 %)Windows 2000
25 (15.63 %)Windows XP
33 (9.375 %)Linux
33 (9.375 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (3.125 %)Windows 2000 Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (37.50 %)OO
211 (34.38 %)OOD
38 (25.00 %)UML
45 (15.63 %)ERP
54 (12.50 %)Project Management
54 (12.50 %)Problem Management
63 (9.375 %)Document Management
63 (9.375 %)Resource Management
63 (9.375 %)Data Modelling
63 (9.375 %)CRM
72 (6.250 %)Incident Management
81 (3.125 %)Data Analysis
81 (3.125 %)Performance Testing
81 (3.125 %)RUP
81 (3.125 %)BCP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (59.38 %)SQL
119 (59.38 %)VB
217 (53.13 %)VBA
314 (43.75 %)VB6
413 (40.63 %)PL/SQL
58 (25.00 %)C#
65 (15.63 %)JavaScript
73 (9.375 %)VBScript
73 (9.375 %)VB.NET
81 (3.125 %)Transact-SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.125 %)Degree
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.125 %)ISO9001
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (37.50 %)Oracle
26 (18.75 %)Microsoft
34 (12.50 %)SAP
34 (12.50 %)MicroStrategy
43 (9.375 %)Red Hat
43 (9.375 %)Hummingbird
52 (6.250 %)Brio
52 (6.250 %)Genesys
61 (3.125 %)Altova
61 (3.125 %)IBM
61 (3.125 %)Macromedia