The first table below looks at the demand for AppDNA 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 AppDNA over the 3 months to 17 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 Systems Management 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix AppDNA
Rank 384 398 436
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +38
Contract jobs citing AppDNA 1 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.030% 0.003%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.078% 0.529% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 0
Average daily rate £438 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £425 £305
% change year-on-year
-18.82% +39.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.70 - -
All Systems Management
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
1278 1511 1511
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 5.919% 5.642% 4.837%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 856 860
Average daily rate £413 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.55% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 39 61
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £33.80 £38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
AppDNA
England

AppDNA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AppDNA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

London AppDNA Jobs Demand Trend

AppDNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London AppDNA Daily Rate Trend

AppDNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing AppDNA 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 AppDNA.

1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (71.43%) Application Packaging
3 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 4 (57.14%) DNA
3 4 (57.14%) MSI
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) SCCM
4 3 (42.86%) XenApp
4 3 (42.86%) XenDesktop
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
5 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Wise Package Studio
5 2 (28.57%) QA
5 2 (28.57%) AppSense
5 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 2 (28.57%) InstallShield
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (14.29%) Publishing
6 1 (14.29%) Intel
6 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 1 (14.29%) VBScript
6 1 (14.29%) MS Office
6 1 (14.29%) Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Altiris
6 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management

AppDNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing AppDNA 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 AppDNA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MSI
2 2 (28.57%) InstallShield
2 2 (28.57%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Publishing
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Applications Packager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) DNA
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (42.86%) XenApp
2 3 (42.86%) XenDesktop
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) vSphere
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) AppSense
4 1 (14.29%) Altiris
4 1 (14.29%) Intel
4 1 (14.29%) VMware