Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BEA products and/or services in IT contracts within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BEA over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBEA
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank295311
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads77158
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.122 %0.168 %
As % of the category below0.653 %0.805 %
Daily rates quoted2863
Average minimum daily rate£497£435
Average daily rate£533£470
% change on same period last year+13.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£568£505
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£417
% change on same period last year-12.85 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£45.15
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching contract IT job ads1179519620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled18.70 %20.88 %
Daily rates quoted44596924
Average minimum daily rate£378£422
Average daily rate£403£448
% change on same period last year-10.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£348
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted8211158
Average minimum hourly rate£24.03£23.28
Average hourly rate£25.35£24.77
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.67£26.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.86£24.15
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
BEA EnglandBEA
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within BEA Systems, Inc.

BEA
Demand Trend

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

London BEA Demand Trend

BEA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BEA Daily Rate Trend

BEA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BEA across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

London BEA Daily Rate Histogram

BEA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London BEA Hourly Rate Trend

BEA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BEA within the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
City of LondonUp+515£552+32.69 %
CroydonDown-96--
Canary WharfUp+191--
UxbridgeDown-71£505+18.82 %
Docklands, LondonUp+351--
BEA EnglandBEA
England

BEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BEA 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 BEA.

1173 (70.04 %)WebLogic
2167 (67.61 %)Oracle
3132 (53.44 %)Java
4130 (52.63 %)J2EE
5124 (50.20 %)AquaLogic
681 (32.79 %)WebServices
681 (32.79 %)Security Cleared
773 (29.55 %)Finance
863 (25.51 %)Banking
959 (23.89 %)Government
959 (23.89 %)Middleware
959 (23.89 %)SC Cleared
1056 (22.67 %)SQL
1155 (22.27 %)Investment Banking
1254 (21.86 %)XML
1353 (21.46 %)SOA
1452 (21.05 %)UNIX
1544 (17.81 %)UML
1641 (16.60 %)Java EE
1641 (16.60 %)Fixed Income
1739 (15.79 %)Oracle 10g
1837 (14.98 %)Data Modelling
1837 (14.98 %)ESB
1936 (14.57 %)WebLogic Portal
2031 (12.55 %)Linux
2127 (10.93 %)SOAP
2226 (10.53 %)Derivative
2325 (10.12 %)PL/SQL
2424 (9.717 %).NET
2522 (8.907 %)OO

BEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BEA 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 BEA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1130 (52.63 %)J2EE
281 (32.79 %)WebServices
359 (23.89 %)Middleware
454 (21.86 %)XML
541 (16.60 %)Java EE
627 (10.93 %)SOAP
724 (9.717 %).NET
818 (7.287 %)WebSphere
917 (6.883 %)WSDL
917 (6.883 %)Oracle Streams
1011 (4.453 %)MVC
1011 (4.453 %)Spring
1110 (4.049 %)XSLT
1110 (4.049 %)JPA
129 (3.644 %)Spring MVC
138 (3.239 %)JMS
147 (2.834 %)J2SE
156 (2.429 %)Swing
156 (2.429 %)Struts
156 (2.429 %)EJB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1173 (70.04 %)WebLogic
237 (14.98 %)ESB
336 (14.57 %)WebLogic Portal
412 (4.858 %)JBoss
59 (3.644 %)SharePoint
66 (2.429 %)Apache
66 (2.429 %)Tomcat
75 (2.024 %)MQSeries
75 (2.024 %)Documentum
75 (2.024 %)WebLogic Integration
75 (2.024 %)TIBCO EMS
84 (1.619 %)Oracle Application Server
84 (1.619 %)WebSphere Application Server
93 (1.215 %)IIS
102 (0.810 %)CMS
102 (0.810 %)TeamSite
102 (0.810 %)Commerce Server
102 (0.810 %)Content Management Server
102 (0.810 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (0.810 %)Commerce Server 2007
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (2.834 %)MS Excel
24 (1.619 %)MS Visio
31 (0.405 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.405 %)Remedy ITSM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (7.692 %)LDAP
23 (1.215 %)Firewall
32 (0.810 %)Internet
32 (0.810 %)DNS
32 (0.810 %)LAN
32 (0.810 %)WAN
41 (0.405 %)DHCP
41 (0.405 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.405 %)SNA
41 (0.405 %)DMZ
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (15.79 %)Oracle 10g
219 (7.692 %)ETL
316 (6.478 %)Datawarehouse
49 (3.644 %)RDBMS
58 (3.239 %)SQL Server
67 (2.834 %)BusinessObjects
76 (2.429 %)Oracle Reports
84 (1.619 %)DB2
84 (1.619 %)EDRMS
93 (1.215 %)Oracle OWB
102 (0.810 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.405 %)Ingres
111 (0.405 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (0.405 %)BusinessObjects XI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (3.239 %)Ant
26 (2.429 %)LoadRunner
34 (1.619 %)Subversion
43 (1.215 %)Eclipse
52 (0.810 %)JDeveloper
52 (0.810 %)WinRunner
52 (0.810 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (0.810 %)JBuilder
52 (0.810 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
61 (0.405 %)JUnit
61 (0.405 %)ClearCase
61 (0.405 %)WebLOAD
61 (0.405 %)WebLogic Workshop
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
173 (29.55 %)Finance
263 (25.51 %)Banking
359 (23.89 %)Government
455 (22.27 %)Investment Banking
510 (4.049 %)Police
66 (2.429 %)Criminal Justice
75 (2.024 %)Telecoms
82 (0.810 %)Back Office
82 (0.810 %)Auditing
91 (0.405 %)Insurance
91 (0.405 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.405 %)Health
91 (0.405 %)Retail
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
196 (38.87 %)Architect
283 (33.60 %)Developer
333 (13.36 %)Java Developer
432 (12.96 %)Technical Architect
528 (11.34 %)Solutions Architect
616 (6.478 %)Web Developer
715 (6.073 %)Oracle DBA
715 (6.073 %)DBA
814 (5.668 %)Web Architect
814 (5.668 %)Lead Architect
911 (4.453 %)Java/J2EE Developer
911 (4.453 %)J2EE Developer
109 (3.644 %)Systems Developer
109 (3.644 %)Database Designer
118 (3.239 %)Java Architect
127 (2.834 %)Solutions Designer
127 (2.834 %)J2EE Architect
127 (2.834 %)J2EE Technical Architect
136 (2.429 %)Senior Developer
136 (2.429 %)Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (16.60 %)Fixed Income
226 (10.53 %)Derivative
321 (8.502 %)Equities
419 (7.692 %)N-Tier
58 (3.239 %)Biometrics
67 (2.834 %)Client/Server
74 (1.619 %)PKI
74 (1.619 %)Clustering
83 (1.215 %)Management Information System
83 (1.215 %)RMADS
92 (0.810 %)Data Integration
92 (0.810 %)CESG
101 (0.405 %)Biology
101 (0.405 %)Computer Science
101 (0.405 %)German Language
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
152 (21.05 %)UNIX
231 (12.55 %)Linux
317 (6.883 %)Windows
49 (3.644 %)Solaris
57 (2.834 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (1.215 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.405 %)SUSE
71 (0.405 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.405 %)VMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
181 (32.79 %)Security Cleared
259 (23.89 %)SC Cleared
353 (21.46 %)SOA
444 (17.81 %)UML
537 (14.98 %)Data Modelling
622 (8.907 %)OO
719 (7.692 %)Migration
719 (7.692 %)Data Migration
817 (6.883 %)Unit Testing
817 (6.883 %)TOGAF
914 (5.668 %)Configuration Management
914 (5.668 %)Process Management
1013 (5.263 %)Integration Testing
1112 (4.858 %)Project Management
1210 (4.049 %)EAI
1210 (4.049 %)Enterprise Architecture
137 (2.834 %)RUP
137 (2.834 %)e-GIF
146 (2.429 %)CRM
146 (2.429 %)Stakeholder Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1132 (53.44 %)Java
256 (22.67 %)SQL
325 (10.12 %)PL/SQL
415 (6.073 %)Perl
58 (3.239 %)XQuery
67 (2.834 %)Korn
75 (2.024 %)C++
75 (2.024 %)VB
84 (1.619 %)C
84 (1.619 %)Shell Script
91 (0.405 %)XPath
91 (0.405 %)C#
91 (0.405 %)JavaScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (2.429 %)ISEB
25 (2.024 %)Sun Certification
33 (1.215 %)SCBCD
33 (1.215 %)SCDJWS
33 (1.215 %)SCJD
42 (0.810 %)ISTQB
51 (0.405 %)Degree
51 (0.405 %)ITIL Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.215 %)HMG Infosec
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1124 (50.20 %)AquaLogic
217 (6.883 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (1.215 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1167 (67.61 %)Oracle
212 (4.858 %)TIBCO
310 (4.049 %)IBM
310 (4.049 %)Microsoft
49 (3.644 %)Sybase
58 (3.239 %)Sun
67 (2.834 %)Business Objects
67 (2.834 %)SAP
67 (2.834 %)Red Hat
75 (2.024 %)Lombardi
75 (2.024 %)Telelogic
84 (1.619 %)Siebel
92 (0.810 %)Stellent
92 (0.810 %)Vignette
92 (0.810 %)Interwoven
92 (0.810 %)Plumtree
101 (0.405 %)BMC
101 (0.405 %)VERITAS
101 (0.405 %)Lotus
101 (0.405 %)NetIQ