Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Blogs skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Blog over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBlogs
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank355445
Rank change on same period last yearUp+90
Matching contract IT job ads1718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.019 %
As % of the category below0.226 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted75
Average minimum daily rate£286£248
Average daily rate£304£268
% change on same period last year+13.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£278-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£26.50£21.67
Average hourly rate£27.75£26.17
% change on same period last year+6.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.00£30.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads751312315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.91 %13.11 %
Daily rates quoted33955384
Average minimum daily rate£443£495
Average daily rate£479£530
% change on same period last year-9.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£514£566
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted365441
Average minimum hourly rate£24.15£22.07
Average hourly rate£25.88£23.91
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.62£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£25.42
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Blog EnglandBlog
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.

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Demand Trend

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

London Blog Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

London Blog Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Blog Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Blog Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blog 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 LondonNew entry-3£275-
Blog EnglandBlog
England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

130 (46.15 %)Content Management
229 (44.62 %)HTML
322 (33.85 %)SharePoint
421 (32.31 %)Wiki
516 (24.62 %)XML
615 (23.08 %)JavaScript
615 (23.08 %)CMS
714 (21.54 %)SQL Server
714 (21.54 %)CSS
813 (20.00 %)RSS
813 (20.00 %).NET
912 (18.46 %)PHP
912 (18.46 %)Marketing
1011 (16.92 %)Photoshop
1011 (16.92 %)Flash
1011 (16.92 %)Microsoft
1110 (15.38 %)CRM
1110 (15.38 %)Perl
129 (13.85 %)ASP.NET
129 (13.85 %)Dreamweaver
129 (13.85 %)Content Management Server
129 (13.85 %)Document Management
138 (12.31 %)Google
138 (12.31 %)Fireworks
138 (12.31 %)TeamSite
138 (12.31 %)SQL
138 (12.31 %)DHTML
138 (12.31 %)MySQL
147 (10.77 %)Transact-SQL
147 (10.77 %)WebTrends

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (44.62 %)HTML
216 (24.62 %)XML
314 (21.54 %)CSS
413 (20.00 %).NET
413 (20.00 %)RSS
59 (13.85 %)ASP.NET
66 (9.231 %)XHTML
66 (9.231 %)J2EE
66 (9.231 %)JSP
74 (6.154 %)Drupal
82 (3.077 %)Google Maps API
82 (3.077 %)ASP.NET 2.0
91 (1.538 %)WAP
91 (1.538 %)AJAX
91 (1.538 %).NET Framework
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (33.85 %)SharePoint
215 (23.08 %)CMS
39 (13.85 %)Content Management Server
48 (12.31 %)TeamSite
56 (9.231 %)IIS
56 (9.231 %)JBoss
56 (9.231 %)Apache
56 (9.231 %)Tomcat
56 (9.231 %)DotNetNuke
63 (4.615 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (3.077 %)Immediacy CMS
72 (3.077 %)WordPress
81 (1.538 %)Documentum
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (16.92 %)Photoshop
28 (12.31 %)Fireworks
37 (10.77 %)Adobe Illustrator
43 (4.615 %)MS Office
52 (3.077 %)MS Excel
61 (1.538 %)MS Visio
61 (1.538 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (10.77 %)WebTrends
25 (7.692 %)Google Analytics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (9.231 %)Internet
25 (7.692 %)SMS
25 (7.692 %)Intranet
33 (4.615 %)3G
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (21.54 %)SQL Server
28 (12.31 %)MySQL
33 (4.615 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (1.538 %)dBASE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (16.92 %)Flash
29 (13.85 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (18.46 %)Marketing
26 (9.231 %)Publishing
34 (6.154 %)Back Office
34 (6.154 %)Government
34 (6.154 %)Advertising
43 (4.615 %)Finance
51 (1.538 %)Education
51 (1.538 %)Health
51 (1.538 %)Retail
51 (1.538 %)Local Government
51 (1.538 %)Music
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (29.23 %)Developer
26 (9.231 %)Systems Administrator
26 (9.231 %)Administrator
26 (9.231 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
26 (9.231 %)Web Designer
26 (9.231 %)Web Administrator
26 (9.231 %)Server Administrator
26 (9.231 %)UNIX Administrator
26 (9.231 %)Web Manager
35 (7.692 %)PHP Developer
35 (7.692 %)Web Developer
44 (6.154 %)Systems Analyst
44 (6.154 %)Analyst
44 (6.154 %).NET Developer
53 (4.615 %)ASP.NET Developer
53 (4.615 %)Database Developer
62 (3.077 %)Project Manager
62 (3.077 %)Web Content Manager
62 (3.077 %)Applications Manager
62 (3.077 %)Marketing Executive
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (32.31 %)Wiki
27 (10.77 %)Podcast
27 (10.77 %)Web 2.0
35 (7.692 %)Social Network
41 (1.538 %)W3C
41 (1.538 %)Statistics
41 (1.538 %)Taxonomies
41 (1.538 %)Copywriting
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (9.231 %)UNIX
16 (9.231 %)Solaris
16 (9.231 %)Linux
21 (1.538 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (1.538 %)Windows
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (46.15 %)Content Management
210 (15.38 %)CRM
39 (13.85 %)Document Management
46 (9.231 %)SEO
55 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
64 (6.154 %)Project Management
64 (6.154 %)Workflow
64 (6.154 %)Internet Marketing
73 (4.615 %)Digital Marketing
73 (4.615 %)GAP Analysis
82 (3.077 %)UML
82 (3.077 %)OO
82 (3.077 %)Migration
82 (3.077 %)Systems Analysis
82 (3.077 %)DV Cleared
82 (3.077 %)Security Cleared
82 (3.077 %)Agile Software Development
82 (3.077 %)Web Development
91 (1.538 %)Knowledge Management
91 (1.538 %)Workflow Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (23.08 %)JavaScript
212 (18.46 %)PHP
310 (15.38 %)Perl
48 (12.31 %)DHTML
48 (12.31 %)SQL
57 (10.77 %)Transact-SQL
66 (9.231 %)Java
66 (9.231 %)Korn
66 (9.231 %)C#
74 (6.154 %)ActionScript
81 (1.538 %)PHP5
81 (1.538 %)PHP4
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (4.615 %)Degree
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (9.231 %)Squid
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (16.92 %)Microsoft
28 (12.31 %)Google
36 (9.231 %)Oracle
41 (1.538 %)Vignette
41 (1.538 %)Adobe
41 (1.538 %)Zend