The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BT products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BT 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BT
Rank 347 350 416
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +66
Contract jobs citing BT 30 65 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.139% 0.241% 0.084%
As % of the Vendors category 0.308% 0.541% 0.185%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 41 13
Average daily rate £300 £473 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.50% +45.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £215 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £578 £605
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £295 £368
% change year-on-year
-6.77% -19.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
Average hourly rate £14.00 £12.25 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +2.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £78.75 £22.32
% change year-on-year
-75.87% +252.90%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9744 12013 14055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 44.99% 44.59% 45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6123 7282 8491
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £265 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 296 406
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.95 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
BT
England

BT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London BT Jobs Demand Trend

BT
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BT Daily Rate Trend

BT
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London BT Daily Rate Histogram

BT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London BT Hourly Rate Trend

BT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BT 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
Isleworth - 6 - -
City of London +7 5 £190 -65.45%
BT
England

BT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (28.57%) Finance
2 12 (24.49%) Cisco
3 11 (22.45%) Telecoms
3 11 (22.45%) Degree
4 10 (20.41%) SQL
4 10 (20.41%) Oracle
5 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
5 9 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (14.29%) ADSL
7 6 (12.24%) Broadband
7 6 (12.24%) CCNP
7 6 (12.24%) VB
7 6 (12.24%) Business Objects
7 6 (12.24%) SAP
7 6 (12.24%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (12.24%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (12.24%) Statistical Analysis
7 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
7 6 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (10.20%) Banking
8 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
8 5 (10.20%) CCIE
8 5 (10.20%) Avaya
8 5 (10.20%) Project Management
8 5 (10.20%) Windows
8 5 (10.20%) CCNA
8 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.163%) IPv6
9 4 (8.163%) TCP/IP

BT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (6.122%) Middleware
2 2 (4.082%) XML
2 2 (4.082%) .NET
2 2 (4.082%) J2EE
2 2 (4.082%) CSS
2 2 (4.082%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.041%) soapUI
3 1 (2.041%) XML Messaging
3 1 (2.041%) JSP
3 1 (2.041%) ASP
3 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.041%) COM+
3 1 (2.041%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.24%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (6.122%) Lync
4 2 (4.082%) Tomcat
5 1 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (2.041%) Apache
5 1 (2.041%) WebLogic
5 1 (2.041%) IIS
5 1 (2.041%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.163%) MS Excel
1 4 (8.163%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (6.122%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
1 7 (14.29%) ADSL
2 6 (12.24%) Broadband
3 4 (8.163%) IPv6
3 4 (8.163%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.163%) LAN
3 4 (8.163%) VoIP
3 4 (8.163%) Firewall
3 4 (8.163%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (6.122%) NetScaler
4 3 (6.122%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (6.122%) LTE
4 3 (6.122%) Extranet
4 3 (6.122%) H.323
4 3 (6.122%) MPLS
4 3 (6.122%) OSPF
4 3 (6.122%) BGP
4 3 (6.122%) WAN
4 3 (6.122%) DNS
4 3 (6.122%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.041%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.041%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.041%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.082%) StarTeam
2 1 (2.041%) Selenium
General
1 14 (28.57%) Finance
2 11 (22.45%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.20%) Banking
4 3 (6.122%) German Language
5 2 (4.082%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.041%) Music
6 1 (2.041%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (18.37%) Voice Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.29%) Analyst
3 6 (12.24%) Insight Analyst
3 6 (12.24%) Senior Insight Analyst
3 6 (12.24%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (6.122%) Voice Support Engineer
4 3 (6.122%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (6.122%) Network Engineer
4 3 (6.122%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.122%) Trainer
5 2 (4.082%) Developer
5 2 (4.082%) Consultant
5 2 (4.082%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (4.082%) Assistant Project Manager
5 2 (4.082%) Risk Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 1 (2.041%) QA Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) Design Engineer
6 1 (2.041%) IP Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.163%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (6.122%) NHS
3 2 (4.082%) Handset
3 2 (4.082%) e-Health
3 2 (4.082%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.041%) CCTV
4 1 (2.041%) Social Network
4 1 (2.041%) IVR
4 1 (2.041%) Streaming Video
4 1 (2.041%) Device Driver
4 1 (2.041%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 3 (6.122%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (4.082%) VMS
4 1 (2.041%) OS/2
4 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.041%) UNIX
4 1 (2.041%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (12.24%) Statistical Analysis
1 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
1 6 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (10.20%) Project Management
3 4 (8.163%) ITIL
3 4 (8.163%) Network Management
4 3 (6.122%) Network Architecture
4 3 (6.122%) Budget Control
5 2 (4.082%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.082%) CRM
5 2 (4.082%) Service Management
5 2 (4.082%) Risk Management
5 2 (4.082%) Change Management
5 2 (4.082%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (4.082%) Release Management
5 2 (4.082%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.041%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (2.041%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.041%) Automated Testing
6 1 (2.041%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) SQL
2 6 (12.24%) VB
3 3 (6.122%) Java
4 1 (2.041%) Perl
4 1 (2.041%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.041%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (12.24%) CCNP
4 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.20%) CCIE
4 5 (10.20%) CCNA
5 2 (4.082%) HND
5 2 (4.082%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.041%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.041%) Avaya Certification
6 1 (2.041%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) QA
1 3 (6.122%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.082%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.041%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (6.122%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (4.082%) OpenView
2 2 (4.082%) Netcool
3 1 (2.041%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Cisco
2 10 (20.41%) Oracle
3 6 (12.24%) Business Objects
3 6 (12.24%) SAP
4 5 (10.20%) Avaya
4 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
5 4 (8.163%) HP
6 3 (6.122%) CyberTech
6 3 (6.122%) VMware
6 3 (6.122%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 3 (6.122%) Citrix
6 3 (6.122%) Websense
6 3 (6.122%) Radianz
7 2 (4.082%) Sun
7 2 (4.082%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.082%) Nortel
7 2 (4.082%) Siemens
7 2 (4.082%) Tandberg
7 2 (4.082%) Acme Packet
7 2 (4.082%) Blue Coat