London CGI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Common Gateway Interface (CGI) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited CGI over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Location Berkshire Bracknell Canary Wharf City of London Coventry Docklands, London East Midlands England Hampshire London Manchester Midlands North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Shrewsbury Shropshire South East Sussex UK West Midlands	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	363	428
Rank change on same period last year	+65
Matching contract IT job ads	36	51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.047 %	0.053 %
As % of the category below	0.431 %	0.445 %
Daily rates quoted	15	12
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£229
Average daily rate	£320	£266
% change on same period last year	+20.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£337	£304
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£349
% change on same period last year	+0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£24.00
Average hourly rate	-	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£26.17
% change on same period last year	-11.42 %
Application Development London
Matching contract IT job ads	8347	11458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	11.00 %	11.98 %
Daily rates quoted	3703	4540
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£403
Average daily rate	£398	£432
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£427	£461
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£336
% change on same period last year	+4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	215	390
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.58	£31.26
Average hourly rate	£32.92	£33.98
% change on same period last year	-3.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.27	£36.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.55	£33.14
% change on same period last year	-1.77 %
CGI 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.

CGI
Demand Trend

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

CGI
Daily Rate Trend

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

CGI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CGI across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

CGI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CGI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing CGI within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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.

Location	Rank 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, London	-	6	£313	-
City of London	-	1	£200	-
Canary Wharf	-	1	-	-

CGI England

CGI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CGI 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 CGI.

1 76 (77.55 %) HTML 2 63 (64.29 %) JavaScript 3 53 (54.08 %) Perl 4 52 (53.06 %) CSS 5 42 (42.86 %) XML 6 40 (40.82 %) Oracle 7 39 (39.80 %) Unix 8 36 (36.73 %) Apache 9 31 (31.63 %) XSLT 10 30 (30.61 %) Java 11 29 (29.59 %) SQL 12 22 (22.45 %) OO 13 19 (19.39 %) VB 13 19 (19.39 %) Sybase 14 18 (18.37 %) C

15 17 (17.35 %) J2EE 16 16 (16.33 %) MySQL 16 16 (16.33 %) XSL 17 15 (15.31 %) Tomcat 18 14 (14.29 %) Linux 18 14 (14.29 %) TCP/IP 18 14 (14.29 %) Photoshop 18 14 (14.29 %) Finance 19 13 (13.27 %) IIS 19 13 (13.27 %) XHTML 20 12 (12.24 %) Flash 20 12 (12.24 %) Solaris 20 12 (12.24 %) C++ 20 12 (12.24 %) W3C 21 11 (11.22 %) Foreign Exchange (FX)

CGI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing CGI 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 CGI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 76 (77.55 %) HTML 2 52 (53.06 %) CSS 3 42 (42.86 %) XML 4 31 (31.63 %) XSLT 5 17 (17.35 %) J2EE 6 16 (16.33 %) XSL 7 13 (13.27 %) XHTML 8 11 (11.22 %) WebServices 9 10 (10.20 %) AJAX 9 10 (10.20 %) ODBC 9 10 (10.20 %) Swing 9 10 (10.20 %) EJB 9 10 (10.20 %) JDBC 10 9 (9.184 %) JSP 11 8 (8.163 %) XML Schema 11 8 (8.163 %) SOAP 12 7 (7.143 %) Struts 12 7 (7.143 %) CORBA 12 7 (7.143 %) CPAN 13 6 (6.122 %) Ruby on Rails	Application Platforms 1 36 (36.73 %) Apache 2 15 (15.31 %) Tomcat 3 13 (13.27 %) IIS 4 9 (9.184 %) CMS 5 7 (7.143 %) WebLogic 6 2 (2.041 %) MS Exchange 7 1 (1.020 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 1 (1.020 %) Morello
Applications 1 14 (14.29 %) Photoshop 2 6 (6.122 %) MS Project 3 2 (2.041 %) MS Visio 4 1 (1.020 %) Maya	Communications & Networking 1 14 (14.29 %) TCP/IP 2 7 (7.143 %) IIOP 2 7 (7.143 %) HTTP 3 3 (3.061 %) DNS 3 3 (3.061 %) POP3 4 1 (1.020 %) Internet 4 1 (1.020 %) HDSL 4 1 (1.020 %) ADSL 4 1 (1.020 %) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (16.33 %) MySQL 2 9 (9.184 %) Oracle 9i 2 9 (9.184 %) Oracle 10g 3 7 (7.143 %) SQL Server 3 7 (7.143 %) TOAD 3 7 (7.143 %) MS Access 4 3 (3.061 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (1.020 %) Sybase ASE	Development Applications 1 12 (12.24 %) Flash 2 10 (10.20 %) Eclipse 3 7 (7.143 %) PowerBuilder 4 2 (2.041 %) Subversion 5 1 (1.020 %) RequisitePro 5 1 (1.020 %) Rational Rose
General 1 14 (14.29 %) Finance 2 9 (9.184 %) Banking 2 9 (9.184 %) Investment Banking 3 7 (7.143 %) Front Office 4 3 (3.061 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.020 %) Animation 5 1 (1.020 %) Multimedia 5 1 (1.020 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 66 (67.35 %) Developer 2 23 (23.47 %) Web Developer 3 11 (11.22 %) Project Manager 3 11 (11.22 %) Perl Developer 4 5 (5.102 %) Sybase Developer 5 4 (4.082 %) Systems Developer 5 4 (4.082 %) Software Developer 5 4 (4.082 %) Senior Producer 6 3 (3.061 %) Murex Support 6 3 (3.061 %) Consultant 6 3 (3.061 %) Support Consultant 7 2 (2.041 %) Applications Support 7 2 (2.041 %) Analyst 7 2 (2.041 %) C# Developer 7 2 (2.041 %) PHP Developer 7 2 (2.041 %) Perl Programmer 7 2 (2.041 %) Senior Developer 7 2 (2.041 %) Programmer 7 2 (2.041 %) Support Analyst 7 2 (2.041 %) Digital Producer
Miscellaneous 1 12 (12.24 %) W3C 2 11 (11.22 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 11 (11.22 %) Derivative 3 3 (3.061 %) Statistics 4 2 (2.041 %) Web 2.0 5 1 (1.020 %) Cryptography	Operating Systems 1 39 (39.80 %) Unix 2 14 (14.29 %) Linux 3 12 (12.24 %) Solaris 4 8 (8.163 %) Windows 5 1 (1.020 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 22 (22.45 %) OO 2 11 (11.22 %) Web Development 3 10 (10.20 %) OOA/OOD 4 9 (9.184 %) RUP 4 9 (9.184 %) UML 5 8 (8.163 %) Software Engineering 6 6 (6.122 %) Content Management 7 4 (4.082 %) Unified Process 8 3 (3.061 %) Risk Analysis 8 3 (3.061 %) Project Management 9 2 (2.041 %) SEO 10 1 (1.020 %) Digital Marketing 10 1 (1.020 %) Agile Software Development 10 1 (1.020 %) Validation 10 1 (1.020 %) Scrum 10 1 (1.020 %) DNA	Programming Languages 1 63 (64.29 %) JavaScript 2 53 (54.08 %) Perl 3 30 (30.61 %) Java 4 29 (29.59 %) SQL 5 19 (19.39 %) VB 6 18 (18.37 %) C 7 12 (12.24 %) C++ 8 8 (8.163 %) PHP 9 7 (7.143 %) PL/SQL 9 7 (7.143 %) VBA 9 7 (7.143 %) Korn 10 6 (6.122 %) Ruby 10 6 (6.122 %) VB6 10 6 (6.122 %) Python 10 6 (6.122 %) VBScript 10 6 (6.122 %) C# 11 3 (3.061 %) Shell Script 11 3 (3.061 %) DHTML 12 2 (2.041 %) ActionScript 13 1 (1.020 %) AWK
Qualifications 1 2 (2.041 %) Degree 2 1 (1.020 %) CCNA 2 1 (1.020 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (7.143 %) ISO9001 2 2 (2.041 %) WCAG 2 2 (2.041 %) WAI 3 1 (1.020 %) QA
System Software 1 1 (1.020 %) Citrix Presentation Server 1 1 (1.020 %) ISA Server 1 1 (1.020 %) Terminal Services	Vendors 1 40 (40.82 %) Oracle 2 19 (19.39 %) Sybase 3 11 (11.22 %) Murex 3 11 (11.22 %) Calypso 4 10 (10.20 %) Altova 5 8 (8.163 %) Red Hat 6 7 (7.143 %) Macromedia 7 6 (6.122 %) Mercator 7 6 (6.122 %) Tridion 8 1 (1.020 %) Microsoft 8 1 (1.020 %) Citrix