The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chip and PIN over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chip and PIN
Rank 375 408 438
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +30
Contract jobs citing Chip and PIN 9 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.039% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.119% 0.024% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
Average daily rate £425 £488 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +83.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £440 £575
% change year-on-year
- -23.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7553 8494 11818
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.12% 31.95% 37.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5226 5808 8072
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 192 165
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £52.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Chip and PIN
England

Chip and PIN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Chip and PIN Jobs Demand Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Chip and PIN Daily Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Chip and PIN across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Chip and PIN Daily Rate Histogram

Chip and PIN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Chip and PIN Hourly Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chip and PIN within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bromley - - - -
Croydon - - - -
Ilford - - - -
City of London - - - -
Chip and PIN
England

Chip and PIN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN.

1 9 (50.00%) EMV
2 7 (38.89%) Scrum
3 6 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
3 6 (33.33%) EPoS
4 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
5 4 (22.22%) ATM
5 4 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (22.22%) Retail
6 3 (16.67%) Android
6 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
6 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
6 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (16.67%) APACS
6 3 (16.67%) ISO 8583
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (16.67%) PMI
6 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
6 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
6 3 (16.67%) MS Office
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (16.67%) Project Management
7 2 (11.11%) Change Management
7 2 (11.11%) Finance
7 2 (11.11%) iPad
7 2 (11.11%) iPhone
7 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 2 (11.11%) Smartphone
8 1 (5.556%) Retail Banking
8 1 (5.556%) Degree

Chip and PIN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 3 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) ATM
2 1 (5.556%) NFC
2 1 (5.556%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.556%) Wireless
2 1 (5.556%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) 3G
2 1 (5.556%) ADSL
General
1 4 (22.22%) Retail
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (5.556%) Retail Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) EMV Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Tester
3 2 (11.11%) Author
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Author
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Project Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Trainer
4 1 (5.556%) Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) EMV
2 6 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
2 6 (33.33%) EPoS
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 3 (16.67%) APACS
3 3 (16.67%) PMI
4 2 (11.11%) iPad
4 2 (11.11%) iPhone
4 2 (11.11%) Smartphone
5 1 (5.556%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (5.556%) EFT
5 1 (5.556%) EFTPOS
5 1 (5.556%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Android
1 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Scrum
2 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
3 4 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Mobile Commerce
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) ISO 8583
2 1 (5.556%) QA
2 1 (5.556%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) jBASE
2 1 (5.556%) VocaLink
2 1 (5.556%) TSYS
2 1 (5.556%) VeriFone
2 1 (5.556%) Temenos
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