The first table below looks at the demand for DOC1 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DOC1 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 of the Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pitney Bowes DOC1
Rank - 413 440
Contract jobs citing DOC1 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Applications category - 0.059% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £409 £350 £268
% change year-on-year
+16.85% +30.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
2676 3375 3585
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.36% 12.53% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1691 2057 2177
Average daily rate £388 £396 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.14% -7.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £208 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 169 244
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.25 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -4.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £33.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
DOC1
England

DOC1
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DOC1 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

London DOC1 Jobs Demand Trend

DOC1
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DOC1 across the London region.

London DOC1 Daily Rate Trend

DOC1
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing DOC1 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 DOC1.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) Exstream
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) RDBMS
2 4 (80.00%) PrintSoft PReS
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) Papyrus
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (20.00%) Dollar Universe

DOC1
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing DOC1 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 DOC1. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Papyrus
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 5 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 5 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Dollar Universe
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) HP