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This section looks at the demand for Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-Commerce over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7666
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads6851126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.904 %1.121 %
As % of the category below3.611 %4.590 %
Daily rates quoted376567
Average minimum daily rate£402£428
Average daily rate£427£458
% change on same period last year-6.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£452£487
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£368
% change on same period last year+3.37 %
Hourly rates quoted626
Average minimum hourly rate£20.17£35.73
Average hourly rate£23.08£38.96
% change on same period last year-40.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£42.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.17£33.12
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1897124529
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled25.03 %24.43 %
Daily rates quoted86239612
Average minimum daily rate£411£416
Average daily rate£442£443
% change on same period last year-0.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted636906
Average minimum hourly rate£26.26£28.82
Average hourly rate£28.00£30.78
% change on same period last year-9.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.75£32.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
E-Commerce EnglandE-Commerce
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.

E-Commerce
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London E-Commerce Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

London E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London E-Commerce Hourly Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 LondonDown-6168£447-14.36 %
Docklands, LondonUp+111£475-11.21 %
Canary WharfUp+156£533-33.33 %
TwickenhamUp+13£265-
ClaphamNew entry-2--
EalingUp+42£450+24.13 %
HarrowNew entry-1--
SouthwarkNew entry-1£200-
CroydonDown-21--
E-Commerce EnglandE-Commerce
England

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce.

1288 (22.70 %)Java
2262 (20.65 %).NET
3258 (20.33 %)Retail
4238 (18.75 %)SQL
5232 (18.28 %)C#
6207 (16.31 %)Banking
7177 (13.95 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8176 (13.87 %)Finance
9171 (13.48 %)HTML
10165 (13.00 %)SQL Server
11164 (12.92 %)CSS
11164 (12.92 %)XML
12161 (12.69 %)ASP.NET
13156 (12.29 %)Internet
14154 (12.14 %)JavaScript
15150 (11.82 %)Project Management
16128 (10.09 %)Investment Banking
17109 (8.589 %)AJAX
18105 (8.274 %)Front Office
1999 (7.801 %)Microsoft
2093 (7.329 %)J2EE
2093 (7.329 %)OO
2191 (7.171 %)Oracle
2290 (7.092 %)CMS
2389 (7.013 %)XHTML
2488 (6.935 %)Web Development
2579 (6.225 %)WebServices
2677 (6.068 %)PHP
2775 (5.910 %)MySQL
2775 (5.910 %)UNIX

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1262 (20.65 %).NET
2171 (13.48 %)HTML
3164 (12.92 %)CSS
3164 (12.92 %)XML
4161 (12.69 %)ASP.NET
5109 (8.589 %)AJAX
693 (7.329 %)J2EE
789 (7.013 %)XHTML
879 (6.225 %)WebServices
969 (5.437 %)Spring
1059 (4.649 %)WebSphere
1153 (4.177 %)JSP
1251 (4.019 %)Hibernate
1348 (3.783 %)XSLT
1435 (2.758 %)MVC
1532 (2.522 %).NET Framework
1631 (2.443 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1726 (2.049 %)ASP
1726 (2.049 %)Ruby on Rails
1823 (1.812 %)WinForms
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
190 (7.092 %)CMS
271 (5.595 %)Apache
347 (3.704 %)IIS
445 (3.546 %)WebLogic
541 (3.231 %)JBoss
640 (3.152 %)SharePoint
739 (3.073 %)Tomcat
834 (2.679 %)Commerce Server
925 (1.970 %)Commerce Server 2007
925 (1.970 %)WebSphere Application Server
1020 (1.576 %)MTS
1117 (1.340 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1215 (1.182 %)ColdFusion
1312 (0.946 %)BizTalk Server
1410 (0.788 %)ATG Dynamo
158 (0.630 %)Rendezvous
167 (0.552 %)SAS
176 (0.473 %)ESB
183 (0.236 %)WebSphere MQ
183 (0.236 %)MQSeries
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
141 (3.231 %)Photoshop
227 (2.128 %)MS Excel
227 (2.128 %)MS Office
326 (2.049 %)Adobe Illustrator
411 (0.867 %)MS Visio
59 (0.709 %)Fireworks
59 (0.709 %)MS Project
64 (0.315 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (0.236 %)QuarkXPress
82 (0.158 %)InfoPath
82 (0.158 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.158 %)InDesign
82 (0.158 %)Adobe Premiere
91 (0.079 %)SPSS
91 (0.079 %)Acrobat
91 (0.079 %)ImageReady
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.315 %)WebTrends
21 (0.079 %)Summit
21 (0.079 %)RMDS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1156 (12.29 %)Internet
241 (3.231 %)Intranet
313 (1.024 %)Firewall
410 (0.788 %)Network Security
410 (0.788 %)HTTP
59 (0.709 %)OSPF
59 (0.709 %)BGP
59 (0.709 %)RIP
68 (0.630 %)DNS
77 (0.552 %)FTP
86 (0.473 %)TCP/IP
86 (0.473 %)LDAP
95 (0.394 %)Extranet
95 (0.394 %)LAN
95 (0.394 %)SSL
104 (0.315 %)Reverse Proxy
113 (0.236 %)DMZ
113 (0.236 %)WAN
113 (0.236 %)Ethernet
122 (0.158 %)SMTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1165 (13.00 %)SQL Server
275 (5.910 %)MySQL
352 (4.098 %)SQL Server 2005
429 (2.285 %)SQL Server 2000
512 (0.946 %)Data Cleansing
611 (0.867 %)Datawarehouse
710 (0.788 %)DB2
710 (0.788 %)Oracle 8/8i
88 (0.630 %)Oracle 10g
97 (0.552 %)RDBMS
105 (0.394 %)DTS
105 (0.394 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
114 (0.315 %)SQL Server Integration Services
114 (0.315 %)SQL Server 2008
114 (0.315 %)Data Mining
123 (0.236 %)BusinessObjects
132 (0.158 %)Oracle 9i
141 (0.079 %)SQL Server 7
141 (0.079 %)GIS
141 (0.079 %)MS Access
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
143 (3.388 %)JUnit
240 (3.152 %)Flash
322 (1.734 %)Eclipse
418 (1.418 %)Dreamweaver
516 (1.261 %)Visual Studio
615 (1.182 %)NUnit
713 (1.024 %)Subversion
811 (0.867 %)VSS/SourceSafe
910 (0.788 %)Ant
107 (0.552 %)TestDirector
115 (0.394 %)LoadRunner
115 (0.394 %)RequisitePro
115 (0.394 %)Selenium
115 (0.394 %)FitNesse
124 (0.315 %)ClearCase
124 (0.315 %)WinRunner
133 (0.236 %)WATIR
142 (0.158 %)CruiseControl
151 (0.079 %)QuickTest Pro
151 (0.079 %)JBuilder
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1258 (20.33 %)Retail
2207 (16.31 %)Banking
3176 (13.87 %)Finance
4128 (10.09 %)Investment Banking
5105 (8.274 %)Front Office
669 (5.437 %)Marketing
753 (4.177 %)Insurance
835 (2.758 %)Games
926 (2.049 %)Publishing
1022 (1.734 %)Back Office
1121 (1.655 %)Online Banking
1218 (1.418 %)Retail Banking
1311 (0.867 %)Online Games
149 (0.709 %)Billing
158 (0.630 %)Graphic Design
158 (0.630 %)Advertising
158 (0.630 %)Construction
158 (0.630 %)Telecoms
167 (0.552 %)Financial Institution
176 (0.473 %)Health
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1505 (39.80 %)Developer
2291 (22.93 %)Analyst
3183 (14.42 %)Project Manager
4171 (13.48 %)Business Analyst
5119 (9.377 %)Java Developer
6114 (8.983 %).NET Developer
7111 (8.747 %)C# Developer
862 (4.886 %)Web Developer
953 (4.177 %)ASP.NET Developer
1052 (4.098 %)PHP Developer
1151 (4.019 %)Senior Developer
1250 (3.940 %)E-Commerce Manager
1349 (3.861 %)Architect
1447 (3.704 %)Support Analyst
1539 (3.073 %)E-Commerce Project Manager
1638 (2.994 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1737 (2.916 %)Consultant
1831 (2.443 %)J2EE Developer
1831 (2.443 %)Tester
1925 (1.970 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1177 (13.95 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
261 (4.807 %)Fixed Income
324 (1.891 %)Derivative
423 (1.812 %)N-Tier
521 (1.655 %)Web 2.0
619 (1.497 %)W3C
716 (1.261 %)Multithreading
811 (0.867 %)Equities
910 (0.788 %)Interest Rate Derivative
109 (0.709 %)EPoS
118 (0.630 %)Mathematics
118 (0.630 %)Streaming Video
127 (0.552 %)PMI
127 (0.552 %)BBC
127 (0.552 %)Credit Derivative
136 (0.473 %)Social Network
145 (0.394 %)Computer Science
154 (0.315 %)RIA
154 (0.315 %)Clustering
163 (0.236 %)Management Information System
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
175 (5.910 %)UNIX
267 (5.280 %)Windows
361 (4.807 %)Linux
420 (1.576 %)Red Hat Linux
420 (1.576 %)Solaris
58 (0.630 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.236 %)AIX
63 (0.236 %)Windows 2000
63 (0.236 %)Windows Vista
72 (0.158 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (0.158 %)SUSE
81 (0.079 %)Windows XP
81 (0.079 %)Windows NT
81 (0.079 %)Fedora
81 (0.079 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1150 (11.82 %)Project Management
293 (7.329 %)OO
388 (6.935 %)Web Development
467 (5.280 %)UML
564 (5.043 %)Content Management
663 (4.965 %)PRINCE2
761 (4.807 %)Agile Software Development
850 (3.940 %)Electronic Trading
944 (3.467 %)Scrum
1037 (2.916 %)E-business
1136 (2.837 %)CRM
1235 (2.758 %)Business Analysis
1334 (2.679 %)Web Design
1334 (2.679 %)TDD
1433 (2.600 %)SEO
1531 (2.443 %)Risk Management
1628 (2.206 %)Stakeholder Management
1726 (2.049 %)Change Management
1726 (2.049 %)Use Case
1824 (1.891 %)SOA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1288 (22.70 %)Java
2238 (18.75 %)SQL
3232 (18.28 %)C#
4154 (12.14 %)JavaScript
577 (6.068 %)PHP
642 (3.310 %)C++
726 (2.049 %)Ruby
824 (1.891 %)PHP5
921 (1.655 %)VB.NET
1017 (1.340 %)C
1116 (1.261 %)PL/SQL
1213 (1.024 %)Perl
1213 (1.024 %)ActionScript
1213 (1.024 %)VB
1311 (0.867 %)DHTML
149 (0.709 %)VBA
158 (0.630 %)Transact-SQL
167 (0.552 %)Shell Script
176 (0.473 %)PHP4
185 (0.394 %)VBScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (2.206 %)Degree
214 (1.103 %)ISEB
214 (1.103 %)PRINCE2 Certification
310 (0.788 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
48 (0.630 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (0.552 %)MCSD
63 (0.236 %)Cisco Certification
72 (0.158 %)MBA
72 (0.158 %)PMP
72 (0.158 %)PMI Certification
72 (0.158 %)CCIE
81 (0.079 %)CCNP
81 (0.079 %)Sun Certification
81 (0.079 %)MCSE
81 (0.079 %)CCSE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (3.704 %)QA
21 (0.079 %)SLA
21 (0.079 %)RosettaNet
21 (0.079 %)PCI DSS
21 (0.079 %)WAI
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.236 %)MSMQ
13 (0.236 %)Samba
21 (0.079 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.552 %)Tivoli
23 (0.236 %)OpenView
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
199 (7.801 %)Microsoft
291 (7.171 %)Oracle
353 (4.177 %)Reuters
444 (3.467 %)Sybase
537 (2.916 %)Bloomberg
623 (1.812 %)TIBCO
623 (1.812 %)ATG
721 (1.655 %)Adobe
721 (1.655 %)Tradeweb
820 (1.576 %)Red Hat
916 (1.261 %)Siebel
916 (1.261 %)Cognotec
1015 (1.182 %)IBM
1114 (1.103 %)Cisco
1213 (1.024 %)Yantra
1311 (0.867 %)CheckPoint
1311 (0.867 %)Sun
1311 (0.867 %)Blue Coat
1410 (0.788 %)Nokia
158 (0.630 %)SAP