The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EMV over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
Rank 375 399 433
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +34
Contract jobs citing EMV 10 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.046% 0.026% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.140% 0.082% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
Average daily rate £475 £368 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.25% -26.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £422 £395 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.89% -7.05%
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
7160 8579 11824
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.16% 32.03% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4979 5832 7989
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 205 199
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% +9.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
EMV
England

EMV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London EMV Jobs Demand Trend

EMV
Daily Rate Trend

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

London EMV Daily Rate Trend

EMV
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EMV across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London EMV Daily Rate Histogram

EMV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London EMV Hourly Rate Trend

EMV
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMV within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London - 2 £369 -
EMV
England

EMV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing EMV 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 EMV.

1 8 (57.14%) EPoS
2 6 (42.86%) Chip and PIN
3 5 (35.71%) NFC
4 4 (28.57%) Scrum
4 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (28.57%) Smartcard
4 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 4 (28.57%) ATM
4 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 3 (21.43%) Java
5 3 (21.43%) Mobile Commerce
5 3 (21.43%) PMI
5 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
5 3 (21.43%) Cryptography
5 3 (21.43%) Project Management
5 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 3 (21.43%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
6 2 (14.29%) VeriFone
6 2 (14.29%) Android
6 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (14.29%) Finance
6 2 (14.29%) APACS
6 2 (14.29%) ISO 8583
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Blackberry
6 2 (14.29%) C++
6 2 (14.29%) EFT
6 2 (14.29%) EFTPOS
7 1 (7.143%) SAML

EMV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing EMV 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 EMV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) HTML
1 1 (7.143%) J2EE
1 1 (7.143%) Web Services
1 1 (7.143%) SAML
1 1 (7.143%) OAuth
1 1 (7.143%) OpenID
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) NFC
2 4 (28.57%) ATM
3 1 (7.143%) GSM
3 1 (7.143%) 3GPP
3 1 (7.143%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Ant
1 1 (7.143%) JUnit
1 1 (7.143%) Subversion
1 1 (7.143%) Maven
1 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
1 1 (7.143%) Mercurial
General
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Project Manager
1 6 (42.86%) EMV Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.143%) EMV Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Architect
3 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Tester
3 1 (7.143%) Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.143%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) EPoS
2 6 (42.86%) Chip and PIN
3 4 (28.57%) Smartcard
4 3 (21.43%) Cryptography
4 3 (21.43%) PMI
4 3 (21.43%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
5 2 (14.29%) Blackberry
5 2 (14.29%) APACS
5 2 (14.29%) EFT
5 2 (14.29%) EFTPOS
6 1 (7.143%) Java Card
6 1 (7.143%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (7.143%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
1 4 (28.57%) Scrum
1 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
2 3 (21.43%) Mobile Commerce
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Multithreading
4 1 (7.143%) Security Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (7.143%) OOP
4 1 (7.143%) OO
4 1 (7.143%) Identity Management
4 1 (7.143%) MVC
4 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.143%) Migration
4 1 (7.143%) Network Design
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (7.143%) C
3 1 (7.143%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO 8583
2 1 (7.143%) QA
2 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 7816
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) VeriFone
2 1 (7.143%) Wincor Nixdorf
2 1 (7.143%) VocaLink