Expression Blend Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend over the 3 months to 21 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 Development 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Expression Blend
Rank 373 380 335
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -45
Contract jobs citing Expression Blend 16 25 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.073% 0.093% 0.310%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.600% 0.965% 2.734%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 85
Average daily rate £530 £575 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.82% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £452 £400 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £644 £740
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £308 £325
% change year-on-year
+22.56% -5.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 2665 2592 3475
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.10% 9.606% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1975 1760 2375
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £285 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 38 29
Average hourly rate £41.50 £35.75 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.08% +27.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.72 £22.20 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £45.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Expression Blend
England

Expression Blend
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Expression Blend Jobs Demand Trend

Expression Blend
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Expression Blend Daily Rate Trend

Expression Blend
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Expression Blend across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Expression Blend Daily Rate Histogram

Expression Blend
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Expression Blend Hourly Rate Trend

Expression Blend
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Expression Blend within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +8 5 £538 -2.27%
Expression Blend
England

Expression Blend
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend.

1 27 (75.00%) WPF
2 20 (55.56%) C#
3 18 (50.00%) .NET
4 17 (47.22%) Silverlight
5 15 (41.67%) XAML
5 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 15 (41.67%) Banking
6 13 (36.11%) Photoshop
7 12 (33.33%) Flash
7 12 (33.33%) Adobe
8 11 (30.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (22.22%) Credit Risk
9 8 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (22.22%) Front Office
10 7 (19.44%) XML
10 7 (19.44%) MS Excel
10 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
10 7 (19.44%) Finance
10 7 (19.44%) Investment Banking
11 6 (16.67%) MVVM
11 6 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
11 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (16.67%) OOXML
11 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (16.67%) Business Objects
11 6 (16.67%) SAP
11 6 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (13.89%) InDesign
12 5 (13.89%) Information Architecture

Expression Blend
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (75.00%) WPF
2 18 (50.00%) .NET
3 17 (47.22%) Silverlight
4 12 (33.33%) Flash
5 7 (19.44%) XML
6 6 (16.67%) OOXML
7 3 (8.333%) .NET Framework
7 3 (8.333%) Apache Flex
8 2 (5.556%) Managed Extensibility Framework
8 2 (5.556%) WCF
8 2 (5.556%) Web Services
9 1 (2.778%) COM
9 1 (2.778%) HTML
Applications
1 13 (36.11%) Photoshop
2 11 (30.56%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (19.44%) MS Excel
4 6 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (13.89%) InDesign
6 1 (2.778%) Adobe After Effects
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.333%) Internet
2 1 (2.778%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (5.556%) Sybase ASE
3 2 (5.556%) Sybase IQ
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (41.67%) Banking
2 8 (22.22%) Front Office
3 7 (19.44%) Finance
3 7 (19.44%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.556%) French Language
5 1 (2.778%) Back Office
5 1 (2.778%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.778%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.778%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (72.22%) Developer
2 18 (50.00%) WPF Developer
3 9 (25.00%) Silverlight Developer
4 7 (19.44%) C# Developer
4 7 (19.44%) UI Developer
4 7 (19.44%) UI Programmer
5 6 (16.67%) Designer
5 6 (16.67%) Senior Developer
6 5 (13.89%) User Experience Designer
7 4 (11.11%) User Experience Architect
7 4 (11.11%) Senior UI Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Architect
8 2 (5.556%) Senior Silverlight Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Senior C# Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Analyst
8 2 (5.556%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) Interface Designer
9 1 (2.778%) .NET Developer
9 1 (2.778%) Graphic Artist
9 1 (2.778%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Credit Risk
1 8 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (11.11%) Derivative
3 3 (8.333%) RIA
4 2 (5.556%) Market Risk
4 2 (5.556%) Fixed Income
5 1 (2.778%) Interactive TV
5 1 (2.778%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (2.778%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.67%) MVVM
2 5 (13.89%) Information Architecture
3 4 (11.11%) Multithreading
3 4 (11.11%) OO
4 3 (8.333%) Risk Management
5 2 (5.556%) Unit Testing
5 2 (5.556%) Data Management
5 2 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.556%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.556%) RAD
6 1 (2.778%) Change Management
6 1 (2.778%) OOD
6 1 (2.778%) Information Management
6 1 (2.778%) Migration
6 1 (2.778%) Software Testing
6 1 (2.778%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 20 (55.56%) C#
2 15 (41.67%) XAML
3 3 (8.333%) SQL
4 1 (2.778%) C
4 1 (2.778%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (33.33%) Adobe
3 6 (16.67%) Business Objects
3 6 (16.67%) SAP
4 2 (5.556%) Sybase
WPF UI Developer - PRISM, Expression Blend, Infragistics, XAML
City, London
Essential Skills; WPF PRISM Framework Infragistics XAML Expression Blend Strong C# - Threading, Concepts, Collections Engineering/Maths Degree (preference) This is an exciting position giving you a chance to...
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Blend Designer
London
Working closely with the Creative Director and Art Director they'll be expected to deliver cutting edge graphical prototypes and treatments to support the projects.Working with both...
Volt
Rate: £220.00 - £260.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Investment Bank UX Designer/Business Analyst
City, London
This role offers the successful candidate full ownership of several significant projects within the team and so requires the ability and demonstrable previous experience of working with users,...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Business Analyst - Microsoft Expression Blend, SketchFlow
London
Skills: Microsoft Expression Blend, SketchFlow, Commodities... This position will suit a Business Analyst with strong experience of working in an Investment bank, with good knowledge of Microsoft Expression...
ComputAppoint
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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