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The table below looks at the demand for Fusebox skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fusebox over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFusebox
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank381467
Rank change on same period last yearUp+86
Matching contract IT job ads1014
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.126 %0.115 %
Daily rates quoted51
Average minimum daily rate£284£250
Average daily rate£299£300
% change on same period last year-0.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£350
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£42.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£39.33
% change on same period last year-30.08 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads793712211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.28 %12.33 %
Daily rates quoted34844761
Average minimum daily rate£369£386
Average daily rate£398£412
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted249353
Average minimum hourly rate£30.27£29.70
Average hourly rate£32.00£32.42
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.73£35.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Fusebox EnglandFusebox
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.

Fusebox
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Fusebox across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London Fusebox Demand Trend

Fusebox
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Fusebox Daily Rate Trend

Fusebox
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fusebox across the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

London Fusebox Daily Rate Histogram

Fusebox
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Fusebox Hourly Rate Trend

Fusebox
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fusebox within the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 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 LondonNew entry-1--
Fusebox EnglandFusebox
England

Fusebox
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Fusebox 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 Fusebox.

135 (100.00 %)ColdFusion
230 (85.71 %)SQL
326 (74.29 %)SQL Server
422 (62.86 %)IIS
422 (62.86 %)Subversion
518 (51.43 %)Windows
615 (42.86 %)CSS
714 (40.00 %)Apache
714 (40.00 %)Tomcat
714 (40.00 %)MVC
714 (40.00 %)ColdSpring
714 (40.00 %)Mach-II
714 (40.00 %)Model-Glue
813 (37.14 %)Eclipse
813 (37.14 %)Ant
813 (37.14 %)JUnit
813 (37.14 %)Java
912 (34.29 %)JavaScript
912 (34.29 %)Flash
912 (34.29 %)SQL Server 2005
1011 (31.43 %)Transact-SQL
1011 (31.43 %)Linux
1110 (28.57 %)MySQL
129 (25.71 %)E-Commerce
129 (25.71 %)Microsoft
129 (25.71 %)Windows Server 2003
138 (22.86 %)CMS
138 (22.86 %)ActionScript
138 (22.86 %)XML
146 (17.14 %)VSS/SourceSafe

Fusebox
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Fusebox 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 Fusebox. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (42.86 %)CSS
214 (40.00 %)MVC
214 (40.00 %)ColdSpring
214 (40.00 %)Mach-II
214 (40.00 %)Model-Glue
38 (22.86 %)XML
43 (8.571 %)XHTML
43 (8.571 %)HTML
52 (5.714 %)Spring
61 (2.857 %)MooTools
61 (2.857 %)YUI
61 (2.857 %)jQuery
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (100.00 %)ColdFusion
222 (62.86 %)IIS
314 (40.00 %)Apache
314 (40.00 %)Tomcat
48 (22.86 %)CMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.857 %)Fireworks
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (74.29 %)SQL Server
212 (34.29 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (28.57 %)MySQL
46 (17.14 %)SQL Server 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (62.86 %)Subversion
213 (37.14 %)Eclipse
213 (37.14 %)Ant
213 (37.14 %)JUnit
312 (34.29 %)Flash
46 (17.14 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (2.857 %)Dreamweaver
51 (2.857 %)JIRA
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (17.14 %)Marketing
22 (5.714 %)Online Games
22 (5.714 %)Games
31 (2.857 %)Finance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126 (74.29 %)Developer
222 (62.86 %)ColdFusion Developer
34 (11.43 %)Web Developer
42 (5.714 %)Java Developer
42 (5.714 %)SQL Developer
51 (2.857 %)Systems Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (8.571 %)W3C
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (51.43 %)Windows
211 (31.43 %)Linux
39 (25.71 %)Windows Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (25.71 %)E-Commerce
24 (11.43 %)Web Development
33 (8.571 %)Web Design
42 (5.714 %)Change Management
42 (5.714 %)SEO
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (85.71 %)SQL
213 (37.14 %)Java
312 (34.29 %)JavaScript
411 (31.43 %)Transact-SQL
58 (22.86 %)ActionScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (25.71 %)Microsoft