The first table below looks at the demand for Hadoop 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 Hadoop over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Database & Business Intelligence 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Hadoop
Rank 256 341 453
Rank change year-on-year
+85 +112
Contract jobs citing Hadoop 138 72 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.598% 0.270% 0.006%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.828% 1.427% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 58 1
Average daily rate £475 £405 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.28% -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £469 -
% change year-on-year
-39.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
4880 5045 6512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 21.16% 18.95% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3343 3316 4179
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £333
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 49 52
Average hourly rate £23.20 £26.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +10.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.30 £15.50 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £47.50 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.25 £26.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+6.60% -15.87%
Hadoop
England

Hadoop
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Hadoop across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

London Hadoop Jobs Demand Trend

Hadoop
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Hadoop Daily Rate Trend

Hadoop
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Hadoop across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Hadoop Daily Rate Histogram

Hadoop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Hadoop Hourly Rate Trend

Hadoop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hadoop within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +62 67 £500 - 13
Canary Wharf - 2 £600 -
Paddington - - - -
Brentford - - - -
Uxbridge - - - -
Hadoop
England

Hadoop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Hadoop 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 Hadoop.

1 187 (65.38%) Big Data
2 160 (55.94%) Java
3 122 (42.66%) NoSQL
4 104 (36.36%) Apache Cassandra
5 82 (28.67%) Apache Hive
6 73 (25.52%) SQL
6 73 (25.52%) Linux
7 72 (25.17%) MapReduce
8 70 (24.48%) Apache Pig
9 65 (22.73%) HBase
9 65 (22.73%) TDD
10 62 (21.68%) MongoDB
11 57 (19.93%) Analytics
12 54 (18.88%) Python
13 53 (18.53%) Business Intelligence
14 50 (17.48%) Scala
15 46 (16.08%) Data Warehouse
16 43 (15.03%) Oracle
17 42 (14.69%) Spring
18 41 (14.34%) Agile Software Development
18 41 (14.34%) Open Source
19 40 (13.99%) Ruby
19 40 (13.99%) ETL
20 39 (13.64%) E-Commerce
20 39 (13.64%) JavaScript
21 38 (13.29%) Finance
22 36 (12.59%) BDD
23 35 (12.24%) Data Analysis
23 35 (12.24%) Scrum
24 34 (11.89%) Computer Science

Hadoop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Hadoop 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 Hadoop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 72 (25.17%) MapReduce
2 42 (14.69%) Spring
3 23 (8.042%) XML
4 21 (7.343%) CSS
4 21 (7.343%) HTML5
5 19 (6.643%) RESTful
5 19 (6.643%) CSS3
6 17 (5.944%) Web Services
6 17 (5.944%) J2EE
7 15 (5.245%) Spring Batch
8 14 (4.895%) SOAP
9 11 (3.846%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (3.846%) jQuery
10 10 (3.497%) Node.js
10 10 (3.497%) HTML
10 10 (3.497%) XSLT
11 9 (3.147%) ASP
11 9 (3.147%) KnockoutJS
11 9 (3.147%) Grails
12 8 (2.797%) Spring Integration
Application Platforms
1 70 (24.48%) Apache Pig
2 24 (8.392%) Apache
3 21 (7.343%) Amazon AWS
4 19 (6.643%) Amazon EC2
5 18 (6.294%) SAS
6 14 (4.895%) Apache Solr
7 12 (4.196%) ElasticSearch
8 10 (3.497%) Tomcat
9 7 (2.448%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.748%) Windows Azure
10 5 (1.748%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (1.399%) GemFire
12 3 (1.049%) WebLogic
12 3 (1.049%) CMS
12 3 (1.049%) TIBCO EMS
13 2 (0.699%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 2 (0.699%) IIS
13 2 (0.699%) Oracle Coherence
14 1 (0.350%) GlassFish
14 1 (0.350%) Alfresco
Applications
1 14 (4.895%) SPSS
2 3 (1.049%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.699%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.350%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.699%) RMDS
1 2 (0.699%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.350%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.594%) HTTP
2 6 (2.098%) SAN
3 5 (1.748%) NAS
4 3 (1.049%) RTSP
4 3 (1.049%) Network Security
4 3 (1.049%) RTP
4 3 (1.049%) Firewall
4 3 (1.049%) DNS
4 3 (1.049%) SSL
5 2 (0.699%) LAN
5 2 (0.699%) WAN
5 2 (0.699%) AMQP
5 2 (0.699%) FCoE
5 2 (0.699%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.350%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.350%) BSS
6 1 (0.350%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (65.38%) Big Data
2 122 (42.66%) NoSQL
3 104 (36.36%) Apache Cassandra
4 82 (28.67%) Apache Hive
5 65 (22.73%) HBase
6 62 (21.68%) MongoDB
7 46 (16.08%) Data Warehouse
8 34 (11.89%) Data Mining
9 28 (9.790%) SQL Server
9 28 (9.790%) Mahout
10 24 (8.392%) DB2
11 22 (7.692%) MySQL
12 18 (6.294%) RDBMS
13 12 (4.196%) CouchDB
13 12 (4.196%) Sqoop
14 10 (3.497%) Redis
15 9 (3.147%) OLAP
16 7 (2.448%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (2.448%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 7 (2.448%) Amazon DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (8.741%) Git (software)
2 15 (5.245%) Subversion
3 10 (3.497%) Maven
4 8 (2.797%) Selenium
5 7 (2.448%) JUnit
5 7 (2.448%) WebDriver
5 7 (2.448%) Cucumber
5 7 (2.448%) Jasmine
6 6 (2.098%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.748%) JIRA
8 4 (1.399%) Talend Open Studio
8 4 (1.399%) Hudson
9 3 (1.049%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.049%) EasyMock
9 3 (1.049%) jMock
9 3 (1.049%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.049%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (1.049%) Ant
10 2 (0.699%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.699%) JBehave
General
1 38 (13.29%) Finance
2 24 (8.392%) Banking
3 17 (5.944%) Publishing
4 10 (3.497%) Retail
4 10 (3.497%) Investment Banking
5 4 (1.399%) Front Office
5 4 (1.399%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.399%) Marketing
6 2 (0.699%) Games
6 2 (0.699%) Wholesale Banking
7 1 (0.350%) Back Office
7 1 (0.350%) Electronics
7 1 (0.350%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.350%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 138 (48.25%) Developer
2 57 (19.93%) Java Developer
3 35 (12.24%) Architect
4 28 (9.790%) Hadoop Developer
5 23 (8.042%) Data Architect
6 22 (7.692%) Big Data Developer
7 16 (5.594%) Big Data Architect
7 16 (5.594%) Analyst
8 14 (4.895%) Data Scientist
9 13 (4.545%) Senior Developer
10 11 (3.846%) Database Developer
10 11 (3.846%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (3.846%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.497%) Consultant
11 10 (3.497%) Senior Java Developer
11 10 (3.497%) Technical Leader
12 9 (3.147%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (2.797%) Data Analyst
13 8 (2.797%) Ruby on Rails Developer
14 6 (2.098%) Research Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.34%) Open Source
2 34 (11.89%) Computer Science
3 27 (9.441%) Mathematics
4 24 (8.392%) Visualisation
5 21 (7.343%) Social Network
6 19 (6.643%) Physics
7 18 (6.294%) Statistics
8 17 (5.944%) Machine Learning
9 12 (4.196%) Data Integration
10 11 (3.846%) Grid Computing
11 9 (3.147%) iPhone
12 8 (2.797%) Video on Demand
13 7 (2.448%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (2.098%) Neural Network
15 5 (1.748%) Digital Media
16 4 (1.399%) Smart Meter
16 4 (1.399%) Social Media
17 3 (1.049%) Heroku
17 3 (1.049%) Credit Risk
18 2 (0.699%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 73 (25.52%) Linux
2 26 (9.091%) Windows
3 22 (7.692%) UNIX
4 9 (3.147%) Android
5 6 (2.098%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.748%) CentOS
7 3 (1.049%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.699%) Solaris
9 1 (0.350%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.73%) TDD
2 57 (19.93%) Analytics
3 53 (18.53%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (14.34%) Agile Software Development
5 40 (13.99%) ETL
6 39 (13.64%) E-Commerce
7 36 (12.59%) BDD
8 35 (12.24%) Scrum
8 35 (12.24%) Data Analysis
9 21 (7.343%) Software Engineering
10 20 (6.993%) OO
11 19 (6.643%) Data Modelling
12 18 (6.294%) Unit Testing
13 12 (4.196%) Multithreading
14 11 (3.846%) Continuous Integration
14 11 (3.846%) Kanban
14 11 (3.846%) CRM
14 11 (3.846%) Migration
15 9 (3.147%) Business Analysis
15 9 (3.147%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 160 (55.94%) Java
2 73 (25.52%) SQL
3 54 (18.88%) Python
4 50 (17.48%) Scala
5 40 (13.99%) Ruby
6 39 (13.64%) JavaScript
7 26 (9.091%) Perl
8 17 (5.944%) C++
8 17 (5.944%) R
9 15 (5.245%) Groovy
9 15 (5.245%) C#
10 14 (4.895%) Bash shell
11 10 (3.497%) Clojure
11 10 (3.497%) XQuery
12 6 (2.098%) C
12 6 (2.098%) PHP
13 5 (1.748%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.748%) XPath
14 3 (1.049%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.699%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (6.993%) Degree
2 15 (5.245%) PhD
3 13 (4.545%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.797%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.748%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.049%) CISSP
6 3 (1.049%) CEH
7 2 (0.699%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.699%) QA
2 1 (0.350%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (2.448%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (1.049%) Samba
3 2 (0.699%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.699%) SRDF
3 2 (0.699%) Apache Flume
3 2 (0.699%) NFS
Systems Management
1 20 (6.993%) Puppet
2 11 (3.846%) Splunk
3 7 (2.448%) Vagrant
4 5 (1.748%) Nagios
5 3 (1.049%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.049%) OpenView
5 3 (1.049%) Oozie
6 2 (0.699%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 43 (15.03%) Oracle
2 19 (6.643%) Informatica
3 11 (3.846%) Tableau
3 11 (3.846%) Cloudera
4 10 (3.497%) Teradata
5 8 (2.797%) Hortonworks
6 7 (2.448%) Rackspace
7 6 (2.098%) Microsoft
7 6 (2.098%) Business Objects
8 5 (1.748%) TIBCO
8 5 (1.748%) Netezza
9 4 (1.399%) DataSynapse
9 4 (1.399%) Akamai
9 4 (1.399%) Talend
9 4 (1.399%) Vertica
10 3 (1.049%) Google
10 3 (1.049%) IBM
10 3 (1.049%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.049%) EMC
10 3 (1.049%) SAP
London
They are looking for a forward thinking senior developer with experience developing in Hadoop and excellent knowledge of Map/Reduce. The contract will be 6 months long and...
Real Staffing
Posted: 3 June 2013
City, London
Java, J2EE, Big Data, No SQL, Hadoop or Cassandra, Rabbit MQ, Storm, KafKa, Senior Java Developer... As these are the first hands on Java Developers on the initial...
Edison Hill Ltd
Rate: From £500 to £700 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Solid Core Java is a must however!... Strong Open Source programmer with some exposure to Hadoop/NoSQL/Hive/Pig preferred... Scala... Cassandra. Hadoop... MapReduce. Spring Batch. Agile BDD.
Oliver Bernard
Rate: From £450 to £550 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
DB2 Development ... Perl) . Core DWH ETL tools, Informatica The DB2 Developer would benefit from having exposure to NoSQL technologies and big data platforms such as Hadoop, HBASE or...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
They are looking for a dedicated data Architect to help them sort, analyse, interpret and deliver relevant information intelligence solutions to government and commercial customers. The company help...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £600.00 - £750.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
People Source Consulting
Rate: £425 - £475 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £575 - £576 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
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