The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank 324 353 389
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +36
Contract jobs citing Handset 53 57 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.245% 0.212% 0.146%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.740% 0.661% 0.384%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 23 24
Average daily rate £213 £363 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.24% +22.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £211 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £420 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -29.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 21 10
Average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.76% +176.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.05 £12.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.30 £42.50 £40.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +24.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7165 8624 11965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.11% 32.02% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4963 5869 8076
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 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 210 199
Average hourly rate £22.75 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.11% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Handset
England

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Handset Daily Rate Histogram

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Handset Hourly Rate Histogram

Handset
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Handset within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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 +22 11 £300 -12.08%
Docklands, London - 1 £463 -
Handset
England

Handset
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Handset 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 Handset.

1 58 (58.00%) Windows
2 54 (54.00%) Blackberry
3 41 (41.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 40 (40.00%) Finance
4 40 (40.00%) Windows XP
5 38 (38.00%) Banking
6 37 (37.00%) Legal
7 36 (36.00%) Android
8 33 (33.00%) Citrix
9 28 (28.00%) Law
9 28 (28.00%) ITIL Certification
9 28 (28.00%) ITIL
10 26 (26.00%) Document Management
10 26 (26.00%) Smartphone
10 26 (26.00%) XenApp
11 20 (20.00%) Apple iOS
11 20 (20.00%) Mobile App
12 16 (16.00%) Java
12 16 (16.00%) MS Office
12 16 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
13 15 (15.00%) Music
14 14 (14.00%) iPhone
14 14 (14.00%) Degree
15 12 (12.00%) HTML5
15 12 (12.00%) Telecoms
16 11 (11.00%) MS Excel
16 11 (11.00%) HTTP
17 10 (10.00%) Active Directory
17 10 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
18 9 (9.000%) Social Network

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Handset 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 Handset. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (12.00%) HTML5
2 9 (9.000%) J2ME
3 7 (7.000%) Web Services
4 6 (6.000%) iOS SDK
4 6 (6.000%) RESTful
5 4 (4.000%) .NET
6 3 (3.000%) JSON
6 3 (3.000%) XML
7 2 (2.000%) Flash
7 2 (2.000%) JMS
7 2 (2.000%) WebSphere
7 2 (2.000%) jQuery
8 1 (1.000%) GWT
8 1 (1.000%) Spring
8 1 (1.000%) REST
8 1 (1.000%) PowerMock
8 1 (1.000%) MIDP
8 1 (1.000%) JCE
8 1 (1.000%) J2EE
8 1 (1.000%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 41 (41.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 8 (8.000%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (3.000%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (3.000%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (3.000%) Lync
3 3 (3.000%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.000%) WebLogic
4 2 (2.000%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.000%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (1.000%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (1.000%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (16.00%) MS Office
2 11 (11.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (3.000%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.000%) Vectorworks
4 1 (1.000%) CINEMA 4D
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.00%) HTTP
2 5 (5.000%) VoIP
3 3 (3.000%) OSPF
3 3 (3.000%) BGP
3 3 (3.000%) GSM
3 3 (3.000%) LAN
3 3 (3.000%) UMTS
4 2 (2.000%) VPN
4 2 (2.000%) SSL
4 2 (2.000%) CTI
4 2 (2.000%) RTP
4 2 (2.000%) H.323
4 2 (2.000%) Wireless
4 2 (2.000%) Softphone
4 2 (2.000%) 4G
4 2 (2.000%) Nortel Meridian
4 2 (2.000%) LTE
5 1 (1.000%) NFC
5 1 (1.000%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.000%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.000%) MySQL
2 1 (1.000%) SQLite
2 1 (1.000%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (9.000%) PhoneGap
2 8 (8.000%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 3 (3.000%) Selenium
4 2 (2.000%) WebLogic Workshop
4 2 (2.000%) Cucumber
4 2 (2.000%) Subversion
4 2 (2.000%) Maven
4 2 (2.000%) Git (software)
5 1 (1.000%) EasyMock
5 1 (1.000%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.000%) Ant
5 1 (1.000%) JUnit
General
1 40 (40.00%) Finance
2 38 (38.00%) Banking
3 37 (37.00%) Legal
4 28 (28.00%) Law
5 15 (15.00%) Music
6 12 (12.00%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.000%) Back Office
7 4 (4.000%) Music Industry
7 4 (4.000%) Marketing
7 4 (4.000%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.000%) French Language
8 2 (2.000%) Electronics
8 2 (2.000%) Billing
9 1 (1.000%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.000%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (40.00%) Analyst
2 30 (30.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 30 (30.00%) Service Analyst
3 29 (29.00%) Developer
4 17 (17.00%) Mobile Developer
5 10 (10.00%) Applications Developer
5 10 (10.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 8 (8.000%) Android Developer
7 7 (7.000%) Desktop Support
8 6 (6.000%) Support Analyst
9 4 (4.000%) Desktop Analyst
9 4 (4.000%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 3 (3.000%) Voice Engineer
10 3 (3.000%) Python Developer
10 3 (3.000%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
10 3 (3.000%) Support Engineer
10 3 (3.000%) Product Manager
10 3 (3.000%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.000%) Senior Manager
10 3 (3.000%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 54 (54.00%) Blackberry
2 26 (26.00%) Smartphone
3 20 (20.00%) Mobile App
4 14 (14.00%) iPhone
5 9 (9.000%) Social Network
6 5 (5.000%) Computer Science
7 4 (4.000%) NHS
8 3 (3.000%) Economics
9 2 (2.000%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (2.000%) Mobile Payment
9 2 (2.000%) iPad
10 1 (1.000%) Spread Betting
10 1 (1.000%) Open Source
10 1 (1.000%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 58 (58.00%) Windows
2 40 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 36 (36.00%) Android
4 20 (20.00%) Apple iOS
5 10 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
6 6 (6.000%) Windows 7
7 4 (4.000%) Linux
7 4 (4.000%) UNIX
7 4 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (3.000%) Windows Phone
9 2 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (2.000%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.000%) Windows Phone 7
10 1 (1.000%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.00%) ITIL
2 26 (26.00%) Document Management
3 16 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (8.000%) Automated Testing
5 7 (7.000%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (7.000%) Migration
6 6 (6.000%) OO
6 6 (6.000%) TDD
7 5 (5.000%) Software Engineering
7 5 (5.000%) Project Management
8 3 (3.000%) Use Case
8 3 (3.000%) Logistics
8 3 (3.000%) Business Analysis
8 3 (3.000%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (3.000%) SOA
8 3 (3.000%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.000%) OOP
9 2 (2.000%) Scrum
9 2 (2.000%) Web Testing
10 1 (1.000%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.00%) Java
2 9 (9.000%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.000%) C
3 3 (3.000%) C++
3 3 (3.000%) Python
4 2 (2.000%) C#
4 2 (2.000%) PHP
4 2 (2.000%) ActionScript
4 2 (2.000%) ActionScript 3.0
4 2 (2.000%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (28.00%) ITIL Certification
2 14 (14.00%) Degree
3 3 (3.000%) MCSE
3 3 (3.000%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.000%) ISEB
4 2 (2.000%) CCNA
4 2 (2.000%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.000%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.000%) MCTS
5 1 (1.000%) MCITP
5 1 (1.000%) Avaya Certification
5 1 (1.000%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.000%) QA
2 1 (1.000%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (26.00%) XenApp
2 10 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.000%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.000%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 33 (33.00%) Citrix
2 8 (8.000%) Cisco
2 8 (8.000%) Lotus
3 7 (7.000%) Apple
4 5 (5.000%) Avaya
5 4 (4.000%) Bloomberg
6 3 (3.000%) Mitel
6 3 (3.000%) Sun
6 3 (3.000%) Nortel
6 3 (3.000%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.000%) Oracle
7 2 (2.000%) BT
7 2 (2.000%) CyberTech
8 1 (1.000%) Acme Packet
8 1 (1.000%) VMware
8 1 (1.000%) Siemens
8 1 (1.000%) HP
8 1 (1.000%) Adobe
City of London
You must have experience working within a fast paced service desk, working to ITIL standards and pre-determined Service Level Agreements... Key Responsibilities*Proven experience as a Servicedesk...
Hudson
Rate: £180 - £200 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will also have experience of supporting Lotus Notes as an e-mail client as well as good knowledge of Citrix, and Blackberry (handsets and BES).
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013