London Handset Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Handsets skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Handset over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Farnborough Feltham Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Ipswich Kent Leicester Leicestershire London Merseyside Middlesex Newbury Newport North West Poole Reading Slough South East South Wales South West Staines Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	335	403
Rank change on same period last year	+68
Matching contract IT job ads	37	60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.059 %	0.064 %
As % of the category below	0.492 %	0.487 %
Daily rates quoted	19	11
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£263
Average daily rate	£343	£279
% change on same period last year	+22.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£295
UK excluding London average daily rate	£264	£246
% change on same period last year	+7.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.60	£26.33
Average hourly rate	£19.30	£28.83
% change on same period last year	-33.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.00	£31.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.41	£27.07
% change on same period last year	+16.04 %
Miscellaneous London
Matching contract IT job ads	7513	12315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	11.91 %	13.11 %
Daily rates quoted	3395	5384
Average minimum daily rate	£443	£495
Average daily rate	£479	£530
% change on same period last year	-9.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£514	£566
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£342
% change on same period last year	+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	365	441
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.15	£22.07
Average hourly rate	£25.88	£23.91
% change on same period last year	+8.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.62	£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.63	£25.42
% change on same period last year	+0.80 %
Handset 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Handset across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 1 December 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.

Location	Rank 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 London	+7	3	£239	-20.41 %
Docklands, London	+36	1	-	-
Feltham	-	1	£195	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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 36 (37.50 %) J2ME 2 34 (35.42 %) C++ 2 34 (35.42 %) Symbian 3 29 (30.21 %) Java 4 24 (25.00 %) Windows 5 18 (18.75 %) Telecoms 6 16 (16.67 %) Blackberry 7 15 (15.63 %) Windows Mobile 8 12 (12.50 %) UIQ 8 12 (12.50 %) C 9 11 (11.46 %) Series 60 10 8 (8.333 %) OOD 11 7 (7.292 %) Eclipse 11 7 (7.292 %) Swing 11 7 (7.292 %) J2EE

11 7 (7.292 %) Wireless 12 6 (6.250 %) Games 12 6 (6.250 %) MySQL 12 6 (6.250 %) OO 12 6 (6.250 %) Linux 12 6 (6.250 %) iPhone 13 5 (5.208 %) Web Development 13 5 (5.208 %) Tomcat 13 5 (5.208 %) XHTML 13 5 (5.208 %) MS Office 13 5 (5.208 %) Windows XP 13 5 (5.208 %) Microsoft 13 5 (5.208 %) Windows CE 13 5 (5.208 %) Finance 14 4 (4.167 %) MD110

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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 36 (37.50 %) J2ME 2 12 (12.50 %) UIQ 3 11 (11.46 %) Series 60 4 7 (7.292 %) J2EE 4 7 (7.292 %) Swing 5 5 (5.208 %) XHTML 6 4 (4.167 %) JSP 6 4 (4.167 %) WAP 6 4 (4.167 %) AJAX 7 2 (2.083 %) BREW 8 1 (1.042 %) Spring 8 1 (1.042 %) J2SE 8 1 (1.042 %) OpenGL 8 1 (1.042 %) Hibernate 8 1 (1.042 %) NetBeans 8 1 (1.042 %) MIDP 8 1 (1.042 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 5 (5.208 %) Tomcat 2 3 (3.125 %) Apache 3 2 (2.083 %) GroupWise 4 1 (1.042 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 4 1 (1.042 %) CMS 4 1 (1.042 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (1.042 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 1 (1.042 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (1.042 %) JBoss 4 1 (1.042 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 5 (5.208 %) MS Office 2 2 (2.083 %) Photoshop 2 2 (2.083 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 1 (1.042 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 7 (7.292 %) Wireless 2 4 (4.167 %) Internet 2 4 (4.167 %) MD110 3 3 (3.125 %) 3G 3 3 (3.125 %) Broadband 3 3 (3.125 %) PBX 3 3 (3.125 %) VoIP 4 1 (1.042 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (1.042 %) DNS 4 1 (1.042 %) CDMA 4 1 (1.042 %) GPRS 4 1 (1.042 %) GSM 4 1 (1.042 %) HSDPA 4 1 (1.042 %) IP Telephony 4 1 (1.042 %) Intrusion Detection 4 1 (1.042 %) Nortel Meridian 4 1 (1.042 %) Cisco IPT 4 1 (1.042 %) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (6.250 %) MySQL 2 2 (2.083 %) SQL Server 3 1 (1.042 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (1.042 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (1.042 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 7 (7.292 %) Eclipse 2 3 (3.125 %) Flash 3 1 (1.042 %) TestDirector 3 1 (1.042 %) CodeWarrior
General 1 18 (18.75 %) Telecoms 2 6 (6.250 %) Games 3 5 (5.208 %) Finance 4 3 (3.125 %) Music 5 2 (2.083 %) Music Industry 5 2 (2.083 %) Banking 5 2 (2.083 %) FMCG 5 2 (2.083 %) Advertising 6 1 (1.042 %) Publishing 6 1 (1.042 %) 3D Graphics 6 1 (1.042 %) Mobile Games 6 1 (1.042 %) Government 6 1 (1.042 %) Law 6 1 (1.042 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 41 (42.71 %) Developer 2 17 (17.71 %) Symbian Developer 3 10 (10.42 %) C++ Developer 4 6 (6.250 %) Analyst 4 6 (6.250 %) Project Manager 5 5 (5.208 %) Test Analyst 5 5 (5.208 %) Support Engineer 5 5 (5.208 %) Software Engineer 6 4 (4.167 %) Telecoms Engineer 6 4 (4.167 %) Java Developer 6 4 (4.167 %) Programmer 7 3 (3.125 %) 2nd Line Support 8 2 (2.083 %) Interface Designer 8 2 (2.083 %) Systems Engineer 8 2 (2.083 %) Software Developer 8 2 (2.083 %) Architect 8 2 (2.083 %) BlackBerry Engineer 8 2 (2.083 %) Systems Support 8 2 (2.083 %) Systems Support Engineer 9 1 (1.042 %) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous 1 16 (16.67 %) Blackberry 2 6 (6.250 %) iPhone 3 4 (4.167 %) Video Conferencing 4 2 (2.083 %) Client/Server 4 2 (2.083 %) PMI 4 2 (2.083 %) NHS 5 1 (1.042 %) Tandem 5 1 (1.042 %) IPTV 5 1 (1.042 %) PDA 5 1 (1.042 %) Statistics 5 1 (1.042 %) Social Network	Operating Systems 1 24 (25.00 %) Windows 2 15 (15.63 %) Windows Mobile 3 6 (6.250 %) Linux 4 5 (5.208 %) Windows XP 4 5 (5.208 %) Windows CE 5 4 (4.167 %) Windows Vista 6 3 (3.125 %) Android 7 1 (1.042 %) Windows Server 2008 7 1 (1.042 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (1.042 %) Solaris 7 1 (1.042 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (8.333 %) OOD 2 6 (6.250 %) OO 3 5 (5.208 %) Web Development 4 4 (4.167 %) Agile Software Development 5 3 (3.125 %) Software Testing 5 3 (3.125 %) Service Delivery 5 3 (3.125 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (2.083 %) DV Cleared 6 2 (2.083 %) PRINCE 6 2 (2.083 %) Service Management 6 2 (2.083 %) DNA 6 2 (2.083 %) OOP 6 2 (2.083 %) Web Testing 7 1 (1.042 %) Test Scripting 7 1 (1.042 %) Manual Testing 7 1 (1.042 %) TDD 7 1 (1.042 %) Software Engineering 7 1 (1.042 %) ITIL 7 1 (1.042 %) PRINCE2 7 1 (1.042 %) UML	Programming Languages 1 34 (35.42 %) C++ 2 29 (30.21 %) Java 3 12 (12.50 %) C 4 4 (4.167 %) JavaScript 5 3 (3.125 %) SQL 6 2 (2.083 %) JCL 7 1 (1.042 %) VB 7 1 (1.042 %) Python 7 1 (1.042 %) Perl 7 1 (1.042 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 4 (4.167 %) Degree 2 2 (2.083 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (1.042 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.042 %) QA
System Software 1 4 (4.167 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.042 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (1.042 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 2 (2.083 %) OVSD 2 1 (1.042 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 34 (35.42 %) Symbian 2 5 (5.208 %) Microsoft 3 4 (4.167 %) Ericsson 4 3 (3.125 %) Cisco 4 3 (3.125 %) Oracle 5 2 (2.083 %) Sun 5 2 (2.083 %) SurfControl 5 2 (2.083 %) Nokia 5 2 (2.083 %) Novell 5 2 (2.083 %) Avaya 6 1 (1.042 %) Lotus 6 1 (1.042 %) Apple 6 1 (1.042 %) Perforce 6 1 (1.042 %) VMware 6 1 (1.042 %) Motorola 6 1 (1.042 %) HP 6 1 (1.042 %) Dell 6 1 (1.042 %) Intel 6 1 (1.042 %) Nortel 6 1 (1.042 %) SAP