The first table below looks at the demand for IAG 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 IAG over the 3 months to 20 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 System Software 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG)
Rank 380 396 432
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +36
Contract jobs citing IAG 1 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.022% 0.007%
As % of the System Software category 0.060% 0.288% 0.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £445 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1664 2081 1846
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.670% 7.750% 6.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1191 964
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 178 196
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £36.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -3.64%
IAG
England

IAG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London IAG Jobs Demand Trend

IAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

London IAG Daily Rate Trend

IAG
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing IAG 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 IAG.

1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) MCSE
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) CCA
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 5 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 5 (100.00%) AppSense
1 5 (100.00%) Linux+ Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SUSE
1 5 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 5 (100.00%) UAG
1 5 (100.00%) CCEE
2 4 (80.00%) SCCM
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information Act

IAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Support
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Support Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 5 (100.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCSE
1 5 (100.00%) CCA
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Linux+ Certification
1 5 (100.00%) CCEE
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 5 (100.00%) UAG
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 5 (100.00%) AppSense
2 4 (80.00%) VMware