Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insurance in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the London region.

 Insurance
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank696168
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+7
Matching contract IT job ads639422843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London2.467 %2.556 %2.300 %
As % of the General category3.940 %4.594 %4.189 %
Daily rates quoted308190342
Average daily rate£435£403£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.070 %-5.290 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£300£320
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£608£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£375£400
% change year-on-year
--6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted5847
Average hourly rate£30.00£18.75£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00 %-10.71 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.40£13.75£17.10
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.20£44.25£33.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.50£21.25£19.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %+8.970 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
16219918520126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London62.61 %55.64 %54.92 %
Daily rates quoted921739208745
Average daily rate£500£450£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£313£275£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£600£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted225329764
Average hourly rate£22.00£21.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.760 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£13.50£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.10£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Insurance EnglandInsurance
England

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.

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

London Insurance Demand Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Insurance Daily Rate Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London Insurance Daily Rate Histogram

Insurance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Insurance Hourly Rate Trend

Insurance
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 LondonDown-31215£438+9.37 %
CroydonDown-39£600+45.45 %
Docklands, LondonDown-34£438+59.09 %
BromleyDown-53£293+17.00 %
Insurance EnglandInsurance
England

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Insurance 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 Insurance.

1433 (36.36 %)Finance
2142 (11.92 %)SQL
3136 (11.42 %)SQL Server
4130 (10.92 %)Banking
5123 (10.33 %)Project Management
6112 (9.404 %)Business Analysis
7108 (9.068 %).NET
897 (8.144 %)Datawarehouse
987 (7.305 %)PRINCE2
1079 (6.633 %)Microsoft
1178 (6.549 %)Stakeholder Management
1268 (5.709 %)Basel II
1359 (4.954 %)ETL
1458 (4.870 %)C#
1554 (4.534 %)Retail
1653 (4.450 %)Risk Management
1752 (4.366 %)SQL Server 2005
1850 (4.198 %)Workflow
1949 (4.114 %)Oracle
1949 (4.114 %)Business Intelligence
2047 (3.946 %)ASP.NET
2047 (3.946 %)Migration
2047 (3.946 %)Scrum
2146 (3.862 %)MS Office
2244 (3.694 %)Pensions
2343 (3.610 %)Change Management
2441 (3.442 %)Data Analysis
2441 (3.442 %)UML
2441 (3.442 %)User Acceptance Testing
2540 (3.359 %)SQL Server Integration Services

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Insurance 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 Insurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1108 (9.068 %).NET
247 (3.946 %)ASP.NET
334 (2.855 %)XML
420 (1.679 %)WCF
519 (1.595 %)AJAX
618 (1.511 %).NET Framework
717 (1.427 %)jQuery
816 (1.343 %)NHibernate
915 (1.259 %)JSON
1014 (1.175 %)Web Services
1014 (1.175 %)J2EE
1113 (1.092 %)CSS
129 (0.756 %)HTML
129 (0.756 %)WinForms
137 (0.588 %)Spring
146 (0.504 %)WebSphere
154 (0.336 %)MDX
154 (0.336 %)Hibernate
154 (0.336 %)ASP
154 (0.336 %)DHTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
128 (2.351 %)SharePoint
214 (1.175 %)SAS
311 (0.924 %)MS Exchange
48 (0.672 %)IIS
56 (0.504 %)Exchange Server 2003
56 (0.504 %)LiveLink
56 (0.504 %)Lotus Notes
65 (0.420 %)Exchange Server 2007
65 (0.420 %)AquaLogic
74 (0.336 %)WebLogic
83 (0.252 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (0.252 %)CMS
83 (0.252 %)SharePoint Server 2007
83 (0.252 %)Office Project Server
83 (0.252 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (0.168 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
92 (0.168 %)BizTalk Server
92 (0.168 %)Documentum
92 (0.168 %)Tomcat
92 (0.168 %)Apache
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
146 (3.862 %)MS Office
238 (3.191 %)MS Excel
331 (2.603 %)MS Visio
425 (2.099 %)MS Project
59 (0.756 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.252 %)MATLAB
63 (0.252 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.084 %)Photoshop
71 (0.084 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.084 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.084 %)InfoPath
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.756 %)Microsoft CRM
26 (0.504 %)Dynamics CRM
33 (0.252 %)Oracle Financials
33 (0.252 %)Oracle EBS R12
42 (0.168 %)Cognos Planning
42 (0.168 %)Eagle PACE
42 (0.168 %)Capstone
42 (0.168 %)SAP FI
51 (0.084 %)PeopleSoft Financials
51 (0.084 %)CODA-Financials
51 (0.084 %)SAP SD
51 (0.084 %)SAP Retail
51 (0.084 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.084 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.084 %)Algo Collateral
51 (0.084 %)SAP FS
51 (0.084 %)Dynamics AX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (1.511 %)Internet
211 (0.924 %)Firewall
39 (0.756 %)LAN
39 (0.756 %)WAN
48 (0.672 %)SAN
48 (0.672 %)DNS
57 (0.588 %)DHCP
57 (0.588 %)TCP/IP
66 (0.504 %)VoIP
75 (0.420 %)IP Telephony
75 (0.420 %)VLAN
84 (0.336 %)Cisco IPT
84 (0.336 %)NetScreen
84 (0.336 %)VPN
93 (0.252 %)Intranet
93 (0.252 %)BIG-IP
102 (0.168 %)Reverse Proxy
102 (0.168 %)Cisco ASA
102 (0.168 %)Wireless
102 (0.168 %)BGP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1136 (11.42 %)SQL Server
297 (8.144 %)Datawarehouse
359 (4.954 %)ETL
452 (4.366 %)SQL Server 2005
540 (3.359 %)SQL Server Integration Services
626 (2.183 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
725 (2.099 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
824 (2.015 %)BusinessObjects
920 (1.679 %)SQL Server 2008
1015 (1.259 %)SQL Server 2000
1111 (0.924 %)Data Mining
1111 (0.924 %)Oracle 10g
1210 (0.840 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
139 (0.756 %)Crystal Reports
147 (0.588 %)TOAD
147 (0.588 %)PowerCenter
147 (0.588 %)Data Cleansing
155 (0.420 %)RDBMS
164 (0.336 %)Oracle 11g
164 (0.336 %)DataStage
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (1.259 %)NUnit
115 (1.259 %)TeamCity
214 (1.175 %)Eclipse
311 (0.924 %)TestDirector
410 (0.840 %)Visual Studio
59 (0.756 %)ClearQuest
65 (0.420 %)ClearCase
65 (0.420 %)ERwin
65 (0.420 %)QuickTest Pro
65 (0.420 %)Subversion
74 (0.336 %)JUnit
82 (0.168 %)JIRA
82 (0.168 %)Maven
82 (0.168 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.168 %)XDE
91 (0.084 %)Oracle Forms
91 (0.084 %)Dreamweaver
91 (0.084 %)PowerBuilder
91 (0.084 %)TestPartner
91 (0.084 %)JMeter
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1433 (36.36 %)Finance
2130 (10.92 %)Banking
354 (4.534 %)Retail
444 (3.694 %)Pensions
531 (2.603 %)Retail Banking
623 (1.931 %)Investment Banking
721 (1.763 %)Education
815 (1.259 %)Back Office
815 (1.259 %)Legal
97 (0.588 %)Front Office
97 (0.588 %)Law
97 (0.588 %)Games
97 (0.588 %)Marketing
106 (0.504 %)Telecoms
106 (0.504 %)Financial Institution
114 (0.336 %)Home Office
123 (0.252 %)General Ledger
123 (0.252 %)Publishing
123 (0.252 %)Private Banking
123 (0.252 %)Corporate Banking
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1558 (46.85 %)Analyst
2421 (35.35 %)Business Analyst
3206 (17.30 %)Project Manager
4176 (14.78 %)Insurance Business Analyst
5149 (12.51 %)Developer
644 (3.694 %)Consultant
740 (3.359 %)Architect
740 (3.359 %)Programme Manager
833 (2.771 %)Senior Analyst
932 (2.687 %)Test Manager
1028 (2.351 %)Data Analyst
1028 (2.351 %)Senior Manager
1126 (2.183 %)Senior Business Analyst
1126 (2.183 %).NET Developer
1224 (2.015 %)Systems Analyst
1224 (2.015 %)Business Manager
1323 (1.931 %)Senior Project Manager
1421 (1.763 %)Risk Analyst
1519 (1.595 %)Business Systems Analyst
1519 (1.595 %)C# Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (1.427 %)N-Tier
117 (1.427 %)AS400
216 (1.343 %)Data Conversion
216 (1.343 %)Mainframe
314 (1.175 %)iSeries
314 (1.175 %)Credit Risk
413 (1.092 %)Management Information System
413 (1.092 %)Derivative
510 (0.840 %)Market Risk
68 (0.672 %)Equities
77 (0.588 %)Fixed Income
77 (0.588 %)French Language
86 (0.504 %)Blackberry
95 (0.420 %)Credit Derivative
104 (0.336 %)German Language
104 (0.336 %)Spanish Language
113 (0.252 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
113 (0.252 %)Replication
113 (0.252 %)Cloud Computing
113 (0.252 %)Data Extraction
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
140 (3.359 %)Windows
29 (0.756 %)Linux
38 (0.672 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (0.672 %)Windows 2000
47 (0.588 %)Windows XP
56 (0.504 %)Windows Server 2008
56 (0.504 %)UNIX
63 (0.252 %)AIX
63 (0.252 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.168 %)Windows Vista
72 (0.168 %)Windows NT
72 (0.168 %)Solaris
81 (0.084 %)MVS
81 (0.084 %)SUSE
81 (0.084 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (0.084 %)Windows 2000 Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1123 (10.33 %)Project Management
2112 (9.404 %)Business Analysis
387 (7.305 %)PRINCE2
478 (6.549 %)Stakeholder Management
553 (4.450 %)Risk Management
650 (4.198 %)Workflow
749 (4.114 %)Business Intelligence
847 (3.946 %)Migration
847 (3.946 %)Scrum
943 (3.610 %)Change Management
1041 (3.442 %)Data Analysis
1041 (3.442 %)UML
1041 (3.442 %)User Acceptance Testing
1131 (2.603 %)E-Commerce
1131 (2.603 %)Data Modelling
1229 (2.435 %)Systems Analysis
1328 (2.351 %)Agile Software Development
1426 (2.183 %)Six Sigma
1523 (1.931 %)Matrix Management
1523 (1.931 %)Use Case
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1142 (11.92 %)SQL
258 (4.870 %)C#
340 (3.359 %)T-SQL
434 (2.855 %)Java
524 (2.015 %)PL/SQL
622 (1.847 %)VB
719 (1.595 %)VBA
817 (1.427 %)VB.NET
817 (1.427 %)C
913 (1.092 %)JavaScript
108 (0.672 %)VB6
116 (0.504 %)RPG
116 (0.504 %)Perl
116 (0.504 %)C++
124 (0.336 %)Groovy
133 (0.252 %)COBOL
133 (0.252 %)PHP
133 (0.252 %)VBScript
142 (0.168 %)Ruby
142 (0.168 %)SAS Macro
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (3.191 %)Degree
234 (2.855 %)PRINCE2 Certification
317 (1.427 %)ISEB
412 (1.008 %)Microsoft Certification
510 (0.840 %)MCSE
69 (0.756 %)PMI Certification
78 (0.672 %)PMP
87 (0.588 %)ISTQB
96 (0.504 %)MCITP
96 (0.504 %)MCP
103 (0.252 %)CCNP
103 (0.252 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.252 %)MCTS
112 (0.168 %)CCVP
112 (0.168 %)CISSP
121 (0.084 %)CCNA
121 (0.084 %)PhD
121 (0.084 %)CISA
121 (0.084 %)CISM
121 (0.084 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
168 (5.709 %)Basel II
234 (2.855 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
321 (1.763 %)QA
45 (0.420 %)MiFID
52 (0.168 %)GAAP
52 (0.168 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
127 (2.267 %)Active Directory
213 (1.092 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (1.008 %)VMware ESX
44 (0.336 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.084 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.084 %)XenApp
51 (0.084 %)VMware Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.420 %)AutoSys
24 (0.336 %)Data Guard
33 (0.252 %)Cisco IPCC
42 (0.168 %)WSUS
42 (0.168 %)MAILsweeper
51 (0.084 %)CiscoWorks
51 (0.084 %)Tivoli
51 (0.084 %)MOM
51 (0.084 %)HP Data Protector
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
179 (6.633 %)Microsoft
249 (4.114 %)Oracle
324 (2.015 %)Business Objects
423 (1.931 %)VMware
520 (1.679 %)Cisco
618 (1.511 %)Cognos
717 (1.427 %)SAP
815 (1.259 %)Citrix
815 (1.259 %)HP
99 (0.756 %)Informatica
107 (0.588 %)IBM
107 (0.588 %)Lotus
107 (0.588 %)MicroStrategy
107 (0.588 %)NetApp
107 (0.588 %)Red Hat
107 (0.588 %)ProClarity
116 (0.504 %)Planview
116 (0.504 %)BEA
116 (0.504 %)CheckPoint
125 (0.420 %)Hyperion