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This section looks at the demand for Internet skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6368
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads7731041
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.019 %1.089 %
As % of the category below20.32 %19.39 %
Daily rates quoted317354
Average minimum daily rate£347£348
Average daily rate£369£373
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£339
% change on same period last year+2.21 %
Hourly rates quoted4775
Average minimum hourly rate£25.38£23.06
Average hourly rate£26.59£24.50
% change on same period last year+8.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.81£25.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.57£25.37
% change on same period last year-11.05 %
Communications & Networking LondonCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads38045370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.015 %5.615 %
Daily rates quoted14141680
Average minimum daily rate£357£372
Average daily rate£378£393
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted305499
Average minimum hourly rate£24.96£24.85
Average hourly rate£26.38£26.44
% change on same period last year-0.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.80£28.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.60£28.49
% change on same period last year-10.13 %
Internet EnglandInternet
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.

Internet
Demand Trend

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

London Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

London Internet Hourly Rate Histogram

Internet
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Internet within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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.

LocationRank 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 LondonUp+26223£365-2.63 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2015£356-18.08 %
HammersmithUp+211£380-
RomfordDown-25£475-
Canary WharfDown-64£500+29.62 %
LutonUp+133£325-31.57 %
UxbridgeDown-83£300-
FelthamNew entry-2£375-
BromleyUp+22£300-
LewishamUp+31£375-
BarkingNew entry-1--
HounslowNew entry-1£400-
CroydonDown-31--
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1283 (17.26 %)HTML
2265 (16.16 %)Windows
3258 (15.73 %)Intranet
4255 (15.55 %).NET
5253 (15.43 %)SQL
6247 (15.06 %)XML
7244 (14.88 %)Finance
7244 (14.88 %)Banking
8236 (14.39 %)Microsoft
9230 (14.02 %)CSS
10228 (13.90 %)JavaScript
11189 (11.52 %)Java
12188 (11.46 %)SQL Server
12188 (11.46 %)Unix
13181 (11.04 %)Firewall
14162 (9.878 %)C#
15144 (8.780 %)E-Commerce
16140 (8.537 %)MS Office
17135 (8.232 %)ASP.NET
18130 (7.927 %)Project Management
19128 (7.805 %)Linux
20119 (7.256 %)DNS
21117 (7.134 %)ASP
22115 (7.012 %)PRINCE2
23113 (6.890 %)TCP/IP
24111 (6.768 %)Oracle
24111 (6.768 %)MS Excel
25110 (6.707 %)Cisco
26107 (6.524 %)PHP
26107 (6.524 %)Investment Banking

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1283 (17.26 %)HTML
2255 (15.55 %).NET
3247 (15.06 %)XML
4230 (14.02 %)CSS
5135 (8.232 %)ASP.NET
6117 (7.134 %)ASP
7101 (6.159 %)XHTML
895 (5.793 %)XSLT
895 (5.793 %)WebServices
992 (5.610 %)AJAX
1073 (4.451 %)J2EE
1162 (3.780 %)JSP
1260 (3.659 %).NET Framework
1358 (3.537 %)Adobe Flex
1450 (3.049 %)WebSphere
1525 (1.524 %)XSL
1525 (1.524 %)EJB
1525 (1.524 %)SOAP
1622 (1.341 %)Middleware
1622 (1.341 %)Spring
Application Platforms
198 (5.976 %)Apache
296 (5.854 %)CMS
395 (5.793 %)IIS
491 (5.549 %)MS Exchange
563 (3.841 %)WebLogic
657 (3.476 %)Tomcat
748 (2.927 %)SharePoint
844 (2.683 %)Exchange Server 2003
927 (1.646 %)JBoss
927 (1.646 %)Exchange Server 2000
1021 (1.280 %)BizTalk Server
1117 (1.037 %)WebSphere Application Server
1214 (0.854 %)TeamSite
1313 (0.793 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1313 (0.793 %)Oracle Application Server
1313 (0.793 %)Documentum
1313 (0.793 %)JRun
1313 (0.793 %)WebLogic Portal
1412 (0.732 %)Exchange Server 2007
1511 (0.671 %)iPlanet
Applications
1140 (8.537 %)MS Office
2111 (6.768 %)MS Excel
367 (4.085 %)Photoshop
437 (2.256 %)MS Project
534 (2.073 %)MS Visio
629 (1.768 %)MS PowerPoint
717 (1.037 %)Adobe Illustrator
85 (0.305 %)SPSS
94 (0.244 %)Paint Shop Pro
102 (0.122 %)Adobe Premiere
102 (0.122 %)FreeHand
102 (0.122 %)Acrobat
111 (0.061 %)CA Clarity
111 (0.061 %)InfoPath
111 (0.061 %)ImageReady
111 (0.061 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
112 (0.732 %)SAP CRM
26 (0.366 %)WebTrends
35 (0.305 %)RMDS
42 (0.122 %)Endur
51 (0.061 %)Temenos Globus
51 (0.061 %)Academy Housing
51 (0.061 %)SAP Retail
51 (0.061 %)Temenos T24
51 (0.061 %)Cerner Millennium
51 (0.061 %)Singl.eView
51 (0.061 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.061 %)Oracle CRM
51 (0.061 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.061 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1258 (15.73 %)Intranet
2181 (11.04 %)Firewall
3119 (7.256 %)DNS
4113 (6.890 %)TCP/IP
593 (5.671 %)LAN
685 (5.183 %)WAN
777 (4.695 %)Extranet
867 (4.085 %)VPN
952 (3.171 %)HTTP
1047 (2.866 %)Network Security
1132 (1.951 %)FTP
1132 (1.951 %)SSL
1132 (1.951 %)SAN
1229 (1.768 %)SMTP
1328 (1.707 %)MPLS
1328 (1.707 %)Wireless
1427 (1.646 %)OSPF
1427 (1.646 %)BGP
1519 (1.159 %)DHCP
1617 (1.037 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1188 (11.46 %)SQL Server
294 (5.732 %)MySQL
388 (5.366 %)SQL Server 2005
463 (3.841 %)SQL Server 2000
523 (1.402 %)Oracle 9i
622 (1.341 %)GIS
721 (1.280 %)RDBMS
816 (0.976 %)Datawarehouse
915 (0.915 %)Oracle 10g
1012 (0.732 %)Data Mining
1111 (0.671 %)SQL Server 7
1111 (0.671 %)MS Access
129 (0.549 %)BusinessObjects
129 (0.549 %)Crystal Reports
135 (0.305 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
135 (0.305 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
135 (0.305 %)Reference Data
135 (0.305 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
144 (0.244 %)EDRMS
153 (0.183 %)DB2
Development Applications
188 (5.366 %)Flash
247 (2.866 %)Dreamweaver
329 (1.768 %)Visual Studio
418 (1.098 %)FrontPage
514 (0.854 %)VSS/SourceSafe
514 (0.854 %)Ant
514 (0.854 %)Subversion
612 (0.732 %)JUnit
711 (0.671 %)Eclipse
89 (0.549 %)QuickTest Pro
98 (0.488 %)TestDirector
106 (0.366 %)NUnit
115 (0.305 %)OpenDeploy
124 (0.244 %)JDeveloper
124 (0.244 %)LoadRunner
124 (0.244 %)JIRA
133 (0.183 %)Selenium
133 (0.183 %)jMock
133 (0.183 %)RequisitePro
142 (0.122 %)Bugzilla
General
1244 (14.88 %)Finance
1244 (14.88 %)Banking
2107 (6.524 %)Investment Banking
390 (5.488 %)Government
487 (5.305 %)Marketing
575 (4.573 %)Retail
660 (3.659 %)Telecoms
757 (3.476 %)Online Banking
846 (2.805 %)Publishing
939 (2.378 %)Insurance
1037 (2.256 %)Graphic Design
1136 (2.195 %)Law
1234 (2.073 %)Retail Banking
1332 (1.951 %)Animation
1426 (1.585 %)Front Office
1522 (1.341 %)Advertising
1619 (1.159 %)Games
1718 (1.098 %)Health
1817 (1.037 %)Financial Institution
1916 (0.976 %)Billing
Job Titles
1431 (26.28 %)Developer
2325 (19.82 %)Analyst
3163 (9.939 %)Project Manager
4107 (6.524 %)Business Analyst
5100 (6.098 %)Web Developer
697 (5.915 %)Support Analyst
697 (5.915 %).NET Developer
782 (5.000 %)Administrator
877 (4.695 %)Architect
962 (3.780 %)Network Engineer
1060 (3.659 %)Consultant
1157 (3.476 %)C# Developer
1246 (2.805 %)Flex Developer
1337 (2.256 %)Systems Administrator
1436 (2.195 %)Security Engineer
1535 (2.134 %)Java Developer
1535 (2.134 %)Support Engineer
1632 (1.951 %)ASP.NET Developer
1730 (1.829 %)Tester
1829 (1.768 %)PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
165 (3.963 %)RIA
243 (2.622 %)Web 2.0
323 (1.402 %)W3C
422 (1.341 %)Computer Science
521 (1.280 %)Asset Management
521 (1.280 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
620 (1.220 %)iDTV
719 (1.159 %)PKI
817 (1.037 %)Social Network
915 (0.915 %)Statistics
1014 (0.854 %)Management Information System
1014 (0.854 %)French Language
1014 (0.854 %)Mathematics
1113 (0.793 %)Cryptography
1212 (0.732 %)NHS
1311 (0.671 %)Spanish Language
1311 (0.671 %)N-Tier
1311 (0.671 %)Client/Server
1311 (0.671 %)Blackberry
1410 (0.610 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
1265 (16.16 %)Windows
2188 (11.46 %)Unix
3128 (7.805 %)Linux
477 (4.695 %)Solaris
548 (2.927 %)Windows 2000
645 (2.744 %)Windows Server 2003
744 (2.683 %)Windows XP
831 (1.890 %)Windows NT
920 (1.220 %)Mac OS X
1011 (0.671 %)VMS
119 (0.549 %)HPUX
126 (0.366 %)AIX
126 (0.366 %)Windows Vista
135 (0.305 %)Debian
141 (0.061 %)Embedded Linux
141 (0.061 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1144 (8.780 %)E-Commerce
2130 (7.927 %)Project Management
3115 (7.012 %)PRINCE2
4100 (6.098 %)Content Management
594 (5.732 %)OO
676 (4.634 %)Web Development
676 (4.634 %)Agile Software Development
760 (3.659 %)UML
760 (3.659 %)Load Balancing
852 (3.171 %)Security Cleared
948 (2.927 %)CRM
1045 (2.744 %)Migration
1142 (2.561 %)Business Analysis
1234 (2.073 %)Service Delivery
1331 (1.890 %)ITIL
1430 (1.829 %)Scrum
1430 (1.829 %)User Acceptance Testing
1529 (1.768 %)Test Scripting
1627 (1.646 %)Web Design
1725 (1.524 %)Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1253 (15.43 %)SQL
2228 (13.90 %)JavaScript
3189 (11.52 %)Java
4162 (9.878 %)C#
5107 (6.524 %)PHP
691 (5.549 %)Perl
771 (4.329 %)ActionScript
857 (3.476 %)C
954 (3.293 %)DHTML
954 (3.293 %)VB.NET
1052 (3.171 %)VB
1139 (2.378 %)C++
1234 (2.073 %)VBScript
1330 (1.829 %)Shell Script
1330 (1.829 %)Transact-SQL
1426 (1.585 %)VB6
1518 (1.098 %)Python
1616 (0.976 %)PHP5
1714 (0.854 %)PL/SQL
1810 (0.610 %)XPath
Qualifications
168 (4.146 %)Degree
252 (3.171 %)Cisco Certification
342 (2.561 %)Microsoft Certification
433 (2.012 %)ISEB
531 (1.890 %)CCNA
620 (1.220 %)MCSE
620 (1.220 %)PRINCE2 Certification
718 (1.098 %)CCNP
718 (1.098 %)CISSP
816 (0.976 %)MCSD
914 (0.854 %)CISA
914 (0.854 %)CISM
914 (0.854 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
108 (0.488 %)MCP
114 (0.244 %)CIMA
114 (0.244 %)CCIE
114 (0.244 %)PMP
114 (0.244 %)PMI Certification
123 (0.183 %)HND
132 (0.122 %)PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
149 (2.988 %)QA
218 (1.098 %)SLA
39 (0.549 %)WCAG
47 (0.427 %)ISO17799
54 (0.244 %)WAI
54 (0.244 %)ISO27001
63 (0.183 %)CESG Infosec
63 (0.183 %)COBIT
72 (0.122 %)PAS 78
81 (0.061 %)JSP 440
81 (0.061 %)BS7799
System Software
1102 (6.220 %)Active Directory
218 (1.098 %)VMware ESX
311 (0.671 %)VMware Infrastructure
49 (0.549 %)Squid
49 (0.549 %)Backup Exec
54 (0.244 %)Citrix Presentation Server
63 (0.183 %)Terminal Server
63 (0.183 %)ISA Server
72 (0.122 %)NetBackup
72 (0.122 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.122 %)Xen
81 (0.061 %)Oracle RAC
81 (0.061 %)Terminal Services
81 (0.061 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
81 (0.061 %)NFS
81 (0.061 %)Samba
Systems Management
116 (0.976 %)MOM
214 (0.854 %)CiscoWorks
310 (0.610 %)CA SiteMinder
48 (0.488 %)WSUS
56 (0.366 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
65 (0.305 %)OpenView
74 (0.244 %)ARCserve
83 (0.183 %)MIIS
92 (0.122 %)Tivoli
101 (0.061 %)Netcool
101 (0.061 %)BMC PATROL
101 (0.061 %)Legato
Vendors
1236 (14.39 %)Microsoft
2111 (6.768 %)Oracle
3110 (6.707 %)Cisco
456 (3.415 %)CheckPoint
456 (3.415 %)HP
546 (2.805 %)Nokia
639 (2.378 %)Red Hat
639 (2.378 %)Sun
731 (1.890 %)Citrix
731 (1.890 %)IBM
731 (1.890 %)VMware
827 (1.646 %)Blue Coat
925 (1.524 %)Siebel
1023 (1.402 %)SAP
1122 (1.341 %)Bloomberg
1122 (1.341 %)Juniper
1122 (1.341 %)Adobe
1219 (1.159 %)Reuters
1316 (0.976 %)RedDot
1414 (0.854 %)BEA
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