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This section looks at the demand for Load Balancing skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Load Balancing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLoad Balancing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank345380
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching contract IT job ads5998
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.098 %
As % of the category below0.312 %0.400 %
Daily rates quoted3136
Average minimum daily rate£397£398
Average daily rate£425£420
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£453£442
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£36.25
Average hourly rate-£39.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.93£36.54
% change on same period last year+1.04 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1892424528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.97 %24.43 %
Daily rates quoted86089608
Average minimum daily rate£411£416
Average daily rate£442£443
% change on same period last year-0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted627906
Average minimum hourly rate£26.18£28.82
Average hourly rate£27.93£30.78
% change on same period last year-9.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.68£32.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Load Balancing EnglandLoad Balancing
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.

Load Balancing
Demand Trend

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

London Load Balancing Demand Trend

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Load Balancing Daily Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Load Balancing across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London Load Balancing Daily Rate Histogram

Load Balancing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Load Balancing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Balancing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Balancing within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 LondonDown-1514£436-10.64 %
TwickenhamNew entry-2£388-
CroydonNew entry-1--
Load Balancing EnglandLoad Balancing
England

Load Balancing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Load Balancing 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 Load Balancing.

198 (67.12 %)Firewall
259 (40.41 %)DNS
354 (36.99 %)Internet
354 (36.99 %)Windows
446 (31.51 %)TCP/IP
544 (30.14 %)UNIX
640 (27.40 %)Linux
738 (26.03 %)IIS
836 (24.66 %).NET
933 (22.60 %)J2EE
1031 (21.23 %)Java
1031 (21.23 %)Apache
1130 (20.55 %)SQL Server
1229 (19.86 %)Banking
1328 (19.18 %)WebSphere
1328 (19.18 %)Oracle
1328 (19.18 %)Cisco
1328 (19.18 %)CheckPoint
1427 (18.49 %)Windows Server 2003
1427 (18.49 %)Tomcat
1523 (15.75 %)Juniper
1622 (15.07 %)Nokia
1622 (15.07 %)WebSphere Application Server
1622 (15.07 %)BIG-IP
1622 (15.07 %)Red Hat Linux
1721 (14.38 %)VMware
1721 (14.38 %)Clustering
1721 (14.38 %)Blue Coat
1721 (14.38 %)SQL
1721 (14.38 %)LAN

Load Balancing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Load Balancing 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 Load Balancing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
136 (24.66 %).NET
233 (22.60 %)J2EE
328 (19.18 %)WebSphere
420 (13.70 %)ASP.NET
515 (10.27 %)COM+
67 (4.795 %)CSS
76 (4.110 %)ASP.NET 2.0
85 (3.425 %)WebServices
85 (3.425 %)Hibernate
94 (2.740 %)HTML
103 (2.055 %)NHibernate
112 (1.370 %)Spring
112 (1.370 %)XML
121 (0.685 %)CGI
121 (0.685 %)Middleware
121 (0.685 %)POSIX
121 (0.685 %)Struts
121 (0.685 %)CakePHP
121 (0.685 %)LAMP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
138 (26.03 %)IIS
231 (21.23 %)Apache
327 (18.49 %)Tomcat
422 (15.07 %)WebSphere Application Server
510 (6.849 %)JBoss
64 (2.740 %)CMS
64 (2.740 %)WebLogic
73 (2.055 %)Resin
81 (0.685 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.685 %)iPlanet
81 (0.685 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.685 %)SharePoint
81 (0.685 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.685 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (0.685 %)Oracle 10gAS
81 (0.685 %)Oracle Application Server
81 (0.685 %)Office Communications Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.740 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.685 %)Oracle Applications
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
198 (67.12 %)Firewall
259 (40.41 %)DNS
354 (36.99 %)Internet
446 (31.51 %)TCP/IP
522 (15.07 %)BIG-IP
621 (14.38 %)LAN
621 (14.38 %)SSL
715 (10.27 %)FTP
814 (9.589 %)OSPF
814 (9.589 %)BGP
913 (8.904 %)VPN
913 (8.904 %)WAN
913 (8.904 %)Network Security
109 (6.164 %)SAN
109 (6.164 %)Intranet
118 (5.479 %)VoIP
127 (4.795 %)Ethernet
127 (4.795 %)EIGRP
136 (4.110 %)Ethereal
136 (4.110 %)Cisco PIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (20.55 %)SQL Server
220 (13.70 %)MySQL
317 (11.64 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (4.795 %)DB2
56 (4.110 %)RDBMS
65 (3.425 %)GIS
73 (2.055 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.685 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.685 %)Data Mining
81 (0.685 %)ETL
81 (0.685 %)Datawarehouse
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (10.27 %)LoadRunner
23 (2.055 %)Visual Studio
23 (2.055 %)Subversion
23 (2.055 %)NUnit
31 (0.685 %)Flash
31 (0.685 %)JIRA
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (19.86 %)Banking
29 (6.164 %)Finance
38 (5.479 %)Publishing
47 (4.795 %)Investment Banking
54 (2.740 %)Education
62 (1.370 %)Telecoms
62 (1.370 %)Financial Institution
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
129 (19.86 %)Network Engineer
222 (15.07 %)Administrator
321 (14.38 %)Security Engineer
420 (13.70 %)Systems Administrator
519 (13.01 %)Architect
615 (10.27 %)Developer
712 (8.219 %)Analyst
810 (6.849 %)Web Analyst
98 (5.479 %)Consultant
107 (4.795 %)Wintel Engineer
107 (4.795 %)Linux Administrator
107 (4.795 %)Linux Systems Administrator
107 (4.795 %)Java Developer
107 (4.795 %)Cisco Engineer
107 (4.795 %)Technical Architect
116 (4.110 %)Infrastructure Specialist
116 (4.110 %)Cisco Network Engineer
116 (4.110 %).NET Developer
116 (4.110 %)Server Analyst
125 (3.425 %)Implementation Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (14.38 %)Clustering
213 (8.904 %)Web 2.0
213 (8.904 %)Cryptography
38 (5.479 %)Multithreading
44 (2.740 %)Replication
52 (1.370 %)Fixed Income
52 (1.370 %)Computer Science
52 (1.370 %)W3C
61 (0.685 %)N-Tier
61 (0.685 %)Social Network
61 (0.685 %)PKI
61 (0.685 %)Streaming Media
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
154 (36.99 %)Windows
244 (30.14 %)UNIX
340 (27.40 %)Linux
427 (18.49 %)Windows Server 2003
522 (15.07 %)Red Hat Linux
610 (6.849 %)Windows 2000 Server
79 (6.164 %)Solaris
85 (3.425 %)HPUX
94 (2.740 %)Windows 2000
103 (2.055 %)AIX
103 (2.055 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
112 (1.370 %)CentOS
112 (1.370 %)Debian
112 (1.370 %)Fedora
121 (0.685 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.685 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.685 %)OpenBSD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (10.27 %)Load Testing
213 (8.904 %)Content Management
312 (8.219 %)Performance Testing
312 (8.219 %)Migration
411 (7.534 %)Disaster Recovery
59 (6.164 %)Configuration Management
59 (6.164 %)Stress Testing
68 (5.479 %)Business Continuity
77 (4.795 %)Investment Management
77 (4.795 %)Incident Management
77 (4.795 %)Change Management
86 (4.110 %)OO
95 (3.425 %)UML
104 (2.740 %)Network Design
104 (2.740 %)Supplier Management
104 (2.740 %)E-Commerce
113 (2.055 %)B2B
113 (2.055 %)Unit Testing
113 (2.055 %)Scrum
122 (1.370 %)Data Migration
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (21.23 %)Java
221 (14.38 %)SQL
315 (10.27 %)VBScript
412 (8.219 %)Perl
57 (4.795 %)C#
66 (4.110 %)PHP
75 (3.425 %)JavaScript
84 (2.740 %)Shell Script
93 (2.055 %)DHTML
102 (1.370 %)C
111 (0.685 %)Python
111 (0.685 %)C++
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (12.33 %)Cisco Certification
210 (6.849 %)CCNP
37 (4.795 %)CCNA
46 (4.110 %)Degree
46 (4.110 %)CCIE
54 (2.740 %)CISA
54 (2.740 %)CISM
54 (2.740 %)CISSP
63 (2.055 %)CCDP
63 (2.055 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (2.055 %)MCSE
72 (1.370 %)CCIP
81 (0.685 %)MCTS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.055 %)QA
22 (1.370 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (12.33 %)VMware ESX
215 (10.27 %)Active Directory
36 (4.110 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (1.370 %)Squid
42 (1.370 %)ClearTrust
42 (1.370 %)ISA Server
51 (0.685 %)NFS
51 (0.685 %)Citrix Presentation Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (8.904 %)CA SiteMinder
210 (6.849 %)OpenView
37 (4.795 %)CiscoWorks
42 (1.370 %)Nagios
42 (1.370 %)Tivoli
42 (1.370 %)MOM
51 (0.685 %)Netcool
51 (0.685 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.685 %)SCCM
51 (0.685 %)SCOM
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (19.18 %)Oracle
128 (19.18 %)Cisco
128 (19.18 %)CheckPoint
223 (15.75 %)Juniper
322 (15.07 %)Nokia
421 (14.38 %)VMware
421 (14.38 %)Blue Coat
421 (14.38 %)Red Hat
520 (13.70 %)IBM
520 (13.70 %)HP
619 (13.01 %)Citrix
716 (10.96 %)Sybase
814 (9.589 %)Microsoft
910 (6.849 %)Sun
108 (5.479 %)EMC
115 (3.425 %)NetApp
115 (3.425 %)NetScout
124 (2.740 %)Dell
124 (2.740 %)Intel
133 (2.055 %)BEA