London Matrix Management Contracts

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

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bicester Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury North West North Yorkshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West Southend-on-Sea Staines Surrey Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	343	364
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	56	115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.074 %	0.120 %
As % of the category below	0.315 %	0.506 %
Daily rates quoted	22	49
Average minimum daily rate	£491	£556
Average daily rate	£534	£596
% change on same period last year	-10.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£577	£636
UK excluding London average daily rate	£423	£424
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+133.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.75	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
Processes & Methodologies London
Matching contract IT job ads	17784	22721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	23.45 %	23.76 %
Daily rates quoted	7968	8969
Average minimum daily rate	£411	£422
Average daily rate	£441	£450
% change on same period last year	-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£472	£478
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	584	784
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.65	£29.57
Average hourly rate	£28.60	£31.71
% change on same period last year	-9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.56	£33.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.33
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
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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 Matrix Management across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 Matrix Management 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 Matrix Management across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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 Matrix Management across the London region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Matrix Management 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.

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	-20	16	£612	-0.29 %
Croydon	+7	3	£425	-
Canary Wharf	-	2	£513	-
Docklands, London	-3	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 53 (39.26 %) Project Management 2 42 (31.11 %) PRINCE2 3 35 (25.93 %) Banking 4 30 (22.22 %) Finance 5 25 (18.52 %) Investment Banking 6 15 (11.11 %) Front Office 6 15 (11.11 %) Government 7 13 (9.630 %) Change Management 8 12 (8.889 %) Equities 9 11 (8.148 %) Retail 9 11 (8.148 %) Stakeholder Management 9 11 (8.148 %) Derivative 9 11 (8.148 %) Security Cleared 10 10 (7.407 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 10 (7.407 %) RUP

10 10 (7.407 %) Business Intelligence 11 9 (6.667 %) E-Commerce 11 9 (6.667 %) MS Project 12 8 (5.926 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 12 8 (5.926 %) ISEB 12 8 (5.926 %) ITIL 12 8 (5.926 %) Disaster Recovery 13 7 (5.185 %) Publishing 13 7 (5.185 %) Agile Software Development 13 7 (5.185 %) MS Excel 13 7 (5.185 %) Java 13 7 (5.185 %) PRINCE2 Certification 13 7 (5.185 %) Investment Management 14 6 (4.444 %) Algorithmic Trading 14 6 (4.444 %) Retail Banking

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 1 (0.741 %) .NET 1 1 (0.741 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 2 (1.481 %) Documentum 2 1 (0.741 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (0.741 %) Lotus Domino 2 1 (0.741 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 9 (6.667 %) MS Project 2 7 (5.185 %) MS Excel 3 4 (2.963 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.741 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (0.741 %) HFM
Communications & Networking 1 2 (1.481 %) SAN 2 1 (0.741 %) Wireless 2 1 (0.741 %) Intranet 2 1 (0.741 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (4.444 %) Datawarehouse 2 5 (3.704 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (2.222 %) EDRMS 4 2 (1.481 %) Reference Data 4 2 (1.481 %) ETL 5 1 (0.741 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (0.741 %) TOAD 5 1 (0.741 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 3 (2.222 %) TestDirector 1 3 (2.222 %) QALoad 2 2 (1.481 %) QuickTest Pro 2 2 (1.481 %) LoadRunner 2 2 (1.481 %) WinRunner	General 1 35 (25.93 %) Banking 2 30 (22.22 %) Finance 3 25 (18.52 %) Investment Banking 4 15 (11.11 %) Front Office 4 15 (11.11 %) Government 5 11 (8.148 %) Retail 6 7 (5.185 %) Publishing 7 6 (4.444 %) Retail Banking 8 4 (2.963 %) Legal 8 4 (2.963 %) Back Office 8 4 (2.963 %) Telecoms 9 2 (1.481 %) Insurance 9 2 (1.481 %) Marketing 9 2 (1.481 %) Criminal Justice 9 2 (1.481 %) Police 9 2 (1.481 %) Health 10 1 (0.741 %) Education 10 1 (0.741 %) Billing 10 1 (0.741 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 67 (49.63 %) Project Manager 2 20 (14.81 %) Programme Manager 3 13 (9.630 %) Senior Manager 4 12 (8.889 %) Analyst 5 11 (8.148 %) Senior Project Manager 6 9 (6.667 %) Business Analyst 7 8 (5.926 %) Test Manager 7 8 (5.926 %) Coordinator 8 6 (4.444 %) Test Coordinator 9 5 (3.704 %) Service Manager 9 5 (3.704 %) Delivery Manager 9 5 (3.704 %) Test Team Leader 9 5 (3.704 %) Team Leader 9 5 (3.704 %) Infrastructure Manager 10 4 (2.963 %) E-Commerce Manager 10 4 (2.963 %) Business Intelligence Analyst 11 3 (2.222 %) Administrator 11 3 (2.222 %) Senior Analyst 11 3 (2.222 %) Technical Business Analyst 11 3 (2.222 %) Client Services Manager	Miscellaneous 1 12 (8.889 %) Equities 2 11 (8.148 %) Derivative 3 8 (5.926 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 5 (3.704 %) PMI 5 3 (2.222 %) Fixed Income 5 3 (2.222 %) Asset Management 5 3 (2.222 %) Interest Rate Derivative 6 2 (1.481 %) Equity Derivative 6 2 (1.481 %) E-Learning 7 1 (0.741 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.741 %) Credit Derivative 7 1 (0.741 %) Cryptography 7 1 (0.741 %) Biometrics 7 1 (0.741 %) Contract for Difference 7 1 (0.741 %) Spread Betting 7 1 (0.741 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 3 (2.222 %) Unix 2 2 (1.481 %) Windows 2 2 (1.481 %) Solaris 3 1 (0.741 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 53 (39.26 %) Project Management 2 42 (31.11 %) PRINCE2 3 13 (9.630 %) Change Management 4 11 (8.148 %) Stakeholder Management 4 11 (8.148 %) Security Cleared 5 10 (7.407 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 10 (7.407 %) RUP 5 10 (7.407 %) Business Intelligence 6 9 (6.667 %) E-Commerce 7 8 (5.926 %) ITIL 7 8 (5.926 %) Disaster Recovery 8 7 (5.185 %) Agile Software Development 8 7 (5.185 %) Investment Management 9 6 (4.444 %) Algorithmic Trading 9 6 (4.444 %) PRINCE 10 5 (3.704 %) Service Delivery 10 5 (3.704 %) Programme Management 10 5 (3.704 %) Supplier Management 10 5 (3.704 %) Time Management 11 4 (2.963 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 7 (5.185 %) Java 2 6 (4.444 %) C++ 3 3 (2.222 %) SQL 4 1 (0.741 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 8 (5.926 %) ISEB 2 7 (5.185 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 6 (4.444 %) ITIL Certification 4 4 (2.963 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 4 (2.963 %) Degree 5 2 (1.481 %) PMP 5 2 (1.481 %) PMI Certification 6 1 (0.741 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (3.704 %) QA 2 2 (1.481 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (0.741 %) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors 1 5 (3.704 %) Business Objects 1 5 (3.704 %) Reuters 2 3 (2.222 %) Oracle 2 3 (2.222 %) Cognos 3 2 (1.481 %) VERITAS 3 2 (1.481 %) Red Hat 3 2 (1.481 %) Microsoft 3 2 (1.481 %) Sun 4 1 (0.741 %) LatentZero 4 1 (0.741 %) VMware 4 1 (0.741 %) SAP 4 1 (0.741 %) Hyperion 4 1 (0.741 %) Citrix 4 1 (0.741 %) Lotus 4 1 (0.741 %) Mercator