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This section looks at the demand for Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MHP over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank397477
Rank change on same period last yearUp+80
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.024 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£300£325
Average daily rate£330£325
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£325
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Application Development LondonApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads834711458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.00 %11.98 %
Daily rates quoted37034540
Average minimum daily rate£369£403
Average daily rate£398£432
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£461
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£336
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted215390
Average minimum hourly rate£30.58£31.26
Average hourly rate£32.92£33.98
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.27£36.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.14
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
MHP EnglandMHP
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.

MHP
Demand Trend

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

London MHP Demand Trend

MHP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London MHP Daily Rate Trend

MHP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London MHP Daily Rate Histogram

MHP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London MHP Hourly Rate Trend

MHP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

18 (100.00 %)C
18 (100.00 %)Java
18 (100.00 %)Ant
18 (100.00 %)Unix
18 (100.00 %)Linux
18 (100.00 %)UML
18 (100.00 %)Eclipse
18 (100.00 %)J2ME
18 (100.00 %)Subversion
24 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
24 (50.00 %)C++
33 (37.50 %)OO
33 (37.50 %)OOD
33 (37.50 %)TDD
42 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
51 (12.50 %)JUnit

MHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
18 (100.00 %)J2ME
Development Applications
18 (100.00 %)Ant
18 (100.00 %)Eclipse
18 (100.00 %)Subversion
21 (12.50 %)JUnit
Job Titles
18 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
26 (75.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
Operating Systems
18 (100.00 %)Unix
18 (100.00 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
18 (100.00 %)UML
24 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
33 (37.50 %)OO
33 (37.50 %)OOD
33 (37.50 %)TDD
42 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
Programming Languages
18 (100.00 %)C
18 (100.00 %)Java
24 (50.00 %)C++
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