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The table below looks at the demand for Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MIDP over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank364-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.031 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£550£250
% change on same period last year+120.00 %
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£24.00-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads646510913
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.49 %11.91 %
Daily rates quoted27394408
Average minimum daily rate£356£387
Average daily rate£382£411
% change on same period last year-7.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted188356
Average minimum hourly rate£28.56£31.32
Average hourly rate£30.37£33.66
% change on same period last year-9.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.17£35.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
MIDP EnglandMIDP
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.

MIDP
Demand Trend

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

London MIDP Demand Trend

MIDP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London MIDP Daily Rate Trend

MIDP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London MIDP Hourly Rate Trend

MIDP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing MIDP 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 MIDP.

114 (82.35 %)J2ME
213 (76.47 %)Java
311 (64.71 %)Blackberry
410 (58.82 %)Symbian
58 (47.06 %)Windows
67 (41.18 %)Windows Mobile
76 (35.29 %)BREW
76 (35.29 %).NET
76 (35.29 %)Struts
76 (35.29 %)Eclipse
84 (23.53 %)Ant
84 (23.53 %)C#
93 (17.65 %)SSL
93 (17.65 %)Samba
93 (17.65 %)FTP
102 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
102 (11.76 %)Solaris
102 (11.76 %)Linux
102 (11.76 %)Microsoft
102 (11.76 %)Games
102 (11.76 %)Finance
111 (5.882 %)Handset
111 (5.882 %)IPTV
111 (5.882 %)Embedded C
111 (5.882 %)STB
111 (5.882 %)Software Engineering
111 (5.882 %)J2SE
111 (5.882 %)C
111 (5.882 %)DTV
111 (5.882 %)MHP

MIDP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing MIDP 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 MIDP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (82.35 %)J2ME
26 (35.29 %).NET
26 (35.29 %)Struts
26 (35.29 %)BREW
31 (5.882 %)J2SE
31 (5.882 %)MHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (17.65 %)FTP
13 (17.65 %)SSL
22 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (35.29 %)Eclipse
24 (23.53 %)Ant
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Finance
12 (11.76 %)Games
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (88.24 %)Developer
24 (23.53 %)Blackberry Developer
32 (11.76 %)Java Developer
41 (5.882 %)Applications Developer
41 (5.882 %)Architect
41 (5.882 %)Software Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (64.71 %)Blackberry
21 (5.882 %)DTV
21 (5.882 %)Handset
21 (5.882 %)STB
21 (5.882 %)IPTV
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)Windows
27 (41.18 %)Windows Mobile
32 (11.76 %)Solaris
32 (11.76 %)Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.882 %)Software Engineering
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (76.47 %)Java
24 (23.53 %)C#
31 (5.882 %)C
31 (5.882 %)Embedded C
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (17.65 %)Samba
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (58.82 %)Symbian
22 (11.76 %)Microsoft