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This section looks at the demand for Parlano MindAlign skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MindAlign over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkParlano MindAlign
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank397-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.083 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£475-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
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-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
London
Matching contract IT job ads48125840
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.414 %5.908 %
Daily rates quoted18571868
Average minimum daily rate£366£378
Average daily rate£391£401
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted405473
Average minimum hourly rate£22.40£23.47
Average hourly rate£23.65£24.91
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.90£26.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
MindAlign EnglandMindAlign
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.

MindAlign
Demand Trend

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

London MindAlign Demand Trend

MindAlign
Daily Rate Trend

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

London MindAlign Daily Rate Trend

MindAlign
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MindAlign within the London region over the 3 months to 25 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
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1--
MindAlign EnglandMindAlign
England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing MindAlign 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 MindAlign.

111 (84.62 %)Windows
111 (84.62 %)Banking
111 (84.62 %)Investment Banking
29 (69.23 %)Exchange Server 2003
29 (69.23 %)Active Directory
38 (61.54 %)Blackberry
47 (53.85 %)MailMarshal
47 (53.85 %)MS Exchange
56 (46.15 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
56 (46.15 %)Exchange Server 2000
65 (38.46 %)Microsoft
65 (38.46 %)Windows 2000
74 (30.77 %)MCSE
74 (30.77 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (30.77 %)Sophos
83 (23.08 %)Service Delivery
83 (23.08 %)HTML
83 (23.08 %)XML
92 (15.38 %)CSS
92 (15.38 %)MAILsweeper
92 (15.38 %)MS Excel
92 (15.38 %)Intranet
92 (15.38 %)Internet
92 (15.38 %)Streaming Media
92 (15.38 %)Marketing
92 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (15.38 %)IronPort
92 (15.38 %)Finance
101 (7.692 %)Clustering
101 (7.692 %)FaceTime

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing MindAlign 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 MindAlign. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (23.08 %)HTML
13 (23.08 %)XML
22 (15.38 %)CSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (69.23 %)Exchange Server 2003
27 (53.85 %)MS Exchange
36 (46.15 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
36 (46.15 %)Exchange Server 2000
42 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (7.692 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (7.692 %)SharePoint
51 (7.692 %)Live Communications Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (15.38 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)Intranet
12 (15.38 %)Internet
21 (7.692 %)Firewall
21 (7.692 %)IMAP
21 (7.692 %)LDAP
21 (7.692 %)POP3
21 (7.692 %)SMTP
21 (7.692 %)SNMP
21 (7.692 %)DNS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server 7
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (84.62 %)Banking
111 (84.62 %)Investment Banking
22 (15.38 %)Marketing
22 (15.38 %)Finance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (61.54 %)Analyst
18 (61.54 %)Support Analyst
18 (61.54 %)Messaging Support Analyst
18 (61.54 %)Messaging Analyst
23 (23.08 %)Administrator
32 (15.38 %)Web Administrator
41 (7.692 %)Server Administrator
41 (7.692 %)Microsoft Developer
41 (7.692 %)Exchange Administrator
41 (7.692 %)Senior Microsoft Developer
41 (7.692 %)Senior Developer
41 (7.692 %)Architect
41 (7.692 %)Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (61.54 %)Blackberry
22 (15.38 %)Streaming Media
31 (7.692 %)Clustering
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (84.62 %)Windows
25 (38.46 %)Windows 2000
31 (7.692 %)Windows XP
31 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (7.692 %)Windows Mobile
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)Service Delivery
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.692 %)Perl
11 (7.692 %)Shell Script
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (30.77 %)MCSE
14 (30.77 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (7.692 %)Degree
21 (7.692 %)MCSA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (69.23 %)Active Directory
27 (53.85 %)MailMarshal
31 (7.692 %)ISA Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (15.38 %)MAILsweeper
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (38.46 %)Microsoft
24 (30.77 %)Sophos
32 (15.38 %)IronPort
41 (7.692 %)IBM
41 (7.692 %)FaceTime
41 (7.692 %)Marshal
41 (7.692 %)Lotus
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