The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Music in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Music over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Music
Rank 308 303 384
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +81
Contract jobs citing Music 73 100 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.336% 0.372% 0.163%
As % of the General category 0.654% 0.701% 0.274%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 69 24
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £300 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £452 £405 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £329 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.54% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.75 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% +14.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £96.75 - -
All of the General Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
11156 14272 18244
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 51.42% 53.15% 59.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7812 9728 12398
Average daily rate £500 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 228 293
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.00 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.22 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Music
England

Music
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Music across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

London Music Jobs Demand Trend

Music
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Music Daily Rate Trend

Music
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Music across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Music Daily Rate Histogram

Music
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Music Hourly Rate Trend

Music
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Music within the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +8 8 £450 +28.57%
Chiswick - 2 £375 -
Music
England

Music
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Music 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 Music.

1 33 (28.95%) Agile Software Development
2 28 (24.56%) SQL
3 25 (21.93%) Java
4 23 (20.18%) Android
5 22 (19.30%) Degree
6 21 (18.42%) Data Protection
6 21 (18.42%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (17.54%) Music Industry
7 20 (17.54%) HTTP
8 19 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 19 (16.67%) OO
9 18 (15.79%) HTML
10 17 (14.91%) Web Services
11 16 (14.04%) Handset
11 16 (14.04%) Automated Testing
12 15 (13.16%) CSS
13 14 (12.28%) E-Commerce
13 14 (12.28%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (12.28%) Apple iOS
13 14 (12.28%) Mobile App
14 13 (11.40%) Digital Media
14 13 (11.40%) C#
15 12 (10.53%) SQL Server
15 12 (10.53%) Project Management
15 12 (10.53%) Software Engineering
15 12 (10.53%) Business Analysis
16 11 (9.649%) XML
17 10 (8.772%) Linux
17 10 (8.772%) Python
17 10 (8.772%) CRM

Music
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Music 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 Music. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (15.79%) HTML
2 17 (14.91%) Web Services
3 15 (13.16%) CSS
4 11 (9.649%) XML
5 9 (7.895%) .NET
5 9 (7.895%) ASP.NET
5 9 (7.895%) RESTful
6 6 (5.263%) HTML5
7 5 (4.386%) Ajax
7 5 (4.386%) jQuery
8 4 (3.509%) JSON
8 4 (3.509%) REST
8 4 (3.509%) Spring
8 4 (3.509%) iOS SDK
9 3 (2.632%) Flash
9 3 (2.632%) Ruby on Rails
9 3 (2.632%) .NET Framework
10 2 (1.754%) Google Maps API
10 2 (1.754%) CSS3
10 2 (1.754%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.509%) Amazon AWS
2 2 (1.754%) Apache
2 2 (1.754%) Tomcat
2 2 (1.754%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.877%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (0.877%) CMS
3 1 (0.877%) Magento
3 1 (0.877%) SAS
3 1 (0.877%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.877%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (3.509%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.632%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.632%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.754%) MS Office
3 2 (1.754%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.877%) InDesign
4 1 (0.877%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.877%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.877%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 20 (17.54%) HTTP
2 3 (2.632%) Internet
2 3 (2.632%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (1.754%) GPRS
3 2 (1.754%) GSM
3 2 (1.754%) UMTS
4 1 (0.877%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.895%) MySQL
3 5 (4.386%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (3.509%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.509%) Big Data
5 2 (1.754%) TOAD
5 2 (1.754%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.754%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.754%) SAP BI
5 2 (1.754%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.754%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.754%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.877%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.877%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.877%) Redis
6 1 (0.877%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.877%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.877%) Oracle OWB
6 1 (0.877%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.877%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 7 (6.140%) Eclipse
2 5 (4.386%) Xcode
3 3 (2.632%) Subversion
4 2 (1.754%) Maven
4 2 (1.754%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.754%) RSpec
4 2 (1.754%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.754%) Hudson
4 2 (1.754%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.877%) Synon
5 1 (0.877%) COOL2E
5 1 (0.877%) Robotium
5 1 (0.877%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.877%) JIRA
General
1 20 (17.54%) Music Industry
2 9 (7.895%) Finance
3 8 (7.018%) Marketing
4 7 (6.140%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.263%) Legal
6 3 (2.632%) Games
6 3 (2.632%) French Language
7 2 (1.754%) Retail
7 2 (1.754%) Automotive
8 1 (0.877%) Electronics
8 1 (0.877%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.877%) Publishing
8 1 (0.877%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 60 (52.63%) Developer
2 27 (23.68%) Analyst
3 22 (19.30%) Business Analyst
4 13 (11.40%) Android Developer
5 11 (9.649%) Mobile Developer
6 7 (6.140%) Applications Developer
6 7 (6.140%) iOS Developer
7 6 (5.263%) Agile Business Analyst
7 6 (5.263%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 6 (5.263%) Senior Developer
7 6 (5.263%) Python Developer
8 5 (4.386%) Support Analyst
8 5 (4.386%) C# Developer
9 4 (3.509%) Product Manager
10 3 (2.632%) Senior Product Manager
10 3 (2.632%) PPC Specialist
10 3 (2.632%) .NET Developer
10 3 (2.632%) Senior Manager
10 3 (2.632%) Web Developer
10 3 (2.632%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.42%) Data Protection Act
2 16 (14.04%) Handset
3 14 (12.28%) Mobile App
4 13 (11.40%) Digital Media
5 10 (8.772%) Computer Science
6 7 (6.140%) iPhone
6 7 (6.140%) iPad
7 6 (5.263%) Streaming Music
8 4 (3.509%) Economics
9 3 (2.632%) Blackberry
9 3 (2.632%) BBC
10 2 (1.754%) Streaming Video
10 2 (1.754%) Animation
10 2 (1.754%) Photography
10 2 (1.754%) Visualisation
10 2 (1.754%) Social Media
10 2 (1.754%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.877%) New Media
11 1 (0.877%) iSeries
11 1 (0.877%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 23 (20.18%) Android
2 14 (12.28%) Apple iOS
3 10 (8.772%) Linux
4 9 (7.895%) Windows
5 7 (6.140%) UNIX
6 5 (4.386%) Windows Phone
7 3 (2.632%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (1.754%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.95%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (18.42%) Data Protection
3 19 (16.67%) OO
4 16 (14.04%) Automated Testing
5 14 (12.28%) E-Commerce
5 14 (12.28%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (10.53%) Project Management
6 12 (10.53%) Software Engineering
6 12 (10.53%) Business Analysis
7 10 (8.772%) CRM
8 8 (7.018%) ETL
8 8 (7.018%) Content Management
8 8 (7.018%) TDD
9 7 (6.140%) Workflow
10 6 (5.263%) Data Modelling
10 6 (5.263%) SOA
11 5 (4.386%) Web Development
12 4 (3.509%) Use Case
12 4 (3.509%) BDD
12 4 (3.509%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 28 (24.56%) SQL
2 25 (21.93%) Java
3 19 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 13 (11.40%) C#
5 10 (8.772%) Python
6 7 (6.140%) Objective-C
7 6 (5.263%) Ruby
8 5 (4.386%) PHP
8 5 (4.386%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.632%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.754%) Groovy
10 2 (1.754%) SPARQL
10 2 (1.754%) ABAP
10 2 (1.754%) ActionScript
10 2 (1.754%) C++
10 2 (1.754%) COBOL
10 2 (1.754%) Perl
10 2 (1.754%) C
10 2 (1.754%) Clojure
11 1 (0.877%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 22 (19.30%) Degree
2 1 (0.877%) OCP
2 1 (0.877%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.509%) QA
2 1 (0.877%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.877%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.877%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.877%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (7.895%) Google
2 6 (5.263%) Oracle
2 6 (5.263%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.509%) Facebook
4 2 (1.754%) Twitter
4 2 (1.754%) Rackspace
4 2 (1.754%) BT
4 2 (1.754%) Tableau
4 2 (1.754%) Adobe
4 2 (1.754%) SAP
5 1 (0.877%) Cognos
5 1 (0.877%) Business Objects
5 1 (0.877%) Informatica
5 1 (0.877%) JD Edwards
5 1 (0.877%) Quark
5 1 (0.877%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (0.877%) Sony
5 1 (0.877%) DataFlux
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