The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 22 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 Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
N-Tier
Rank 304 332 203
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -129
Contract jobs citing N-Tier 83 86 268
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.377% 0.315% 0.875%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.141% 0.984% 2.312%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 68 208
Average daily rate £435 £527 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.45% -4.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £568 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
Average hourly rate £44.50 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.50% -27.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7277 8743 11592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.09% 31.98% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5057 5942 7822
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 213 195
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London N-Tier Jobs Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

London N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing N-Tier across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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 +7 35 £435 -17.14%
Brentford - 1 £415 -
N-Tier
England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.

1 103 (60.59%) C#
2 101 (59.41%) .NET
3 90 (52.94%) SQL Server
4 75 (44.12%) SQL
5 67 (39.41%) Web Services
6 53 (31.18%) ASP.NET
6 53 (31.18%) Banking
7 49 (28.82%) JavaScript
7 49 (28.82%) OO
8 48 (28.24%) XML
8 48 (28.24%) Microsoft
9 47 (27.65%) Finance
9 47 (27.65%) WCF
9 47 (27.65%) Multithreading
10 46 (27.06%) CSS
11 45 (26.47%) MVC
12 42 (24.71%) TDD
13 38 (22.35%) jQuery
14 32 (18.82%) SOA
15 31 (18.24%) Java
15 31 (18.24%) Scrum
16 30 (17.65%) Windows
17 29 (17.06%) Oracle
17 29 (17.06%) Agile Software Development
18 28 (16.47%) HTML
19 25 (14.71%) Telecoms
19 25 (14.71%) .NET Framework
20 22 (12.94%) Subversion
20 22 (12.94%) ASP.NET MVC
20 22 (12.94%) HTML5

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 101 (59.41%) .NET
2 67 (39.41%) Web Services
3 53 (31.18%) ASP.NET
4 48 (28.24%) XML
5 47 (27.65%) WCF
6 46 (27.06%) CSS
7 38 (22.35%) jQuery
8 28 (16.47%) HTML
9 25 (14.71%) .NET Framework
10 22 (12.94%) ASP.NET MVC
10 22 (12.94%) HTML5
11 20 (11.76%) SOAP
12 19 (11.18%) Ajax
13 17 (10.00%) J2EE
14 16 (9.412%) REST
15 14 (8.235%) Spring
16 13 (7.647%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 13 (7.647%) CSS3
16 13 (7.647%) XSLT
16 13 (7.647%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 19 (11.18%) IIS
2 17 (10.00%) Apache
3 11 (6.471%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.529%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (3.529%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (2.353%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.765%) Amazon AWS
6 3 (1.765%) CMS
6 3 (1.765%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.176%) Site Server
7 2 (1.176%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (1.176%) FileNet
7 2 (1.176%) Oracle Coherence
7 2 (1.176%) WordPress
7 2 (1.176%) GemFire
8 1 (0.588%) Windows Azure
8 1 (0.588%) Facebook Platform
8 1 (0.588%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.588%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.588%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 12 (7.059%) MS Excel
2 8 (4.706%) MS Office
3 2 (1.176%) MS Project
4 1 (0.588%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.588%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.588%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.647%) Internet
1 13 (7.647%) DNS
2 12 (7.059%) HTTP
3 8 (4.706%) NFC
4 6 (3.529%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.765%) SSH
5 3 (1.765%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (1.765%) SSL
5 3 (1.765%) SMTP
5 3 (1.765%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.588%) Intranet
6 1 (0.588%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (52.94%) SQL Server
2 19 (11.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (10.59%) MySQL
4 14 (8.235%) SQL Server 2008
5 10 (5.882%) OLAP
5 10 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 10 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (5.294%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (5.294%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (4.706%) Oracle 11g
8 6 (3.529%) RDBMS
8 6 (3.529%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (3.529%) SQL Server 2000
8 6 (3.529%) Oracle 8/8i
8 6 (3.529%) SQL Server 2012
8 6 (3.529%) Oracle OLAP
9 5 (2.941%) DTS
10 4 (2.353%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.765%) KDB
11 3 (1.765%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 22 (12.94%) Subversion
2 17 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 17 (10.00%) JIRA
3 16 (9.412%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (7.059%) Xcode
5 7 (4.118%) Eclipse
6 6 (3.529%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.941%) Hudson
7 5 (2.941%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.765%) Git (software)
9 2 (1.176%) ClearCase
9 2 (1.176%) JUnit
9 2 (1.176%) Maven
9 2 (1.176%) NUnit
9 2 (1.176%) Serena SBM
9 2 (1.176%) Selenium
9 2 (1.176%) EasyMock
9 2 (1.176%) Firebug
9 2 (1.176%) GitHub
9 2 (1.176%) JProfiler
General
1 53 (31.18%) Banking
2 47 (27.65%) Finance
3 25 (14.71%) Telecoms
4 19 (11.18%) Front Office
5 18 (10.59%) Investment Banking
6 7 (4.118%) Back Office
7 3 (1.765%) Games
8 2 (1.176%) Legal
9 1 (0.588%) Publishing
9 1 (0.588%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.588%) Retail
9 1 (0.588%) Marketing
9 1 (0.588%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 127 (74.71%) Developer
2 37 (21.76%) .NET Developer
3 35 (20.59%) C# Developer
4 28 (16.47%) Senior Developer
5 20 (11.76%) Software Developer
6 18 (10.59%) Java Developer
7 17 (10.00%) C# Software Developer
8 14 (8.235%) Architect
9 12 (7.059%) iOS Developer
9 12 (7.059%) Senior iOS Developer
10 10 (5.882%) C# .NET Developer
11 8 (4.706%) Senior Java Developer
11 8 (4.706%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.529%) Analyst
12 6 (3.529%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 6 (3.529%) Development Manager
13 5 (2.941%) ASP.NET Developer
13 5 (2.941%) C++ Developer
14 4 (2.353%) Senior C# Developer
14 4 (2.353%) .NET Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.59%) Derivative
2 16 (9.412%) Mobile App
2 16 (9.412%) Fixed Income
3 13 (7.647%) iPhone
4 12 (7.059%) Equities
5 11 (6.471%) Blackberry
6 10 (5.882%) Client/Server
6 10 (5.882%) Equity Derivative
7 9 (5.294%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (4.706%) Java Card
9 4 (2.353%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.353%) Market Risk
9 4 (2.353%) Swaptions
9 4 (2.353%) Open Source
10 3 (1.765%) Online Games
10 3 (1.765%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (1.176%) PKI
11 2 (1.176%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.588%) Inversion of Control
12 1 (0.588%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (17.65%) Windows
2 20 (11.76%) Linux
3 15 (8.824%) UNIX
4 13 (7.647%) Apple iOS
5 11 (6.471%) Windows Phone
5 11 (6.471%) Android
6 6 (3.529%) Solaris
7 3 (1.765%) SUSE
8 2 (1.176%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.176%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.176%) Windows 2000
8 2 (1.176%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.588%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.588%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.588%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.82%) OO
2 47 (27.65%) Multithreading
3 45 (26.47%) MVC
4 42 (24.71%) TDD
5 32 (18.82%) SOA
6 31 (18.24%) Scrum
7 29 (17.06%) Agile Software Development
8 17 (10.00%) Memory Management
9 12 (7.059%) Mobile Application Development
10 11 (6.471%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (6.471%) Web Development
10 11 (6.471%) E-Commerce
10 11 (6.471%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (5.882%) Data Modelling
11 10 (5.882%) ETL
11 10 (5.882%) UML
11 10 (5.882%) Project Planning
11 10 (5.882%) Unit Testing
12 9 (5.294%) OOD
13 8 (4.706%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 103 (60.59%) C#
2 75 (44.12%) SQL
3 49 (28.82%) JavaScript
4 31 (18.24%) Java
5 20 (11.76%) C++
5 20 (11.76%) T-SQL
6 17 (10.00%) Objective-C
7 12 (7.059%) VB.NET
8 9 (5.294%) Python
9 7 (4.118%) VBA
10 6 (3.529%) PL/SQL
11 4 (2.353%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.765%) Bash shell
12 3 (1.765%) Haskell
12 3 (1.765%) F#
12 3 (1.765%) Jython
12 3 (1.765%) PHP
13 2 (1.176%) C
13 2 (1.176%) VB
14 1 (0.588%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (6.471%) Degree
2 7 (4.118%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.941%) MCSE
4 4 (2.353%) MCSD
5 2 (1.176%) CCNA
5 2 (1.176%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.176%) MCP
5 2 (1.176%) MCTS
6 1 (0.588%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.588%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.529%) QA
2 1 (0.588%) Solvency II
System Software
1 7 (4.118%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.588%) NDS
Systems Management
1 3 (1.765%) Puppet
1 3 (1.765%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 48 (28.24%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.06%) Oracle
3 7 (4.118%) Sybase
4 5 (2.941%) VMware
5 4 (2.353%) IBM
5 4 (2.353%) TIBCO
5 4 (2.353%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.765%) Akamai
6 3 (1.765%) Sencha
6 3 (1.765%) Serena
7 2 (1.176%) Cisco
7 2 (1.176%) Sun
7 2 (1.176%) HP
7 2 (1.176%) Reuters
7 2 (1.176%) Cognizant
7 2 (1.176%) Google
7 2 (1.176%) Telerik
7 2 (1.176%) Perforce
7 2 (1.176%) Zend
7 2 (1.176%) Twitter
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