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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) skills within the London region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RACF over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank370460
Rank change on same period last yearUp+90
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.121 %0.138 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£300£500
Average daily rate£313£550
% change on same period last year-43.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£189
% change on same period last year+38.88 %
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, System SoftwareSystem Software
London
Matching contract IT job ads16562167
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.626 %2.307 %
Daily rates quoted553616
Average minimum daily rate£326£343
Average daily rate£342£359
% change on same period last year-4.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£317
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted324360
Average minimum hourly rate£21.39£22.59
Average hourly rate£22.37£23.88
% change on same period last year-6.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.36£25.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.87£21.19
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
RACF EnglandRACF
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.

RACF
Demand Trend

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

London RACF Demand Trend

RACF
Daily Rate Trend

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

London RACF Daily Rate Trend

RACF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London RACF Hourly Rate Trend

RACF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RACF within the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
City of LondonUp+81£225-59.09 %
RACF EnglandRACF
England

RACF
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RACF 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 RACF.

13 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)OpenVMS
22 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
22 (66.67 %)Ethical Hacking
22 (66.67 %)Tandem
22 (66.67 %)Banking
22 (66.67 %)UNIX
22 (66.67 %)iSeries
31 (33.33 %)Retail
31 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
31 (33.33 %)Retail Banking
31 (33.33 %)Auditing
31 (33.33 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
31 (33.33 %)Active Directory
31 (33.33 %)Lotus
31 (33.33 %)Bloomberg
31 (33.33 %)Remedy
31 (33.33 %)Websense
31 (33.33 %)Mainframe
31 (33.33 %)CISA
31 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (33.33 %)Summit
31 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
31 (33.33 %)Windows NT
31 (33.33 %)SharePoint
31 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
31 (33.33 %)LAN

RACF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing RACF 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 RACF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
11 (33.33 %)SharePoint
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (33.33 %)Summit
11 (33.33 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
21 (33.33 %)LAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Banking
21 (33.33 %)Retail
21 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
21 (33.33 %)Retail Banking
21 (33.33 %)Auditing
21 (33.33 %)Finance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Security Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)Tandem
12 (66.67 %)iSeries
21 (33.33 %)Mainframe
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)UNIX
22 (66.67 %)OpenVMS
31 (33.33 %)Windows NT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Ethical Hacking
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CISA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Lotus
11 (33.33 %)Bloomberg
11 (33.33 %)Remedy
11 (33.33 %)Websense