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This section looks at the demand for Replication skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Replication over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReplication
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank243194
Rank change on same period last yearDown-49
Matching contract IT job ads182392
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.240 %0.390 %
As % of the category below1.980 %2.836 %
Daily rates quoted77176
Average minimum daily rate£380£426
Average daily rate£414£449
% change on same period last year-7.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£448£471
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£40.00£39.38
% change on same period last year+1.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.92£24.25
% change on same period last year+31.62 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads919213824
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.13 %13.77 %
Daily rates quoted45816096
Average minimum daily rate£473£491
Average daily rate£510£527
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£547£563
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted360466
Average minimum hourly rate£25.18£23.94
Average hourly rate£27.07£25.78
% change on same period last year+5.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.97£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
Replication EnglandReplication
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.

Replication
Demand Trend

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

London Replication Demand Trend

Replication
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Replication Daily Rate Trend

Replication
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Replication across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

London Replication Daily Rate Histogram

Replication
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Replication Hourly Rate Trend

Replication
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Replication within the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 LondonDown-6440£396-13.21 %
Docklands, LondonUp+113£388-22.06 %
Canary WharfUp+189£404-
BrentfordNew entry-2--
UxbridgeNew entry-1£450-
PaddingtonUp+11£235-
Replication EnglandReplication
England

Replication
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Replication 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 Replication.

1126 (37.61 %)SQL
2120 (35.82 %)Sybase
3117 (34.93 %)SQL Server
4109 (32.54 %)Banking
5108 (32.24 %)Oracle
6107 (31.94 %)UNIX
791 (27.16 %)SAN
791 (27.16 %)Finance
878 (23.28 %)Investment Banking
973 (21.79 %)Windows
1063 (18.81 %)Sybase ASE
1157 (17.01 %)Solaris
1251 (15.22 %)SQL Server 2005
1251 (15.22 %)EMC
1346 (13.73 %)Microsoft
1444 (13.13 %)Clustering
1543 (12.84 %)Linux
1639 (11.64 %)Windows Server 2003
1737 (11.04 %)SQL Server 2000
1737 (11.04 %)Shell Script
1737 (11.04 %)VERITAS
1737 (11.04 %)Oracle RAC
1835 (10.45 %)Oracle 10g
1835 (10.45 %)Migration
1934 (10.15 %)TCP/IP
2030 (8.955 %)Disaster Recovery
2129 (8.657 %)Brocade
2226 (7.761 %)Perl
2325 (7.463 %)Transact-SQL
2325 (7.463 %)Active Directory

Replication
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Replication 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 Replication. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (3.881 %)WebServices
29 (2.687 %)Middleware
37 (2.090 %)ODBC
45 (1.493 %).NET
54 (1.194 %)XML
54 (1.194 %)ASP.NET
63 (0.896 %)ASP
72 (0.597 %)AJAX
72 (0.597 %)XML Schema
72 (0.597 %)XHTML
72 (0.597 %)XSLT
72 (0.597 %)CSS
72 (0.597 %)SOAP
81 (0.299 %)COM
81 (0.299 %)ISPF
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (2.687 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
19 (2.687 %)MS Exchange
25 (1.493 %)Oracle Workflow
25 (1.493 %)CMS
34 (1.194 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (0.896 %)Oracle Application Server
43 (0.896 %)IIS
43 (0.896 %)Exchange Server 2007
52 (0.597 %)Exchange Server 2000
52 (0.597 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.597 %)Lotus Domino
52 (0.597 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
61 (0.299 %)WebLogic
61 (0.299 %)Apache
61 (0.299 %)SharePoint
61 (0.299 %)Office Communications Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (5.075 %)MS Excel
23 (0.896 %)CA Clarity
31 (0.299 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.299 %)MS Project
31 (0.299 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.299 %)RMDS
11 (0.299 %)Summit
11 (0.299 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
191 (27.16 %)SAN
234 (10.15 %)TCP/IP
319 (5.672 %)Connectrix
418 (5.373 %)DNS
510 (2.985 %)LAN
68 (2.388 %)WAN
77 (2.090 %)DHCP
77 (2.090 %)VPN
86 (1.791 %)Wireless
95 (1.493 %)Firewall
102 (0.597 %)Internet
102 (0.597 %)3G
102 (0.597 %)Broadband
102 (0.597 %)HTTP
102 (0.597 %)SSH
111 (0.299 %)LDAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1117 (34.93 %)SQL Server
263 (18.81 %)Sybase ASE
351 (15.22 %)SQL Server 2005
437 (11.04 %)SQL Server 2000
535 (10.45 %)Oracle 10g
624 (7.164 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
721 (6.269 %)Oracle 9i
820 (5.970 %)Oracle 8/8i
917 (5.075 %)RDBMS
1016 (4.776 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1115 (4.478 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1214 (4.179 %)DTS
1311 (3.284 %)Datawarehouse
1311 (3.284 %)ETL
1410 (2.985 %)OLAP
159 (2.687 %)SQL Server Integration Services
168 (2.388 %)DB2
176 (1.791 %)DB2 UDB
176 (1.791 %)Sybase IQ
185 (1.493 %)dBASE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (2.985 %)ClearCase
29 (2.687 %)Ant
37 (2.090 %)ClearQuest
37 (2.090 %)JIRA
42 (0.597 %)JDeveloper
42 (0.597 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.299 %)Eclipse
51 (0.299 %)ERwin
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1109 (32.54 %)Banking
291 (27.16 %)Finance
378 (23.28 %)Investment Banking
411 (3.284 %)Financial Institution
55 (1.493 %)Insurance
55 (1.493 %)Publishing
64 (1.194 %)Front Office
73 (0.896 %)Government
73 (0.896 %)Health
73 (0.896 %)Auditing
82 (0.597 %)Online Games
82 (0.597 %)Games
82 (0.597 %)Telecoms
82 (0.597 %)Retail
91 (0.299 %)Legal
91 (0.299 %)Education
91 (0.299 %)Private Banking
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1177 (52.84 %)DBA
290 (26.87 %)Sybase DBA
354 (16.12 %)Administrator
451 (15.22 %)SQL DBA
542 (12.54 %)SQL Server DBA
632 (9.552 %)Oracle DBA
725 (7.463 %)Developer
822 (6.567 %)Storage Administrator
918 (5.373 %)Analyst
1016 (4.776 %)Consultant
1114 (4.179 %)Data Administrator
1114 (4.179 %)Data Storage Administrator
1210 (2.985 %)Applications Support
1210 (2.985 %)SAN Administrator
139 (2.687 %)SQL Developer
148 (2.388 %)Architect
148 (2.388 %)Senior DBA
157 (2.090 %)Storage Specialist
157 (2.090 %)Oracle Developer
157 (2.090 %)Support Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (13.13 %)Clustering
213 (3.881 %)Equities
312 (3.582 %)CLARiiON
48 (2.388 %)Symmetrix
57 (2.090 %)EMC Centera
57 (2.090 %)Blackberry
66 (1.791 %)Mainframe
74 (1.194 %)Celerra
74 (1.194 %)Derivative
83 (0.896 %)Data Conversion
92 (0.597 %)Data Integration
92 (0.597 %)IBM Mainframe
92 (0.597 %)Firmware
92 (0.597 %)N-Tier
101 (0.299 %)Fixed Income
101 (0.299 %)HACMP
101 (0.299 %)Equity Derivative
101 (0.299 %)Credit Risk
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1107 (31.94 %)UNIX
273 (21.79 %)Windows
357 (17.01 %)Solaris
443 (12.84 %)Linux
539 (11.64 %)Windows Server 2003
622 (6.567 %)Windows 2000
719 (5.672 %)HPUX
813 (3.881 %)Red Hat Linux
813 (3.881 %)AIX
99 (2.687 %)Windows 2000 Server
105 (1.493 %)OpenVMS
113 (0.896 %)MVS
122 (0.597 %)Debian
131 (0.299 %)Windows XP
131 (0.299 %)FreeBSD
131 (0.299 %)Windows NT
131 (0.299 %)zOS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (10.45 %)Migration
230 (8.955 %)Disaster Recovery
323 (6.866 %)ITIL
412 (3.582 %)Configuration Management
412 (3.582 %)Data Migration
510 (2.985 %)Data Modelling
510 (2.985 %)Project Management
69 (2.687 %)Incident Management
77 (2.090 %)Workflow
77 (2.090 %)PRINCE2
86 (1.791 %)Risk Management
95 (1.493 %)Asset Management
95 (1.493 %)Business Intelligence
95 (1.493 %)Project Planning
95 (1.493 %)Security Cleared
104 (1.194 %)SC Cleared
104 (1.194 %)Release Management
104 (1.194 %)Load Balancing
104 (1.194 %)Process Management
104 (1.194 %)Network Design
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1126 (37.61 %)SQL
237 (11.04 %)Shell Script
326 (7.761 %)Perl
425 (7.463 %)Transact-SQL
524 (7.164 %)Java
616 (4.776 %)PL/SQL
712 (3.582 %)C++
87 (2.090 %)C#
94 (1.194 %)Korn
103 (0.896 %)VBScript
112 (0.597 %)Python
112 (0.597 %)C
112 (0.597 %)DHTML
112 (0.597 %)JavaScript
112 (0.597 %)PHP
121 (0.299 %)Ruby
121 (0.299 %)VB
121 (0.299 %)VB.NET
121 (0.299 %)VBA
121 (0.299 %)PHP5
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (3.284 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (2.090 %)Degree
35 (1.493 %)MCSE
35 (1.493 %)MCDBA
43 (0.896 %)Oracle Certification
52 (0.597 %)OCP
61 (0.299 %)CCNP
61 (0.299 %)CCNA
61 (0.299 %)Cisco Certification
61 (0.299 %)HP ASE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.493 %)QA
21 (0.299 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
137 (11.04 %)Oracle RAC
225 (7.463 %)Active Directory
314 (4.179 %)Oracle RMAN
49 (2.687 %)NetBackup
49 (2.687 %)MetaFrame
54 (1.194 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (1.194 %)VMware ESX
63 (0.896 %)NFS
71 (0.299 %)LiteSpeed
71 (0.299 %)Squid
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
124 (7.164 %)EMC TimeFinder
27 (2.090 %)AutoSys
32 (0.597 %)DiskXtender
32 (0.597 %)Nagios
32 (0.597 %)Foglight
41 (0.299 %)EMC Navisphere
41 (0.299 %)OpenView
41 (0.299 %)CONTROL-M
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1120 (35.82 %)Sybase
2108 (32.24 %)Oracle
351 (15.22 %)EMC
446 (13.73 %)Microsoft
537 (11.04 %)VERITAS
629 (8.657 %)Brocade
720 (5.970 %)Cisco
816 (4.776 %)HP
915 (4.478 %)Citrix
1014 (4.179 %)Red Hat
1113 (3.881 %)Sun
1212 (3.582 %)IBM
1212 (3.582 %)Hitachi
1212 (3.582 %)VMware
1310 (2.985 %)TIBCO
1310 (2.985 %)Symantec
143 (0.896 %)NetApp
152 (0.597 %)Novell
152 (0.597 %)Lotus
152 (0.597 %)salesforce.com