The first table below looks at the demand for ResourceLink skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ResourceLink over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Business Applications 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
NorthgateArinso ResourceLink Aurora
Rank 372 406 431
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +25
Contract jobs citing ResourceLink 5 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.015% 0.013%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.288% 0.182% 0.147%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £200 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.50% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £200 £264
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £441 £450
% change year-on-year
+4.81% -1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1736 2200 2719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.023% 8.169% 8.601%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1200 1638
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 22
Average hourly rate £32.58 £41.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.53% +22.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £52.50 £62.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
ResourceLink
England

ResourceLink
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London ResourceLink Jobs Demand Trend

ResourceLink
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ResourceLink Daily Rate Trend

ResourceLink
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ResourceLink Hourly Rate Trend

ResourceLink
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ResourceLink 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 ResourceLink.

1 4 (66.67%) Northgate
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) UML
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cognos
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Agresso
4 1 (16.67%) SAP HR
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) SAP
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL

ResourceLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ResourceLink 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 ResourceLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Agresso
1 1 (16.67%) SAP HR
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Northgate
2 1 (16.67%) Cognos
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
London
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