Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Rich Internet Application (RIA) 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 RIA over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRich Internet Application (RIA)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank307445
Rank change on same period last yearUp+138
Matching contract IT job ads6518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.103 %0.019 %
As % of the category below0.865 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted200
Average minimum daily rate£363-
Average daily rate£381-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£320
% change on same period last year-14.06 %
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£37.67-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads751312315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.91 %13.11 %
Daily rates quoted33955384
Average minimum daily rate£443£495
Average daily rate£479£530
% change on same period last year-9.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£514£566
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Hourly rates quoted365441
Average minimum hourly rate£24.15£22.07
Average hourly rate£25.88£23.91
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.62£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£25.42
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
RIA EnglandRIA
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.

RIA
Demand Trend

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

London RIA Demand Trend

RIA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London RIA Daily Rate Trend

RIA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RIA across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

London RIA Daily Rate Histogram

RIA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London RIA Hourly Rate Trend

RIA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RIA 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+1011£300-
Canary WharfNew entry-2£450-
RIA EnglandRIA
England

RIA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1114 (86.36 %)Adobe Flex
282 (62.12 %)Java
376 (57.58 %)Internet
459 (44.70 %)ActionScript
554 (40.91 %)Banking
646 (34.85 %)Investment Banking
646 (34.85 %)Adobe
740 (30.30 %)Flash
831 (23.48 %)Unit Testing
930 (22.73 %)Agile Software Development
1029 (21.97 %)Ant
1128 (21.21 %)Animation
1227 (20.45 %)Graphic Design
1325 (18.94 %)TDD
1325 (18.94 %)JUnit
1415 (11.36 %)Finance
1415 (11.36 %).NET
1513 (9.848 %)XML
1513 (9.848 %)OOP
1513 (9.848 %)Tomcat
1612 (9.091 %)Apache
1612 (9.091 %)CSS
1711 (8.333 %)OO
1711 (8.333 %)Adobe AIR
189 (6.818 %)AJAX
189 (6.818 %)SOAP
198 (6.061 %)WebServices
198 (6.061 %)JavaScript
198 (6.061 %)Perl
198 (6.061 %)Silverlight

RIA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1114 (86.36 %)Adobe Flex
215 (11.36 %).NET
313 (9.848 %)XML
412 (9.091 %)CSS
511 (8.333 %)Adobe AIR
69 (6.818 %)SOAP
69 (6.818 %)AJAX
78 (6.061 %)WebServices
78 (6.061 %)Silverlight
87 (5.303 %)J2EE
87 (5.303 %)HTML
87 (5.303 %)CGI
96 (4.545 %)XHTML
96 (4.545 %)JDBC
96 (4.545 %)Servlets
96 (4.545 %)Spring
104 (3.030 %)MVC
113 (2.273 %).NET Framework
121 (0.758 %)Java EE
121 (0.758 %)JAX-WS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (9.848 %)Tomcat
212 (9.091 %)Apache
36 (4.545 %)IIS
42 (1.515 %)CMS
51 (0.758 %)WebLogic
51 (0.758 %)ColdFusion
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (3.030 %)Photoshop
23 (2.273 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (1.515 %)ImageReady
41 (0.758 %)Fireworks
41 (0.758 %)Maya
41 (0.758 %)Adobe After Effects
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
176 (57.58 %)Internet
27 (5.303 %)FTP
27 (5.303 %)HTTP
27 (5.303 %)DNS
27 (5.303 %)SSL
34 (3.030 %)TCP/IP
42 (1.515 %)SAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.515 %)MySQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
140 (30.30 %)Flash
229 (21.97 %)Ant
325 (18.94 %)JUnit
46 (4.545 %)Subversion
55 (3.788 %)CruiseControl
55 (3.788 %)Eclipse
63 (2.273 %)Mylyn
72 (1.515 %)PowerBuilder
81 (0.758 %)NUnit
81 (0.758 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.758 %)QuickTest Pro
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
154 (40.91 %)Banking
246 (34.85 %)Investment Banking
328 (21.21 %)Animation
427 (20.45 %)Graphic Design
515 (11.36 %)Finance
65 (3.788 %)Marketing
73 (2.273 %)Back Office
82 (1.515 %)Advertising
82 (1.515 %)Home Office
91 (0.758 %)Games
91 (0.758 %)Electronics
91 (0.758 %)Health
91 (0.758 %)Flash Games
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1106 (80.30 %)Developer
279 (59.85 %)Flex Developer
318 (13.64 %)Flash Developer
49 (6.818 %)ActionScript Developer
57 (5.303 %)UNIX Engineer
57 (5.303 %)Java Developer
66 (4.545 %)J2EE Developer
75 (3.788 %)Linux Engineer
75 (3.788 %)Java/J2EE Developer
84 (3.030 %)Project Manager
93 (2.273 %)Web Designer
102 (1.515 %)Infrastructure Engineer
102 (1.515 %)Applications Developer
102 (1.515 %)Account Director
111 (0.758 %)Software Manager
111 (0.758 %)Flash Games Developer
111 (0.758 %)Software Project Manager
111 (0.758 %)Software Development Project Manager
111 (0.758 %)Development Manager
111 (0.758 %)Programmer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (5.303 %)Fixed Income
17 (5.303 %)Physics
17 (5.303 %)Flash Lite
17 (5.303 %)iPhone
24 (3.030 %)Computer Science
33 (2.273 %)W3C
33 (2.273 %)Social Network
42 (1.515 %)Video Conferencing
42 (1.515 %)Podcast
42 (1.515 %)IPTV
42 (1.515 %)Web 2.0
51 (0.758 %)Mathematics
51 (0.758 %)Interactive TV
51 (0.758 %)PKI
51 (0.758 %)Client/Server
51 (0.758 %)N-Tier
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (5.303 %)UNIX
17 (5.303 %)Linux
17 (5.303 %)Android
21 (0.758 %)Windows
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
131 (23.48 %)Unit Testing
230 (22.73 %)Agile Software Development
325 (18.94 %)TDD
413 (9.848 %)OOP
511 (8.333 %)OO
65 (3.788 %)Project Management
74 (3.030 %)OOD
83 (2.273 %)Continuous Integration
92 (1.515 %)Scrum
92 (1.515 %)Email Marketing
101 (0.758 %)Risk Management
101 (0.758 %)Integration Testing
101 (0.758 %)SOA
101 (0.758 %)Data Management
101 (0.758 %)Software Engineering
101 (0.758 %)Project Planning
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
182 (62.12 %)Java
259 (44.70 %)ActionScript
38 (6.061 %)JavaScript
38 (6.061 %)Perl
45 (3.788 %)PHP
53 (2.273 %)C
53 (2.273 %)Shell Script
62 (1.515 %)C#
62 (1.515 %)SQL
71 (0.758 %)C++
71 (0.758 %)DHTML
71 (0.758 %)Ruby
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (3.788 %)Degree
21 (0.758 %)ISEB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.758 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (34.85 %)Adobe
23 (2.273 %)Oracle
31 (0.758 %)SAP
31 (0.758 %)Sun
31 (0.758 %)Nokia
31 (0.758 %)Yahoo!