The first table below looks at the demand for Robotlegs 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 Robotlegs 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 Application Development 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
Robotlegs
Rank - 396 408
Contract jobs citing Robotlegs 0 14 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.052% 0.085%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.186% 0.279%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 19
Average daily rate - £475 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +30.13%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £450 £425
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6299 7537 9673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.11% 27.99% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4542 4965 6506
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 106 137
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.90 £17.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Robotlegs
England

Robotlegs
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Robotlegs Jobs Demand Trend

Robotlegs
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Robotlegs Daily Rate Trend

Robotlegs
Top 6 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Games
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Flash Builder
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0

Robotlegs
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Flash Builder
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Games
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0