The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smartphone over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smartphone
Rank 336 361 413
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +52
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 51 57 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.232% 0.208% 0.065%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.701% 0.652% 0.173%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 35 10
Average daily rate £213 £375 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.20% +33.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £235 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £488 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £288 £363
% change year-on-year
+29.56% -20.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 3
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £39.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7277 8743 11592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.09% 31.98% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5057 5942 7822
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 213 195
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Smartphone Jobs Demand Trend

Smartphone
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Smartphone Daily Rate Trend

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Smartphone across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Smartphone Daily Rate Histogram

Smartphone
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Smartphone Hourly Rate Trend

Smartphone
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +10 9 £400 -11.11%
Uxbridge - 1 £400 -
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Smartphone 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 Smartphone.

1 61 (58.10%) Windows
2 42 (40.00%) Blackberry
3 37 (35.24%) Legal
4 35 (33.33%) Finance
5 34 (32.38%) Banking
6 33 (31.43%) Android
7 31 (29.52%) Law
8 30 (28.57%) ITIL
8 30 (28.57%) Windows XP
9 29 (27.62%) Document Management
10 27 (25.71%) Mobile App
11 26 (24.76%) XenApp
11 26 (24.76%) Citrix
11 26 (24.76%) ITIL Certification
11 26 (24.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 26 (24.76%) Handset
12 25 (23.81%) Apple iOS
13 23 (21.90%) iPad
14 21 (20.00%) Java
15 18 (17.14%) JavaScript
16 17 (16.19%) MS Office
16 17 (16.19%) HTML
16 17 (16.19%) MS Excel
16 17 (16.19%) iPhone
17 16 (15.24%) Project Management
17 16 (15.24%) Agile Software Development
18 15 (14.29%) CSS
18 15 (14.29%) Microsoft
19 14 (13.33%) Scrum
20 13 (12.38%) Objective-C

Smartphone
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Smartphone 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 Smartphone. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (16.19%) HTML
2 15 (14.29%) CSS
3 12 (11.43%) Web Services
4 10 (9.524%) XML
5 8 (7.619%) HTML5
6 7 (6.667%) CSS3
7 6 (5.714%) jQuery
7 6 (5.714%) JSON
8 4 (3.810%) Ajax
8 4 (3.810%) .NET
9 3 (2.857%) SOAP
10 2 (1.905%) Sencha Touch
10 2 (1.905%) REST
10 2 (1.905%) RESTful
10 2 (1.905%) Visualforce
10 2 (1.905%) COM
10 2 (1.905%) Cocoa
11 1 (0.952%) JSP
11 1 (0.952%) ASP
11 1 (0.952%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 26 (24.76%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 11 (10.48%) Exchange Server 2010
2 11 (10.48%) MS Exchange
3 7 (6.667%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (3.810%) CMS
5 2 (1.905%) Force.com
5 2 (1.905%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.952%) IIS
6 1 (0.952%) Apache
6 1 (0.952%) SAS
6 1 (0.952%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (0.952%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.952%) Lync
6 1 (0.952%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.952%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (16.19%) MS Office
1 17 (16.19%) MS Excel
2 9 (8.571%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.762%) Fireworks
4 3 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.952%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.952%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.571%) Internet
2 3 (2.857%) Firewall
2 3 (2.857%) WAN
2 3 (2.857%) LAN
3 2 (1.905%) Network Security
3 2 (1.905%) HTTP
4 1 (0.952%) SMS
4 1 (0.952%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.857%) SQL Server
1 3 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (5.714%) Axure RP
2 5 (4.762%) Subversion
3 1 (0.952%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.952%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.952%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.952%) Selenium
3 1 (0.952%) Firebug
General
1 37 (35.24%) Legal
2 35 (33.33%) Finance
3 34 (32.38%) Banking
4 31 (29.52%) Law
5 9 (8.571%) Publishing
6 4 (3.810%) French Language
6 4 (3.810%) Retail
6 4 (3.810%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.857%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.905%) Marketing
9 1 (0.952%) Automotive
9 1 (0.952%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (29.52%) Analyst
2 26 (24.76%) Service Analyst
2 26 (24.76%) Service Desk Analyst
3 25 (23.81%) Developer
4 12 (11.43%) Android Developer
5 8 (7.619%) Mobile Developer
6 7 (6.667%) Architect
7 6 (5.714%) Systems Manager
8 5 (4.762%) Product Manager
8 5 (4.762%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 4 (3.810%) Front-End Developer
9 4 (3.810%) Development Manager
10 3 (2.857%) Consultant
10 3 (2.857%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.857%) Help Desk Support
10 3 (2.857%) Designer
10 3 (2.857%) iOS Developer
10 3 (2.857%) UI Programmer
10 3 (2.857%) UI Developer
11 2 (1.905%) iPhone Developer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (40.00%) Blackberry
2 27 (25.71%) Mobile App
3 26 (24.76%) Handset
4 23 (21.90%) iPad
5 17 (16.19%) iPhone
6 9 (8.571%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (6.667%) Mobile Computing
8 5 (4.762%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (4.762%) SWIFT
8 5 (4.762%) Psychology
9 4 (3.810%) Telematics
9 4 (3.810%) Computer Science
9 4 (3.810%) Digital Media
9 4 (3.810%) New Media
10 3 (2.857%) Social Media
11 2 (1.905%) Wiki
11 2 (1.905%) Blog
11 2 (1.905%) Chip and PIN
12 1 (0.952%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.952%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 61 (58.10%) Windows
2 33 (31.43%) Android
3 30 (28.57%) Windows XP
4 25 (23.81%) Apple iOS
5 9 (8.571%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (8.571%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (6.667%) Windows 7
7 6 (5.714%) Windows 8
8 4 (3.810%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (1.905%) Linux
9 2 (1.905%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.952%) UNIX
10 1 (0.952%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.952%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.57%) ITIL
2 29 (27.62%) Document Management
3 16 (15.24%) Project Management
3 16 (15.24%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (13.33%) Scrum
5 13 (12.38%) E-Commerce
6 9 (8.571%) Content Management
6 9 (8.571%) Mobile Application Development
7 8 (7.619%) Migration
8 7 (6.667%) OOP
9 6 (5.714%) OO
10 5 (4.762%) Business Continuity
10 5 (4.762%) Capacity Planning
10 5 (4.762%) Cash Management
10 5 (4.762%) User Experience Design
11 4 (3.810%) Customer Engagement
11 4 (3.810%) B2B
11 4 (3.810%) TDD
11 4 (3.810%) Mobile Commerce
11 4 (3.810%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.00%) Java
2 18 (17.14%) JavaScript
3 13 (12.38%) Objective-C
4 5 (4.762%) SQL
5 3 (2.857%) C#
6 2 (1.905%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.952%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (24.76%) ITIL Certification
2 8 (7.619%) Degree
3 4 (3.810%) Sun Certification
4 1 (0.952%) PhD
4 1 (0.952%) MCP
4 1 (0.952%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.952%) NCDA
4 1 (0.952%) Microsoft Certified Master
4 1 (0.952%) MCITP
4 1 (0.952%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.952%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.619%) QA
2 1 (0.952%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (24.76%) XenApp
2 5 (4.762%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.857%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.952%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.952%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.857%) SCCM
1 3 (2.857%) SCOM
2 2 (1.905%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.952%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 26 (24.76%) Citrix
2 15 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.667%) Cisco
4 6 (5.714%) Sencha
5 5 (4.762%) VMware
6 4 (3.810%) Apple
7 3 (2.857%) Sun
8 2 (1.905%) Google
8 2 (1.905%) Akamai
8 2 (1.905%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (1.905%) HP
8 2 (1.905%) NetApp
9 1 (0.952%) Teradata
9 1 (0.952%) SAP
9 1 (0.952%) Sybase
9 1 (0.952%) Oracle
9 1 (0.952%) JBoss
9 1 (0.952%) Compaq
9 1 (0.952%) EMC
9 1 (0.952%) Adobe
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