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This section looks at the demand for Social Networking 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 Social Network over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSocial Networking
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank322445
Rank change on same period last yearUp+123
Matching contract IT job ads9432
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.124 %0.032 %
As % of the category below1.023 %0.231 %
Daily rates quoted487
Average minimum daily rate£310£317
Average daily rate£346£339
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£213
% change on same period last year+45.88 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£27.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
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 %
Social Network EnglandSocial Network
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.

Social Network
Demand Trend

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

London Social Network Demand Trend

Social Network
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Social Network Daily Rate Trend

Social Network
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Social Network Daily Rate Histogram

Social Network
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Social Network Hourly Rate Trend

Social Network
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Network 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-1713£337-
ClaphamNew entry-3£375-
Social Network EnglandSocial Network
England

Social Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

156 (33.14 %)CSS
254 (31.95 %)AJAX
351 (30.18 %)HTML
449 (28.99 %)JavaScript
546 (27.22 %)MySQL
643 (25.44 %).NET
738 (22.49 %)Flash
835 (20.71 %)XML
934 (20.12 %)C#
1033 (19.53 %)PHP
1132 (18.93 %)Web 2.0
1230 (17.75 %)Java
1327 (15.98 %)ASP.NET
1422 (13.02 %)SQL Server
1520 (11.83 %)Oracle
1520 (11.83 %)XHTML
1619 (11.24 %)Hibernate
1619 (11.24 %)J2EE
1718 (10.65 %)Spring
1817 (10.06 %)SQL
1916 (9.467 %)Ant
1916 (9.467 %)WebLogic
1916 (9.467 %)Struts
1916 (9.467 %)Linux
1916 (9.467 %)Agile Software Development
2015 (8.876 %)SQL Server 2005
2015 (8.876 %)JBoss
2015 (8.876 %)Eclipse
2015 (8.876 %)JSP
2114 (8.284 %)Microsoft

Social Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (33.14 %)CSS
254 (31.95 %)AJAX
351 (30.18 %)HTML
443 (25.44 %).NET
535 (20.71 %)XML
627 (15.98 %)ASP.NET
720 (11.83 %)XHTML
819 (11.24 %)Hibernate
819 (11.24 %)J2EE
918 (10.65 %)Spring
1016 (9.467 %)Struts
1115 (8.876 %)JSP
1212 (7.101 %)XSLT
138 (4.734 %)MVC
147 (4.142 %)Silverlight
156 (3.550 %)Symfony
156 (3.550 %)WPF
156 (3.550 %)Drupal
156 (3.550 %)WebServices
165 (2.959 %)Google Maps API
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (9.467 %)WebLogic
215 (8.876 %)JBoss
37 (4.142 %)CMS
37 (4.142 %)Apache
45 (2.959 %)WordPress
45 (2.959 %)Joomla!
53 (1.775 %)Tomcat
61 (0.592 %)SharePoint
61 (0.592 %)DotNetNuke
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (5.325 %)Photoshop
27 (4.142 %)Adobe Illustrator
36 (3.550 %)Fireworks
42 (1.183 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.183 %)MS Visio
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.183 %)Google Analytics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (7.101 %)Internet
25 (2.959 %)3G
34 (2.367 %)SMS
43 (1.775 %)Broadband
52 (1.183 %)Firewall
61 (0.592 %)HTTP
61 (0.592 %)TCP/IP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (27.22 %)MySQL
222 (13.02 %)SQL Server
315 (8.876 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.183 %)PostgreSQL
42 (1.183 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.592 %)RDBMS
51 (0.592 %)DTS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (22.49 %)Flash
216 (9.467 %)Ant
315 (8.876 %)Eclipse
44 (2.367 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (1.183 %)Visual Studio
52 (1.183 %)Dreamweaver
52 (1.183 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.592 %)NUnit
61 (0.592 %)Subversion
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (4.734 %)Advertising
27 (4.142 %)Games
35 (2.959 %)Marketing
43 (1.775 %)Finance
43 (1.775 %)Music
52 (1.183 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.592 %)Construction
61 (0.592 %)Online Games
61 (0.592 %)Animation
61 (0.592 %)Music Industry
61 (0.592 %)Retail
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1111 (65.68 %)Developer
226 (15.38 %).NET Developer
325 (14.79 %)PHP Developer
420 (11.83 %)Senior Developer
515 (8.876 %)C# Developer
515 (8.876 %)Java Developer
613 (7.692 %)Project Manager
710 (5.917 %)ASP.NET Developer
87 (4.142 %)Analyst
87 (4.142 %)Flash Developer
96 (3.550 %)Web Designer
96 (3.550 %)Senior Java Developer
96 (3.550 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
96 (3.550 %)Web Developer
105 (2.959 %)J2EE Developer
105 (2.959 %)Java/J2EE Developer
105 (2.959 %)Senior J2EE Developer
105 (2.959 %)Senior .NET Developer
114 (2.367 %)HTML Developer
114 (2.367 %)UI Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (18.93 %)Web 2.0
25 (2.959 %)Blog
34 (2.367 %)Streaming Video
34 (2.367 %)W3C
43 (1.775 %)DTV
43 (1.775 %)RIA
43 (1.775 %)Mathematics
43 (1.775 %)Computer Science
43 (1.775 %)Interactive TV
52 (1.183 %)Video Conferencing
52 (1.183 %)IVR
61 (0.592 %)N-Tier
61 (0.592 %)Streaming Media
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (9.467 %)Linux
28 (4.734 %)UNIX
36 (3.550 %)Windows
43 (1.775 %)Windows 2000
43 (1.775 %)Windows XP
52 (1.183 %)Windows Vista
52 (1.183 %)Debian
61 (0.592 %)Mac OS X
61 (0.592 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.592 %)SUSE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (9.467 %)Agile Software Development
210 (5.917 %)Project Management
39 (5.325 %)Scrum
48 (4.734 %)OO
57 (4.142 %)OOP
66 (3.550 %)E-Commerce
75 (2.959 %)Web Development
75 (2.959 %)TDD
84 (2.367 %)Web Design
84 (2.367 %)SEO
93 (1.775 %)OOD
93 (1.775 %)Content Management
102 (1.183 %)Performance Testing
102 (1.183 %)Compatibility Testing
102 (1.183 %)Test Scripting
102 (1.183 %)B2C
102 (1.183 %)Workflow
102 (1.183 %)Regression Testing
111 (0.592 %)Business Intelligence
111 (0.592 %)RUP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
149 (28.99 %)JavaScript
234 (20.12 %)C#
333 (19.53 %)PHP
430 (17.75 %)Java
517 (10.06 %)SQL
611 (6.509 %)PHP5
79 (5.325 %)ActionScript
79 (5.325 %)DHTML
87 (4.142 %)Ruby
95 (2.959 %)Transact-SQL
104 (2.367 %)PHP4
104 (2.367 %)C++
104 (2.367 %)Python
113 (1.775 %)Shell Script
113 (1.775 %)Perl
122 (1.183 %)Delphi
122 (1.183 %)C
122 (1.183 %)VBScript
122 (1.183 %)VB.NET
131 (0.592 %)VB
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (1.183 %)Degree
12 (1.183 %)ISEB
21 (0.592 %)SCJA
21 (0.592 %)SCJP
21 (0.592 %)RHCT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.959 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.592 %)NFS
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (11.83 %)Oracle
214 (8.284 %)Microsoft
37 (4.142 %)Google
46 (3.550 %)Zend
54 (2.367 %)Adobe