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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sony products and/or services in IT contracts within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sony over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSony
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank404485
Rank change on same period last yearUp+81
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.021 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£225-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£179£511
% change on same period last year-64.97 %
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£33.00£36.50
% change on same period last year-9.58 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching contract IT job ads1421421747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.21 %21.45 %
Daily rates quoted56387671
Average minimum daily rate£403£421
Average daily rate£430£448
% change on same period last year-4.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£457£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£358
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted8501308
Average minimum hourly rate£22.78£24.87
Average hourly rate£24.39£26.38
% change on same period last year-7.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.01£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.29£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Sony EnglandSony
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Sony Corporation.

Sony
Demand Trend

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

London Sony Demand Trend

Sony
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Sony Daily Rate Trend

Sony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Sony Hourly Rate Trend

Sony
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sony within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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-243£225-
Sony EnglandSony
England

Sony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Sony 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 Sony.

16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
23 (30.00 %)MS Excel
23 (30.00 %)Windows XP
23 (30.00 %)NetWare
23 (30.00 %)HP
23 (30.00 %)Dell
23 (30.00 %)Lotus
23 (30.00 %)Apple
23 (30.00 %)3G
23 (30.00 %)ZENworks
23 (30.00 %)Blackberry
23 (30.00 %)SQL
23 (30.00 %)MS Office
23 (30.00 %)XML
23 (30.00 %)Windows
23 (30.00 %)Lotus Notes
23 (30.00 %)Flash
32 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server
32 (20.00 %)OLAP
32 (20.00 %)Photoshop
32 (20.00 %)HTML
32 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
32 (20.00 %)Finance
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (20.00 %)BC Cleared
32 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (20.00 %)CSS
41 (10.00 %)CentOS

Sony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Sony 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 Sony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)XML
22 (20.00 %)HTML
22 (20.00 %)CSS
31 (10.00 %)ASP
31 (10.00 %)XSL
31 (10.00 %)XHTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
31 (10.00 %)ColdFusion
31 (10.00 %)CMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Office
13 (30.00 %)MS Excel
22 (20.00 %)Photoshop
31 (10.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (10.00 %)InDesign
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)3G
21 (10.00 %)Firewall
21 (10.00 %)Internet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
12 (20.00 %)OLAP
12 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (10.00 %)MySQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (30.00 %)Flash
21 (10.00 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Finance
21 (10.00 %)Government
21 (10.00 %)Advertising
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %)Web Designer
22 (20.00 %)Team Leader
22 (20.00 %)SQL Developer
22 (20.00 %)Support Team Leader
31 (10.00 %)Senior Systems Administrator
31 (10.00 %)Service Desk Team Leader
31 (10.00 %)SQL Server Developer
31 (10.00 %)Flash Developer
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Web Developer
31 (10.00 %)Systems Administrator
31 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
31 (10.00 %)3rd Line Support
31 (10.00 %)Service Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Administrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)Blackberry
21 (10.00 %)W3C
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Windows XP
13 (30.00 %)NetWare
13 (30.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)Linux
21 (10.00 %)UNIX
21 (10.00 %)SUSE
21 (10.00 %)Debian
21 (10.00 %)CentOS
21 (10.00 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)BC Cleared
12 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (10.00 %)Content Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)JavaScript
21 (10.00 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (30.00 %)ZENworks
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
23 (30.00 %)HP
23 (30.00 %)Dell
23 (30.00 %)Lotus
23 (30.00 %)Apple
31 (10.00 %)Red Hat
31 (10.00 %)Ericsson
31 (10.00 %)Adobe