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This section looks at the demand for Spreadsheets skills within the London region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Spreadsheets
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank208150
Rank change on same period last yearDown-58
Matching contract IT job ads235521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.310 %0.519 %
As % of the category below6.099 %9.788 %
Daily rates quoted132280
Average minimum daily rate£403£464
Average daily rate£433£497
% change on same period last year-12.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£531
UK excluding London average daily rate£232£305
% change on same period last year-23.77 %
Hourly rates quoted1611
Average minimum hourly rate£21.31£21.09
Average hourly rate£23.25£23.89
% change on same period last year-2.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.19£26.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.17£13.23
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
London
Matching contract IT job ads38535323
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.085 %5.302 %
Daily rates quoted15421879
Average minimum daily rate£320£343
Average daily rate£343£362
% change on same period last year-5.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£284
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Hourly rates quoted471612
Average minimum hourly rate£18.64£19.18
Average hourly rate£20.13£20.51
% change on same period last year-1.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.63£21.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.62£19.30
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Spreadsheet EnglandSpreadsheet
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.

Spreadsheet
Demand Trend

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

London Spreadsheet Demand Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Spreadsheet Daily Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Spreadsheet Daily Rate Histogram

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Trend

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

London Spreadsheet Hourly Rate Histogram

Spreadsheet
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet 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-1884£422-1.13 %
Docklands, LondonDown-615£396-30.21 %
Canary WharfUp+26£525+3.74 %
BromleyDown-11--
CroydonUp+71£450-
SouthwarkNew entry-1--
Spreadsheet EnglandSpreadsheet
England

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1174 (37.91 %)VBA
2163 (35.51 %)Finance
3126 (27.45 %)Banking
4123 (26.80 %)Derivative
5101 (22.00 %)SQL
696 (20.92 %)MS Excel
795 (20.70 %)Front Office
881 (17.65 %)C#
881 (17.65 %)Oracle
977 (16.78 %)Investment Banking
1058 (12.64 %)Fixed Income
1156 (12.20 %)SQL Server
1245 (9.804 %)Microsoft
1344 (9.586 %)Equity Derivative
1443 (9.368 %)MS Office
1536 (7.843 %).NET
1635 (7.625 %)Sybase
1635 (7.625 %)Project Management
1732 (6.972 %)Windows
1831 (6.754 %)MS Access
1930 (6.536 %)C++
2029 (6.318 %)Degree
2029 (6.318 %)Data Analysis
2127 (5.882 %)Risk Management
2224 (5.229 %)Java
2322 (4.793 %)MS Project
2322 (4.793 %)Equities
2421 (4.575 %)PL/SQL
2421 (4.575 %)UNIX
2520 (4.357 %)Government

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
136 (7.843 %).NET
212 (2.614 %)HTML
311 (2.397 %)XML
46 (1.307 %)ASP.NET
55 (1.089 %)ATL
55 (1.089 %)J2EE
64 (0.871 %)WebServices
64 (0.871 %)XSL
64 (0.871 %)COM
73 (0.654 %)ODBC
73 (0.654 %)ActiveX
73 (0.654 %)WinForms
73 (0.654 %)Application Packaging
82 (0.436 %)WCF
82 (0.436 %)WPF
82 (0.436 %).NET Framework
82 (0.436 %)XHTML
82 (0.436 %)CSS
91 (0.218 %)Middleware
91 (0.218 %)JDBC
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (1.525 %)SharePoint
25 (1.089 %)FormScape
33 (0.654 %)Lotus Notes
42 (0.436 %)SAS
51 (0.218 %)MS Exchange
51 (0.218 %)IIS
51 (0.218 %)CMS
51 (0.218 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.218 %)Office Project Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
196 (20.92 %)MS Excel
243 (9.368 %)MS Office
322 (4.793 %)MS Project
416 (3.486 %)MS PowerPoint
514 (3.050 %)MS Visio
65 (1.089 %)DOC1
74 (0.871 %)SPSS
82 (0.436 %)InfoPath
91 (0.218 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.218 %)MATLAB
91 (0.218 %)Photoshop
91 (0.218 %)Adobe Illustrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (2.614 %)Endur
24 (0.871 %)RMDS
24 (0.871 %)Oracle Financials
33 (0.654 %)VisionPLUS
41 (0.218 %)Navision
41 (0.218 %)Thomson PORTIA
41 (0.218 %)Siebel Analytics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (2.179 %)Internet
25 (1.089 %)Intranet
33 (0.654 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.436 %)Firewall
42 (0.436 %)Broadband
51 (0.218 %)LAN
51 (0.218 %)PBX
51 (0.218 %)WAN
51 (0.218 %)HTTP
51 (0.218 %)Cisco IOS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (12.20 %)SQL Server
231 (6.754 %)MS Access
318 (3.922 %)Oracle Reports
318 (3.922 %)Oracle 9i
411 (2.397 %)Datawarehouse
56 (1.307 %)Reference Data
65 (1.089 %)Data Mining
74 (0.871 %)Data Cleansing
74 (0.871 %)BusinessObjects
74 (0.871 %)Oracle 10g
83 (0.654 %)Oracle Discoverer
83 (0.654 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (0.654 %)OLAP
83 (0.654 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (0.654 %)Oracle OWB
83 (0.654 %)Data Mart
83 (0.654 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
92 (0.436 %)SQL Server 2005
92 (0.436 %)SQLPlus
92 (0.436 %)RDBMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (2.179 %)Oracle APEX
27 (1.525 %)NUnit
36 (1.307 %)Subversion
45 (1.089 %)ClearCase
53 (0.654 %)TestDirector
53 (0.654 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.436 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.218 %)VSS/SourceSafe
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1163 (35.51 %)Finance
2126 (27.45 %)Banking
395 (20.70 %)Front Office
477 (16.78 %)Investment Banking
520 (4.357 %)Government
618 (3.922 %)Health
712 (2.614 %)Back Office
88 (1.743 %)Financial Institution
97 (1.525 %)Insurance
106 (1.307 %)Marketing
106 (1.307 %)Law
115 (1.089 %)Police
124 (0.871 %)General Ledger
124 (0.871 %)Auditing
124 (0.871 %)Legal
124 (0.871 %)Telecoms
133 (0.654 %)Billing
133 (0.654 %)Retail
142 (0.436 %)Graphic Design
142 (0.436 %)Pensions
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1172 (37.47 %)Developer
2125 (27.23 %)Analyst
393 (20.26 %)Excel Developer
483 (18.08 %)VBA Developer
573 (15.90 %)Excel VBA Developer
642 (9.150 %)Data Analyst
737 (8.061 %)Administrator
829 (6.318 %)Front Office Developer
829 (6.318 %)Oracle Developer
926 (5.664 %)Business Analyst
1019 (4.139 %)Support Analyst
1019 (4.139 %)C# Developer
1117 (3.704 %)Access Developer
1215 (3.268 %)Information Analyst
1313 (2.832 %)Consultant
1411 (2.397 %)Project Administrator
1510 (2.179 %)Coordinator
169 (1.961 %)Junior
178 (1.743 %)Excel Specialist
178 (1.743 %)SQL Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1123 (26.80 %)Derivative
258 (12.64 %)Fixed Income
344 (9.586 %)Equity Derivative
422 (4.793 %)Equities
519 (4.139 %)Credit Derivative
618 (3.922 %)NHS
714 (3.050 %)Management Information System
811 (2.397 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
811 (2.397 %)Statistics
98 (1.743 %)Computer Science
107 (1.525 %)Client/Server
107 (1.525 %)Mathematics
115 (1.089 %)Physics
124 (0.871 %)Hybrid Derivative
124 (0.871 %)CMDB
124 (0.871 %)Credit Risk
133 (0.654 %)Blackberry
142 (0.436 %)Exotic Derivative
142 (0.436 %)Interest Rate Derivative
142 (0.436 %)Firmware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (6.972 %)Windows
221 (4.575 %)UNIX
39 (1.961 %)Windows 2000
47 (1.525 %)Windows XP
56 (1.307 %)Linux
62 (0.436 %)AIX
71 (0.218 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.218 %)Windows Mobile
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (7.625 %)Project Management
229 (6.318 %)Data Analysis
327 (5.882 %)Risk Management
419 (4.139 %)RAD
515 (3.268 %)Migration
613 (2.832 %)ITIL
613 (2.832 %)PRINCE2
711 (2.397 %)Release Management
810 (2.179 %)Business Analysis
99 (1.961 %)Asset Management
108 (1.743 %)OO
108 (1.743 %)Data Modelling
117 (1.525 %)Configuration Management
117 (1.525 %)Service Management
117 (1.525 %)Statistical Analysis
117 (1.525 %)Performance Management
117 (1.525 %)Data Migration
126 (1.307 %)ERD
126 (1.307 %)User Acceptance Testing
126 (1.307 %)Programme Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1174 (37.91 %)VBA
2101 (22.00 %)SQL
381 (17.65 %)C#
430 (6.536 %)C++
524 (5.229 %)Java
621 (4.575 %)PL/SQL
716 (3.486 %)VB
86 (1.307 %)VC++
95 (1.089 %)Transact-SQL
104 (0.871 %)VB.NET
113 (0.654 %)XPath
122 (0.436 %)C
131 (0.218 %)DHTML
131 (0.218 %)JavaScript
131 (0.218 %)Perl
131 (0.218 %)Python
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
129 (6.318 %)Degree
25 (1.089 %)ITIL Certification
25 (1.089 %)PhD
33 (0.654 %)ISEB
33 (0.654 %)ISTQB
41 (0.218 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.218 %)ACCA
41 (0.218 %)CIMA
41 (0.218 %)CISA
41 (0.218 %)CISM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.089 %)QA
24 (0.871 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.436 %)SLA
32 (0.436 %)ISO9000
41 (0.218 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.871 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.218 %)Tivoli
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (17.65 %)Oracle
245 (9.804 %)Microsoft
335 (7.625 %)Sybase
419 (4.139 %)Reuters
419 (4.139 %)Bloomberg
513 (2.832 %)OpenLink
69 (1.961 %)Remedy
76 (1.307 %)Citrix
85 (1.089 %)SAP
94 (0.871 %)Mantas
94 (0.871 %)Business Objects
103 (0.654 %)Cisco
103 (0.654 %)CQG
103 (0.654 %)Lotus
103 (0.654 %)GL TRADE
103 (0.654 %)Wall Street Systems
112 (0.436 %)GoldenSource
112 (0.436 %)Cognos
112 (0.436 %)Peregrine
112 (0.436 %)Adobe