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The table below looks at the demand for Media Streaming 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 Streaming Media over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMedia Streaming
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank383463
Rank change on same period last yearUp+80
Matching contract IT job ads2428
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.028 %
As % of the category below0.267 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted1411
Average minimum daily rate£299£177
Average daily rate£328£198
% change on same period last year+65.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£220
UK excluding London average daily rate-£438
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£17.50£50.00
% change on same period last year-65.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching contract IT job ads899413976
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.16 %13.78 %
Daily rates quoted45076187
Average minimum daily rate£472£495
Average daily rate£508£530
% change on same period last year-4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£545£566
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted345474
Average minimum hourly rate£25.28£22.62
Average hourly rate£27.30£24.48
% change on same period last year+11.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.31£26.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.26£28.13
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
Streaming Media EnglandStreaming Media
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.

Streaming Media
Demand Trend

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

London Streaming Media Demand Trend

Streaming Media
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Streaming Media Daily Rate Trend

Streaming Media
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Streaming Media across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Streaming Media Daily Rate Histogram

Streaming Media
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Streaming Media Hourly Rate Trend

Streaming Media
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Streaming Media across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Streaming Media Hourly Rate Histogram

Streaming Media
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Streaming Media 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-317£344+132.34 %
Streaming Media EnglandStreaming Media
England

Streaming Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

120 (55.56 %)Flash
213 (36.11 %)Windows
213 (36.11 %)ActionScript
312 (33.33 %)HTML
312 (33.33 %)XML
312 (33.33 %)Content Management
411 (30.56 %)Streaming Video
510 (27.78 %)JavaScript
69 (25.00 %).NET
78 (22.22 %)CSS
87 (19.44 %)Photoshop
96 (16.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
96 (16.67 %)Project Management
96 (16.67 %)Web Development
105 (13.89 %)AJAX
105 (13.89 %)MS Office
105 (13.89 %)C#
105 (13.89 %)SQL Server
105 (13.89 %)XSLT
114 (11.11 %)OO
114 (11.11 %)CRM
114 (11.11 %)Windows XP
114 (11.11 %)LAN
114 (11.11 %)VoIP
114 (11.11 %)WAN
114 (11.11 %)VPN
114 (11.11 %)Microsoft CRM
114 (11.11 %)CMS
123 (8.333 %)W3C
123 (8.333 %)Education

Streaming Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (33.33 %)HTML
112 (33.33 %)XML
29 (25.00 %).NET
38 (22.22 %)CSS
45 (13.89 %)AJAX
45 (13.89 %)XSLT
52 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
61 (2.778 %)XSL
61 (2.778 %)XHTML
61 (2.778 %)POSIX
61 (2.778 %)CGI
61 (2.778 %)Ruby on Rails
61 (2.778 %)WebSphere
61 (2.778 %)Adobe Flex
61 (2.778 %)Silverlight
61 (2.778 %)jQuery
61 (2.778 %)ASP.NET 2.0
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.11 %)CMS
23 (8.333 %)Flash Media Server
31 (2.778 %)Apache
31 (2.778 %)Tomcat
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (19.44 %)Photoshop
26 (16.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (13.89 %)MS Office
43 (8.333 %)MS Excel
43 (8.333 %)MS Visio
51 (2.778 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (11.11 %)Microsoft CRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (11.11 %)LAN
14 (11.11 %)VoIP
14 (11.11 %)WAN
14 (11.11 %)VPN
23 (8.333 %)Internet
23 (8.333 %)Broadband
32 (5.556 %)Wireless
41 (2.778 %)Cisco IOS
41 (2.778 %)Cisco PIX
41 (2.778 %)Firewall
41 (2.778 %)SMTP
41 (2.778 %)HTTP
41 (2.778 %)TCP/IP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (13.89 %)SQL Server
22 (5.556 %)Data Mining
22 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.778 %)MySQL
31 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (55.56 %)Flash
23 (8.333 %)WinRunner
23 (8.333 %)TestDirector
23 (8.333 %)QuickTest Pro
32 (5.556 %)PVCS
32 (5.556 %)Selenium
41 (2.778 %)FitNesse
41 (2.778 %)JUnit
41 (2.778 %)JMeter
41 (2.778 %)WATIR
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (8.333 %)Education
13 (8.333 %)Music
22 (5.556 %)Marketing
22 (5.556 %)Publishing
31 (2.778 %)Telecoms
31 (2.778 %)Advertising
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (52.78 %)Developer
214 (38.89 %)Flash Developer
34 (11.11 %).NET Developer
43 (8.333 %)Analyst
52 (5.556 %)Test Analyst
52 (5.556 %)Tester
61 (2.778 %)Project Manager
61 (2.778 %)Web Analyst
61 (2.778 %)ActionScript Developer
61 (2.778 %)Web Test Analyst
61 (2.778 %)Automation Test Analyst
61 (2.778 %)Account Manager
61 (2.778 %)Support Analyst
61 (2.778 %)1st Line Support
61 (2.778 %)Support Engineer
61 (2.778 %)2nd Line Support
61 (2.778 %)Interface Designer
61 (2.778 %)C# Developer
61 (2.778 %)Helpdesk Support
61 (2.778 %)Web Designer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (30.56 %)Streaming Video
23 (8.333 %)IPTV
23 (8.333 %)W3C
32 (5.556 %)MPEG
32 (5.556 %)Web 2.0
41 (2.778 %)Streaming Music
41 (2.778 %)French Language
41 (2.778 %)Italian Language
41 (2.778 %)Social Network
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (36.11 %)Windows
24 (11.11 %)Windows XP
31 (2.778 %)UNIX
31 (2.778 %)AIX
31 (2.778 %)Solaris
31 (2.778 %)Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (33.33 %)Content Management
26 (16.67 %)Web Development
26 (16.67 %)Project Management
34 (11.11 %)OO
34 (11.11 %)CRM
43 (8.333 %)UML
43 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
43 (8.333 %)Web Testing
51 (2.778 %)OOP
51 (2.778 %)Load Balancing
51 (2.778 %)E-Commerce
51 (2.778 %)DRM
51 (2.778 %)Scrum
51 (2.778 %)Extreme Programming
51 (2.778 %)Web Design
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (36.11 %)ActionScript
210 (27.78 %)JavaScript
35 (13.89 %)C#
43 (8.333 %)SQL
52 (5.556 %)C
61 (2.778 %)Ruby
61 (2.778 %)PHP5
61 (2.778 %)C++
61 (2.778 %)Java
61 (2.778 %)Perl
61 (2.778 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.333 %)ISEB
21 (2.778 %)Cisco Certification
21 (2.778 %)CCNP
21 (2.778 %)CCNA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.778 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.778 %)OpenView
11 (2.778 %)MOM
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (8.333 %)Adobe
13 (8.333 %)Empirix
22 (5.556 %)Siemens
22 (5.556 %)Microsoft
31 (2.778 %)CheckPoint
31 (2.778 %)Oracle
31 (2.778 %)Cisco
31 (2.778 %)IBM
31 (2.778 %)Sun
31 (2.778 %)HP
31 (2.778 %)Intel