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This section looks at the demand for Unified Modeling Language (UML) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UML over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnified Modeling Language (UML)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5763
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads8621183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.149 %1.197 %
As % of the category below4.683 %4.929 %
Daily rates quoted429511
Average minimum daily rate£409£406
Average daily rate£444£433
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£364
% change on same period last year+5.92 %
Hourly rates quoted1225
Average minimum hourly rate£31.75£49.08
Average hourly rate£34.50£49.78
% change on same period last year-30.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.25£50.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.05£34.62
% change on same period last year+9.89 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1840724000
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.54 %24.28 %
Daily rates quoted83009424
Average minimum daily rate£412£422
Average daily rate£443£450
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£474£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted597831
Average minimum hourly rate£25.66£29.51
Average hourly rate£27.45£31.57
% change on same period last year-13.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.24£33.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
UML EnglandUML
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.

UML
Demand Trend

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

London UML Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

London UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London UML Hourly Rate Histogram

UML
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 LondonUp+10237£482-1.48 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1138£388+5.25 %
UxbridgeNew entry-5--
LutonUp+174--
Canary WharfDown-94£525+13.71 %
HendonNew entry-2--
BrentfordNew entry-1£350-
CroydonUp+111--
HarrowNew entry-1--
HammersmithNew entry-1£450-
UML EnglandUML
England

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing UML 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 UML.

1523 (28.98 %)OO
2503 (27.87 %)XML
3472 (26.15 %)Java
4410 (22.71 %).NET
5405 (22.44 %)Finance
6403 (22.33 %)Oracle
7367 (20.33 %)SQL
8337 (18.67 %)J2EE
9315 (17.45 %)Banking
10314 (17.40 %)C#
11282 (15.62 %)RUP
12274 (15.18 %)SQL Server
13251 (13.91 %)WebServices
14243 (13.46 %)HTML
15227 (12.58 %)ASP.NET
16223 (12.35 %)JavaScript
17212 (11.75 %)Use Case
18205 (11.36 %)Investment Banking
19197 (10.91 %)Spring
20189 (10.47 %)Business Analysis
21176 (9.751 %)Data Modelling
22175 (9.695 %)UNIX
23166 (9.197 %)Hibernate
24155 (8.587 %)Derivative
25153 (8.476 %)C++
26152 (8.421 %)WebLogic
27147 (8.144 %)PRINCE2
28143 (7.922 %)CSS
29137 (7.590 %)JSP
30132 (7.313 %)Eclipse

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing UML 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 UML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1503 (27.87 %)XML
2410 (22.71 %).NET
3337 (18.67 %)J2EE
4251 (13.91 %)WebServices
5243 (13.46 %)HTML
6227 (12.58 %)ASP.NET
7197 (10.91 %)Spring
8166 (9.197 %)Hibernate
9143 (7.922 %)CSS
10137 (7.590 %)JSP
11119 (6.593 %)Struts
12117 (6.482 %)AJAX
1397 (5.374 %)EJB
1491 (5.042 %)WebSphere
1587 (4.820 %)XSLT
1675 (4.155 %)Middleware
1772 (3.989 %)XHTML
1772 (3.989 %)XSL
1869 (3.823 %)NHibernate
1965 (3.601 %)ASP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1152 (8.421 %)WebLogic
280 (4.432 %)JBoss
358 (3.213 %)IIS
454 (2.992 %)BizTalk Server
546 (2.548 %)Tomcat
640 (2.216 %)SharePoint
640 (2.216 %)Apache
734 (1.884 %)CMS
822 (1.219 %)TeamSite
921 (1.163 %)ColdFusion
1019 (1.053 %)WebSphere Application Server
1019 (1.053 %)WPS
1117 (0.942 %)WebLogic Portal
1213 (0.720 %)ESB
1213 (0.720 %)Documentum
1312 (0.665 %)Oracle Application Server
1411 (0.609 %)MQSeries
159 (0.499 %)Exchange Server 2000
168 (0.443 %)MS Exchange
168 (0.443 %)Oracle 9iAS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
164 (3.546 %)MS Office
259 (3.269 %)MS Visio
353 (2.936 %)Photoshop
449 (2.715 %)MS Project
529 (1.607 %)MS Excel
68 (0.443 %)MS PowerPoint
74 (0.222 %)Adobe Illustrator
74 (0.222 %)Fireworks
83 (0.166 %)MATLAB
83 (0.166 %)Simulink
91 (0.055 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.055 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.222 %)Summit
22 (0.111 %)HiInvest
31 (0.055 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.055 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.055 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
31 (0.055 %)SunGard GMI
31 (0.055 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
31 (0.055 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
31 (0.055 %)INSURE/90
31 (0.055 %)TIBCO iProcess
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
156 (3.102 %)Internet
220 (1.108 %)LDAP
220 (1.108 %)TCP/IP
318 (0.997 %)HTTP
412 (0.665 %)Intranet
57 (0.388 %)IIOP
66 (0.332 %)SSL
66 (0.332 %)DNS
66 (0.332 %)BSS
74 (0.222 %)Extranet
83 (0.166 %)SAN
83 (0.166 %)VoIP
83 (0.166 %)Wireless
92 (0.111 %)GSM
92 (0.111 %)3G
92 (0.111 %)Firewall
92 (0.111 %)Wi-Fi
101 (0.055 %)Parlay
101 (0.055 %)ATM
101 (0.055 %)Broadband
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1274 (15.18 %)SQL Server
2101 (5.596 %)SQL Server 2005
368 (3.767 %)SQL Server 2000
465 (3.601 %)Datawarehouse
547 (2.604 %)RDBMS
644 (2.438 %)Oracle 10g
644 (2.438 %)Reference Data
735 (1.939 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
735 (1.939 %)BusinessObjects
834 (1.884 %)MySQL
933 (1.828 %)Oracle 9i
1031 (1.717 %)ETL
1126 (1.440 %)SQL Server 7
1223 (1.274 %)TOAD
1223 (1.274 %)Crystal Reports
1320 (1.108 %)DB2
1414 (0.776 %)MS Access
1512 (0.665 %)OLAP
169 (0.499 %)Oracle Reports
178 (0.443 %)Oracle 8/8i
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1132 (7.313 %)Eclipse
2101 (5.596 %)JUnit
397 (5.374 %)Rational Rose
496 (5.319 %)Ant
578 (4.321 %)Subversion
670 (3.878 %)FitNesse
768 (3.767 %)Selenium
768 (3.767 %)NUnit
866 (3.657 %)RequisitePro
942 (2.327 %)Visual Studio
1039 (2.161 %)ClearCase
1138 (2.105 %)ClearQuest
1236 (1.994 %)Flash
1333 (1.828 %)JDeveloper
1432 (1.773 %)ReSharper
1526 (1.440 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1616 (0.886 %)Dreamweaver
1711 (0.609 %)JBuilder
188 (0.443 %)IntelliJ
197 (0.388 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1405 (22.44 %)Finance
2315 (17.45 %)Banking
3205 (11.36 %)Investment Banking
497 (5.374 %)Front Office
595 (5.263 %)Government
683 (4.598 %)Retail
781 (4.488 %)Insurance
854 (2.992 %)Back Office
945 (2.493 %)Telecoms
1033 (1.828 %)Games
1127 (1.496 %)Marketing
1224 (1.330 %)Financial Institution
1320 (1.108 %)Publishing
1419 (1.053 %)Construction
1518 (0.997 %)Billing
1616 (0.886 %)Retail Banking
1713 (0.720 %)Legal
1713 (0.720 %)Online Games
1812 (0.665 %)Education
1911 (0.609 %)Online Betting
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1748 (41.44 %)Analyst
2632 (35.01 %)Developer
3615 (34.07 %)Business Analyst
4196 (10.86 %)Architect
5187 (10.36 %)Java Developer
6138 (7.645 %).NET Developer
7107 (5.928 %)Systems Analyst
894 (5.208 %)J2EE Developer
992 (5.097 %)Senior Developer
1072 (3.989 %)C# Developer
1170 (3.878 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1257 (3.158 %)UML Business Analyst
1355 (3.047 %)Banking Business Analyst
1453 (2.936 %)Web Developer
1552 (2.881 %)Senior Analyst
1646 (2.548 %)C++ Developer
1745 (2.493 %)Business Systems Analyst
1745 (2.493 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1839 (2.161 %)Project Manager
1937 (2.050 %)Solutions Architect
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1155 (8.587 %)Derivative
2111 (6.150 %)Fixed Income
381 (4.488 %)Equities
462 (3.435 %)Credit Risk
558 (3.213 %)N-Tier
634 (1.884 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
731 (1.717 %)Computer Science
829 (1.607 %)Multithreading
926 (1.440 %)Fat Client
926 (1.440 %)Thin Client
1025 (1.385 %)Management Information System
1119 (1.053 %)Equity Derivative
1217 (0.942 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1313 (0.720 %)Web 2.0
1313 (0.720 %)W3C
1313 (0.720 %)Spread Betting
1412 (0.665 %)AS400
1511 (0.609 %)Client/Server
1610 (0.554 %)Market Risk
179 (0.499 %)French Language
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1175 (9.695 %)UNIX
2108 (5.983 %)Windows
381 (4.488 %)Linux
442 (2.327 %)Solaris
521 (1.163 %)Windows 2000
69 (0.499 %)VMS
78 (0.443 %)Windows XP
86 (0.332 %)Windows Mobile
95 (0.277 %)Symbian OS
104 (0.222 %)HPUX
113 (0.166 %)AIX
122 (0.111 %)Mac OS X
122 (0.111 %)MVS
122 (0.111 %)Windows NT
131 (0.055 %)Windows Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1523 (28.98 %)OO
2282 (15.62 %)RUP
3212 (11.75 %)Use Case
4189 (10.47 %)Business Analysis
5176 (9.751 %)Data Modelling
6147 (8.144 %)PRINCE2
7128 (7.091 %)Project Management
8109 (6.039 %)OOD
9108 (5.983 %)Unit Testing
10105 (5.817 %)SOA
11102 (5.651 %)TDD
12100 (5.540 %)Agile Software Development
1392 (5.097 %)OOA/OOD
1488 (4.875 %)Security Cleared
1582 (4.543 %)Systems Analysis
1677 (4.266 %)Unified Process
1768 (3.767 %)E-Commerce
1768 (3.767 %)Web Development
1861 (3.380 %)Scrum
1958 (3.213 %)ITIL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1472 (26.15 %)Java
2367 (20.33 %)SQL
3314 (17.40 %)C#
4223 (12.35 %)JavaScript
5153 (8.476 %)C++
682 (4.543 %)PL/SQL
751 (2.825 %)PHP
848 (2.659 %)Perl
947 (2.604 %)C
1040 (2.216 %)VB
1135 (1.939 %)Transact-SQL
1233 (1.828 %)VBA
1332 (1.773 %)DHTML
1424 (1.330 %)VB.NET
1523 (1.274 %)Shell Script
1622 (1.219 %)VB6
1720 (1.108 %)Python
1720 (1.108 %)Delphi
1816 (0.886 %)VC++
1816 (0.886 %)Smalltalk
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
176 (4.211 %)Degree
229 (1.607 %)ISEB
319 (1.053 %)Sun Certification
49 (0.499 %)PRINCE2 Certification
52 (0.111 %)Postgraduate
52 (0.111 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (0.111 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
52 (0.111 %)SCBCD
52 (0.111 %)SCDJWS
52 (0.111 %)SCJD
61 (0.055 %)CFA
61 (0.055 %)SCJP
61 (0.055 %)MCP
61 (0.055 %)MCAD
61 (0.055 %)MCSD
61 (0.055 %)MBA
61 (0.055 %)SCWCD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
158 (3.213 %)QA
220 (1.108 %)ISO9001
36 (0.332 %)SLA
44 (0.222 %)Basel II
44 (0.222 %)ISO17799
53 (0.166 %)BS7799
53 (0.166 %)BS7666
61 (0.055 %)ISO27001
61 (0.055 %)WCAG
61 (0.055 %)WAI
61 (0.055 %)MiFID
61 (0.055 %)TickIT
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (0.997 %)AquaLogic
210 (0.554 %)Active Directory
33 (0.166 %)MSMQ
42 (0.111 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.055 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.055 %)Squid
51 (0.055 %)Oracle RAC
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.111 %)ServiceCenter
21 (0.055 %)Legato
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1403 (22.33 %)Oracle
2127 (7.036 %)Microsoft
375 (4.155 %)Sybase
466 (3.657 %)IBM
535 (1.939 %)Business Objects
535 (1.939 %)BEA
629 (1.607 %)Sun
721 (1.163 %)Siebel
817 (0.942 %)Calypso
915 (0.831 %)Google
1014 (0.776 %)Macromedia
1113 (0.720 %)TIBCO
1212 (0.665 %)Primavera
1212 (0.665 %)SAP
1311 (0.609 %)Altova
1311 (0.609 %)Fundtech
1410 (0.554 %)Infragistics
1410 (0.554 %)GoldenSource
159 (0.499 %)ATG
168 (0.443 %)Telelogic
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