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The table below looks at the demand for Use Cases 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 Use Case over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUse Cases
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank195238
Rank change on same period last yearUp+43
Matching contract IT job ads238277
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.335 %0.280 %
As % of the category below1.363 %1.146 %
Daily rates quoted116143
Average minimum daily rate£429£389
Average daily rate£456£410
% change on same period last year+11.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£483£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.87 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.00
Average hourly rate-£31.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.44£28.74
% change on same period last year+19.83 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1746024178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.58 %24.43 %
Daily rates quoted77509333
Average minimum daily rate£407£413
Average daily rate£438£440
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£469£467
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted667943
Average minimum hourly rate£27.38£27.85
Average hourly rate£29.03£29.69
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.68£31.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Use Case EnglandUse Case
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.

Use Case
Demand Trend

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

London Use Case Demand Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Use Case across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London Use Case Daily Rate Histogram

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 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+3674£476+3.84 %
Docklands, LondonUp+4113£319-21.29 %
Canary WharfUp+137£463-28.84 %
HammersmithNew entry-2£299-
UxbridgeDown-181--
Use Case EnglandUse Case
England

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Use Case 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 Use Case.

1194 (39.43 %)UML
2151 (30.69 %)Finance
3120 (24.39 %)Banking
4119 (24.19 %)RUP
5111 (22.56 %)Business Analysis
694 (19.11 %)Data Modelling
778 (15.85 %)SQL
875 (15.24 %)Investment Banking
967 (13.62 %)Unified Process
1060 (12.20 %)OO
1155 (11.18 %)Project Management
1248 (9.756 %).NET
1346 (9.350 %)Fixed Income
1445 (9.146 %)Oracle
1544 (8.943 %)MS Visio
1643 (8.740 %)Java
1742 (8.537 %)XML
1742 (8.537 %)Derivative
1841 (8.333 %)QA
1841 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
1937 (7.520 %)Rational Rose
2036 (7.317 %)MS Project
2134 (6.911 %)Scrum
2134 (6.911 %)Equities
2233 (6.707 %)RequisitePro
2332 (6.504 %)IBM
2332 (6.504 %)MS Office
2332 (6.504 %)C#
2431 (6.301 %)Front Office
2529 (5.894 %)Government

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Use Case 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 Use Case. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
148 (9.756 %).NET
242 (8.537 %)XML
323 (4.675 %)Hibernate
422 (4.472 %)XSL
422 (4.472 %)J2EE
521 (4.268 %)SOAP
619 (3.862 %)JavaBeans
715 (3.049 %)AJAX
87 (1.423 %)HTML
87 (1.423 %)ASP.NET
96 (1.220 %)CSS
96 (1.220 %)WebServices
96 (1.220 %)JSF
96 (1.220 %)WebSphere
96 (1.220 %)FIX Protocol
104 (0.813 %)XHTML
104 (0.813 %)JSP
112 (0.407 %)Servlets
112 (0.407 %)ASP
112 (0.407 %)SAX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (3.862 %)Oracle Application Server
119 (3.862 %)Oracle 10gAS
27 (1.423 %)SharePoint
36 (1.220 %)Apache
44 (0.813 %)Tomcat
44 (0.813 %)MQSeries
44 (0.813 %)Documentum
44 (0.813 %)SharePoint Server 2007
44 (0.813 %)CMS
52 (0.407 %)JBoss
61 (0.203 %)Commerce Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (8.943 %)MS Visio
236 (7.317 %)MS Project
332 (6.504 %)MS Office
411 (2.236 %)MS Excel
56 (1.220 %)Photoshop
64 (0.813 %)InDesign
64 (0.813 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.203 %)Fireworks
71 (0.203 %)Adobe Illustrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.813 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
14 (0.813 %)Algo Collateral
22 (0.407 %)Oracle Financials
22 (0.407 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
31 (0.203 %)SAP ERP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (4.065 %)Internet
23 (0.610 %)GSM
23 (0.610 %)Intranet
23 (0.610 %)BSS
32 (0.407 %)Wi-Fi
32 (0.407 %)VoIP
32 (0.407 %)SMTP
32 (0.407 %)3G
41 (0.203 %)Parlay
41 (0.203 %)LDAP
41 (0.203 %)Broadband
41 (0.203 %)SSL
41 (0.203 %)Wireless
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (4.675 %)RDBMS
221 (4.268 %)Oracle 10g
313 (2.642 %)SQL Server
49 (1.829 %)ETL
57 (1.423 %)BusinessObjects
66 (1.220 %)Reference Data
75 (1.016 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (1.016 %)Oracle 9i
83 (0.610 %)Datawarehouse
83 (0.610 %)Oracle Reports
92 (0.407 %)MySQL
92 (0.407 %)OLAP
92 (0.407 %)BusinessObjects XI
92 (0.407 %)SQL Server 2000
92 (0.407 %)PostgreSQL
101 (0.203 %)IDOL
101 (0.203 %)ROLAP
101 (0.203 %)VLDB
101 (0.203 %)MOLAP
101 (0.203 %)OLTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
137 (7.520 %)Rational Rose
233 (6.707 %)RequisitePro
321 (4.268 %)JUnit
44 (0.813 %)Dreamweaver
53 (0.610 %)Visual Studio
53 (0.610 %)TestDirector
53 (0.610 %)ClearQuest
62 (0.407 %)Log4j
62 (0.407 %)Subversion
62 (0.407 %)ERwin
62 (0.407 %)ClearCase
71 (0.203 %)WinRunner
71 (0.203 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.203 %)SilkPerformer
71 (0.203 %)MSI
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1151 (30.69 %)Finance
2120 (24.39 %)Banking
375 (15.24 %)Investment Banking
431 (6.301 %)Front Office
529 (5.894 %)Government
529 (5.894 %)Retail
626 (5.285 %)Insurance
715 (3.049 %)Publishing
715 (3.049 %)Back Office
715 (3.049 %)Financial Institution
812 (2.439 %)Online Banking
911 (2.236 %)Marketing
108 (1.626 %)Retail Banking
117 (1.423 %)Telecoms
126 (1.220 %)Police
134 (0.813 %)Legal
134 (0.813 %)Pharmaceutical
134 (0.813 %)Local Government
134 (0.813 %)Billing
143 (0.610 %)Pensions
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1402 (81.71 %)Analyst
2346 (70.33 %)Business Analyst
358 (11.79 %)Systems Analyst
441 (8.333 %)Banking Business Analyst
538 (7.724 %)Senior Analyst
637 (7.520 %)Project Manager
735 (7.114 %)Senior Business Analyst
831 (6.301 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
926 (5.285 %)Architect
1025 (5.081 %)Business Systems Analyst
1120 (4.065 %)Technical Analyst
1120 (4.065 %)Technical Business Analyst
1219 (3.862 %)UML Business Analyst
1318 (3.659 %)Developer
1416 (3.252 %)Insurance Business Analyst
1511 (2.236 %)Test Analyst
169 (1.829 %)Data Analyst
169 (1.829 %)Senior Technical Analyst
178 (1.626 %)Tester
178 (1.626 %)Information Architect
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (9.350 %)Fixed Income
242 (8.537 %)Derivative
334 (6.911 %)Equities
414 (2.846 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
56 (1.220 %)Statistics
56 (1.220 %)Mathematics
56 (1.220 %)Data Integration
65 (1.016 %)NHS
74 (0.813 %)Credit Risk
74 (0.813 %)Market Risk
74 (0.813 %)Video Conferencing
83 (0.610 %)Management Information System
83 (0.610 %)Credit Derivative
92 (0.407 %)W3C
92 (0.407 %)LIMS
92 (0.407 %)Client/Server
92 (0.407 %)Equity Derivative
101 (0.203 %)Blog
101 (0.203 %)Data Conversion
101 (0.203 %)iDTV
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (2.846 %)UNIX
25 (1.016 %)Linux
34 (0.813 %)Windows
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1194 (39.43 %)UML
2119 (24.19 %)RUP
3111 (22.56 %)Business Analysis
494 (19.11 %)Data Modelling
567 (13.62 %)Unified Process
660 (12.20 %)OO
755 (11.18 %)Project Management
841 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
934 (6.911 %)Scrum
1028 (5.691 %)E-Commerce
1028 (5.691 %)Test Scripting
1127 (5.488 %)OOA/OOD
1226 (5.285 %)Stakeholder Management
1325 (5.081 %)GAP Analysis
1424 (4.878 %)Agile Software Development
1523 (4.675 %)TDD
1622 (4.472 %)Systems Analysis
1720 (4.065 %)Data Analysis
1720 (4.065 %)User Acceptance Testing
1819 (3.862 %)Workflow
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
178 (15.85 %)SQL
243 (8.740 %)Java
332 (6.504 %)C#
423 (4.675 %)PL/SQL
59 (1.829 %)C++
66 (1.220 %)JavaScript
75 (1.016 %)C
75 (1.016 %)VB
82 (0.407 %)VB.NET
82 (0.407 %)XQuery
82 (0.407 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.203 %)Shell Script
91 (0.203 %)Korn
91 (0.203 %)DHTML
91 (0.203 %)Perl
91 (0.203 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (3.659 %)Degree
28 (1.626 %)ISEB
37 (1.423 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.203 %)PhD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
141 (8.333 %)QA
22 (0.407 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.407 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.203 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.203 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.203 %)Legato
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
145 (9.146 %)Oracle
232 (6.504 %)IBM
315 (3.049 %)Altova
411 (2.236 %)Microsoft
57 (1.423 %)Business Objects
66 (1.220 %)SAP
75 (1.016 %)Adobe
75 (1.016 %)Fundtech
84 (0.813 %)Primavera
93 (0.610 %)salesforce.com
102 (0.407 %)TIBCO
102 (0.407 %)BEA
102 (0.407 %)Informatica
102 (0.407 %)HP
102 (0.407 %)Cisco
102 (0.407 %)Telelogic
102 (0.407 %)VMware
111 (0.203 %)Google
111 (0.203 %)Pega
111 (0.203 %)Sybase