3000 Xtra Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 3000 Xtra skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3000 Xtra over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reuters 3000 Xtra
Rank 515 572 576
Rank change year-on-year
+57 +4
Contract jobs citing 3000 Xtra 14 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.021% 0.013%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.352% 0.230% 0.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 5
Average daily rate £320 £399 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.79% -11.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £304 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £399 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.51 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category		 3974 5226 5709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.566% 8.961% 9.352%
Number of daily rates quoted 1967 2539 2786
Average daily rate £445 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 58 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

3000 Xtra
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 3000 Xtra within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

3000 Xtra Jobs Demand Trend

3000 Xtra
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3000 Xtra within the UK.

3000 Xtra Daily Rate Trend

3000 Xtra
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3000 Xtra within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

3000 Xtra Daily Rate Histogram

3000 Xtra
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3000 Xtra within the UK.

3000 Xtra Hourly Rate Trend

3000 Xtra
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3000 Xtra within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +48 14 £320 -19.79%
London +40 14 £320 -19.79%
City of London +12 3 £775 +129.62%
Docklands, London - 2 - -

3000 Xtra
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing 3000 Xtra 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 3000 Xtra.

1 17 (94.44%) Reuters
2 13 (72.22%) Finance
3 11 (61.11%) VBA
4 10 (55.56%) .NET
4 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 10 (55.56%) C#
4 10 (55.56%) VBScript
4 10 (55.56%) VB
4 10 (55.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (55.56%) VB6
4 10 (55.56%) RMDS
4 10 (55.56%) Cadis
5 7 (38.89%) Bloomberg
5 7 (38.89%) Windows
5 7 (38.89%) Citrix
6 6 (33.33%) SunGard
6 6 (33.33%) Linux
6 6 (33.33%) Java
6 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
6 6 (33.33%) JSP
6 6 (33.33%) Struts
6 6 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (33.33%) Business Objects
6 6 (33.33%) IIS
6 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
6 6 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (33.33%) .NET Framework
7 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
7 5 (27.78%) Requirements Analysis

3000 Xtra
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing 3000 Xtra 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 3000 Xtra. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (55.56%) .NET
2 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 6 (33.33%) JSP
2 6 (33.33%) Struts
2 6 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.556%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) IIS
1 6 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (55.56%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
1 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (5.556%) KDB
General
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Investment Banking
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Front Office
3 1 (5.556%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
1 9 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Business Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Business Support Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Applications Support Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Applications Support
4 3 (16.67%) Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Support Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Deskside Support
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
3 1 (5.556%) Thin Client
3 1 (5.556%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Linux
3 5 (27.78%) UNIX
4 4 (22.22%) Windows 7
5 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
6 1 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Data Management
2 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.556%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (5.556%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (5.556%) Data Management
2 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) VBA
2 10 (55.56%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) VBScript
2 10 (55.56%) VB
2 10 (55.56%) VB6
3 6 (33.33%) Java
4 1 (5.556%) Python
4 1 (5.556%) Perl
4 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) MCP
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (22.22%) MCSE
3 3 (16.67%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Reuters
2 10 (55.56%) Cadis
3 7 (38.89%) Bloomberg
3 7 (38.89%) Citrix
4 6 (33.33%) SunGard
4 6 (33.33%) Business Objects
5 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.556%) Wyse
7 1 (5.556%) VMware
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