Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ADO skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADO over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank457422491
Rank change year-on-year
Down-35Up+69
Matching contract IT job ads2024115
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.041 %0.060 %0.140 %
As % of the Application Development category0.154 %0.272 %0.580 %
Daily rates quoted13741
Average daily rate£288£400£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.12 %+33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£343£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£429£468£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£431£280
% change year-on-year
-47.78 %+53.90 %
Hourly rates quoted1020
Average hourly rate£20.00-£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00-£27.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12975880919822
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.70 %22.20 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted663330866471
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4234961249
Average hourly rate£30.00£28.50£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-10.93 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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.

ADO
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ADO within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ADO Demand Trend

ADO
Daily Rate Trend

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

ADO Daily Rate Trend

ADO
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADO within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

ADO Daily Rate Histogram

ADO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ADO Hourly Rate Trend

ADO
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADO within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-3920£288-23.33 %
LondonDown-6414£363-3.33 %
Docklands, LondonNew entry-3£355-
South WestDown-22£225-
North WestDown-62£200-
WiltshireNew entry-2£225-
SwindonNew entry-2£225-
YorkshireUp+61£288-
City of LondonDown-751--
Canary WharfNew entry-1£550-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
West YorkshireNew entry-1£288-
CheshireNew entry-1£200-
BradfordNew entry-1£288-
Alderley EdgeNew entry-1£200-

ADO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ADO 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 ADO.

135 (68.63 %)SQL
135 (68.63 %).NET
228 (54.90 %)VBScript
327 (52.94 %)T-SQL
426 (50.98 %)IIS
426 (50.98 %)ASP.NET
524 (47.06 %)SQL Server
623 (45.10 %)VB.NET
623 (45.10 %)C#
623 (45.10 %)HTML
623 (45.10 %)CSS
722 (43.14 %)Visual Studio
819 (37.25 %)SC Cleared
819 (37.25 %)Security Cleared
917 (33.33 %)JavaScript
917 (33.33 %)MySQL
917 (33.33 %)SharePoint
1015 (29.41 %)VBA
1114 (27.45 %)VB
1213 (25.49 %)ASP
1311 (21.57 %)SQL Server 2005
1410 (19.61 %)Finance
1410 (19.61 %)XML
1410 (19.61 %)SQL Server 2000
159 (17.65 %)Banking
168 (15.69 %)AJAX
177 (13.73 %)ActiveX
177 (13.73 %)MS Excel
177 (13.73 %)DHTML
186 (11.76 %)Microsoft

ADO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ADO 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 ADO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
135 (68.63 %).NET
226 (50.98 %)ASP.NET
323 (45.10 %)HTML
323 (45.10 %)CSS
413 (25.49 %)ASP
510 (19.61 %)XML
68 (15.69 %)AJAX
77 (13.73 %)ActiveX
77 (13.73 %)DHTML
85 (9.804 %)WebSphere
94 (7.843 %)OLE
94 (7.843 %)OLE DB
94 (7.843 %)jQuery
103 (5.882 %)ODBC
112 (3.922 %)Web Services
112 (3.922 %)ADO.NET
112 (3.922 %)DAO
121 (1.961 %).NET Framework
121 (1.961 %)XHTML
121 (1.961 %)COM
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (50.98 %)IIS
217 (33.33 %)SharePoint
34 (7.843 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (1.961 %)CMS
41 (1.961 %)MTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (13.73 %)MS Excel
25 (9.804 %)Spreadsheet
32 (3.922 %)MS Office
41 (1.961 %)Photoshop
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (5.882 %)Intranet
21 (1.961 %)Internet
21 (1.961 %)SMTP
21 (1.961 %)HTTP
21 (1.961 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (47.06 %)SQL Server
217 (33.33 %)MySQL
311 (21.57 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (19.61 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (9.804 %)MS Access
64 (7.843 %)DTS
73 (5.882 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (5.882 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
73 (5.882 %)Datawarehouse
73 (5.882 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
82 (3.922 %)Crystal Reports
82 (3.922 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (1.961 %)SQL Server 2008
91 (1.961 %)BusinessObjects
91 (1.961 %)RDBMS
91 (1.961 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (43.14 %)Visual Studio
24 (7.843 %)ClearCase
31 (1.961 %)Dreamweaver
31 (1.961 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (19.61 %)Finance
29 (17.65 %)Banking
35 (9.804 %)Billing
35 (9.804 %)Investment Banking
43 (5.882 %)Front Office
51 (1.961 %)Marketing
51 (1.961 %)Retail
51 (1.961 %)Government
51 (1.961 %)Health
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
147 (92.16 %)Developer
214 (27.45 %)Web Developer
37 (13.73 %)Excel Developer
37 (13.73 %)ASP Developer
46 (11.76 %)C# Developer
55 (9.804 %)Senior Developer
55 (9.804 %)Analyst
63 (5.882 %)VB6 Developer
63 (5.882 %)SharePoint Developer
63 (5.882 %)Senior Excel Developer
63 (5.882 %)SQL Developer
63 (5.882 %)ASP.NET Developer
63 (5.882 %)VB Developer
63 (5.882 %)VBA Developer
63 (5.882 %).NET Developer
63 (5.882 %)Senior Analyst
72 (3.922 %)Applications Developer
72 (3.922 %)Analyst Programmer
72 (3.922 %)Programmer
72 (3.922 %)Developer Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (9.804 %)Derivative
22 (3.922 %)N-Tier
22 (3.922 %)NHS
31 (1.961 %)Fixed Income
31 (1.961 %)Data Extraction
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (3.922 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (9.804 %)RAD
23 (5.882 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (5.882 %)BCP
23 (5.882 %)OO
32 (3.922 %)CRM
32 (3.922 %)Data Modelling
32 (3.922 %)Project Management
32 (3.922 %)Agile Software Development
32 (3.922 %)Asset Management
32 (3.922 %)Wealth Management
41 (1.961 %)Fund Management
41 (1.961 %)Web Development
41 (1.961 %)Email Marketing
41 (1.961 %)Unit Testing
41 (1.961 %)Data Management
41 (1.961 %)Content Management
41 (1.961 %)Web Design
41 (1.961 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
135 (68.63 %)SQL
228 (54.90 %)VBScript
327 (52.94 %)T-SQL
423 (45.10 %)VB.NET
423 (45.10 %)C#
517 (33.33 %)JavaScript
615 (29.41 %)VBA
714 (27.45 %)VB
85 (9.804 %)VB6
91 (1.961 %)PHP5
91 (1.961 %)C
91 (1.961 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (37.25 %)SC Cleared
119 (37.25 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.922 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (11.76 %)Microsoft
25 (9.804 %)Oracle
32 (3.922 %)TIBCO
41 (1.961 %)Tridion
41 (1.961 %)Cognos
41 (1.961 %)Sybase
41 (1.961 %)Business Objects