The first table below looks at the demand for ALGOL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ALGOL over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Programming Languages 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ALGOL
Rank 535 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ALGOL 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.012% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.033% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £369 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £369 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18123 20356 23548
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.67% 35.08% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11115 12069 13891
Average daily rate £400 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 737 849
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.51 £19.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00

ALGOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ALGOL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

ALGOL Jobs Demand Trend

ALGOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

ALGOL Daily Rate Trend

ALGOL
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ALGOL within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

ALGOL
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ALGOL 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 ALGOL.

1 6 (100.00%) Unisys
1 6 (100.00%) COBOL
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) IBM
2 5 (83.33%) CICS
2 5 (83.33%) MVS
2 5 (83.33%) JCL
2 5 (83.33%) Micro Focus
2 5 (83.33%) Mainframe
2 5 (83.33%) DB2
3 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) HTML
5 1 (16.67%) VB

ALGOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ALGOL 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 ALGOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) DB2
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (33.33%) Programmer
3 2 (33.33%) Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Mainframe Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Systems Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) MVS
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) COBOL
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) JCL
3 1 (16.67%) VB
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Unisys
2 5 (83.33%) IBM
2 5 (83.33%) Micro Focus