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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank176191
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads702793
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.926 %0.841 %
As % of the category below1.024 %0.918 %
Daily rates quoted260257
Average minimum daily rate£345£368
Average daily rate£372£387
% change on same period last year-3.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£305
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Hourly rates quoted4649
Average minimum hourly rate£23.02£20.72
Average hourly rate£24.66£21.72
% change on same period last year+13.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.30£22.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.18£19.78
% change on same period last year+37.40 %
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6855486361
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled90.40 %91.61 %
Daily rates quoted2195424993
Average minimum daily rate£378£392
Average daily rate£405£417
% change on same period last year-3.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted58706957
Average minimum hourly rate£21.98£24.55
Average hourly rate£23.60£26.06
% change on same period last year-9.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.22£27.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %

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.

Applications Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Applications Support Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Applications Support Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Applications Support Hourly Rate Histogram

Applications Support
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Applications Support within the UK over the 3 months to 4 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
EnglandUp+20660£374-3.48 %
LondonUp+19430£397-2.49 %
City of LondonUp+1163£411-10.52 %
South EastDown-498£310+4.59 %
ScotlandUp+4436£269-25.49 %
BerkshireUp+2834£324+4.85 %
North WestUp+1033£314-23.30 %
East MidlandsUp+324£266-
ReadingUp+722£326-
ManchesterDown-619£400-
West MidlandsDown-817£219+9.37 %
GlasgowUp+1015£325-15.85 %
South WestUp+2615£260-3.40 %
YorkshireUp+1514£375+108.33 %
East of EnglandDown-1113£331+1.32 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1112£192-42.78 %
HampshireUp+1012£450+17.18 %
SurreyDown-1012£258+1.63 %
North EastUp+1911£308-
West YorkshireUp+310£350+94.44 %
NottinghamshireDown-1010--
NottinghamDown-110--
Milton KeynesNo change09£208-23.14 %
CumbriaNew entry-9£345-
KentUp+168£281-
West SussexUp+78£313+17.22 %
MidlandsUp+28£350-
WiltshireUp+147--
Docklands, LondonNo change07£250-43.05 %
LeedsDown-96--

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title.

1617 (45.20 %)SQL
2421 (30.84 %)Unix
3284 (20.81 %)Oracle
4267 (19.56 %)Banking
5261 (19.12 %)Finance
6229 (16.78 %)Front Office
7222 (16.26 %)SQL Server
8205 (15.02 %)Windows
9199 (14.58 %).NET
10172 (12.60 %)Sybase
11168 (12.31 %)Java
12159 (11.65 %)Investment Banking
13149 (10.92 %)Perl
14138 (10.11 %)Microsoft
15121 (8.864 %)VB
16109 (7.985 %)Fixed Income
17101 (7.399 %)ITIL
1894 (6.886 %)Linux
1986 (6.300 %)Equities
2085 (6.227 %)Derivative
2184 (6.154 %)C#
2280 (5.861 %)Shell Script
2372 (5.275 %)Solaris
2467 (4.908 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2566 (4.835 %)XML
2566 (4.835 %)Problem Management
2664 (4.689 %)HTML
2664 (4.689 %)PL/SQL
2762 (4.542 %)Business Objects
2762 (4.542 %)BusinessObjects

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1199 (14.58 %).NET
266 (4.835 %)XML
364 (4.689 %)HTML
460 (4.396 %)ASP
558 (4.249 %)ASP.NET
645 (3.297 %)J2EE
724 (1.758 %)CSS
724 (1.758 %)WebSphere
823 (1.685 %)XSLT
921 (1.538 %)WebServices
1019 (1.392 %).NET Framework
1117 (1.245 %)JSP
1215 (1.099 %)FIX Protocol
1314 (1.026 %)Middleware
148 (0.586 %)Application Packaging
157 (0.513 %)Struts
166 (0.440 %)EJB
166 (0.440 %)Swing
166 (0.440 %)Spring
175 (0.366 %)SAP XI
Application Platforms
158 (4.249 %)SharePoint
241 (3.004 %)WebLogic
331 (2.271 %)IIS
430 (2.198 %)LiveLink
524 (1.758 %)Apache
618 (1.319 %)BizTalk Server
716 (1.172 %)Tomcat
813 (0.952 %)WebSphere Application Server
912 (0.879 %)JBoss
912 (0.879 %)Lotus Notes
1011 (0.806 %)Oracle Workflow
119 (0.659 %)MS Exchange
119 (0.659 %)MQSeries
128 (0.586 %)Documentum
128 (0.586 %)Content Management Server
137 (0.513 %)CMS
146 (0.440 %)SharePoint Portal Server
146 (0.440 %)WebSphere MQ
155 (0.366 %)IBM HTTP Server
164 (0.293 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
161 (4.469 %)MS Excel
242 (3.077 %)MS Office
37 (0.513 %)MS Visio
43 (0.220 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.147 %)MS Project
52 (0.147 %)Acrobat
61 (0.073 %)Maya
61 (0.073 %)NASTRAN
Business Applications
113 (0.952 %)Oracle EBS
212 (0.879 %)assyst
39 (0.659 %)Oracle Applications
39 (0.659 %)Summit
39 (0.659 %)MarketView
39 (0.659 %)Oracle Financials
39 (0.659 %)Microsoft CRM
39 (0.659 %)Great Plains
48 (0.586 %)arcHouse
57 (0.513 %)Endur
66 (0.440 %)MAXIMO
75 (0.366 %)SAP WM
84 (0.293 %)Bond Adapt
84 (0.293 %)Advent Geneva
93 (0.220 %)INSURE/90
93 (0.220 %)Sophis VALUE
93 (0.220 %)Academy Housing
93 (0.220 %)Kondor+
93 (0.220 %)Oracle 11i
93 (0.220 %)Movex
Communications & Networking
144 (3.223 %)Internet
235 (2.564 %)Intranet
313 (0.952 %)WAN
412 (0.879 %)HTTP
511 (0.806 %)LAN
511 (0.806 %)DNS
610 (0.733 %)SMS
79 (0.659 %)Extranet
86 (0.440 %)Firewall
86 (0.440 %)TCP/IP
86 (0.440 %)BIG-IP
95 (0.366 %)FTP
95 (0.366 %)SSL
104 (0.293 %)BSS
113 (0.220 %)HTTPS
113 (0.220 %)WINS
113 (0.220 %)LDAP
113 (0.220 %)Broadband
121 (0.073 %)GPRS
121 (0.073 %)CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1222 (16.26 %)SQL Server
262 (4.542 %)BusinessObjects
349 (3.590 %)MS Access
446 (3.370 %)SQL Server 2000
535 (2.564 %)SQL Server 2005
634 (2.491 %)Oracle 8/8i
634 (2.491 %)DB2
732 (2.344 %)Crystal Reports
732 (2.344 %)RDBMS
826 (1.905 %)Oracle Reports
919 (1.392 %)Oracle 10g
1018 (1.319 %)SQL Server 7
1114 (1.026 %)Oracle 9i
1213 (0.952 %)MySQL
1312 (0.879 %)DTS
1411 (0.806 %)Datawarehouse
1411 (0.806 %)Oracle Discoverer
1411 (0.806 %)DataStage
1411 (0.806 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1510 (0.733 %)EDRMS
Development Applications
110 (0.733 %)Oracle Forms
29 (0.659 %)Visual Studio
37 (0.513 %)JUnit
46 (0.440 %)Eclipse
55 (0.366 %)TestDirector
64 (0.293 %)PowerBuilder
64 (0.293 %)PVCS
64 (0.293 %)MSI
73 (0.220 %)XMLSpy
73 (0.220 %)ReSharper
73 (0.220 %)Oracle APEX
73 (0.220 %)Selenium
73 (0.220 %)FitNesse
73 (0.220 %)JDeveloper
82 (0.147 %)Dreamweaver
82 (0.147 %)ClearCase
82 (0.147 %)ClearQuest
82 (0.147 %)NUnit
91 (0.073 %)JIRA
91 (0.073 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1267 (19.56 %)Banking
2261 (19.12 %)Finance
3229 (16.78 %)Front Office
4159 (11.65 %)Investment Banking
562 (4.542 %)Back Office
648 (3.516 %)Government
726 (1.905 %)Telecoms
825 (1.832 %)Health
923 (1.685 %)Insurance
1020 (1.465 %)Local Government
1116 (1.172 %)Pharmaceutical
1212 (0.879 %)Retail
1311 (0.806 %)Financial Institution
1311 (0.806 %)Education
1410 (0.733 %)Law
158 (0.586 %)Legal
158 (0.586 %)Publishing
167 (0.513 %)Manufacturing
176 (0.440 %)Marketing
184 (0.293 %)Billing
Miscellaneous
1109 (7.985 %)Fixed Income
286 (6.300 %)Equities
385 (6.227 %)Derivative
467 (4.908 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
535 (2.564 %)Asset Management
630 (2.198 %)AS400
728 (2.051 %)Equity Derivative
817 (1.245 %)Management Information System
915 (1.099 %)Fund Management
915 (1.099 %)Credit Risk
1014 (1.026 %)Replication
1113 (0.952 %)Client/Server
1211 (0.806 %)Statistics
139 (0.659 %)NHS
148 (0.586 %)Mainframe
148 (0.586 %)Interest Rate Derivative
148 (0.586 %)Market Risk
157 (0.513 %)Fat Client
157 (0.513 %)French Language
157 (0.513 %)German Language
Operating Systems
1421 (30.84 %)Unix
2205 (15.02 %)Windows
394 (6.886 %)Linux
472 (5.275 %)Solaris
534 (2.491 %)Windows XP
628 (2.051 %)Windows 2000
725 (1.832 %)AIX
818 (1.319 %)Windows NT
911 (0.806 %)Windows Server 2003
1010 (0.733 %)HPUX
115 (0.366 %)MVS
122 (0.147 %)Windows Vista
122 (0.147 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1101 (7.399 %)ITIL
266 (4.835 %)Problem Management
343 (3.150 %)Project Management
440 (2.930 %)Security Cleared
537 (2.711 %)Release Management
636 (2.637 %)Investment Management
636 (2.637 %)Service Delivery
735 (2.564 %)Migration
735 (2.564 %)Incident Management
834 (2.491 %)CRM
834 (2.491 %)User Acceptance Testing
931 (2.271 %)Change Management
1029 (2.125 %)Workflow
1122 (1.612 %)ERP
1221 (1.538 %)Web Development
1221 (1.538 %)SC Cleared
1320 (1.465 %)Service Management
1419 (1.392 %)OO
1517 (1.245 %)E-Commerce
1517 (1.245 %)Risk Management
Programming Languages
1617 (45.20 %)SQL
2168 (12.31 %)Java
3149 (10.92 %)Perl
4121 (8.864 %)VB
584 (6.154 %)C#
680 (5.861 %)Shell Script
764 (4.689 %)PL/SQL
848 (3.516 %)Transact-SQL
945 (3.297 %)JavaScript
1043 (3.150 %)VB.NET
1043 (3.150 %)VBA
1142 (3.077 %)VB6
1241 (3.004 %)VBScript
1337 (2.711 %)C++
1425 (1.832 %)C
1521 (1.538 %)PHP
1615 (1.099 %)Korn
1710 (0.733 %)AWK
188 (0.586 %)RPG
197 (0.513 %)Tcl
Qualifications
154 (3.956 %)Degree
212 (0.879 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (0.659 %)MCSE
48 (0.586 %)ITIL Certification
53 (0.220 %)PhD
53 (0.220 %)MCP
62 (0.147 %)MCSA
71 (0.073 %)HND
71 (0.073 %)ISEB
71 (0.073 %)MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
135 (2.564 %)SLA
215 (1.099 %)QA
39 (0.659 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.073 %)HL7
41 (0.073 %)BS7799
System Software
121 (1.538 %)Active Directory
22 (0.147 %)ISA Server
31 (0.073 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.073 %)Terminal Server
31 (0.073 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
31 (0.073 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
131 (2.271 %)AutoSys
216 (1.172 %)CONTROL-M
36 (0.440 %)Tivoli
45 (0.366 %)OpenView
45 (0.366 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
45 (0.366 %)OVSD
54 (0.293 %)SCOM
63 (0.220 %)Unicenter
71 (0.073 %)MOM
71 (0.073 %)Netcool
71 (0.073 %)BMC PATROL
71 (0.073 %)Netcool/Proviso
71 (0.073 %)Nagios
71 (0.073 %)CA SiteMinder
71 (0.073 %)TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1284 (20.81 %)Oracle
2172 (12.60 %)Sybase
3138 (10.11 %)Microsoft
462 (4.542 %)Business Objects
559 (4.322 %)Bloomberg
654 (3.956 %)Reuters
725 (1.832 %)IBM
823 (1.685 %)SAP
823 (1.685 %)Remedy
823 (1.685 %)JD Edwards
922 (1.612 %)GL TRADE
1021 (1.538 %)Sophis
1120 (1.465 %)HP
1120 (1.465 %)Citrix
1218 (1.319 %)Red Hat
1317 (1.245 %)Cramer
1317 (1.245 %)Sun
1416 (1.172 %)Fidessa
1416 (1.172 %)Siebel
1513 (0.952 %)Altiris
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