The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Arabic Language in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Arabic Language over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our General 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Arabic Language
Rank 530 575 573
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -2
Contract jobs citing Arabic Language 10 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.010% 0.012%
As % of the General category 0.049% 0.023% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
Average daily rate £108 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-77.36% +11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £650 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
20215 26470 30022
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 42.82% 45.28% 49.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 12136 15741 18001
Average daily rate £450 £430 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.65% -14.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 672 755 902
Average hourly rate £24.90 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.66% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.98 £42.50 £42.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%

Arabic Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Arabic Language within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Arabic Language Jobs Demand Trend

Arabic Language
Daily Rate Trend

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

Arabic Language Daily Rate Trend

Arabic Language
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Arabic Language within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Arabic Language Daily Rate Histogram

Arabic Language
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Arabic Language Hourly Rate Trend

Arabic Language
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Arabic Language within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +46 6 £108 -77.36%
London +19 6 £108 -64.16%
City of London +17 4 £108 -64.16%

Arabic Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Arabic Language 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 Arabic Language.

1 17 (68.00%) French Language
2 15 (60.00%) Spanish Language
3 13 (52.00%) Greek Language
3 13 (52.00%) Italian Language
4 11 (44.00%) German Language
4 11 (44.00%) Polish Language
5 8 (32.00%) Portuguese Language
5 8 (32.00%) Croatian Language
6 7 (28.00%) Marketing
7 5 (20.00%) Japanese Language
7 5 (20.00%) E-Commerce
8 4 (16.00%) Degree
9 3 (12.00%) Finance
9 3 (12.00%) Legal
9 3 (12.00%) Project Management
10 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
10 2 (8.000%) Firewall
10 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
10 2 (8.000%) Wireless
10 2 (8.000%) BGP
10 2 (8.000%) SS7
10 2 (8.000%) Billing
10 2 (8.000%) VoIP
10 2 (8.000%) VPN
10 2 (8.000%) Cisco
10 2 (8.000%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (8.000%) Huawei
10 2 (8.000%) Network Security
10 2 (8.000%) Cacti
10 2 (8.000%) Network Architecture

Arabic Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Arabic Language 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 Arabic Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.000%) HTML5
1 1 (4.000%) CSS3
1 1 (4.000%) Smarty
1 1 (4.000%) jQuery
1 1 (4.000%) CSS
1 1 (4.000%) XML
1 1 (4.000%) XHTML
1 1 (4.000%) Ajax
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Office
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Firewall
1 2 (8.000%) Wireless
1 2 (8.000%) BGP
1 2 (8.000%) SS7
1 2 (8.000%) VoIP
1 2 (8.000%) VPN
1 2 (8.000%) Network Security
2 1 (4.000%) Ethereal
2 1 (4.000%) Internet
2 1 (4.000%) 3G
2 1 (4.000%) DWDM
2 1 (4.000%) MPLS
2 1 (4.000%) OSPF
2 1 (4.000%) RIP
2 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.000%) ATM
2 1 (4.000%) LAN
2 1 (4.000%) SDH
2 1 (4.000%) BSS
2 1 (4.000%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Git (software)
General
1 17 (68.00%) French Language
2 15 (60.00%) Spanish Language
3 13 (52.00%) Greek Language
3 13 (52.00%) Italian Language
4 11 (44.00%) German Language
4 11 (44.00%) Polish Language
5 8 (32.00%) Portuguese Language
5 8 (32.00%) Croatian Language
6 7 (28.00%) Marketing
7 5 (20.00%) Japanese Language
8 3 (12.00%) Finance
8 3 (12.00%) Legal
9 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
9 2 (8.000%) Billing
10 1 (4.000%) Banking
10 1 (4.000%) Retail
10 1 (4.000%) Multimedia
10 1 (4.000%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Coordinator
2 4 (16.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Web Analyst
3 1 (4.000%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (4.000%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (4.000%) Business Manager
3 1 (4.000%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (4.000%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (4.000%) Security Officer
3 1 (4.000%) Procurement Officer
3 1 (4.000%) Development Manager
3 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.000%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.000%) PMI
2 1 (4.000%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
1 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (12.00%) Project Management
3 2 (8.000%) Network Architecture
3 2 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.000%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (4.000%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.000%) Network Management
4 1 (4.000%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (4.000%) Time Management
4 1 (4.000%) Business Development
4 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.000%) CRM
4 1 (4.000%) Content Management
4 1 (4.000%) Network Design
4 1 (4.000%) Information Security
4 1 (4.000%) Quality Management
4 1 (4.000%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) Tcl
1 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.000%) CCIE
3 1 (4.000%) CCNP
3 1 (4.000%) CCIP
3 1 (4.000%) CCNA
3 1 (4.000%) JNCIA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) Cacti
2 1 (4.000%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (4.000%) OpenView
2 1 (4.000%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 2 (8.000%) Cisco
1 2 (8.000%) Huawei
1 2 (8.000%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (4.000%) SolarWinds
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) HP