The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 22 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 473 516 538
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +22
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 61 70 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.129% 0.118% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.183% 0.174% 0.118%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 32 25
Average daily rate £338 £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £241 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £523 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £245 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 0
Average hourly rate £42.48 £17.06 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+148.95% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.31 -
% change year-on-year
+160.53% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33412 40209 40724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.90% 67.83% 67.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19968 23081 23144
Average daily rate £413 £401 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 1304 1455
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.78 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Benchmarking Daily Rate Histogram

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Benchmarking Hourly Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 56 £375 +25.00%
London +19 33 £575 +91.66%
City of London +16 14 £575 +46.03%
South East +17 9 £250 +4.16%
North West - 6 £323 -
Manchester - 6 £323 -
Salford - 5 £323 -
Oxford - 4 £250 -
Cambridgeshire - 4 - -
Oxfordshire - 4 £250 -
Cambridge - 4 - -
East of England - 4 - -
Berkshire +13 2 - -
Belfast -2 2 £250 -28.57%
County Antrim -2 2 £250 -28.57%
East Midlands -4 2 £85 -65.30%
Northern Ireland -7 2 £250 -28.57%
Scotland -17 2 £235 -
Leicestershire - 2 £85 -
Kent - 2 £350 -
Hounslow -3 1 - -
Glasgow -18 1 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 £675 -
South West - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £163 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £163 -
Maidstone - 1 £350 -
Feltham - 1 £215 -

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1 48 (33.10%) Windows
2 47 (32.41%) Java
3 43 (29.66%) Linux
4 39 (26.90%) Finance
5 31 (21.38%) Oracle
5 31 (21.38%) ITIL
6 26 (17.93%) SQL Server
7 25 (17.24%) MySQL
8 24 (16.55%) Web Services
8 24 (16.55%) Service Management
9 23 (15.86%) SQL
10 21 (14.48%) C
11 20 (13.79%) XML
12 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
13 18 (12.41%) DV Cleared
14 17 (11.72%) Drools
14 17 (11.72%) Scala
14 17 (11.72%) Degree
14 17 (11.72%) QlikView
14 17 (11.72%) XSLT
15 16 (11.03%) Continuous Integration
16 15 (10.34%) NAS
16 15 (10.34%) NetApp
17 14 (9.655%) Cisco
17 14 (9.655%) Test Automation
18 13 (8.966%) RESTful
18 13 (8.966%) Microsoft
18 13 (8.966%) Agile Software Development
18 13 (8.966%) TDD
19 12 (8.276%) RMDS

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (16.55%) Web Services
2 20 (13.79%) XML
3 17 (11.72%) Drools
3 17 (11.72%) XSLT
4 13 (8.966%) RESTful
5 12 (8.276%) J2EE
5 12 (8.276%) HTML
5 12 (8.276%) WebSphere
6 11 (7.586%) Spring
7 10 (6.897%) Middleware
8 9 (6.207%) JSON
8 9 (6.207%) REST
8 9 (6.207%) JAX-RS
9 5 (3.448%) .NET
10 4 (2.759%) .NET Framework
11 3 (2.069%) Java SE
11 3 (2.069%) Silverlight
11 3 (2.069%) HTML5
11 3 (2.069%) Flash
12 2 (1.379%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 11 (7.586%) Apache
2 10 (6.897%) WebLogic
2 10 (6.897%) IIS
3 2 (1.379%) MQSeries
3 2 (1.379%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.379%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.690%) Adobe CQ
4 1 (0.690%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.690%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.690%) SAS
4 1 (0.690%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (8.276%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.069%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.069%) MS Office
3 2 (1.379%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.690%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.690%) MS Project
4 1 (0.690%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (8.276%) RMDS
2 7 (4.828%) Tesseract
2 7 (4.828%) Minerva
2 7 (4.828%) Sentinel
3 6 (4.138%) LatentZero
3 6 (4.138%) Capstone
4 2 (1.379%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.34%) NAS
2 12 (8.276%) SAN
3 7 (4.828%) Broadband
4 6 (4.138%) Firewall
4 6 (4.138%) HTTP
5 4 (2.759%) VPN
6 3 (2.069%) Wireshark
6 3 (2.069%) Cisco IPT
6 3 (2.069%) xDSL
6 3 (2.069%) DNS
6 3 (2.069%) Ethernet
6 3 (2.069%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.379%) Wireless
7 2 (1.379%) Internet
8 1 (0.690%) Intranet
8 1 (0.690%) 3G
8 1 (0.690%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.690%) GPRS
8 1 (0.690%) GSM
8 1 (0.690%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.93%) SQL Server
2 25 (17.24%) MySQL
3 17 (11.72%) QlikView
4 7 (4.828%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.138%) MarkLogic
5 6 (4.138%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.759%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (2.759%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.379%) VLDB
7 2 (1.379%) OLTP
8 1 (0.690%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.690%) Base SAS
8 1 (0.690%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.690%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (3.448%) DbUnit
1 5 (3.448%) Ant
2 2 (1.379%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.690%) JIRA
3 1 (0.690%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.690%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.690%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (0.690%) MSI
3 1 (0.690%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.690%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (26.90%) Finance
2 7 (4.828%) Legal
2 7 (4.828%) Games
2 7 (4.828%) Telecoms
3 6 (4.138%) Banking
3 6 (4.138%) Retail
3 6 (4.138%) Back Office
3 6 (4.138%) Marketing
4 5 (3.448%) Front Office
5 4 (2.759%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.069%) Publishing
7 2 (1.379%) Billing
7 2 (1.379%) Local Government
7 2 (1.379%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.379%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.379%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.379%) Law
7 2 (1.379%) French Language
8 1 (0.690%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (0.690%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 33 (22.76%) Analyst
2 19 (13.10%) Architect
2 19 (13.10%) Developer
3 12 (8.276%) Software Engineer
4 11 (7.586%) Business Analyst
5 9 (6.207%) Test Analyst
5 9 (6.207%) Infrastructure Architect
6 8 (5.517%) Java Developer
7 7 (4.828%) Software Manager
7 7 (4.828%) Applications Manager
8 6 (4.138%) Server Engineer
8 6 (4.138%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.138%) Applications Developer
8 6 (4.138%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.138%) Database Architect
9 5 (3.448%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.448%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (3.448%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.448%) Performance Analyst
10 4 (2.759%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.517%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.828%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (4.138%) Statistics
4 4 (2.759%) Streaming Media
4 4 (2.759%) Mathematics
5 3 (2.069%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.069%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.069%) Online Games
5 3 (2.069%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.069%) Copywriting
5 3 (2.069%) NHS
5 3 (2.069%) N-Tier
5 3 (2.069%) Derivative
6 2 (1.379%) Interactive TV
6 2 (1.379%) Streaming Video
6 2 (1.379%) Clustering
6 2 (1.379%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.379%) Semantic Web
6 2 (1.379%) Social Media
6 2 (1.379%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 48 (33.10%) Windows
2 43 (29.66%) Linux
3 12 (8.276%) Solaris
4 7 (4.828%) Windows 7
4 7 (4.828%) UNIX
5 3 (2.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.069%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.379%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (1.379%) HPUX
6 2 (1.379%) Windows XP
6 2 (1.379%) Android
7 1 (0.690%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.690%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.690%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.690%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.690%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.38%) ITIL
2 24 (16.55%) Service Management
3 16 (11.03%) Continuous Integration
4 14 (9.655%) Test Automation
5 13 (8.966%) Agile Software Development
5 13 (8.966%) TDD
6 12 (8.276%) Performance Testing
7 11 (7.586%) RDF
8 10 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (6.897%) Performance Management
9 9 (6.207%) Complex Event Processing
9 9 (6.207%) BDD
9 9 (6.207%) OO
9 9 (6.207%) Workflow
9 9 (6.207%) Service Delivery
9 9 (6.207%) Pair Programming
10 8 (5.517%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (5.517%) Project Management
10 8 (5.517%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (4.828%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (32.41%) Java
2 23 (15.86%) SQL
3 21 (14.48%) C
4 17 (11.72%) Scala
5 11 (7.586%) JavaScript
6 9 (6.207%) Python
7 8 (5.517%) XQuery
7 8 (5.517%) XPath
8 7 (4.828%) Perl
9 5 (3.448%) C#
9 5 (3.448%) C++
9 5 (3.448%) VB.NET
10 4 (2.759%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.069%) Jython
11 3 (2.069%) Ruby
12 2 (1.379%) AWK
12 2 (1.379%) Korn
12 2 (1.379%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.379%) VBA
12 2 (1.379%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.41%) DV Cleared
3 17 (11.72%) Degree
4 5 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (2.759%) CCNA
5 4 (2.759%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.069%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.379%) Sun Certification
8 1 (0.690%) CIPD
8 1 (0.690%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.690%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.690%) ACCA
8 1 (0.690%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.690%) PhD
8 1 (0.690%) MCSE
8 1 (0.690%) CIMA
8 1 (0.690%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.828%) QA
1 7 (4.828%) SLA
2 2 (1.379%) COBIT
3 1 (0.690%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.690%) Basel II
System Software
1 6 (4.138%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.448%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.379%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 2 (1.379%) Veritas File System
4 1 (0.690%) XenApp
4 1 (0.690%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (4.828%) BMC PATROL
2 5 (3.448%) BMC Performance Manager
2 5 (3.448%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.379%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.379%) Zenoss
4 1 (0.690%) HP Data Protector
4 1 (0.690%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.690%) Nagios
Vendors
1 31 (21.38%) Oracle
2 15 (10.34%) NetApp
3 14 (9.655%) Cisco
4 13 (8.966%) Microsoft
5 10 (6.897%) EMC
5 10 (6.897%) Sybase
5 10 (6.897%) DataSynapse
6 9 (6.207%) 29West
7 7 (4.828%) BMC
7 7 (4.828%) VMware
8 5 (3.448%) Infobright
8 5 (3.448%) Bloomberg
8 5 (3.448%) Adobe
9 3 (2.069%) Calypso
10 2 (1.379%) Caplin
10 2 (1.379%) ATG
10 2 (1.379%) Business Objects
10 2 (1.379%) Siebel
10 2 (1.379%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (1.379%) HP
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