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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chemicals in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chemicals over the 3 months to 18 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 terms in our General category.

 Chemical
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank469415538
Rank change year-on-year
Down-54Up+123
Matching contract IT job ads182468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.037 %0.061 %0.083 %
As % of the General category0.071 %0.132 %0.179 %
Daily rates quoted566
Average daily rate£600£500£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00 %+14.28 %
UK excluding London average daily rate-£500£500
Hourly rates quoted1410
Average hourly rate£36.50£58.88£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.00 %+194.37 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.50£35.25£20.00
% change year-on-year
+3.540 %+76.25 %
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		251761822938060
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK52.45 %46.07 %46.31 %
Daily rates quoted12668640613804
Average daily rate£450£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£245£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted82310402261
Average hourly rate£23.00£24.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.160 %-4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.65£12.27£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.68£41.00£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.00£27.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-

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.

Chemicals
Demand Trend

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

Chemicals Demand Trend

Chemicals
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chemicals Daily Rate Trend

Chemicals
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Chemicals within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Chemicals Daily Rate Histogram

Chemicals
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chemicals Hourly Rate Trend

Chemicals
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chemicals within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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-4416£600+20.00 %
LondonDown-658£600+20.00 %
South WestUp+14--
South EastDown-113--
City of LondonNew entry-3£600-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-2£700-
East of EnglandUp+101--
WiltshireUp+81--
SwindonUp+51--
HampshireUp+21--
ScotlandDown-71--
KentNew entry-1--
SuffolkNew entry-1--
SurreyNew entry-1--
PortsmouthNew entry-1--
StanstedNew entry-1--

Chemicals
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Chemicals 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 Chemicals.

119 (42.22 %)SAP
214 (31.11 %)Pharmaceutical
37 (15.56 %)Logistics
37 (15.56 %)SAP Oil and Gas
37 (15.56 %)Marketing
46 (13.33 %)Finance
55 (11.11 %)Project Management
55 (11.11 %)Murex MxG2000
55 (11.11 %)Murex
55 (11.11 %)SAP SD
55 (11.11 %)SQL
55 (11.11 %)UML
55 (11.11 %)RUP
55 (11.11 %)Manufacturing
55 (11.11 %)Derivative
55 (11.11 %)Degree
55 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
64 (8.889 %)FMCG
64 (8.889 %)Requirements Analysis
64 (8.889 %)Retail
64 (8.889 %)Windows
64 (8.889 %).NET
64 (8.889 %)Oracle
73 (6.667 %)EDI
73 (6.667 %)Microsoft
73 (6.667 %)SAP APO
82 (4.444 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
82 (4.444 %)SAP FI/CO
82 (4.444 %)Maximo
82 (4.444 %)SAP CO

Chemicals
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Chemicals 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 Chemicals. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (8.889 %).NET
23 (6.667 %)EDI
32 (4.444 %).NET Framework
32 (4.444 %)J2EE
32 (4.444 %)ASP.NET
41 (2.222 %)Struts
41 (2.222 %)Web Services
41 (2.222 %)WebSphere
41 (2.222 %)SAP XI
41 (2.222 %)Hibernate
41 (2.222 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (4.444 %)BizTalk Server
12 (4.444 %)SharePoint
21 (2.222 %)Apache
21 (2.222 %)Tomcat
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (4.444 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (15.56 %)SAP Oil and Gas
25 (11.11 %)Murex MxG2000
25 (11.11 %)SAP SD
33 (6.667 %)SAP APO
42 (4.444 %)SAP FI/CO
42 (4.444 %)Maximo
42 (4.444 %)SAP CO
42 (4.444 %)SAP FI
42 (4.444 %)SAP MM
51 (2.222 %)SAP WM
51 (2.222 %)SAP PLM
51 (2.222 %)SAP EHS
51 (2.222 %)Nortel Periphonics
51 (2.222 %)SAP QM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (2.222 %)SMS
11 (2.222 %)Nortel Meridian
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (4.444 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12 (4.444 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12 (4.444 %)TOAD
12 (4.444 %)Oracle 10g
12 (4.444 %)Oracle 8/8i
12 (4.444 %)ETL
12 (4.444 %)Oracle Reports
12 (4.444 %)SQL Server
12 (4.444 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (4.444 %)JUnit
21 (2.222 %)Ant
21 (2.222 %)Oracle Forms
21 (2.222 %)Eclipse
21 (2.222 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (31.11 %)Pharmaceutical
27 (15.56 %)Marketing
36 (13.33 %)Finance
45 (11.11 %)Manufacturing
54 (8.889 %)Retail
61 (2.222 %)Legal
61 (2.222 %)Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (26.67 %)Analyst
29 (20.00 %)Business Analyst
38 (17.78 %)Consultant
46 (13.33 %)Developer
46 (13.33 %)SAP Consultant
55 (11.11 %)Murex Business Analyst
64 (8.889 %)Murex Analyst
73 (6.667 %)SAP Support
82 (4.444 %)Oracle Developer
82 (4.444 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
82 (4.444 %)Senior Analyst
82 (4.444 %)SAP FI Consultant
82 (4.444 %)SAP CO Consultant
82 (4.444 %)Technical Developer
82 (4.444 %)Senior Business Analyst
82 (4.444 %)Lead Developer
82 (4.444 %)Applications Specialist
82 (4.444 %)Technical Consultant
91 (2.222 %)Service Analyst
91 (2.222 %)Author
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (11.11 %)Derivative
24 (8.889 %)FMCG
32 (4.444 %)German Language
41 (2.222 %)Spanish Language
41 (2.222 %)Computer Science
41 (2.222 %)Dutch Language
41 (2.222 %)French Language
41 (2.222 %)IVR
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (8.889 %)Windows
22 (4.444 %)UNIX
31 (2.222 %)Solaris
31 (2.222 %)Windows 2000
31 (2.222 %)Windows XP
31 (2.222 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (15.56 %)Logistics
25 (11.11 %)Project Management
25 (11.11 %)UML
25 (11.11 %)RUP
25 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
34 (8.889 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (4.444 %)Product Marketing
42 (4.444 %)Risk Analysis
42 (4.444 %)Integration Testing
42 (4.444 %)Risk Management
42 (4.444 %)Workflow
42 (4.444 %)Data Modelling
42 (4.444 %)PRINCE2
51 (2.222 %)ITIL
51 (2.222 %)Service Management
51 (2.222 %)Change Management
51 (2.222 %)Test Scripting
51 (2.222 %)Performance Testing
51 (2.222 %)Time Management
51 (2.222 %)Web Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (11.11 %)SQL
22 (4.444 %)T-SQL
22 (4.444 %)ABAP
22 (4.444 %)C#
22 (4.444 %)Java
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (11.11 %)Degree
21 (2.222 %)APMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.222 %)GMP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.222 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (42.22 %)SAP
25 (11.11 %)Murex
34 (8.889 %)Oracle
43 (6.667 %)Microsoft
51 (2.222 %)Nortel
51 (2.222 %)Genesys
51 (2.222 %)Primavera
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