The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chip and PIN over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chip and PIN
Rank 529 564 569
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +5
Contract jobs citing Chip and PIN 12 15 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.025% 0.026% 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.091% 0.107% 0.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
Average daily rate £425 £475 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% +79.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £508 £583
UK excluding London average daily rate - £440 £438
% change year-on-year
- +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
13177 14046 17216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.95% 24.57% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7944 8170 10388
Average daily rate £425 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 578 682 685
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.18
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.45 £12.00 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

Chip and PIN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Chip and PIN within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Chip and PIN Jobs Demand Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chip and PIN Daily Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Chip and PIN within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Chip and PIN Daily Rate Histogram

Chip and PIN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chip and PIN Hourly Rate Trend

Chip and PIN
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 Chip and PIN within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +29 12 £425 -10.52% 2
London +30 9 £425 -12.82% 1
South East +22 3 - - 1
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
East of England - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Bristol - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Cambridge - - - -
Cheadle - - - -
Crawley - - - -
Croydon - - - -
Derby - - - -
Guildford - - - -
Harrogate - - - -
High Wycombe - - - -
Ilford - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Northampton - - - -
West Bromwich - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Derbyshire - - - -
Hampshire - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
North Yorkshire - - - -
Northamptonshire - - - -
Surrey - - - - 1
West Sussex - - - -

Chip and PIN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Chip and PIN 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 Chip and PIN.

1 17 (51.52%) EPoS
1 17 (51.52%) EMV
2 9 (27.27%) Retail
3 8 (24.24%) Scrum
3 8 (24.24%) APACS
4 7 (21.21%) Finance
4 7 (21.21%) E-Commerce
4 7 (21.21%) VeriFone
5 6 (18.18%) PCI DSS
5 6 (18.18%) Mobile Payment
5 6 (18.18%) ATM
5 6 (18.18%) EFTPOS
5 6 (18.18%) ISO 8583
6 5 (15.15%) Smartcard
7 4 (12.12%) EFT
7 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (9.091%) Waterfall
8 3 (9.091%) VocaLink
8 3 (9.091%) TSYS
8 3 (9.091%) Apple iOS
8 3 (9.091%) Mobile App
8 3 (9.091%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (9.091%) Android
8 3 (9.091%) NFC
8 3 (9.091%) QA
8 3 (9.091%) Business Analysis
8 3 (9.091%) Microsoft
8 3 (9.091%) Mobile Commerce
8 3 (9.091%) Project Management
8 3 (9.091%) MS Visio

Chip and PIN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
1 3 (9.091%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) ATM
2 3 (9.091%) NFC
3 1 (3.030%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.030%) Wireless
3 1 (3.030%) Internet
3 1 (3.030%) 3G
3 1 (3.030%) ADSL
General
1 9 (27.27%) Retail
2 7 (21.21%) Finance
3 2 (6.061%) Military
3 2 (6.061%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.061%) Electronics
3 2 (6.061%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.030%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Systems Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Business Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Consultant
4 4 (12.12%) Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Business Systems Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) EMV Project Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Software Programmer
5 3 (9.091%) C Developer
5 3 (9.091%) C Programmer
5 3 (9.091%) Software Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Programmer
5 3 (9.091%) C++ Programmer
5 3 (9.091%) C++ Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Software Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Tester
6 2 (6.061%) Author
6 2 (6.061%) Technical Author
6 2 (6.061%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (51.52%) EPoS
1 17 (51.52%) EMV
2 8 (24.24%) APACS
3 6 (18.18%) Mobile Payment
3 6 (18.18%) EFTPOS
4 5 (15.15%) Smartcard
5 4 (12.12%) EFT
6 3 (9.091%) Mobile App
6 3 (9.091%) PMI
7 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
7 2 (6.061%) Smartphone
7 2 (6.061%) iPhone
7 2 (6.061%) iPad
8 1 (3.030%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) Apple iOS
1 3 (9.091%) Android
1 3 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (3.030%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Scrum
2 7 (21.21%) E-Commerce
3 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (9.091%) Waterfall
4 3 (9.091%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 3 (9.091%) Mobile Commerce
4 3 (9.091%) Project Management
4 3 (9.091%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.061%) ITIL
5 2 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.061%) Service Management
5 2 (6.061%) Change Management
5 2 (6.061%) ITSM
5 2 (6.061%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.061%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.061%) Information Management
5 2 (6.061%) Communications Security
6 1 (3.030%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.030%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.091%) C
1 3 (9.091%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (9.091%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.061%) ISEB
3 1 (3.030%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) PCI DSS
1 6 (18.18%) ISO 8583
2 3 (9.091%) QA
3 2 (6.061%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.061%) Unicenter
2 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) VeriFone
2 3 (9.091%) VocaLink
2 3 (9.091%) TSYS
2 3 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.061%) CA
3 2 (6.061%) Sage
3 2 (6.061%) Wincor Nixdorf
4 1 (3.030%) jBASE
4 1 (3.030%) Temenos
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