Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CONTROL-M skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CONTROL-M over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Systems Management category.

LinkBMC CONTROL-M
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank429401497
Rank change year-on-year
Down-28Up+96
Matching contract IT job ads4544109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.093 %0.111 %0.133 %
As % of the Systems Management category2.580 %2.621 %3.392 %
Daily rates quoted19923
Average daily rate£475£350£260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71 %+34.61 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£280£246
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£610£520£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£338£350
% change year-on-year
+0.740 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted2111
Average hourly rate£28.75£30.00£23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.160 %+30.43 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.75-£30.25
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
174416793213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK3.606 %4.224 %3.934 %
Daily rates quoted725566873
Average daily rate£335£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.280 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£325£365
% change year-on-year
-3.070 %-10.95 %
Hourly rates quoted158171420
Average hourly rate£22.50£25.00£23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+8.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.45£15.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.60£40.35£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.50£22.50£24.00
% change year-on-year
-4.440 %-6.250 %

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.

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Demand Trend

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

CONTROL-M Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

CONTROL-M Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CONTROL-M within the UK over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

CONTROL-M Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

CONTROL-M Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CONTROL-M within the UK over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

CONTROL-M Hourly Rate Histogram

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Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CONTROL-M within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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-3643£488+2.63 %
LondonDown-6726£488+2.63 %
South EastNo change016--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-15--
City of LondonDown-5710£500-16.66 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-10--
Docklands, LondonDown-103£500+8.10 %
BerkshireUp+101--
Canary WharfDown-321£650-
ScotlandNew entry-1£340-
GlasgowNew entry-1£340-
BracknellNew entry-1--

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CONTROL-M 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 CONTROL-M.

164 (56.14 %)UNIX
256 (49.12 %)Finance
344 (38.60 %)Banking
436 (31.58 %)SQL
534 (29.82 %)Windows
629 (25.44 %)Oracle
727 (23.68 %)Investment Banking
820 (17.54 %)DB2
919 (16.67 %)BMC
1018 (15.79 %)Sybase
1018 (15.79 %)PowerCenter
1117 (14.91 %)Java
1117 (14.91 %)Derivative
1215 (13.16 %)SQL Server
1215 (13.16 %)Solaris
1215 (13.16 %)Remedy
1314 (12.28 %)ETL
1413 (11.40 %)Oracle 10g
1512 (10.53 %).NET
1611 (9.649 %)Front Office
1611 (9.649 %)Fixed Income
1710 (8.772 %)MVS
1710 (8.772 %)XML
189 (7.895 %)HP
189 (7.895 %)C#
189 (7.895 %)Informatica
189 (7.895 %)BMC PATROL
198 (7.018 %)Spring
198 (7.018 %)C++
198 (7.018 %)VMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CONTROL-M 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 CONTROL-M. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (10.53 %).NET
210 (8.772 %)XML
38 (7.018 %)Spring
46 (5.263 %)J2EE
55 (4.386 %)JMS
55 (4.386 %)Velocity
55 (4.386 %)JPA
55 (4.386 %)Visualforce
55 (4.386 %)JiBX
55 (4.386 %)Hibernate
63 (2.632 %)WebSphere
72 (1.754 %)Murex MxML
72 (1.754 %)DHTML
72 (1.754 %)ASP.NET
72 (1.754 %)CSS
81 (0.877 %)Struts
81 (0.877 %)COM
81 (0.877 %)Swing
81 (0.877 %)Middleware
81 (0.877 %)ISPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (4.386 %)WebLogic
15 (4.386 %)Oracle Service Bus
21 (0.877 %)MS Exchange
21 (0.877 %)Tuxedo
21 (0.877 %)MQSeries
21 (0.877 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (0.877 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (6.140 %)MS Excel
22 (1.754 %)MS Office
31 (0.877 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (6.140 %)Global One
24 (3.509 %)Summit
24 (3.509 %)Remedy ITSM
31 (0.877 %)Oracle Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (4.386 %)SAN
22 (1.754 %)3G
31 (0.877 %)DHCP
31 (0.877 %)DNS
31 (0.877 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (17.54 %)DB2
218 (15.79 %)PowerCenter
315 (13.16 %)SQL Server
414 (12.28 %)ETL
513 (11.40 %)Oracle 10g
66 (5.263 %)Easytrieve
66 (5.263 %)Datawarehouse
75 (4.386 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (3.509 %)Data Mart
84 (3.509 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (2.632 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.877 %)MS Access
101 (0.877 %)DataStage
101 (0.877 %)IMS/DB
101 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (5.263 %)ClearCase
25 (4.386 %)JUnit
25 (4.386 %)DbUnit
25 (4.386 %)XMLUnit
31 (0.877 %)Telon
31 (0.877 %)TestDirector
31 (0.877 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
156 (49.12 %)Finance
244 (38.60 %)Banking
327 (23.68 %)Investment Banking
411 (9.649 %)Front Office
56 (5.263 %)Back Office
64 (3.509 %)Financial Institution
72 (1.754 %)Telecoms
81 (0.877 %)Construction
81 (0.877 %)Law
81 (0.877 %)Retail
81 (0.877 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
150 (43.86 %)Developer
230 (26.32 %)Analyst
311 (9.649 %)Support Analyst
311 (9.649 %)Analyst Developer
49 (7.895 %)Java Developer
57 (6.140 %)Consultant
66 (5.263 %)Computer Operator
75 (4.386 %)Analyst Programmer
75 (4.386 %)Programmer
75 (4.386 %)Operations Analyst
84 (3.509 %)Database Developer
93 (2.632 %)Support Specialist
93 (2.632 %)Credit Risk Developer
93 (2.632 %)DB2 Developer
93 (2.632 %)Informatica Developer
93 (2.632 %)Administrator
93 (2.632 %)Summit Developer
93 (2.632 %)Murex Developer
102 (1.754 %)Murex Consultant
102 (1.754 %)SQL Server Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (14.91 %)Derivative
211 (9.649 %)Fixed Income
37 (6.140 %)Mainframe
44 (3.509 %)Credit Risk
53 (2.632 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
53 (2.632 %)Visualisation
62 (1.754 %)Spanish Language
62 (1.754 %)Credit Derivative
62 (1.754 %)Data Extraction
71 (0.877 %)Blackberry
71 (0.877 %)HACMP
71 (0.877 %)Management Information System
71 (0.877 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (0.877 %)Equities
71 (0.877 %)Interest Rate Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
164 (56.14 %)UNIX
234 (29.82 %)Windows
315 (13.16 %)Solaris
410 (8.772 %)MVS
58 (7.018 %)VMS
67 (6.140 %)Linux
75 (4.386 %)AIX
82 (1.754 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (1.754 %)OpenVMS
91 (0.877 %)Windows NT
91 (0.877 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (5.263 %)User Acceptance Testing
16 (5.263 %)ITIL
25 (4.386 %)UML
25 (4.386 %)MVC
25 (4.386 %)Service Management
25 (4.386 %)Problem Management
25 (4.386 %)AOP
34 (3.509 %)Asset Management
34 (3.509 %)Investment Management
34 (3.509 %)Disaster Recovery
34 (3.509 %)ITSM
34 (3.509 %)OO
34 (3.509 %)CRM
34 (3.509 %)OOD
43 (2.632 %)Migration
43 (2.632 %)Budget Control
52 (1.754 %)Data Management
52 (1.754 %)Release Management
52 (1.754 %)Data Migration
52 (1.754 %)Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
136 (31.58 %)SQL
217 (14.91 %)Java
39 (7.895 %)C#
48 (7.018 %)C++
56 (5.263 %)Shell Script
65 (4.386 %)C
65 (4.386 %)Perl
65 (4.386 %)JCL
74 (3.509 %)Apex Code
83 (2.632 %)VB.NET
92 (1.754 %)Ruby
92 (1.754 %)PL/SQL
92 (1.754 %)VBScript
92 (1.754 %)VB
92 (1.754 %)COBOL
101 (0.877 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (1.754 %)A+ Certification
21 (0.877 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.509 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
22 (1.754 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.754 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.877 %)Active Directory
21 (0.877 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (7.895 %)BMC PATROL
26 (5.263 %)AutoSys
35 (4.386 %)Tivoli
44 (3.509 %)NetBackup
44 (3.509 %)OpenView
53 (2.632 %)Legato
53 (2.632 %)Unicenter
53 (2.632 %)Foglight
62 (1.754 %)SCOM
62 (1.754 %)MOM
71 (0.877 %)HP Data Protector
71 (0.877 %)PureDisk
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (25.44 %)Oracle
219 (16.67 %)BMC
318 (15.79 %)Sybase
415 (13.16 %)Remedy
59 (7.895 %)HP
59 (7.895 %)Informatica
66 (5.263 %)IBM
75 (4.386 %)Murex
75 (4.386 %)Salesforce.com
84 (3.509 %)Microsoft
93 (2.632 %)Actuate
93 (2.632 %)Business Objects
102 (1.754 %)Yolus
102 (1.754 %)DataSynapse
102 (1.754 %)VMware
102 (1.754 %)CA
102 (1.754 %)Hyperion
111 (0.877 %)Citrix
111 (0.877 %)SAP
111 (0.877 %)Symantec