The first table below looks at the demand for DNA skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DNA 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Distributed interNet Applications (DNA)
Rank 525 560 575
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +15
Contract jobs citing DNA 15 21 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.032% 0.036% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.053% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 0
Average daily rate £475 £460 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £305 -
% change year-on-year
+0.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

DNA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

DNA Jobs Demand Trend

DNA
Daily Rate Trend

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

DNA Daily Rate Trend

DNA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

DNA Daily Rate Histogram

DNA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DNA Hourly Rate Trend

DNA
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DNA 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 +40 15 £475 +21.79%
London +17 7 £550 +19.56%
South East +22 6 £300 +10.59%
Buckinghamshire - 3 £350 -
Hampshire -9 2 £250 -18.03%
Milton Keynes - 2 £350 -
South West +22 1 £265 -
City of London +13 1 £575 +79.68%
East of England +11 1 £375 -
Wiltshire - 1 £265 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £375 -

DNA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (47.62%) C#
1 20 (47.62%) VBA
2 18 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 18 (42.86%) Front Office
3 17 (40.48%) Banking
4 14 (33.33%) AppDNA
5 13 (30.95%) SQL
6 12 (28.57%) .NET
6 12 (28.57%) Citrix
6 12 (28.57%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
7 11 (26.19%) Oracle
7 11 (26.19%) Sybase
7 11 (26.19%) Windows
7 11 (26.19%) Finance
8 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
8 10 (23.81%) Windows 7
9 9 (21.43%) HTML
9 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
9 9 (21.43%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (19.05%) Fixed Income
10 8 (19.05%) MS Excel
10 8 (19.05%) Reuters
10 8 (19.05%) Bloomberg
11 7 (16.67%) MSI
11 7 (16.67%) Financial Institution
11 7 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
12 6 (14.29%) RIA
12 6 (14.29%) Ext JS
12 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
12 6 (14.29%) Analytics

DNA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (28.57%) .NET
2 9 (21.43%) HTML
3 6 (14.29%) Ext JS
3 6 (14.29%) JSON
3 6 (14.29%) Application Packaging
3 6 (14.29%) CSS
4 3 (7.143%) Web Services
4 3 (7.143%) XML
5 2 (4.762%) WCF
5 2 (4.762%) LINQ
6 1 (2.381%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.762%) MS Exchange
1 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 8 (19.05%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.381%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) HTTP
2 1 (2.381%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (28.57%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 7 (16.67%) MSI
3 5 (11.90%) AdminStudio
4 1 (2.381%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (2.381%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (2.381%) Subversion
4 1 (2.381%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (42.86%) Front Office
2 17 (40.48%) Banking
3 11 (26.19%) Finance
4 7 (16.67%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.381%) Military
5 1 (2.381%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (54.76%) Developer
2 11 (26.19%) C# Developer
3 9 (21.43%) Applications Packager
4 7 (16.67%) Excel Developer
5 6 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
5 6 (14.29%) Front Office Developer
6 4 (9.524%) VBA Developer
7 3 (7.143%) Analyst Developer
7 3 (7.143%) Excel VBA Developer
7 3 (7.143%) Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.381%) RAD Developer
9 1 (2.381%) Statistician
9 1 (2.381%) .NET Developer
9 1 (2.381%) Trainer
9 1 (2.381%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Fixed Income
2 6 (14.29%) RIA
3 1 (2.381%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.381%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.381%) Derivative
3 1 (2.381%) Statistics
3 1 (2.381%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Windows
2 10 (23.81%) Windows 7
3 6 (14.29%) Windows XP
4 3 (7.143%) Windows Vista
4 3 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
2 6 (14.29%) Analytics
3 5 (11.90%) Data Transformation
3 5 (11.90%) Time Management
4 4 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (7.143%) Migration
5 3 (7.143%) Scrum
6 1 (2.381%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.381%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Wealth Management
6 1 (2.381%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.381%) TDD
6 1 (2.381%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 20 (47.62%) C#
1 20 (47.62%) VBA
2 13 (30.95%) SQL
3 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.762%) C++
4 2 (4.762%) VBScript
4 2 (4.762%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.381%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (9.524%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (11.90%) XenApp
2 5 (11.90%) XenDesktop
3 3 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (33.33%) AppDNA
2 5 (11.90%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (4.762%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Citrix
2 11 (26.19%) Oracle
2 11 (26.19%) Sybase
3 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
4 8 (19.05%) Reuters
4 8 (19.05%) Bloomberg
5 5 (11.90%) AppSense
6 1 (2.381%) Intel