Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Grid Computing in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Grid Computing over the 3 months to 19 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 Miscellaneous category.

LinkGrid Computing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank383386517
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+131
Matching contract IT job ads1105583
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.228 %0.139 %0.101 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category0.852 %0.578 %0.475 %
Daily rates quoted763137
Average daily rate£548£600£600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.750 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£535
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£675£750£800
UK excluding London average daily rate£525--
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12906950817483
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.72 %24.10 %21.27 %
Daily rates quoted681835476206
Average daily rate£525£425£515
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52 %-17.47 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£225£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£350
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-5.710 %
Hourly rates quoted5918051511
Average hourly rate£19.50£22.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£12.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£22.63£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.04 %-9.480 %

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.

Grid Computing
Demand Trend

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

Grid Computing Demand Trend

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Grid Computing Daily Rate Trend

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Grid Computing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Grid Computing Daily Rate Histogram

Grid Computing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Grid Computing Hourly Rate Trend

Grid Computing
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Grid Computing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
EnglandUp+11110£548-8.75 %
LondonDown-12106£550-8.33 %
City of LondonDown-1865£548+4.28 %
Canary WharfDown-237£650+23.80 %
South EastNew entry-4£525-
SurreyNew entry-3£525-
CroydonNew entry-1£600-

Grid Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing.

1181 (76.69 %)Java
2131 (55.51 %)Derivative
3113 (47.88 %)Front Office
4100 (42.37 %)C#
598 (41.53 %)Banking
686 (36.44 %)C++
785 (36.02 %)DataSynapse
871 (30.08 %)Investment Banking
968 (28.81 %)Risk Management
1064 (27.12 %)Oracle
1162 (26.27 %)Credit Derivative
1257 (24.15 %)Finance
1356 (23.73 %).NET
1455 (23.31 %)Sybase
1554 (22.88 %)UNIX
1652 (22.03 %)SQL
1740 (16.95 %)XML
1740 (16.95 %)OO
1740 (16.95 %)Equity Derivative
1835 (14.83 %)Credit Risk
1835 (14.83 %)SQL Server
1933 (13.98 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2032 (13.56 %)Oracle Coherence
2129 (12.29 %)Linux
2225 (10.59 %)Monte Carlo Method
2324 (10.17 %)Cloud Computing
2324 (10.17 %)AutoSys
2324 (10.17 %)Hibernate
2423 (9.746 %)Degree
2522 (9.322 %)J2EE

Grid Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
156 (23.73 %).NET
240 (16.95 %)XML
332 (13.56 %)Oracle Coherence
424 (10.17 %)Hibernate
522 (9.322 %)J2EE
617 (7.203 %)Swing
716 (6.780 %)JDBC
815 (6.356 %)Spring
99 (3.814 %)STL
108 (3.390 %)JMS
108 (3.390 %)Middleware
117 (2.966 %)J2SE
126 (2.542 %)Web Services
135 (2.119 %)Boost C++ Libraries
143 (1.271 %)ASP.NET
143 (1.271 %).NET Framework
143 (1.271 %)RESTful
152 (0.847 %)iBATIS
152 (0.847 %)XSLT
152 (0.847 %)WinForms
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (6.356 %)TIBCO EMS
210 (4.237 %)Rendezvous
32 (0.847 %)Jetty
32 (0.847 %)WebLogic
32 (0.847 %)Tomcat
41 (0.424 %)MQSeries
41 (0.424 %)IIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (1.271 %)Spreadsheet
22 (0.847 %)MS Visio
22 (0.847 %)MS Excel
31 (0.424 %)MATLAB
31 (0.424 %)MS Project
31 (0.424 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.424 %)Endur
11 (0.424 %)Sophis RISQUE
11 (0.424 %)SolArc RightAngle
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (2.542 %)SAN
23 (1.271 %)HTTP
31 (0.424 %)LAN
31 (0.424 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (14.83 %)SQL Server
29 (3.814 %)Datawarehouse
35 (2.119 %)ETL
44 (1.695 %)Sybase ASE
44 (1.695 %)RDBMS
44 (1.695 %)Sybase IQ
53 (1.271 %)Oracle 10g
53 (1.271 %)OLAP
53 (1.271 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (1.271 %)Oracle OLAP
53 (1.271 %)Reference Data
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (9.322 %)Ant
216 (6.780 %)JUnit
36 (2.542 %)Eclipse
43 (1.271 %)Maven
52 (0.847 %)Subversion
52 (0.847 %)NUnit
61 (0.424 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.424 %)TeamCity
61 (0.424 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.424 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1113 (47.88 %)Front Office
298 (41.53 %)Banking
371 (30.08 %)Investment Banking
457 (24.15 %)Finance
54 (1.695 %)Financial Institution
62 (0.847 %)Insurance
71 (0.424 %)Education
71 (0.424 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1198 (83.90 %)Developer
2102 (43.22 %)Java Developer
343 (18.22 %)C# Developer
441 (17.37 %)C++ Developer
441 (17.37 %)Front Office Developer
526 (11.02 %)Senior Developer
619 (8.051 %)Quantitative Developer
712 (5.085 %).NET Developer
811 (4.661 %)Senior C# Developer
99 (3.814 %)Software Engineer
108 (3.390 %)Senior Java Developer
117 (2.966 %)Sybase Developer
117 (2.966 %)Architect
126 (2.542 %)Java Software Engineer
135 (2.119 %)Lead Developer
135 (2.119 %)Murex Specialist
144 (1.695 %)Senior C++ Developer
144 (1.695 %)Analyst
144 (1.695 %)Team Leader
153 (1.271 %)J2EE Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1131 (55.51 %)Derivative
262 (26.27 %)Credit Derivative
340 (16.95 %)Equity Derivative
435 (14.83 %)Credit Risk
533 (13.98 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
624 (10.17 %)Cloud Computing
716 (6.780 %)N-Tier
716 (6.780 %)Fixed Income
812 (5.085 %)Interest Rate Derivative
911 (4.661 %)Market Risk
108 (3.390 %)Multithreading
112 (0.847 %)Mathematics
112 (0.847 %)Client/Server
121 (0.424 %)Replication
121 (0.424 %)Equities
121 (0.424 %)Exotic Derivative
121 (0.424 %)Computer Science
121 (0.424 %)Data Protection Act
121 (0.424 %)Open Source
121 (0.424 %)Dependency Injection
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
154 (22.88 %)UNIX
229 (12.29 %)Linux
318 (7.627 %)Windows
44 (1.695 %)Solaris
53 (1.271 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
168 (28.81 %)Risk Management
240 (16.95 %)OO
325 (10.59 %)Monte Carlo Method
414 (5.932 %)TDD
59 (3.814 %)Agile Software Development
59 (3.814 %)Software Engineering
68 (3.390 %)Continuous Integration
68 (3.390 %)Workflow
77 (2.966 %)SOA
77 (2.966 %)Data Management
84 (1.695 %)Capacity Planning
84 (1.695 %)Parallel Computing
93 (1.271 %)Service Delivery
93 (1.271 %)Change Management
93 (1.271 %)Project Management
93 (1.271 %)RAD
93 (1.271 %)ITIL
93 (1.271 %)Time Management
102 (0.847 %)Greeks
102 (0.847 %)Risk Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1181 (76.69 %)Java
2100 (42.37 %)C#
386 (36.44 %)C++
452 (22.03 %)SQL
510 (4.237 %)Shell Script
510 (4.237 %)Python
69 (3.814 %)Perl
76 (2.542 %)C
83 (1.271 %)Jython
92 (0.847 %)Ruby
92 (0.847 %)VBA
92 (0.847 %)PHP
92 (0.847 %)VC++
101 (0.424 %)T-SQL
101 (0.424 %)VB
101 (0.424 %)Korn
101 (0.424 %)XPath
101 (0.424 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (9.746 %)Degree
24 (1.695 %)CISSP
33 (1.271 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.271 %)MCP
41 (0.424 %)PhD
41 (0.424 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.695 %)QA
21 (0.424 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
124 (10.17 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
185 (36.02 %)DataSynapse
264 (27.12 %)Oracle
355 (23.31 %)Sybase
419 (8.051 %)TIBCO
512 (5.085 %)Tangosol
69 (3.814 %)GigaSpaces
75 (2.119 %)Murex
75 (2.119 %)Yolus
84 (1.695 %)Cisco
93 (1.271 %)Red Hat
102 (0.847 %)Sophis
111 (0.424 %)Perforce
111 (0.424 %)Reuters
111 (0.424 %)Bloomberg
111 (0.424 %)OpenLink
111 (0.424 %)JBoss
111 (0.424 %)HP
111 (0.424 %)Microsoft
111 (0.424 %)Altiris
111 (0.424 %)SolArc