Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank7662
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads6611770
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.924 %2.299 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category13.82 %17.07 %
Daily rates quoted258630
Average daily rate£350£350
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£226
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£325
% change on same period last year-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted67175
Average hourly rate£15.00£17.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£7.50£11.10
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£39.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.13£16.00
% change on same period last year-11.71 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
478210368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK13.92 %13.47 %
Daily rates quoted12982833
Average daily rate£325£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£473£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£335
% change on same period last year-10.44 %
Hourly rates quoted5221234
Average hourly rate£24.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+6.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£23.00
% change on same period last year+8.690 %

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

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

Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Internet Hourly Rate Histogram

Internet
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 Internet within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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-11628£350-
LondonDown-10323£400+6.66 %
South EastDown-15123£350+12.00 %
City of LondonDown-994£425+13.33 %
BerkshireUp+856£300-25.92 %
South WestUp+240£300-
West MidlandsUp+3338£225-30.76 %
North WestUp+1731£300-22.58 %
East MidlandsUp+1326£261-19.61 %
East of EnglandDown-2225£248-38.12 %
ReadingUp+2617£370+5.71 %
SurreyUp+517£363+31.81 %
BirminghamUp+2216£200-33.33 %
LeicestershireUp+1416£300-
HampshireDown-216£338-10.00 %
WalesUp+1315£375-16.66 %
YorkshireDown-715£400+33.33 %
BristolDown-815£338+12.50 %
South WalesUp+914£375-16.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+1913£220-45.00 %
OxfordshireNo change013--
CheshireUp+2912£303-25.30 %
ScotlandUp+1612£199-22.05 %
StaffordshireUp+1312--
DerbyshireUp+1212£256-
West YorkshireDown-812£400+33.33 %
KegworthUp+311--
ManchesterUp+4010£300-38.46 %
DerbyUp+910£263-
Stoke-on-TrentUp+169--

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Internet 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 Internet.

1346 (21.18 %)Windows
2289 (17.69 %)SQL
2289 (17.69 %)Microsoft
3272 (16.65 %).NET
4239 (14.63 %)Intranet
5237 (14.50 %)Java
6236 (14.44 %)Finance
7222 (13.59 %)XML
8213 (13.04 %)Oracle
9207 (12.67 %)HTML
10199 (12.18 %)JavaScript
11193 (11.81 %)SQL Server
12187 (11.44 %)UNIX
13162 (9.914 %)Banking
14159 (9.731 %)CSS
15152 (9.302 %)ASP.NET
16150 (9.180 %)Security Cleared
17149 (9.119 %)MS Office
18147 (8.996 %)Windows Server 2003
19144 (8.813 %)C#
20134 (8.201 %)Firewall
21126 (7.711 %)MS Excel
22119 (7.283 %)Active Directory
23114 (6.977 %)Telecoms
24113 (6.916 %)Linux
25107 (6.548 %)IIS
26106 (6.487 %)Cisco
27102 (6.242 %)J2EE
28101 (6.181 %)Government
2997 (5.936 %)Content Management

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1272 (16.65 %).NET
2222 (13.59 %)XML
3207 (12.67 %)HTML
4159 (9.731 %)CSS
5152 (9.302 %)ASP.NET
6102 (6.242 %)J2EE
796 (5.875 %)WebServices
885 (5.202 %)XHTML
977 (4.712 %)AJAX
1076 (4.651 %)Flash
1159 (3.611 %).NET Framework
1256 (3.427 %)JSP
1354 (3.305 %)Spring
1448 (2.938 %)Adobe Flex
1544 (2.693 %)Silverlight
1544 (2.693 %)WebSphere
1641 (2.509 %)Middleware
1641 (2.509 %)ASP
1737 (2.264 %)XSLT
1836 (2.203 %)Hibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1107 (6.548 %)IIS
281 (4.957 %)Apache
380 (4.896 %)SharePoint
462 (3.794 %)MS Exchange
551 (3.121 %)CMS
641 (2.509 %)WebLogic
641 (2.509 %)Tomcat
739 (2.387 %)SharePoint Server 2007
832 (1.958 %)Exchange Server 2003
930 (1.836 %)Oracle Application Server
1021 (1.285 %)Lotus Notes
1115 (0.918 %)BizTalk Server
1115 (0.918 %)Exchange Server 2000
1213 (0.796 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1312 (0.734 %)WebSphere Application Server
1410 (0.612 %)WebLogic Portal
1410 (0.612 %)WorkSite
159 (0.551 %)Exchange Server 2007
159 (0.551 %)ESB
168 (0.490 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1149 (9.119 %)MS Office
2126 (7.711 %)MS Excel
339 (2.387 %)Photoshop
434 (2.081 %)MS PowerPoint
523 (1.408 %)MS Visio
619 (1.163 %)MS Project
716 (0.979 %)Adobe Illustrator
88 (0.490 %)Fireworks
88 (0.490 %)Spreadsheet
96 (0.367 %)InfoPath
102 (0.122 %)ImageReady
102 (0.122 %)Acrobat
111 (0.061 %)Adobe After Effects
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (1.530 %)SAP CRM
213 (0.796 %)WebTrends
35 (0.306 %)BusinessWorks
35 (0.306 %)SAP APO
35 (0.306 %)SAP FI
35 (0.306 %)SAP EBP
35 (0.306 %)Google Analytics
35 (0.306 %)TIBCO iProcess
44 (0.245 %)SAP FI/CO
44 (0.245 %)SAP CO
53 (0.184 %)Summit
53 (0.184 %)assyst
53 (0.184 %)Oracle EBS
62 (0.122 %)BASE24
62 (0.122 %)Oracle 11i
62 (0.122 %)SAP FSCM
62 (0.122 %)Loan IQ
71 (0.061 %)Misys Opics
71 (0.061 %)ResourceLink
71 (0.061 %)SAP CCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1239 (14.63 %)Intranet
2134 (8.201 %)Firewall
393 (5.692 %)DNS
492 (5.630 %)TCP/IP
579 (4.835 %)WAN
667 (4.100 %)LAN
766 (4.039 %)SMTP
860 (3.672 %)HTTP
958 (3.550 %)Extranet
1046 (2.815 %)SAN
1144 (2.693 %)VPN
1144 (2.693 %)LDAP
1233 (2.020 %)Broadband
1331 (1.897 %)VoIP
1427 (1.652 %)Cisco PIX
1526 (1.591 %)Wireless
1526 (1.591 %)BGP
1625 (1.530 %)Network Security
1625 (1.530 %)IMAP
1625 (1.530 %)FTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1193 (11.81 %)SQL Server
292 (5.630 %)SQL Server 2005
378 (4.774 %)MySQL
464 (3.917 %)Oracle 10g
554 (3.305 %)SQL Server 2000
642 (2.570 %)Oracle Reports
733 (2.020 %)Oracle Discoverer
830 (1.836 %)Oracle 8/8i
925 (1.530 %)RDBMS
1022 (1.346 %)Datawarehouse
1119 (1.163 %)Oracle 11g
1218 (1.102 %)SQL Server 2008
1316 (0.979 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1415 (0.918 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1513 (0.796 %)GIS
1513 (0.796 %)TOAD
1610 (0.612 %)ETL
179 (0.551 %)MS Access
179 (0.551 %)BusinessObjects
186 (0.367 %)Oracle 9i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
146 (2.815 %)Visual Studio
237 (2.264 %)Oracle Forms
329 (1.775 %)ClearCase
329 (1.775 %)Dreamweaver
418 (1.102 %)Eclipse
515 (0.918 %)ClearQuest
614 (0.857 %)Subversion
710 (0.612 %)TestDirector
88 (0.490 %)CruiseControl
97 (0.428 %)Ant
97 (0.428 %)Team Foundation Server
106 (0.367 %)QuickTest Pro
106 (0.367 %)VSS/SourceSafe
106 (0.367 %)Flex Builder
115 (0.306 %)NUnit
115 (0.306 %)LoadRunner
124 (0.245 %)JMeter
124 (0.245 %)PeopleTools
124 (0.245 %)Selenium
124 (0.245 %)WebLOAD
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1236 (14.44 %)Finance
2162 (9.914 %)Banking
3114 (6.977 %)Telecoms
4101 (6.181 %)Government
573 (4.468 %)Marketing
653 (3.244 %)Retail
751 (3.121 %)Investment Banking
840 (2.448 %)Back Office
937 (2.264 %)Publishing
1034 (2.081 %)Legal
1132 (1.958 %)Education
1230 (1.836 %)Online Banking
1329 (1.775 %)Financial Institution
1428 (1.714 %)Insurance
1526 (1.591 %)Retail Banking
1623 (1.408 %)Health
1623 (1.408 %)Billing
1721 (1.285 %)Games
1819 (1.163 %)Multimedia
1819 (1.163 %)Local Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1411 (25.15 %)Developer
2298 (18.24 %)Analyst
3101 (6.181 %)Project Manager
490 (5.508 %)Business Analyst
490 (5.508 %)Consultant
589 (5.447 %).NET Developer
682 (5.018 %)Administrator
777 (4.712 %)Web Developer
864 (3.917 %)Architect
961 (3.733 %)Support Analyst
1048 (2.938 %)C# Developer
1143 (2.632 %)Java Developer
1239 (2.387 %)Network Engineer
1336 (2.203 %)Support Engineer
1435 (2.142 %)DBA
1529 (1.775 %)Flex Developer
1628 (1.714 %)Systems Administrator
1628 (1.714 %)Test Analyst
1726 (1.591 %)Desktop Support
1726 (1.591 %)1st Line Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
152 (3.182 %)RIA
231 (1.897 %)Client/Server
330 (1.836 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
424 (1.469 %)N-Tier
522 (1.346 %)Handset
621 (1.285 %)NHS
621 (1.285 %)W3C
621 (1.285 %)Web 2.0
720 (1.224 %)Blackberry
720 (1.224 %)Management Information System
817 (1.040 %)Clustering
916 (0.979 %)Social Network
1015 (0.918 %)DTV
1111 (0.673 %)PKI
1111 (0.673 %)Physics
1111 (0.673 %)Computer Science
1210 (0.612 %)Flash Lite
1210 (0.612 %)Video Conferencing
1210 (0.612 %)iPhone
138 (0.490 %)Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1346 (21.18 %)Windows
2187 (11.44 %)UNIX
3147 (8.996 %)Windows Server 2003
4113 (6.916 %)Linux
595 (5.814 %)Windows XP
664 (3.917 %)Solaris
750 (3.060 %)Windows 2000
826 (1.591 %)Red Hat Linux
923 (1.408 %)Windows Vista
1019 (1.163 %)Windows 2000 Server
1117 (1.040 %)Windows Server 2008
1211 (0.673 %)Windows NT
139 (0.551 %)AIX
139 (0.551 %)Android
139 (0.551 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
146 (0.367 %)HPUX
154 (0.245 %)OS/400
154 (0.245 %)NetWare
154 (0.245 %)Mac OS X
154 (0.245 %)Mac OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
197 (5.936 %)Content Management
292 (5.630 %)Web Development
389 (5.447 %)E-Commerce
477 (4.712 %)OO
571 (4.345 %)Project Management
653 (3.244 %)CRM
750 (3.060 %)UML
849 (2.999 %)Migration
945 (2.754 %)SOA
1044 (2.693 %)User Acceptance Testing
1141 (2.509 %)PRINCE2
1238 (2.326 %)Disaster Recovery
1238 (2.326 %)Test Scripting
1336 (2.203 %)Agile Software Development
1434 (2.081 %)Change Management
1533 (2.020 %)ITIL
1533 (2.020 %)Stakeholder Management
1632 (1.958 %)Workflow
1730 (1.836 %)Network Design
1730 (1.836 %)Service Delivery
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1289 (17.69 %)SQL
2237 (14.50 %)Java
3199 (12.18 %)JavaScript
4144 (8.813 %)C#
582 (5.018 %)PHP
669 (4.223 %)Perl
760 (3.672 %)PL/SQL
846 (2.815 %)VB.NET
944 (2.693 %)ActionScript
944 (2.693 %)C
1035 (2.142 %)T-SQL
1128 (1.714 %)Shell Script
1225 (1.530 %)C++
1323 (1.408 %)VB
1417 (1.040 %)ABAP
1510 (0.612 %)VBScript
1510 (0.612 %)Korn
169 (0.551 %)Ruby
177 (0.428 %)VB6
177 (0.428 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1150 (9.180 %)Security Cleared
289 (5.447 %)SC Cleared
376 (4.651 %)Degree
455 (3.366 %)Cisco Certification
551 (3.121 %)Microsoft Certification
636 (2.203 %)ISEB
727 (1.652 %)CCNP
727 (1.652 %)MCSE
824 (1.469 %)CCNA
919 (1.163 %)ISTQB
1018 (1.102 %)CISSP
1116 (0.979 %)CCIE
1212 (0.734 %)MCP
1212 (0.734 %)CCSE
1311 (0.673 %)CTC Cleared
149 (0.551 %)SCNA
158 (0.490 %)DV Cleared
167 (0.428 %)PMI Certification
175 (0.306 %)PRINCE2 Certification
175 (0.306 %)MCSA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (2.142 %)QA
226 (1.591 %)SLA
314 (0.857 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
49 (0.551 %)ISO27001
58 (0.490 %)WAI
66 (0.367 %)COBIT
73 (0.184 %)GCP
73 (0.184 %)ISO9001
82 (0.122 %)PCI DSS
91 (0.061 %)HMG Infosec
91 (0.061 %)BS7799
91 (0.061 %)RosettaNet
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1119 (7.283 %)Active Directory
231 (1.897 %)ISA Server
328 (1.714 %)Sendmail
422 (1.346 %)VMware Infrastructure
510 (0.612 %)VMware ESX
69 (0.551 %)NetBackup
69 (0.551 %)Oracle RAC
78 (0.490 %)Backup Exec
87 (0.428 %)Oracle RMAN
95 (0.306 %)Squid
95 (0.306 %)MetaFrame
95 (0.306 %)Terminal Services
95 (0.306 %)qmail
95 (0.306 %)Postfix
104 (0.245 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
104 (0.245 %)RACF
113 (0.184 %)AquaLogic
122 (0.122 %)Terminal Server
131 (0.061 %)MSMQ
131 (0.061 %)NFS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
123 (1.408 %)Tivoli
219 (1.163 %)Netcool
318 (1.102 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
415 (0.918 %)Data Guard
513 (0.796 %)CA SiteMinder
612 (0.734 %)MOM
612 (0.734 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
711 (0.673 %)OpenView
711 (0.673 %)CiscoWorks
711 (0.673 %)Netcool/Webtop
89 (0.551 %)Tivoli Monitoring
98 (0.490 %)MIIS
107 (0.428 %)SCCM
107 (0.428 %)Norton AntiVirus
116 (0.367 %)EMC NetWorker
116 (0.367 %)CONTROL-M
116 (0.367 %)Legato
125 (0.306 %)ARCserve
125 (0.306 %)Sun Identity Manager
134 (0.245 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1289 (17.69 %)Microsoft
2213 (13.04 %)Oracle
3106 (6.487 %)Cisco
459 (3.611 %)HP
553 (3.244 %)Adobe
649 (2.999 %)SAP
747 (2.876 %)VMware
841 (2.509 %)CheckPoint
940 (2.448 %)Citrix
1037 (2.264 %)IBM
1127 (1.652 %)Sun
1224 (1.469 %)JBoss
1224 (1.469 %)Red Hat
1323 (1.408 %)Lotus
1422 (1.346 %)Juniper
1519 (1.163 %)Nokia
1617 (1.040 %)Reuters
1617 (1.040 %)BEA
1617 (1.040 %)Sybase
1716 (0.979 %)EMC