Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 11 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 Communications & Networking category.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank866264
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads8589191793
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.836 %2.266 %2.198 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category16.09 %14.88 %16.64 %
Daily rates quoted392315648
Average daily rate£363£350£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.570 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£215£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350£320
% change year-on-year
-8.570 %+9.370 %
Hourly rates quoted93103217
Average hourly rate£15.00£19.00£20.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.05 %-9.260 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.70£10.50£11.53
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.60£35.00£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£20.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-30.00 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5333617610778
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.41 %15.23 %13.21 %
Daily rates quoted206315202805
Average daily rate£350£340£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£203£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£340
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-2.940 %
Hourly rates quoted5136601498
Average hourly rate£22.50£24.00£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.250 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£24.00£28.50
% change year-on-year
--15.78 %

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 11 March 2010.

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 11 March 2010.

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 11 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-27828£363+1.39 %
LondonDown-28447£400+8.25 %
City of LondonDown-20147£425+21.42 %
South EastDown-18138£325-18.75 %
South WestUp+358£325-21.21 %
BerkshireUp+1956£300-17.24 %
East of EnglandUp+1652£284-18.92 %
North WestDown-1735£375+66.66 %
West MidlandsDown-134£350+7.69 %
YorkshireUp+631£314+0.40 %
East MidlandsDown-229£320+6.66 %
SurreyDown-1929£325-29.72 %
HertfordshireUp+2023£259-31.00 %
ScotlandDown-1222£185-3.89 %
BristolDown-921£325-21.21 %
EssexUp+2220£253-62.59 %
West YorkshireUp+219£319-
WiltshireUp+2418£350+7.69 %
CheshireDown-716£375+15.38 %
OxfordshireDown-816£198-47.33 %
ManchesterDown-1116£175-14.63 %
DerbyshireDown-215£275+15.18 %
HampshireDown-715£290-24.18 %
SloughUp+513£132-49.42 %
DerbyDown-313£275+15.18 %
EdinburghDown-312£185+37.03 %
SwindonUp+1311£350-
LeedsUp+411£306-
BuckinghamshireDown-310--
BirminghamUp+29£375+36.36 %

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, 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.

1404 (23.93 %)Windows
2314 (18.60 %)Finance
3299 (17.71 %)Java
4284 (16.82 %)Microsoft
5268 (15.88 %)Intranet
6254 (15.05 %)JavaScript
7241 (14.28 %)HTML
8231 (13.68 %)SQL
9220 (13.03 %)CSS
10215 (12.74 %).NET
11210 (12.44 %)XML
12205 (12.14 %)SQL Server
13202 (11.97 %)E-Commerce
14194 (11.49 %)Banking
15188 (11.14 %)MS Office
16155 (9.182 %)Agile Software Development
17154 (9.123 %)Windows Server 2003
18151 (8.945 %)Firewall
19149 (8.827 %)Linux
20140 (8.294 %)Oracle
21132 (7.820 %)UNIX
22131 (7.761 %)Cisco
23130 (7.701 %)Project Management
24124 (7.346 %)IIS
24124 (7.346 %)AJAX
24124 (7.346 %)Security Cleared
25119 (7.050 %)ASP.NET
26114 (6.754 %)Flash
27111 (6.576 %)C#
28107 (6.339 %)ITIL

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1241 (14.28 %)HTML
2220 (13.03 %)CSS
3215 (12.74 %).NET
4210 (12.44 %)XML
5124 (7.346 %)AJAX
6119 (7.050 %)ASP.NET
7114 (6.754 %)Flash
8106 (6.280 %)XHTML
9103 (6.102 %)Web Services
9103 (6.102 %)J2EE
1085 (5.036 %)Spring
1176 (4.502 %)Hibernate
1272 (4.265 %)WebSphere
1361 (3.614 %)XSLT
1457 (3.377 %)JSP
1552 (3.081 %)jQuery
1651 (3.021 %)ASP
1749 (2.903 %)Adobe Flex
1841 (2.429 %)Struts
1932 (1.896 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1124 (7.346 %)IIS
2100 (5.924 %)SharePoint
393 (5.509 %)Apache
464 (3.791 %)Tomcat
558 (3.436 %)MS Exchange
652 (3.081 %)CMS
747 (2.784 %)WebLogic
834 (2.014 %)SharePoint Server 2007
930 (1.777 %)Lotus Notes
1027 (1.600 %)Exchange Server 2003
1027 (1.600 %)Exchange Server 2007
1122 (1.303 %)WebSphere Application Server
1216 (0.948 %)Confluence
1314 (0.829 %)Lotus Domino
1413 (0.770 %)Oracle Spatial
1512 (0.711 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1610 (0.592 %)ArcSDE
1610 (0.592 %)ArcIMS
179 (0.533 %)ColdFusion
188 (0.474 %)WebSphere Process Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1188 (11.14 %)MS Office
298 (5.806 %)MS Excel
368 (4.028 %)MS Visio
454 (3.199 %)Photoshop
531 (1.836 %)Adobe Illustrator
625 (1.481 %)MS PowerPoint
720 (1.185 %)MS Project
814 (0.829 %)Spreadsheet
99 (0.533 %)Acrobat
107 (0.415 %)Fireworks
114 (0.237 %)FreeHand
122 (0.118 %)MATLAB
122 (0.118 %)Paint Shop Pro
122 (0.118 %)ImageReady
131 (0.059 %)Vectorworks
131 (0.059 %)QuarkXPress
131 (0.059 %)SPSS
131 (0.059 %)Adobe Captivate
131 (0.059 %)CA Clarity
131 (0.059 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (0.592 %)SAP SRM
28 (0.474 %)SAP CRM
37 (0.415 %)WebTrends
45 (0.296 %)SAP EBP
53 (0.178 %)Oracle Applications
53 (0.178 %)Oracle EBS
53 (0.178 %)SAP SCM
62 (0.118 %)assyst
62 (0.118 %)SAP APO
62 (0.118 %)Oracle 11i
62 (0.118 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
62 (0.118 %)PeopleSoft Financials
71 (0.059 %)Oracle BPM
71 (0.059 %)Google Analytics
71 (0.059 %)Temenos T24
71 (0.059 %)SAP MM
71 (0.059 %)Line 50
71 (0.059 %)SAP PLM
71 (0.059 %)Remedy ITSM
71 (0.059 %)SAP PM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1268 (15.88 %)Intranet
2151 (8.945 %)Firewall
396 (5.687 %)WAN
495 (5.628 %)TCP/IP
594 (5.569 %)LAN
691 (5.391 %)DNS
783 (4.917 %)Extranet
868 (4.028 %)VPN
950 (2.962 %)DHCP
1044 (2.607 %)MPLS
1140 (2.370 %)HTTP
1239 (2.310 %)SAN
1333 (1.955 %)BGP
1430 (1.777 %)Ethernet
1526 (1.540 %)SMTP
1624 (1.422 %)OSPF
1723 (1.363 %)Wireless
1723 (1.363 %)VoIP
1723 (1.363 %)Network Security
1820 (1.185 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1205 (12.14 %)SQL Server
290 (5.332 %)SQL Server 2005
358 (3.436 %)MySQL
445 (2.666 %)SQL Server 2000
531 (1.836 %)Oracle 10g
628 (1.659 %)SQL Server 2008
719 (1.126 %)Oracle 9i
817 (1.007 %)Datawarehouse
915 (0.889 %)GIS
1013 (0.770 %)PostgreSQL
1112 (0.711 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1112 (0.711 %)DB2
1210 (0.592 %)MS Access
1210 (0.592 %)RDBMS
139 (0.533 %)Oracle 8/8i
147 (0.415 %)Informix
156 (0.355 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
156 (0.355 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
156 (0.355 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
165 (0.296 %)IDOL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
142 (2.488 %)Eclipse
234 (2.014 %)Maven
329 (1.718 %)Ant
428 (1.659 %)Subversion
527 (1.600 %)Visual Studio
624 (1.422 %)TestDirector
721 (1.244 %)Selenium
812 (0.711 %)FitNesse
812 (0.711 %)Dreamweaver
911 (0.652 %)AsUnit
1010 (0.592 %)JIRA
119 (0.533 %)FrontPage
128 (0.474 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
136 (0.355 %)Oracle Forms
136 (0.355 %)ClearCase
136 (0.355 %)QuickTest Pro
136 (0.355 %)Team Foundation Server
145 (0.296 %)FlexUnit
145 (0.296 %)JDeveloper
145 (0.296 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1314 (18.60 %)Finance
2194 (11.49 %)Banking
398 (5.806 %)Telecoms
490 (5.332 %)Retail
588 (5.213 %)Government
672 (4.265 %)Online Banking
769 (4.088 %)Investment Banking
857 (3.377 %)Marketing
943 (2.547 %)Retail Banking
1042 (2.488 %)Financial Institution
1141 (2.429 %)Insurance
1240 (2.370 %)Games
1329 (1.718 %)Multimedia
1427 (1.600 %)Publishing
1526 (1.540 %)Health
1526 (1.540 %)Back Office
1624 (1.422 %)Law
1723 (1.363 %)Front Office
1822 (1.303 %)Education
1920 (1.185 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1401 (23.76 %)Developer
2360 (21.33 %)Analyst
3156 (9.242 %)Project Manager
4120 (7.109 %)Business Analyst
5111 (6.576 %)Architect
694 (5.569 %)Web Developer
775 (4.443 %)Administrator
871 (4.206 %)Support Analyst
970 (4.147 %)Java Developer
970 (4.147 %)Designer
1068 (4.028 %)Consultant
1151 (3.021 %)Technical Manager
1245 (2.666 %)Technical Project Manager
1341 (2.429 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1437 (2.192 %)Network Engineer
1437 (2.192 %)Systems Administrator
1535 (2.073 %)Support Engineer
1535 (2.073 %).NET Developer
1634 (2.014 %)1st Line Support
1731 (1.836 %)SharePoint Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
166 (3.910 %)RIA
248 (2.844 %)Open Source
343 (2.547 %)W3C
442 (2.488 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
535 (2.073 %)Blackberry
626 (1.540 %)Clustering
725 (1.481 %)NHS
725 (1.481 %)Wiki
819 (1.126 %)Handset
917 (1.007 %)Management Information System
917 (1.007 %)Social Network
1014 (0.829 %)Web 2.0
1113 (0.770 %)French Language
1212 (0.711 %)Derivative
1212 (0.711 %)Statistics
1212 (0.711 %)Client/Server
1212 (0.711 %)N-Tier
1310 (0.592 %)Streaming Media
149 (0.533 %)E-Learning
149 (0.533 %)Replication
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1404 (23.93 %)Windows
2154 (9.123 %)Windows Server 2003
3149 (8.827 %)Linux
4132 (7.820 %)UNIX
599 (5.865 %)Windows XP
649 (2.903 %)Red Hat Linux
747 (2.784 %)Windows Server 2008
842 (2.488 %)Windows Vista
842 (2.488 %)Windows 2000
931 (1.836 %)Solaris
1028 (1.659 %)Windows 2000 Server
1120 (1.185 %)Windows 7
1217 (1.007 %)AIX
1313 (0.770 %)Windows NT
1411 (0.652 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
159 (0.533 %)Windows Mobile
166 (0.355 %)Android
175 (0.296 %)CentOS
175 (0.296 %)HPUX
175 (0.296 %)Tru64
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1202 (11.97 %)E-Commerce
2155 (9.182 %)Agile Software Development
3130 (7.701 %)Project Management
4107 (6.339 %)ITIL
4107 (6.339 %)Content Management
576 (4.502 %)Web Development
576 (4.502 %)OO
675 (4.443 %)Migration
765 (3.851 %)Scrum
859 (3.495 %)PRINCE2
956 (3.318 %)UML
1052 (3.081 %)Stakeholder Management
1149 (2.903 %)Use Case
1243 (2.547 %)Workflow
1339 (2.310 %)TDD
1437 (2.192 %)Change Management
1534 (2.014 %)Test Scripting
1633 (1.955 %)Service Delivery
1633 (1.955 %)Business Analysis
1732 (1.896 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1299 (17.71 %)Java
2254 (15.05 %)JavaScript
3231 (13.68 %)SQL
4111 (6.576 %)C#
589 (5.273 %)PHP
685 (5.036 %)ActionScript
766 (3.910 %)C
856 (3.318 %)VB.NET
949 (2.903 %)VB
1048 (2.844 %)Perl
1146 (2.725 %)Python
1236 (2.133 %)ActionScript 2.0
1330 (1.777 %)C++
1425 (1.481 %)ActionScript 3.0
1522 (1.303 %)PL/SQL
1522 (1.303 %)T-SQL
1621 (1.244 %)Shell Script
1720 (1.185 %)Ruby
1720 (1.185 %)VBA
1720 (1.185 %)Groovy
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1124 (7.346 %)Security Cleared
281 (4.799 %)Degree
356 (3.318 %)SC Cleared
439 (2.310 %)Microsoft Certification
536 (2.133 %)Cisco Certification
634 (2.014 %)DV Cleared
728 (1.659 %)MCSE
821 (1.244 %)CCNP
917 (1.007 %)ISEB
1016 (0.948 %)CCNA
1112 (0.711 %)CCIE
1112 (0.711 %)ITIL Certification
1211 (0.652 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1211 (0.652 %)CISSP
1310 (0.592 %)MCP
149 (0.533 %)BC Cleared
149 (0.533 %)CTC Cleared
158 (0.474 %)MCITP
166 (0.355 %)PMI Certification
175 (0.296 %)RHCE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (2.014 %)QA
233 (1.955 %)SLA
38 (0.474 %)WAI
47 (0.415 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
47 (0.415 %)WCAG
54 (0.237 %)ISO27001
63 (0.178 %)BS7799
72 (0.118 %)COBIT
81 (0.059 %)PCI DSS
81 (0.059 %)GxP
81 (0.059 %)Basel II
81 (0.059 %)GAAP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1103 (6.102 %)Active Directory
229 (1.718 %)VMware Infrastructure
328 (1.659 %)ISA Server
414 (0.829 %)Oracle RAC
512 (0.711 %)VMware ESX
611 (0.652 %)Nmap
77 (0.415 %)Novell eDirectory
85 (0.296 %)Terminal Services
85 (0.296 %)NDS
85 (0.296 %)Squid
94 (0.237 %)Citrix Presentation Server
103 (0.178 %)XenApp
103 (0.178 %)MetaFrame
112 (0.118 %)qmail
112 (0.118 %)XenDesktop
112 (0.118 %)vSphere
121 (0.059 %)Veritas Cluster Server
121 (0.059 %)Terminal Server
121 (0.059 %)NFS
121 (0.059 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (0.948 %)OpenView
116 (0.948 %)SCOM
211 (0.652 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
310 (0.592 %)Nagios
310 (0.592 %)SCCM
48 (0.474 %)MOM
57 (0.415 %)CiscoWorks
57 (0.415 %)WSUS
57 (0.415 %)Backup Exec
66 (0.355 %)OVSD
75 (0.296 %)Cacti
75 (0.296 %)Norton AntiVirus
75 (0.296 %)Tivoli
75 (0.296 %)NetBackup
84 (0.237 %)Netcool
84 (0.237 %)ARCserve
84 (0.237 %)McAfee ePO
93 (0.178 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
93 (0.178 %)CA SiteMinder
93 (0.178 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1284 (16.82 %)Microsoft
2140 (8.294 %)Oracle
3131 (7.761 %)Cisco
470 (4.147 %)Citrix
567 (3.969 %)VMware
650 (2.962 %)HP
650 (2.962 %)Red Hat
745 (2.666 %)CheckPoint
841 (2.429 %)IBM
841 (2.429 %)Adobe
935 (2.073 %)Lotus
1031 (1.836 %)JBoss
1031 (1.836 %)SAP
1129 (1.718 %)Nokia
1227 (1.600 %)Reuters
1325 (1.481 %)Sybase
1422 (1.303 %)Novell
1521 (1.244 %)Juniper
1620 (1.185 %)Blue Coat
1620 (1.185 %)McAfee