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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank847062
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Down-8
Matching contract IT job ads8379381873
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.912 %2.039 %2.288 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category16.36 %13.98 %16.99 %
Daily rates quoted396313646
Average daily rate£350£367£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.500 %+2.870 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£219£205£205
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£513£521£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£313
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %+12.00 %
Hourly rates quoted101125233
Average hourly rate£13.75£18.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.61 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£7.50£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£35.00£38.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.75£18.00£16.50
% change year-on-year
-23.61 %+9.090 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5115670911021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.68 %14.59 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted187616232838
Average daily rate£350£340£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£205£219
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted5008301498
Average hourly rate£21.00£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.670 %-7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£24.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.430 %

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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-17795£359-3.04 %
LondonDown-25419£388+3.33 %
City of LondonDown-26143£425+21.42 %
South EastDown-12123£360-10.00 %
West MidlandsUp+748£350+7.69 %
BerkshireUp+2347£320-28.88 %
East MidlandsUp+1845£325+8.33 %
South WestUp+542£335-0.74 %
East of EnglandUp+242£350-12.50 %
YorkshireUp+1238£290-3.33 %
ScotlandUp+1131£200-30.43 %
North WestUp+627£350-6.66 %
DerbyshireUp+327£325+36.12 %
DerbyUp+225£325+36.12 %
SurreyDown-1925£350-20.00 %
EdinburghUp+323£185-43.07 %
West YorkshireUp+221£388+103.94 %
StaffordshireUp+1419£350-
EssexUp+216£425-
LeicestershireUp+115£325-
HertfordshireUp+1514£253-43.88 %
LeedsUp+1314£319+67.76 %
BristolDown-814£500+21.21 %
WiltshireUp+1613£350+7.69 %
SloughUp+613£280-
HampshireNo change013£250-35.06 %
North EastUp+1011£105-
Stoke-on-TrentUp+611£350+3.70 %
KegworthDown-111--
ManchesterDown-511£294-

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

1401 (24.69 %)Windows
2306 (18.84 %)Finance
3281 (17.30 %)Java
4267 (16.44 %)Microsoft
5253 (15.58 %)Intranet
6235 (14.47 %)JavaScript
7233 (14.35 %)HTML
8219 (13.49 %)SQL
9212 (13.05 %)CSS
9212 (13.05 %)XML
10211 (12.99 %).NET
11199 (12.25 %)SQL Server
12196 (12.07 %)Banking
13183 (11.27 %)MS Office
14182 (11.21 %)E-Commerce
15151 (9.298 %)Windows Server 2003
16149 (9.175 %)Linux
17139 (8.559 %)Oracle
17139 (8.559 %)Firewall
17139 (8.559 %)Agile Software Development
18127 (7.820 %)AJAX
19124 (7.635 %)ASP.NET
20123 (7.574 %)UNIX
21121 (7.451 %)Flash
22118 (7.266 %)Cisco
22118 (7.266 %)Security Cleared
23116 (7.143 %)Project Management
24112 (6.897 %)IIS
24112 (6.897 %)C#
25106 (6.527 %)Web Services

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 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
1233 (14.35 %)HTML
2212 (13.05 %)CSS
2212 (13.05 %)XML
3211 (12.99 %).NET
4127 (7.820 %)AJAX
5124 (7.635 %)ASP.NET
6121 (7.451 %)Flash
7106 (6.527 %)Web Services
8101 (6.219 %)XHTML
992 (5.665 %)J2EE
1090 (5.542 %)Spring
1177 (4.741 %)Hibernate
1257 (3.510 %)JSP
1355 (3.387 %)WebSphere
1449 (3.017 %)XSLT
1449 (3.017 %)jQuery
1542 (2.586 %)Adobe Flex
1640 (2.463 %)Struts
1732 (1.970 %)MVC
1830 (1.847 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1112 (6.897 %)IIS
291 (5.603 %)SharePoint
386 (5.296 %)Apache
464 (3.941 %)Tomcat
554 (3.325 %)MS Exchange
653 (3.264 %)CMS
744 (2.709 %)WebLogic
837 (2.278 %)SharePoint Server 2007
926 (1.601 %)Exchange Server 2003
1025 (1.539 %)Lotus Notes
1120 (1.232 %)Exchange Server 2007
1216 (0.985 %)Lotus Domino
1216 (0.985 %)WebSphere Application Server
1314 (0.862 %)Confluence
1413 (0.800 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1511 (0.677 %)Oracle Spatial
1610 (0.616 %)ArcIMS
1610 (0.616 %)ArcSDE
179 (0.554 %)Exchange Server 2000
179 (0.554 %)ColdFusion
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1183 (11.27 %)MS Office
295 (5.850 %)MS Excel
362 (3.818 %)MS Visio
458 (3.571 %)Photoshop
535 (2.155 %)Adobe Illustrator
625 (1.539 %)MS PowerPoint
625 (1.539 %)MS Project
712 (0.739 %)Spreadsheet
89 (0.554 %)Acrobat
96 (0.369 %)Fireworks
104 (0.246 %)FreeHand
112 (0.123 %)ImageReady
112 (0.123 %)Paint Shop Pro
112 (0.123 %)MATLAB
112 (0.123 %)CA Clarity
121 (0.062 %)Vectorworks
121 (0.062 %)Adobe After Effects
121 (0.062 %)PrintSoft PReS
121 (0.062 %)CINEMA 4D
121 (0.062 %)QuarkXPress
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (0.616 %)SAP CRM
110 (0.616 %)SAP SRM
24 (0.246 %)assyst
24 (0.246 %)SAP EBP
33 (0.185 %)SAP SCM
33 (0.185 %)WebTrends
33 (0.185 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.185 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.123 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
42 (0.123 %)PeopleSoft Financials
42 (0.123 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.123 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.062 %)Temenos T24
51 (0.062 %)SoftGrid
51 (0.062 %)Summit
51 (0.062 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.062 %)Remedy ITSM
51 (0.062 %)Line 50
51 (0.062 %)GoldMine
51 (0.062 %)SAP R/3
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1253 (15.58 %)Intranet
2139 (8.559 %)Firewall
397 (5.973 %)WAN
490 (5.542 %)LAN
581 (4.988 %)TCP/IP
678 (4.803 %)DNS
760 (3.695 %)Extranet
856 (3.448 %)VPN
945 (2.771 %)DHCP
1044 (2.709 %)SAN
1143 (2.648 %)MPLS
1241 (2.525 %)HTTP
1335 (2.155 %)BGP
1433 (2.032 %)SMTP
1529 (1.786 %)Ethernet
1626 (1.601 %)Network Security
1722 (1.355 %)SDH
1821 (1.293 %)Wireless
1821 (1.293 %)OSPF
1821 (1.293 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1199 (12.25 %)SQL Server
296 (5.911 %)SQL Server 2005
350 (3.079 %)SQL Server 2000
442 (2.586 %)MySQL
535 (2.155 %)Oracle 10g
631 (1.909 %)SQL Server 2008
721 (1.293 %)Datawarehouse
818 (1.108 %)Oracle 9i
915 (0.924 %)SQL Server Integration Services
915 (0.924 %)GIS
1014 (0.862 %)PostgreSQL
119 (0.554 %)Oracle 8/8i
119 (0.554 %)DB2
127 (0.431 %)DB2 UDB
127 (0.431 %)RDBMS
127 (0.431 %)Informix
136 (0.369 %)Oracle Reports
136 (0.369 %)Oracle Discoverer
136 (0.369 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
136 (0.369 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
143 (2.648 %)Eclipse
238 (2.340 %)Maven
337 (2.278 %)Ant
431 (1.909 %)Visual Studio
529 (1.786 %)Subversion
622 (1.355 %)Selenium
716 (0.985 %)Dreamweaver
813 (0.800 %)AsUnit
813 (0.800 %)FitNesse
99 (0.554 %)TestDirector
108 (0.493 %)JIRA
108 (0.493 %)Team Foundation Server
117 (0.431 %)FrontPage
117 (0.431 %)Oracle Forms
117 (0.431 %)JUnit
126 (0.369 %)ClearCase
126 (0.369 %)FlexUnit
135 (0.308 %)NCover
135 (0.308 %)JDeveloper
144 (0.246 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1306 (18.84 %)Finance
2196 (12.07 %)Banking
391 (5.603 %)Government
490 (5.542 %)Telecoms
581 (4.988 %)Retail
669 (4.249 %)Investment Banking
766 (4.064 %)Online Banking
857 (3.510 %)Marketing
947 (2.894 %)Financial Institution
1043 (2.648 %)Games
1139 (2.401 %)Retail Banking
1139 (2.401 %)Insurance
1234 (2.094 %)Multimedia
1328 (1.724 %)Front Office
1424 (1.478 %)Publishing
1522 (1.355 %)Education
1621 (1.293 %)Health
1720 (1.232 %)Legal
1818 (1.108 %)Electronics
1818 (1.108 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1387 (23.83 %)Developer
2335 (20.63 %)Analyst
3153 (9.421 %)Project Manager
4125 (7.697 %)Business Analyst
5107 (6.589 %)Architect
686 (5.296 %)Web Developer
772 (4.433 %)Support Analyst
871 (4.372 %)Java Developer
970 (4.310 %)Consultant
970 (4.310 %)Administrator
1068 (4.187 %)Designer
1142 (2.586 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1142 (2.586 %)Technical Manager
1241 (2.525 %)Support Engineer
1340 (2.463 %)Network Engineer
1438 (2.340 %)Technical Project Manager
1537 (2.278 %)1st Line Support
1537 (2.278 %).NET Developer
1636 (2.217 %)Systems Administrator
1732 (1.970 %)Flash Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
166 (4.064 %)RIA
248 (2.956 %)W3C
342 (2.586 %)Open Source
439 (2.401 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
535 (2.155 %)Blackberry
632 (1.970 %)Clustering
728 (1.724 %)Wiki
825 (1.539 %)Handset
923 (1.416 %)NHS
1022 (1.355 %)Social Network
1121 (1.293 %)Web 2.0
1121 (1.293 %)Management Information System
1216 (0.985 %)Derivative
1315 (0.924 %)French Language
1413 (0.800 %)Client/Server
1512 (0.739 %)Replication
1512 (0.739 %)Streaming Media
1611 (0.677 %)Video Conferencing
1611 (0.677 %)Interactive TV
1611 (0.677 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1401 (24.69 %)Windows
2151 (9.298 %)Windows Server 2003
3149 (9.175 %)Linux
4123 (7.574 %)UNIX
5103 (6.342 %)Windows XP
647 (2.894 %)Windows 2000
744 (2.709 %)Red Hat Linux
842 (2.586 %)Windows Server 2008
931 (1.909 %)Windows Vista
931 (1.909 %)Solaris
1024 (1.478 %)Windows 2000 Server
1115 (0.924 %)Windows NT
1214 (0.862 %)AIX
1310 (0.616 %)Windows 7
1310 (0.616 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
148 (0.493 %)Windows Mobile
156 (0.369 %)HPUX
156 (0.369 %)Android
165 (0.308 %)Tru64
174 (0.246 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1182 (11.21 %)E-Commerce
2139 (8.559 %)Agile Software Development
3116 (7.143 %)Project Management
498 (6.034 %)Content Management
588 (5.419 %)ITIL
677 (4.741 %)Web Development
772 (4.433 %)Migration
868 (4.187 %)OO
959 (3.633 %)Scrum
1056 (3.448 %)PRINCE2
1149 (3.017 %)Stakeholder Management
1247 (2.894 %)UML
1345 (2.771 %)Workflow
1444 (2.709 %)TDD
1539 (2.401 %)Information Architecture
1638 (2.340 %)Use Case
1736 (2.217 %)Change Management
1834 (2.094 %)OOP
1933 (2.032 %)Business Analysis
2032 (1.970 %)Service Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1281 (17.30 %)Java
2235 (14.47 %)JavaScript
3219 (13.49 %)SQL
4112 (6.897 %)C#
581 (4.988 %)ActionScript
678 (4.803 %)PHP
772 (4.433 %)C
852 (3.202 %)VB.NET
947 (2.894 %)VB
1042 (2.586 %)Python
1140 (2.463 %)Perl
1236 (2.217 %)ActionScript 2.0
1330 (1.847 %)T-SQL
1427 (1.663 %)C++
1523 (1.416 %)ActionScript 3.0
1621 (1.293 %)Groovy
1621 (1.293 %)Ruby
1621 (1.293 %)Shell Script
1621 (1.293 %)PL/SQL
1719 (1.170 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1118 (7.266 %)Security Cleared
272 (4.433 %)Degree
354 (3.325 %)SC Cleared
441 (2.525 %)Microsoft Certification
531 (1.909 %)Cisco Certification
627 (1.663 %)MCSE
726 (1.601 %)DV Cleared
818 (1.108 %)ISEB
917 (1.047 %)CCNP
1016 (0.985 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1016 (0.985 %)CISSP
1113 (0.800 %)MCP
1212 (0.739 %)CCIE
1311 (0.677 %)CCNA
149 (0.554 %)BC Cleared
149 (0.554 %)CTC Cleared
149 (0.554 %)RHCT
158 (0.493 %)ITIL Certification
158 (0.493 %)CCSE
167 (0.431 %)ISTQB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (2.217 %)QA
228 (1.724 %)SLA
39 (0.554 %)WCAG
39 (0.554 %)ISO27001
48 (0.493 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
48 (0.493 %)WAI
54 (0.246 %)COBIT
63 (0.185 %)BS7799
71 (0.062 %)Basel II
71 (0.062 %)GAAP
71 (0.062 %)ISO9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1100 (6.158 %)Active Directory
235 (2.155 %)ISA Server
322 (1.355 %)VMware Infrastructure
417 (1.047 %)Oracle RAC
511 (0.677 %)NDS
610 (0.616 %)VMware ESX
78 (0.493 %)Terminal Services
87 (0.431 %)XenApp
87 (0.431 %)Novell eDirectory
95 (0.308 %)NetBackup
104 (0.246 %)Terminal Server
104 (0.246 %)Squid
104 (0.246 %)Nmap
113 (0.185 %)Citrix Presentation Server
113 (0.185 %)AquaLogic
113 (0.185 %)MetaFrame
122 (0.123 %)Backup Exec
122 (0.123 %)Oracle RMAN
122 (0.123 %)XenDesktop
131 (0.062 %)vSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (0.985 %)SCOM
214 (0.862 %)OpenView
310 (0.616 %)SCCM
49 (0.554 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
58 (0.493 %)Tivoli
58 (0.493 %)MOM
67 (0.431 %)Netcool
76 (0.369 %)ARCserve
76 (0.369 %)Nagios
76 (0.369 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
76 (0.369 %)Tivoli Monitoring
76 (0.369 %)Norton AntiVirus
76 (0.369 %)Netcool/Webtop
76 (0.369 %)WSUS
76 (0.369 %)OVSD
85 (0.308 %)McAfee ePO
85 (0.308 %)Cacti
93 (0.185 %)MSI
93 (0.185 %)CiscoWorks
102 (0.123 %)Legato
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1267 (16.44 %)Microsoft
2139 (8.559 %)Oracle
3118 (7.266 %)Cisco
460 (3.695 %)Citrix
558 (3.571 %)VMware
651 (3.140 %)CheckPoint
750 (3.079 %)HP
845 (2.771 %)Red Hat
845 (2.771 %)Adobe
934 (2.094 %)SAP
1033 (2.032 %)IBM
1132 (1.970 %)Lotus
1230 (1.847 %)JBoss
1329 (1.786 %)Novell
1427 (1.663 %)Sybase
1525 (1.539 %)Nokia
1525 (1.539 %)Reuters
1622 (1.355 %)Blue Coat
1719 (1.170 %)McAfee
1817 (1.047 %)Juniper