Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Intranet skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Intranet over the 3 months to 8 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.

LinkIntranet
Location
3 months to
8 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank184142185
Rank change year-on-year
Down-42Up+43
Matching contract IT job ads362495712
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.830 %1.073 %0.884 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category7.081 %7.362 %6.561 %
Daily rates quoted178168232
Average daily rate£350£300£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£150£181
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£491£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£260£300£300
% change year-on-year
-13.41 %-
Hourly rates quoted278192
Average hourly rate£13.75£18.00£20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.61 %-12.19 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.12£11.57
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£26.55£35.00£38.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.75£17.75£17.50
% change year-on-year
-22.53 %+1.420 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5112672410852
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.73 %14.58 %13.48 %
Daily rates quoted187716322795
Average daily rate£350£340£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-6.200 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£215
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£490£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£350
% change year-on-year
--7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted4978411469
Average hourly rate£20.50£23.25£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.82 %-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£41.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£24.00£26.25
% change year-on-year
-16.66 %-8.570 %

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.

Intranet
Demand Trend

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

Intranet Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Intranet within the UK over the 3 months to 8 February 2010.

Intranet Daily Rate Histogram

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Intranet within the UK over the 3 months to 8 February 2010.

Intranet Hourly Rate Histogram

Intranet
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 Intranet within the UK over the 3 months to 8 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-43331£356+15.85 %
LondonDown-43202£369+15.23 %
City of LondonDown-2285£400+11.11 %
South EastDown-1755£313-4.87 %
ScotlandUp+726£248-1.98 %
West MidlandsUp+1515£135-16.92 %
East of EnglandUp+2014£350+59.09 %
North WestDown-513£220-37.14 %
EdinburghDown-1513£250-9.09 %
South WestUp+510£500+53.84 %
OxfordshireUp+129£296-8.84 %
YorkshireUp+99£320-
HertfordshireUp+138--
BuckinghamshireNo change08£378+170.60 %
BerkshireDown-38£180-60.00 %
SurreyDown-248£257-18.67 %
North EastUp+127£105-
West YorkshireUp+97£320-
West SussexUp+87£500+73.91 %
WarwickshireUp+37--
ManchesterDown-107--
Milton KeynesDown-36£378+170.60 %
GlasgowDown-46£232-
GatwickNew entry-6£500-
LeedsUp+145£390-
MiddlesexNo change05£500+78.57 %
CheshireNo change05£220-37.14 %
DurhamNew entry-5£105-
HampshireUp+104£275-21.42 %
East MidlandsUp+44--

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

1252 (31.30 %)Internet
2229 (28.45 %)SharePoint
3185 (22.98 %)HTML
4182 (22.61 %).NET
5162 (20.12 %)CSS
6130 (16.15 %)Content Management
7128 (15.90 %)SQL Server
8125 (15.53 %)ASP.NET
9124 (15.40 %)C#
10121 (15.03 %)JavaScript
11117 (14.53 %)XML
11117 (14.53 %)Finance
12110 (13.66 %)Microsoft
13108 (13.42 %)SQL
14102 (12.67 %)Banking
14102 (12.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1599 (12.30 %)Windows
1688 (10.93 %)Extranet
1775 (9.317 %)CMS
1868 (8.447 %)Project Management
1868 (8.447 %)MS Office
1964 (7.950 %)ASP
2063 (7.826 %)Government
2161 (7.578 %)Java
2260 (7.453 %)Investment Banking
2359 (7.329 %)MS Excel
2458 (7.205 %)Oracle
2555 (6.832 %)Workflow
2654 (6.708 %)XHTML
2750 (6.211 %)Security Cleared

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1185 (22.98 %)HTML
2182 (22.61 %).NET
3162 (20.12 %)CSS
4125 (15.53 %)ASP.NET
5117 (14.53 %)XML
664 (7.950 %)ASP
754 (6.708 %)XHTML
844 (5.466 %)AJAX
941 (5.093 %)Web Services
1036 (4.472 %)Flash
1128 (3.478 %)XSLT
1224 (2.981 %)Spring
1321 (2.609 %)Hibernate
1419 (2.360 %)WebSphere
1517 (2.112 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1616 (1.988 %)JSP
1616 (1.988 %)DHTML
1616 (1.988 %)J2EE
1714 (1.739 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1813 (1.615 %)jQuery
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1229 (28.45 %)SharePoint
2102 (12.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
375 (9.317 %)CMS
444 (5.466 %)IIS
525 (3.106 %)WebLogic
621 (2.609 %)Apache
716 (1.988 %)Lotus Notes
810 (1.242 %)Tomcat
99 (1.118 %)EPiServer
108 (0.994 %)Confluence
108 (0.994 %)WebSphere Application Server
108 (0.994 %)MS Exchange
117 (0.870 %)GroupWise
126 (0.745 %)SharePoint Portal Server
134 (0.497 %)Joomla!
134 (0.497 %)Drupal
134 (0.497 %)Sitecore CMS
134 (0.497 %)Lotus Domino
134 (0.497 %)WebLogic Portal
143 (0.373 %)TeamSite
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
168 (8.447 %)MS Office
259 (7.329 %)MS Excel
344 (5.466 %)Photoshop
426 (3.230 %)MS Project
525 (3.106 %)InfoPath
622 (2.733 %)MS PowerPoint
718 (2.236 %)MS Visio
811 (1.366 %)Fireworks
910 (1.242 %)Adobe Illustrator
108 (0.994 %)Acrobat
115 (0.621 %)Spreadsheet
123 (0.373 %)Paint Shop Pro
132 (0.248 %)Adobe Captivate
132 (0.248 %)CA Clarity
132 (0.248 %)InDesign
132 (0.248 %)ImageReady
132 (0.248 %)SmartSuite
141 (0.124 %)QuarkXPress
141 (0.124 %)RoboHelp
141 (0.124 %)FreeHand
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.870 %)SAP SRM
22 (0.248 %)Staffware
22 (0.248 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.124 %)SAP PS
31 (0.124 %)WebTrends
31 (0.124 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.124 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.124 %)Summit
31 (0.124 %)TIBCO iProcess
31 (0.124 %)SAP GTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1252 (31.30 %)Internet
288 (10.93 %)Extranet
335 (4.348 %)Firewall
430 (3.727 %)WAN
529 (3.602 %)LAN
616 (1.988 %)Ethernet
616 (1.988 %)MPLS
715 (1.863 %)SDH
715 (1.863 %)DNS
715 (1.863 %)VPN
814 (1.739 %)VPLS
814 (1.739 %)TCP/IP
912 (1.491 %)VoIP
1011 (1.366 %)DHCP
119 (1.118 %)DMZ
128 (0.994 %)HTTP
135 (0.621 %)LDAP
144 (0.497 %)Network Security
153 (0.373 %)FTP
162 (0.248 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1128 (15.90 %)SQL Server
243 (5.342 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (2.360 %)MySQL
414 (1.739 %)Datawarehouse
512 (1.491 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
512 (1.491 %)SQL Server 2000
610 (1.242 %)Oracle 10g
79 (1.118 %)BusinessObjects
86 (0.745 %)SQL Server 2008
86 (0.745 %)ETL
95 (0.621 %)DTS
95 (0.621 %)SQL Server Integration Services
95 (0.621 %)IDOL
104 (0.497 %)Crystal Reports
113 (0.373 %)Oracle 9i
113 (0.373 %)PerformancePoint
122 (0.248 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.248 %)Oracle 8/8i
122 (0.248 %)TOAD
122 (0.248 %)EDRMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
143 (5.342 %)Visual Studio
143 (5.342 %)Dreamweaver
211 (1.366 %)Subversion
39 (1.118 %)Eclipse
46 (0.745 %)Selenium
46 (0.745 %)Maven
55 (0.621 %)ClearCase
55 (0.621 %)FrontPage
55 (0.621 %)NUnit
64 (0.497 %)VSS/SourceSafe
64 (0.497 %)Ant
64 (0.497 %)ClearQuest
73 (0.373 %)PowerBuilder
81 (0.124 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.124 %)InterDev
81 (0.124 %)JMeter
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1117 (14.53 %)Finance
2102 (12.67 %)Banking
363 (7.826 %)Government
460 (7.453 %)Investment Banking
540 (4.969 %)Marketing
634 (4.224 %)Publishing
724 (2.981 %)Telecoms
817 (2.112 %)Retail
915 (1.863 %)Legal
1014 (1.739 %)Health
1112 (1.491 %)Law
129 (1.118 %)Multimedia
129 (1.118 %)Graphic Design
138 (0.994 %)Manufacturing
147 (0.870 %)Pensions
147 (0.870 %)Insurance
156 (0.745 %)Back Office
156 (0.745 %)Education
156 (0.745 %)Online Banking
165 (0.621 %)Corporate Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1272 (33.79 %)Developer
2108 (13.42 %)Analyst
372 (8.944 %)SharePoint Developer
455 (6.832 %)Web Developer
552 (6.460 %)Consultant
651 (6.335 %)Designer
749 (6.087 %)Project Manager
846 (5.714 %)Administrator
846 (5.714 %).NET Developer
938 (4.720 %)Architect
1034 (4.224 %)Business Analyst
1133 (4.099 %)C# Developer
1133 (4.099 %)ASP.NET Developer
1228 (3.478 %)Web Designer
1324 (2.981 %)Java Developer
1423 (2.857 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1520 (2.484 %)Senior Developer
1520 (2.484 %)Web Editor
1619 (2.360 %)SharePoint Consultant
1716 (1.988 %)Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (2.609 %)NHS
121 (2.609 %)W3C
213 (1.615 %)Management Information System
213 (1.615 %)Wiki
312 (1.491 %)French Language
410 (1.242 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
59 (1.118 %)Streaming Media
59 (1.118 %)Statistics
68 (0.994 %)Open Source
68 (0.994 %)Data Protection Act
68 (0.994 %)Blog
68 (0.994 %)Social Network
68 (0.994 %)Fixed Income
68 (0.994 %)Derivative
77 (0.870 %)Clustering
85 (0.621 %)Blackberry
85 (0.621 %)Client/Server
85 (0.621 %)FMCG
94 (0.497 %)RIA
94 (0.497 %)Web 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
199 (12.30 %)Windows
232 (3.975 %)Windows Server 2003
331 (3.851 %)UNIX
423 (2.857 %)Linux
511 (1.366 %)Windows XP
69 (1.118 %)Windows Server 2008
76 (0.745 %)Red Hat Linux
85 (0.621 %)Windows 2000
85 (0.621 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.497 %)Windows NT
103 (0.373 %)Windows 2000 Server
112 (0.248 %)SUSE
112 (0.248 %)Solaris
121 (0.124 %)NetWare
121 (0.124 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.124 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1130 (16.15 %)Content Management
268 (8.447 %)Project Management
355 (6.832 %)Workflow
450 (6.211 %)Migration
532 (3.975 %)E-Commerce
532 (3.975 %)Web Development
630 (3.727 %)Resource Management
726 (3.230 %)Web Design
726 (3.230 %)ITIL
824 (2.981 %)Document Management
922 (2.733 %)PRINCE2
1021 (2.609 %)CRM
1120 (2.484 %)Stakeholder Management
1120 (2.484 %)Programme Management
1219 (2.360 %)Agile Software Development
1219 (2.360 %)User Acceptance Testing
1317 (2.112 %)OO
1416 (1.988 %)UML
1515 (1.863 %)Configuration Management
1515 (1.863 %)Load Balancing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1124 (15.40 %)C#
2121 (15.03 %)JavaScript
3108 (13.42 %)SQL
461 (7.578 %)Java
532 (3.975 %)C
629 (3.602 %)VB.NET
723 (2.857 %)PHP
819 (2.360 %)T-SQL
913 (1.615 %)VB
1011 (1.366 %)VBScript
1011 (1.366 %)VBA
1110 (1.242 %)PL/SQL
1110 (1.242 %)C++
128 (0.994 %)Groovy
137 (0.870 %)Python
137 (0.870 %)Perl
137 (0.870 %)ActionScript
137 (0.870 %)VB6
146 (0.745 %)PHP5
154 (0.497 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
150 (6.211 %)Security Cleared
231 (3.851 %)Degree
323 (2.857 %)SC Cleared
415 (1.863 %)Microsoft Certification
513 (1.615 %)MCSE
610 (1.242 %)CTC Cleared
76 (0.745 %)MCTS
83 (0.373 %)ITIL Certification
83 (0.373 %)CNE
83 (0.373 %)Novell Certification
83 (0.373 %)DV Cleared
92 (0.248 %)ISEB
92 (0.248 %)CISSP
92 (0.248 %)Cisco Certification
92 (0.248 %)CCNA
101 (0.124 %)CCDP
101 (0.124 %)CCNP
101 (0.124 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.124 %)Sun Certification
101 (0.124 %)MOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (2.360 %)QA
27 (0.870 %)SLA
32 (0.248 %)WCAG
41 (0.124 %)WAI
41 (0.124 %)MiFID
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
124 (2.981 %)Active Directory
27 (0.870 %)Novell eDirectory
33 (0.373 %)Squid
42 (0.248 %)ISA Server
51 (0.124 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.124 %)AquaLogic
51 (0.124 %)Backup Exec
51 (0.124 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.497 %)OVOW
14 (0.497 %)OpenView
23 (0.373 %)OVPA
32 (0.248 %)MIMEsweeper
32 (0.248 %)CA SiteMinder
41 (0.124 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.124 %)OVIS
41 (0.124 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1110 (13.66 %)Microsoft
258 (7.205 %)Oracle
331 (3.851 %)Cisco
421 (2.609 %)SAP
520 (2.484 %)Adobe
520 (2.484 %)Vignette
618 (2.236 %)Lotus
717 (2.112 %)CheckPoint
816 (1.988 %)Sybase
915 (1.863 %)Nokia
1014 (1.739 %)VMware
1014 (1.739 %)Tridion
1113 (1.615 %)Citrix
1210 (1.242 %)RedDot
139 (1.118 %)Business Objects
148 (0.994 %)TIBCO
148 (0.994 %)Novell
157 (0.870 %)Red Hat
157 (0.870 %)Sun
166 (0.745 %)BEA