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The table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Junior in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Junior
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank205199
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads505776
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.714 %0.786 %
As % of the category below0.806 %0.860 %
Daily rates quoted173238
Average minimum daily rate£231£236
Average daily rate£244£247
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£257£259
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£238
% change on same period last year+4.67 %
Hourly rates quoted102123
Average minimum hourly rate£12.67£15.71
Average hourly rate£13.59£17.41
% change on same period last year-21.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.51£19.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.63£15.38
% change on same period last year-11.37 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6268590255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.64 %91.37 %
Daily rates quoted2030627158
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-3.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted57437905
Average minimum hourly rate£22.69£23.71
Average hourly rate£24.19£25.27
% change on same period last year-4.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.70£26.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Junior
Demand Trend

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

Junior Demand Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Trend

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

Junior Daily Rate Trend

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Junior Daily Rate Histogram

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Junior Hourly Rate Trend

Junior
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Junior Hourly Rate Histogram

Junior
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 Junior within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-8476£241-4.09 %
LondonUp+15250£240-5.67 %
South EastDown-1395£203-24.04 %
City of LondonUp+1267£245-5.92 %
North WestDown-227£208+8.90 %
South WestUp+1026£326+28.78 %
East of EnglandUp+826£229-7.77 %
YorkshireUp+1023£259+7.26 %
SurreyUp+1821£300+1.06 %
ScotlandUp+1921£332+128.86 %
West MidlandsUp+416£228-9.70 %
BerkshireUp+1516£156-48.50 %
HampshireUp+1814£169-32.49 %
West YorkshireUp+713£243+17.57 %
ManchesterUp+212--
EdinburghUp+2612£379-
Thames ValleyUp+2010£120-
BristolUp+79£284+6.90 %
EssexUp+89£288+67.47 %
HertfordshireUp+128£147-45.34 %
WiltshireUp+18£386+21.17 %
East SussexUp+78--
OxfordshireDown-87£204+16.66 %
East MidlandsNo change07£183-8.75 %
PortsmouthNo change07--
ReadingDown-96£225-22.94 %
BradfordDown-16£260+48.57 %
CheshireDown-26--
MiddlesexDown-145£340+147.27 %
CambridgeshireUp+155--

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title.

1193 (18.21 %)Finance
2128 (12.08 %).NET
3127 (11.98 %)Windows
4123 (11.60 %)HTML
5119 (11.23 %)Project Management
6113 (10.66 %)SQL
7106 (10.00 %)Microsoft
895 (8.962 %)PRINCE2
994 (8.868 %)ASP.NET
1091 (8.585 %)MS Excel
1190 (8.491 %)Degree
1289 (8.396 %)CSS
1387 (8.208 %)MS Office
1486 (8.113 %)SQL Server
1582 (7.736 %)JavaScript
1582 (7.736 %)C#
1673 (6.887 %)Java
1768 (6.415 %)MS Project
1867 (6.321 %)Banking
1953 (5.000 %)AJAX
2050 (4.717 %)NHS
2149 (4.623 %)J2EE
2149 (4.623 %)Flash
2248 (4.528 %)Marketing
2346 (4.340 %)Business Analysis
2442 (3.962 %)Active Directory
2442 (3.962 %)XML
2540 (3.774 %)Computer Science
2639 (3.679 %)ASP
2735 (3.302 %)Windows XP

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Junior in their job title 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 with Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1128 (12.08 %).NET
2123 (11.60 %)HTML
394 (8.868 %)ASP.NET
489 (8.396 %)CSS
553 (5.000 %)AJAX
649 (4.623 %)J2EE
742 (3.962 %)XML
839 (3.679 %)ASP
920 (1.887 %)XHTML
1012 (1.132 %)WebServices
1111 (1.038 %)Hibernate
1111 (1.038 %)Spring
1210 (0.943 %)JSP
139 (0.849 %)Struts
147 (0.660 %)XSLT
147 (0.660 %)J2SE
147 (0.660 %)LAMP
156 (0.566 %)ASP.NET 2.0
156 (0.566 %)WebSphere
165 (0.472 %)EJB
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (1.981 %)Apache
219 (1.792 %)SharePoint
317 (1.604 %)IIS
415 (1.415 %)MS Exchange
514 (1.321 %)Tomcat
613 (1.226 %)SAS
712 (1.132 %)CMS
87 (0.660 %)JBoss
87 (0.660 %)Lotus Notes
95 (0.472 %)SharePoint Server 2007
104 (0.377 %)Exchange Server 2003
104 (0.377 %)Office Project Server
104 (0.377 %)Lotus Domino
113 (0.283 %)ColdFusion MX
113 (0.283 %)BizTalk Server
113 (0.283 %)ColdFusion
113 (0.283 %)EPiServer
122 (0.189 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.189 %)TeamSite
131 (0.094 %)Content Management Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
191 (8.585 %)MS Excel
287 (8.208 %)MS Office
368 (6.415 %)MS Project
428 (2.642 %)Photoshop
519 (1.792 %)MS Visio
519 (1.792 %)MS PowerPoint
615 (1.415 %)Spreadsheet
615 (1.415 %)Adobe Illustrator
76 (0.566 %)FreeHand
84 (0.377 %)Fireworks
84 (0.377 %)MATLAB
92 (0.189 %)Simulink
92 (0.189 %)Adobe Premiere
101 (0.094 %)Adobe Director
101 (0.094 %)InDesign
101 (0.094 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.094 %)SPSS
101 (0.094 %)QuarkXPress
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.377 %)SAP FI
14 (0.377 %)SAP CRM
14 (0.377 %)SAP FI/CO
14 (0.377 %)SAP CO
23 (0.283 %)Misys Midas
23 (0.283 %)SAP SD
32 (0.189 %)SAP R/3
41 (0.094 %)Navision
41 (0.094 %)SAP HR
41 (0.094 %)MAXIMO
41 (0.094 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (2.264 %)Internet
219 (1.792 %)TCP/IP
316 (1.509 %)Intranet
413 (1.226 %)WAN
512 (1.132 %)LAN
69 (0.849 %)Firewall
75 (0.472 %)VoIP
84 (0.377 %)SAN
93 (0.283 %)FTP
93 (0.283 %)Wireless
102 (0.189 %)IP Telephony
102 (0.189 %)Cisco IPT
102 (0.189 %)Cisco PIX
102 (0.189 %)SMS
102 (0.189 %)ADSL
102 (0.189 %)DHCP
111 (0.094 %)Ethernet
111 (0.094 %)POP3
111 (0.094 %)SMTP
111 (0.094 %)Broadband
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
186 (8.113 %)SQL Server
227 (2.547 %)SQL Server 2005
325 (2.358 %)MySQL
420 (1.887 %)SQL Server 2000
514 (1.321 %)MS Access
68 (0.755 %)Base SAS
76 (0.566 %)BusinessObjects
85 (0.472 %)Datawarehouse
94 (0.377 %)GIS
103 (0.283 %)Data Cleansing
103 (0.283 %)SQL Server 2008
103 (0.283 %)Oracle 10g
103 (0.283 %)SAP BW
103 (0.283 %)DB2
103 (0.283 %)Crystal Reports
103 (0.283 %)Oracle Reports
112 (0.189 %)Oracle 9i
112 (0.189 %)DTS
112 (0.189 %)SQL Server Integration Services
121 (0.094 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
149 (4.623 %)Flash
214 (1.321 %)Dreamweaver
311 (1.038 %)Visual Studio
45 (0.472 %)Ant
45 (0.472 %)JUnit
54 (0.377 %)ClearCase
54 (0.377 %)Subversion
54 (0.377 %)RequisitePro
63 (0.283 %)ClearQuest
63 (0.283 %)TestDirector
63 (0.283 %)FitNesse
63 (0.283 %)FrontPage
72 (0.189 %)Oracle APEX
72 (0.189 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.094 %)Rational Rose
81 (0.094 %)OpenDeploy
81 (0.094 %)Selenium
81 (0.094 %)Log4j
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1193 (18.21 %)Finance
267 (6.321 %)Banking
348 (4.528 %)Marketing
434 (3.208 %)Insurance
531 (2.925 %)Government
627 (2.547 %)Telecoms
725 (2.358 %)Retail
725 (2.358 %)Education
821 (1.981 %)Investment Banking
919 (1.792 %)Games
1017 (1.604 %)Health
1017 (1.604 %)Pensions
1115 (1.415 %)Law
1213 (1.226 %)Advertising
139 (0.849 %)Retail Banking
148 (0.755 %)Local Government
157 (0.660 %)Pharmaceutical
157 (0.660 %)Financial Institution
166 (0.566 %)Front Office
166 (0.566 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
150 (4.717 %)NHS
240 (3.774 %)Computer Science
330 (2.830 %)Derivative
410 (0.943 %)Mathematics
58 (0.755 %)Management Information System
67 (0.660 %)Statistics
76 (0.566 %)Fixed Income
76 (0.566 %)Mainframe
85 (0.472 %)Blackberry
85 (0.472 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.472 %)Credit Derivative
94 (0.377 %)AS400
94 (0.377 %)Life Science
103 (0.283 %)Credit Risk
103 (0.283 %)Multithreading
103 (0.283 %)Handset
103 (0.283 %)Firmware
103 (0.283 %)E-Learning
112 (0.189 %)Equities
112 (0.189 %)VLE
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1127 (11.98 %)Windows
235 (3.302 %)Windows XP
332 (3.019 %)Windows Server 2003
424 (2.264 %)Linux
523 (2.170 %)Windows 2000
523 (2.170 %)UNIX
617 (1.604 %)Solaris
712 (1.132 %)Red Hat Linux
89 (0.849 %)Windows Vista
98 (0.755 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
98 (0.755 %)CentOS
103 (0.283 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.189 %)Windows 2000 Server
121 (0.094 %)Windows Server 2008
121 (0.094 %)Debian
121 (0.094 %)OpenBSD
121 (0.094 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.094 %)Windows NT
121 (0.094 %)OS/400
121 (0.094 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1119 (11.23 %)Project Management
295 (8.962 %)PRINCE2
346 (4.340 %)Business Analysis
428 (2.642 %)Migration
527 (2.547 %)Web Development
623 (2.170 %)ITIL
721 (1.981 %)E-Commerce
820 (1.887 %)Data Analysis
919 (1.792 %)PRINCE
919 (1.792 %)Security Cleared
1017 (1.604 %)Change Management
1017 (1.604 %)Content Management
1116 (1.509 %)Service Delivery
1215 (1.415 %)Agile Software Development
1215 (1.415 %)Test Scripting
1313 (1.226 %)CRM
1412 (1.132 %)OO
1412 (1.132 %)Document Management
1412 (1.132 %)Stakeholder Management
1412 (1.132 %)Web Design
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1113 (10.66 %)SQL
282 (7.736 %)C#
282 (7.736 %)JavaScript
373 (6.887 %)Java
430 (2.830 %)PHP
527 (2.547 %)VB.NET
622 (2.075 %)VBA
721 (1.981 %)ActionScript
820 (1.887 %)VB
919 (1.792 %)C++
1016 (1.509 %)Perl
1016 (1.509 %)Transact-SQL
1112 (1.132 %)C
1210 (0.943 %)Shell Script
137 (0.660 %)PHP5
145 (0.472 %)Python
145 (0.472 %)VBScript
152 (0.189 %)PL/SQL
152 (0.189 %)Delphi
152 (0.189 %)DHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
190 (8.491 %)Degree
228 (2.642 %)PRINCE2 Certification
314 (1.321 %)Microsoft Certification
412 (1.132 %)ISEB
510 (0.943 %)MCSE
66 (0.566 %)ITIL Certification
75 (0.472 %)MCP
75 (0.472 %)CCNA
75 (0.472 %)Cisco Certification
84 (0.377 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
93 (0.283 %)Citrix Certification
93 (0.283 %)HND
102 (0.189 %)MCSA
111 (0.094 %)CISSP
111 (0.094 %)IBM Certification
111 (0.094 %)ACCA
111 (0.094 %)CISM
111 (0.094 %)MBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.038 %)SLA
26 (0.566 %)QA
33 (0.283 %)ISO9001
42 (0.189 %)TickIT
42 (0.189 %)HL7
51 (0.094 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.094 %)BS7799
51 (0.094 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
142 (3.962 %)Active Directory
25 (0.472 %)Backup Exec
25 (0.472 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.189 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
32 (0.189 %)Terminal Server
32 (0.189 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.189 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (0.755 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.377 %)Tivoli
33 (0.283 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
33 (0.283 %)CiscoWorks
33 (0.283 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (0.094 %)MOM
41 (0.094 %)DameWare
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1106 (10.00 %)Microsoft
229 (2.736 %)SAP
328 (2.642 %)Oracle
421 (1.981 %)Cisco
512 (1.132 %)Red Hat
610 (0.943 %)VMware
78 (0.755 %)Mediasurface
78 (0.755 %)Citrix
78 (0.755 %)Lotus
78 (0.755 %)IBM
87 (0.660 %)HP
96 (0.566 %)Business Objects
96 (0.566 %)Cognos
96 (0.566 %)VERITAS
105 (0.472 %)Dell
114 (0.377 %)Sun
114 (0.377 %)Adobe
114 (0.377 %)Sybase
123 (0.283 %)Intel
123 (0.283 %)salesforce.com