The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Kindle in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Kindle over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Amazon Kindle
Rank 500 542 574
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +32
Contract jobs citing Kindle 29 42 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.063% 0.072% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.236% 0.294% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 26 9
Average daily rate £415 £525 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.95% +81.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £250 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £400 £290
% change year-on-year
-28.12% +37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £13.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £13.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12308 14298 17184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.53% 24.52% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7390 8376 10196
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 536 662 725
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.15 £45.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%

Kindle
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Kindle within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Kindle Jobs Demand Trend

Kindle
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kindle Daily Rate Trend

Kindle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Kindle within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kindle Daily Rate Histogram

Kindle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kindle Hourly Rate Trend

Kindle
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kindle within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +33 29 £415 -20.95%
London +31 24 £425 -20.93%
City of London +2 14 £425 -20.93%
South East +11 3 £288 -28.12%
Hampshire -13 3 £288 -28.12%
Portsmouth - 3 £288 -
North West - 2 £160 -
Manchester - 2 £160 -

Kindle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Kindle 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 Kindle.

1 42 (80.77%) ISO 9001
2 29 (55.77%) HTML
3 26 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 26 (50.00%) CSS
4 21 (40.38%) XML
4 21 (40.38%) Oracle
5 20 (38.46%) Finance
6 19 (36.54%) Java
6 19 (36.54%) SQL
7 17 (32.69%) XSLT
8 14 (26.92%) J2EE
8 14 (26.92%) Banking
9 13 (25.00%) E-Commerce
10 12 (23.08%) .NET
10 12 (23.08%) Degree
10 12 (23.08%) QA
10 12 (23.08%) jQuery
11 11 (21.15%) JUnit
11 11 (21.15%) Oracle 8/8i
12 10 (19.23%) Lotus Notes
12 10 (19.23%) Windows
12 10 (19.23%) JSP
12 10 (19.23%) Struts
12 10 (19.23%) EJB
12 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
12 10 (19.23%) C#
12 10 (19.23%) Lotus
12 10 (19.23%) JSON
12 10 (19.23%) Intershop
12 10 (19.23%) TDD

Kindle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Kindle 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 Kindle. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (55.77%) HTML
2 26 (50.00%) CSS
3 21 (40.38%) XML
4 17 (32.69%) XSLT
5 14 (26.92%) J2EE
6 12 (23.08%) .NET
6 12 (23.08%) jQuery
7 10 (19.23%) JSP
7 10 (19.23%) Struts
7 10 (19.23%) EJB
7 10 (19.23%) JSON
7 10 (19.23%) REST
8 7 (13.46%) CAML
8 7 (13.46%) Web Services
9 5 (9.615%) WebSphere
10 4 (7.692%) Spring
11 2 (3.846%) LAMP
11 2 (3.846%) Ajax
11 2 (3.846%) ASP
12 1 (1.923%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (19.23%) Lotus Notes
2 8 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 8 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (9.615%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (7.692%) Apache
5 3 (5.769%) CMS
6 2 (3.846%) Kentico
7 1 (1.923%) IIS
7 1 (1.923%) Joomla!
7 1 (1.923%) WordPress
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.31%) Intranet
2 2 (3.846%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.15%) Oracle 8/8i
2 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
3 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (9.615%) RDBMS
3 5 (9.615%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (7.692%) Data Mining
4 4 (7.692%) OLTP
4 4 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (7.692%) OLAP
4 4 (7.692%) MySQL
4 4 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.846%) Oracle OLAP
5 2 (3.846%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (3.846%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 11 (21.15%) JUnit
2 5 (9.615%) Subversion
3 2 (3.846%) Git (software)
3 2 (3.846%) PHPUnit
3 2 (3.846%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.923%) MSI
4 1 (1.923%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.923%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (1.923%) NUnit
4 1 (1.923%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.923%) WiX
4 1 (1.923%) MSBuild
General
1 20 (38.46%) Finance
2 14 (26.92%) Banking
3 5 (9.615%) Investment Banking
4 3 (5.769%) Front Office
4 3 (5.769%) Retail
5 1 (1.923%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.923%) Marketing
5 1 (1.923%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 36 (69.23%) Developer
2 14 (26.92%) Java Developer
3 8 (15.38%) Analyst
4 7 (13.46%) SharePoint Developer
5 5 (9.615%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 5 (9.615%) Systems Developer
5 5 (9.615%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.846%) Junior
6 2 (3.846%) SQL Developer
6 2 (3.846%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (3.846%) SQL Server Developer
6 2 (3.846%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (3.846%) Web Developer
6 2 (3.846%) Test Manager
6 2 (3.846%) Test Analyst
7 1 (1.923%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (1.923%) Programme Manager
7 1 (1.923%) Coordinator
7 1 (1.923%) Programme Test Manager
7 1 (1.923%) Integration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) Fixed Income
2 3 (5.769%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.846%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.846%) Social Media
4 1 (1.923%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.23%) Windows
2 5 (9.615%) Linux
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 10 (19.23%) TDD
2 10 (19.23%) MVC
2 10 (19.23%) Unit Testing
3 9 (17.31%) OOP
4 8 (15.38%) Document Management
5 7 (13.46%) OO
6 6 (11.54%) Web Development
7 5 (9.615%) Release Management
8 4 (7.692%) Data Modelling
8 4 (7.692%) ETL
8 4 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (7.692%) Data Security
9 3 (5.769%) Technical Architecture
9 3 (5.769%) ITSM
9 3 (5.769%) Asset Management
10 2 (3.846%) Test Management
10 2 (3.846%) Web Design
10 2 (3.846%) Business Analysis
11 1 (1.923%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 19 (36.54%) Java
2 19 (36.54%) SQL
3 10 (19.23%) C#
4 8 (15.38%) PHP
5 7 (13.46%) PL/SQL
6 2 (3.846%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.846%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (23.08%) Degree
2 5 (9.615%) ISEB
2 5 (9.615%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.923%) MCSE
3 1 (1.923%) LPIC
3 1 (1.923%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (80.77%) ISO 9001
2 12 (23.08%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.923%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (40.38%) Oracle
2 10 (19.23%) Lotus
2 10 (19.23%) Intershop
2 10 (19.23%) Sony
3 5 (9.615%) Microsoft
4 4 (7.692%) hybris
4 4 (7.692%) IBM
4 4 (7.692%) Calypso
4 4 (7.692%) ATG
5 2 (3.846%) Cadis
5 2 (3.846%) Alterian
5 2 (3.846%) Zend
5 2 (3.846%) Charles River
6 1 (1.923%) SunGard
6 1 (1.923%) Adobe
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