Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MATLAB over the 3 months to 19 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 Applications category.

LinkThe MathWorks MATLAB
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank397335514
Rank change year-on-year
Down-62Up+179
Matching contract IT job ads9610686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.199 %0.269 %0.105 %
As % of the Applications category1.786 %2.317 %0.896 %
Daily rates quoted1844
Average daily rate£325£275£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18 %-22.80 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£60£176£288
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£508£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£230£350£288
% change year-on-year
-34.28 %+21.73 %
Hourly rates quoted405821
Average hourly rate£25.25£34.75£34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.33 %+2.200 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.50£32.35£32.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.05£37.25£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£33.86£33.50
% change year-on-year
-25.42 %+1.070 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
537645749602
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.13 %11.60 %11.68 %
Daily rates quoted228413102759
Average daily rate£325£320£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.560 %-1.530 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£160£163£165
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£520£475£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£310£300
% change year-on-year
-12.90 %+3.330 %
Hourly rates quoted6808581776
Average hourly rate£15.50£16.00£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.120 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£10.39£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.50£35.00£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£15.00£15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %-

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.

MATLAB
Demand Trend

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

MATLAB Demand Trend

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend

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

MATLAB Daily Rate Trend

MATLAB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

MATLAB Daily Rate Histogram

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

MATLAB Hourly Rate Histogram

MATLAB
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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-5496£325+18.18 %
East of EnglandUp+3640£230-
LondonDown-4237£388+93.75 %
EssexNew entry-21--
CambridgeshireUp+1914£230-
City of LondonDown-5713£325-43.47 %
CambridgeUp+911£230-
South EastDown-69--
HertfordshireUp+77--
BristolDown-417--
South WestDown-507--
BerkshireUp+94--
StevenageDown-73--
HampshireDown-42--
PortsmouthNew entry-2--
West SussexNew entry-2--
West MidlandsUp+111--
WarwickshireDown-51--

MATLAB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MATLAB 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 MATLAB.

155 (41.98 %)Simulink
248 (36.64 %)C
335 (26.72 %)C++
434 (25.95 %)Automotive
529 (22.14 %)Finance
622 (16.79 %)UML
719 (14.50 %)SQL
817 (12.98 %)Java
817 (12.98 %)Validation
916 (12.21 %)SQL Server
1015 (11.45 %)Degree
1113 (9.924 %)Configuration Management
1113 (9.924 %)C#
1113 (9.924 %)Oracle
1113 (9.924 %)ClearCase
1212 (9.160 %)PhD
1212 (9.160 %)VB
1212 (9.160 %)Windows
1212 (9.160 %)Credit Risk
1311 (8.397 %)VBA
1311 (8.397 %)Perl
1311 (8.397 %)Ada
1410 (7.634 %)Banking
1410 (7.634 %)Wireless
1410 (7.634 %)MS Visio
159 (6.870 %)SAS
159 (6.870 %)PHP
159 (6.870 %)XML
159 (6.870 %)Linux
159 (6.870 %)Basel II

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MATLAB 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 MATLAB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19 (6.870 %)XML
26 (4.580 %).NET
34 (3.053 %).NET Framework
42 (1.527 %)ODBC
42 (1.527 %)JDBC
42 (1.527 %)WinForms
42 (1.527 %)CPAN
51 (0.763 %)Middleware
51 (0.763 %)J2EE
51 (0.763 %)HTML
51 (0.763 %)CSS
51 (0.763 %)Java RMI
51 (0.763 %)AJAX
51 (0.763 %)Adobe Flex
51 (0.763 %)Silverlight
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (6.870 %)SAS
21 (0.763 %)Mathematica
21 (0.763 %)WebLogic
21 (0.763 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
155 (41.98 %)Simulink
210 (7.634 %)MS Visio
34 (3.053 %)Stateflow
43 (2.290 %)SPSS
52 (1.527 %)MS Excel
61 (0.763 %)MS Project
61 (0.763 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.763 %)FINCAD Analytics
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (7.634 %)Wireless
25 (3.817 %)3GPP
25 (3.817 %)OFDM
25 (3.817 %)LTE
32 (1.527 %)CDMA
32 (1.527 %)WCDMA
32 (1.527 %)TDMA
32 (1.527 %)Internet
41 (0.763 %)TETRA
41 (0.763 %)Broadband
41 (0.763 %)WiMAX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (12.21 %)SQL Server
26 (4.580 %)Datawarehouse
32 (1.527 %)ETL
32 (1.527 %)TOAD
32 (1.527 %)RDBMS
32 (1.527 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.763 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.763 %)Data Mining
41 (0.763 %)Oracle Reports
41 (0.763 %)WebFOCUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (9.924 %)ClearCase
27 (5.344 %)AccuRev
33 (2.290 %)Subversion
42 (1.527 %)JIRA
42 (1.527 %)Eclipse
42 (1.527 %)LabVIEW
42 (1.527 %)ClearQuest
51 (0.763 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.763 %)ARTiSAN
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
134 (25.95 %)Automotive
229 (22.14 %)Finance
310 (7.634 %)Banking
46 (4.580 %)Investment Banking
46 (4.580 %)Military
46 (4.580 %)Aerospace
55 (3.817 %)Electronics
55 (3.817 %)Telecoms
55 (3.817 %)Front Office
63 (2.290 %)Electric
63 (2.290 %)Retail
63 (2.290 %)Insurance
63 (2.290 %)Avionics
72 (1.527 %)Marketing
72 (1.527 %)Manufacturing
72 (1.527 %)Education
72 (1.527 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.763 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
131 (23.66 %)Developer
226 (19.85 %)Software Engineer
317 (12.98 %)Analyst
415 (11.45 %)Integration Engineer
514 (10.69 %)Software Integration Engineer
514 (10.69 %)Systems Engineer
611 (8.397 %)DSP Engineer
710 (7.634 %)Diagnostic Engineer
87 (5.344 %)Configuration Manager
87 (5.344 %)Software Manager
87 (5.344 %)Software Configuration Manager
96 (4.580 %)Credit Risk Analyst
96 (4.580 %)Quantitative Analyst
105 (3.817 %)Quantitative Developer
105 (3.817 %)Credit Analyst
114 (3.053 %)Research Engineer
114 (3.053 %)Risk Analyst
114 (3.053 %).NET Developer
114 (3.053 %)VB.NET Developer
114 (3.053 %)Software Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (9.160 %)Credit Risk
27 (5.344 %)Handset
27 (5.344 %)Statistics
36 (4.580 %)Derivative
36 (4.580 %)Economics
45 (3.817 %)Fixed Income
45 (3.817 %)Mathematics
54 (3.053 %)Market Risk
54 (3.053 %)Computer Science
63 (2.290 %)VHDL
63 (2.290 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
63 (2.290 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
63 (2.290 %)Credit Derivative
72 (1.527 %)Firmware
72 (1.527 %)Equities
81 (0.763 %)Grid Computing
81 (0.763 %)Equity Derivative
81 (0.763 %)Physics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (9.160 %)Windows
29 (6.870 %)Linux
34 (3.053 %)UNIX
41 (0.763 %)AIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (16.79 %)UML
217 (12.98 %)Validation
313 (9.924 %)Configuration Management
47 (5.344 %)Software Engineering
56 (4.580 %)Financial Modelling
56 (4.580 %)OO
56 (4.580 %)OOP
65 (3.817 %)Monte Carlo Method
74 (3.053 %)Asset Management
83 (2.290 %)Project Management
83 (2.290 %)Quantitative Analysis
92 (1.527 %)System Testing
92 (1.527 %)Numerical Analysis
92 (1.527 %)Predictive Analytics
92 (1.527 %)Problem Management
92 (1.527 %)Data Analysis
92 (1.527 %)Statistical Analysis
92 (1.527 %)Business Analysis
92 (1.527 %)Operations Research
92 (1.527 %)OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
148 (36.64 %)C
235 (26.72 %)C++
319 (14.50 %)SQL
417 (12.98 %)Java
513 (9.924 %)C#
612 (9.160 %)VB
711 (8.397 %)VBA
711 (8.397 %)Perl
711 (8.397 %)Ada
89 (6.870 %)PHP
97 (5.344 %)Assembly Language
106 (4.580 %)VB.NET
106 (4.580 %)T-SQL
106 (4.580 %)Delphi
113 (2.290 %)PL/SQL
113 (2.290 %)Python
122 (1.527 %)Bash shell
122 (1.527 %)Ruby
122 (1.527 %)VC++
122 (1.527 %)Embedded C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (11.45 %)Degree
212 (9.160 %)PhD
35 (3.817 %)Security Cleared
44 (3.053 %)SC Cleared
51 (0.763 %)Postgraduate
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (6.870 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.763 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (9.924 %)Oracle
26 (4.580 %)Siemens
26 (4.580 %)Sybase
32 (1.527 %)Xilinx
32 (1.527 %)Microsoft
32 (1.527 %)EMC
41 (0.763 %)Reuters
41 (0.763 %)VMware
41 (0.763 %)Motorola
41 (0.763 %)JBoss