Motif Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Motif skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Motif over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Motif
Location Edinburgh Scotland UK	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	587	617
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	1	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	0.006 %	0.146 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£250
Average daily rate	-	£275
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£275
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	14
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.29
Average hourly rate	-	£31.79
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£31.79
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development UK
Matching contract IT job ads	17751	21916
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	23.41 %	23.25 %
Daily rates quoted	5849	6599
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£375
Average daily rate	£380	£401
% change on same period last year	-5.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£426
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	1005	1382
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.09	£30.91
Average hourly rate	£32.48	£33.30
% change on same period last year	-2.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.88	£35.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %

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.

Motif
Demand Trend

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

Motif
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 2 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Motif within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Edinburgh	-	1	-	-
Scotland	-	1	-	-

Motif
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Motif 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 Motif.

1 10 (90.91 %) C++ 2 8 (72.73 %) Security Cleared 2 8 (72.73 %) UML 3 6 (54.55 %) Solaris 3 6 (54.55 %) Visual Studio 3 6 (54.55 %) VxWorks 4 5 (45.45 %) XML 5 4 (36.36 %) Government 5 4 (36.36 %) Degree 6 3 (27.27 %) Military 6 3 (27.27 %) Telecoms 6 3 (27.27 %) OO 6 3 (27.27 %) .NET 7 2 (18.18 %) VC++ 8 1 (9.091 %) Flash

8 1 (9.091 %) RSS 8 1 (9.091 %) Client/Server 8 1 (9.091 %) Unix 8 1 (9.091 %) Windows 8 1 (9.091 %) Linux 8 1 (9.091 %) C 8 1 (9.091 %) CSS 8 1 (9.091 %) DHTML 8 1 (9.091 %) HTML 8 1 (9.091 %) JavaScript 8 1 (9.091 %) Computer Science 8 1 (9.091 %) Unit Testing 8 1 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 8 1 (9.091 %) Software Engineering 8 1 (9.091 %) DoubleClick

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Motif 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 Motif. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 5 (45.45 %) XML 2 3 (27.27 %) .NET 3 1 (9.091 %) CSS 3 1 (9.091 %) RSS 3 1 (9.091 %) X-Windows 3 1 (9.091 %) HTML	Development Applications 1 6 (54.55 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (9.091 %) Flash
General 1 4 (36.36 %) Government 2 3 (27.27 %) Military 2 3 (27.27 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 9 (81.82 %) Software Engineer 2 4 (36.36 %) C++ Software Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) C Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) Client/Server 1 1 (9.091 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 6 (54.55 %) Solaris 1 6 (54.55 %) VxWorks 2 1 (9.091 %) Linux 2 1 (9.091 %) Unix 2 1 (9.091 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (72.73 %) UML 1 8 (72.73 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (27.27 %) OO 3 1 (9.091 %) Configuration Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Software Engineering 3 1 (9.091 %) Unit Testing 3 1 (9.091 %) SC Cleared	Programming Languages 1 10 (90.91 %) C++ 2 2 (18.18 %) VC++ 3 1 (9.091 %) C 3 1 (9.091 %) DHTML 3 1 (9.091 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 4 (36.36 %) Degree	Vendors 1 1 (9.091 %) DoubleClick