The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Music Industry in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Music Industry over the 3 months to 21 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 General 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Music Industry
Rank 526 565 576
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +11
Contract jobs citing Music Industry 14 16 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.027% 0.007%
As % of the General category 0.069% 0.060% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 3
Average daily rate £350 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +13.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £175.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £175.00 - -
All of the General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
20215 26470 30022
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 42.82% 45.28% 49.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 12136 15741 18001
Average daily rate £450 £430 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.65% -14.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 672 755 902
Average hourly rate £24.90 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.66% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.98 £42.50 £42.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%

Music Industry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Music Industry Jobs Demand Trend

Music Industry
Daily Rate Trend

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

Music Industry Daily Rate Trend

Music Industry
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Music Industry within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Music Industry Daily Rate Histogram

Music Industry
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Music Industry Hourly Rate Trend

Music Industry
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Music Industry within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +42 13 £350 -5.40%
London +13 13 £350 -5.40%
City of London - 3 £450 -

Music Industry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Music Industry 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 Music Industry.

1 21 (100.00%) Music
2 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (28.57%) Degree
3 6 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 5 (23.81%) SQL
4 5 (23.81%) Digital Media
5 4 (19.05%) User Stories
5 4 (19.05%) MySQL
5 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (19.05%) E-Commerce
5 4 (19.05%) Handset
5 4 (19.05%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
5 4 (19.05%) Android
6 3 (14.29%) iPhone
6 3 (14.29%) iPad
6 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) Google
6 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
6 3 (14.29%) Objective-C
6 3 (14.29%) Eclipse
6 3 (14.29%) Java
6 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (9.524%) Automated Testing
7 2 (9.524%) Windows Phone
7 2 (9.524%) Windows
7 2 (9.524%) HTTP
7 2 (9.524%) UML
7 2 (9.524%) Xcode
8 1 (4.762%) Cocoa

Music Industry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Music Industry 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 Music Industry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) Cocoa
1 1 (4.762%) OpenGL
1 1 (4.762%) CSS
1 1 (4.762%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (4.762%) Silverlight
1 1 (4.762%) HTML5
1 1 (4.762%) Cocoa Touch
1 1 (4.762%) Node.js
1 1 (4.762%) iOS SDK
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) HTTP
2 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) MySQL
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) TOAD
2 1 (4.762%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (4.762%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.762%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Eclipse
2 2 (9.524%) Xcode
3 1 (4.762%) Cucumber
3 1 (4.762%) RSpec
General
1 21 (100.00%) Music
2 1 (4.762%) Electronics
2 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.762%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Developer
2 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Product Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Agile Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Android Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Product Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 3 (14.29%) iOS Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Applications Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.762%) DBA
5 1 (4.762%) Applications Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Development DBA
5 1 (4.762%) Oracle Development DBA
5 1 (4.762%) Ruby on Rails Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Digital Media
2 4 (19.05%) Handset
2 4 (19.05%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (14.29%) iPhone
3 3 (14.29%) iPad
3 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.762%) BBC
4 1 (4.762%) Podcast
4 1 (4.762%) Social Network
4 1 (4.762%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Android
2 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 2 (9.524%) Windows Phone
3 2 (9.524%) Windows
4 1 (4.762%) Linux
4 1 (4.762%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 4 (19.05%) User Stories
3 4 (19.05%) E-Commerce
3 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 2 (9.524%) Automated Testing
5 2 (9.524%) UML
6 1 (4.762%) OO
6 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.762%) TDD
6 1 (4.762%) Use Case
6 1 (4.762%) Release Management
6 1 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (4.762%) BDD
6 1 (4.762%) Web Development
6 1 (4.762%) Market Research
6 1 (4.762%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) Objective-C
2 3 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (4.762%) Python
3 1 (4.762%) C#
3 1 (4.762%) PHP
3 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.762%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle