Music Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Music in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Music over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Music
Rank 445 474 534
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +60
Contract jobs citing Music 85 104 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.183% 0.178% 0.088%
As % of the General category 0.429% 0.395% 0.177%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 28
Average daily rate £350 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £329 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.54% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
Average hourly rate £18.50 £13.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.03% +12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £96.75 - -
All of the General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 19828 26337 30581
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 42.73% 45.19% 49.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11931 15662 18317
Average daily rate £450 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -15.00%
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 649 749 923
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.00 £11.22
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £42.50 £41.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%

Music
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Music Jobs Demand Trend

Music
Daily Rate Trend

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

Music Daily Rate Trend

Music
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Music within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Music Daily Rate Histogram

Music
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Music Hourly Rate Trend

Music
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Music within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Music Hourly Rate Histogram

Music
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Music within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +25 81 £350 -
London -6 74 £350 -
City of London +1 9 £450 +28.57%
South East +28 5 £425 -
Berkshire - 3 £425 -
Manchester - 2 - -
Chiswick - 2 £375 -
Scotland - 2 £225 -
Glasgow - 2 £225 -
Reading - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
Middlesex - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Newbury - 1 £425 -
Brighton - 1 - -

Music
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Music 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.

1 34 (26.56%) Agile Software Development
2 30 (23.44%) SQL
3 27 (21.09%) Java
4 24 (18.75%) Degree
4 24 (18.75%) Android
5 22 (17.19%) Music Industry
5 22 (17.19%) JavaScript
6 20 (15.63%) OO
6 20 (15.63%) HTTP
6 20 (15.63%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (15.63%) Data Protection
7 18 (14.06%) HTML
7 18 (14.06%) CSS
7 18 (14.06%) Mobile App
8 17 (13.28%) Web Services
8 17 (13.28%) Handset
8 17 (13.28%) Automated Testing
9 16 (12.50%) C#
9 16 (12.50%) Apple iOS
10 15 (11.72%) E-Commerce
11 14 (10.94%) SQL Server
11 14 (10.94%) Continuous Integration
11 14 (10.94%) Digital Media
12 13 (10.16%) XML
12 13 (10.16%) Project Management
13 12 (9.375%) Software Engineering
13 12 (9.375%) Business Analysis
14 11 (8.594%) Computer Science
14 11 (8.594%) Finance
14 11 (8.594%) .NET

Music
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Music 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (14.06%) HTML
1 18 (14.06%) CSS
2 17 (13.28%) Web Services
3 13 (10.16%) XML
4 11 (8.594%) .NET
4 11 (8.594%) ASP.NET
5 9 (7.031%) jQuery
5 9 (7.031%) RESTful
6 7 (5.469%) HTML5
6 7 (5.469%) Ajax
7 5 (3.906%) .NET Framework
8 4 (3.125%) JSON
8 4 (3.125%) iOS SDK
8 4 (3.125%) REST
8 4 (3.125%) Spring
8 4 (3.125%) Flash
9 3 (2.344%) WAP
9 3 (2.344%) Ruby on Rails
9 3 (2.344%) DHTML
9 3 (2.344%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.125%) Amazon AWS
2 3 (2.344%) Drupal
3 2 (1.563%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.563%) Joomla!
3 2 (1.563%) Apache
3 2 (1.563%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.563%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.781%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.781%) CMS
4 1 (0.781%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.781%) IIS
4 1 (0.781%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.781%) SAS
4 1 (0.781%) Magento
Applications
1 7 (5.469%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.125%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.125%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.344%) MS Office
3 3 (2.344%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.781%) InDesign
4 1 (0.781%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.781%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.781%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.781%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.63%) HTTP
2 4 (3.125%) Internet
3 3 (2.344%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (2.344%) GPRS
3 3 (2.344%) GSM
3 3 (2.344%) UMTS
4 1 (0.781%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.94%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.813%) MySQL
3 5 (3.906%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.125%) Big Data
5 3 (2.344%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.563%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.563%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.563%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.563%) TOAD
6 2 (1.563%) Star Schema
6 2 (1.563%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.563%) SAP BI
7 1 (0.781%) Oracle OWB
7 1 (0.781%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.781%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (0.781%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.781%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.781%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.781%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (5.469%) Eclipse
2 5 (3.906%) Xcode
3 3 (2.344%) Subversion
4 2 (1.563%) Maven
4 2 (1.563%) JIRA
4 2 (1.563%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.563%) RSpec
4 2 (1.563%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.563%) Hudson
4 2 (1.563%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.563%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.781%) Synon
5 1 (0.781%) COOL2E
5 1 (0.781%) Robotium
5 1 (0.781%) Jasmine
General
1 22 (17.19%) Music Industry
2 11 (8.594%) Finance
3 10 (7.813%) Marketing
4 9 (7.031%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.469%) Games
6 6 (4.688%) Legal
7 3 (2.344%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.344%) French Language
8 2 (1.563%) Publishing
8 2 (1.563%) Retail
8 2 (1.563%) Electronics
8 2 (1.563%) Automotive
9 1 (0.781%) Advertising
9 1 (0.781%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 67 (52.34%) Developer
2 27 (21.09%) Analyst
3 22 (17.19%) Business Analyst
4 14 (10.94%) Android Developer
5 11 (8.594%) Mobile Developer
6 9 (7.031%) iOS Developer
7 7 (5.469%) Applications Developer
8 6 (4.688%) Senior Developer
8 6 (4.688%) Python Developer
8 6 (4.688%) Agile Business Analyst
8 6 (4.688%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 5 (3.906%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.906%) C# Developer
10 4 (3.125%) Test Engineer
10 4 (3.125%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.125%) Product Manager
10 4 (3.125%) PHP Developer
11 3 (2.344%) Senior Product Manager
11 3 (2.344%) PPC Specialist
11 3 (2.344%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.63%) Data Protection Act
2 18 (14.06%) Mobile App
3 17 (13.28%) Handset
4 14 (10.94%) Digital Media
5 11 (8.594%) Computer Science
6 9 (7.031%) iPhone
7 8 (6.250%) iPad
7 8 (6.250%) Streaming Music
8 6 (4.688%) Social Media
9 4 (3.125%) Economics
10 3 (2.344%) Blackberry
10 3 (2.344%) BBC
10 3 (2.344%) Animation
11 2 (1.563%) Photography
11 2 (1.563%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.563%) New Media
11 2 (1.563%) Streaming Video
11 2 (1.563%) Visualisation
12 1 (0.781%) iSeries
12 1 (0.781%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.75%) Android
2 16 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 10 (7.813%) Windows
3 10 (7.813%) Linux
4 7 (5.469%) UNIX
5 5 (3.906%) Windows Phone
6 3 (2.344%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (1.563%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.56%) Agile Software Development
2 20 (15.63%) OO
2 20 (15.63%) Data Protection
3 17 (13.28%) Automated Testing
4 15 (11.72%) E-Commerce
5 14 (10.94%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (10.16%) Project Management
7 12 (9.375%) Software Engineering
7 12 (9.375%) Business Analysis
8 10 (7.813%) Content Management
8 10 (7.813%) ETL
8 10 (7.813%) CRM
9 8 (6.250%) TDD
10 7 (5.469%) Workflow
11 6 (4.688%) Data Modelling
11 6 (4.688%) SOA
12 5 (3.906%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (3.906%) MVC
12 5 (3.906%) Web Development
13 4 (3.125%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.44%) SQL
2 27 (21.09%) Java
3 22 (17.19%) JavaScript
4 16 (12.50%) C#
5 10 (7.813%) Python
6 9 (7.031%) Objective-C
7 8 (6.250%) PHP
8 7 (5.469%) T-SQL
9 6 (4.688%) Ruby
10 3 (2.344%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.344%) C
10 3 (2.344%) ActionScript
10 3 (2.344%) C++
11 2 (1.563%) Perl
11 2 (1.563%) VB
11 2 (1.563%) ABAP
11 2 (1.563%) XPath
11 2 (1.563%) Clojure
11 2 (1.563%) Groovy
11 2 (1.563%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) Degree
2 1 (0.781%) OCP
2 1 (0.781%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (0.781%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.688%) QA
2 1 (0.781%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.781%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.781%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.781%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (7.031%) Google
2 8 (6.250%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.688%) Oracle
4 4 (3.125%) Facebook
5 3 (2.344%) SAP
6 2 (1.563%) Adobe
6 2 (1.563%) Twitter
6 2 (1.563%) Rackspace
6 2 (1.563%) BT
6 2 (1.563%) Syncfusion
6 2 (1.563%) Tableau
7 1 (0.781%) DataFlux
7 1 (0.781%) Informatica
7 1 (0.781%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.781%) Quark
7 1 (0.781%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.781%) Sony
7 1 (0.781%) Cognos
7 1 (0.781%) Business Objects
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