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

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term RIA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RIA 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rich Internet Application (RIA)
Rank 442 457 371
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -86
Contract jobs citing RIA 88 121 228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.190% 0.208% 0.372%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.720% 0.848% 1.319%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 94 136
Average daily rate £545 £475 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.73% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £313 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
+61.53% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £30.75 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year
- -26.78%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 12228 14275 17282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.35% 24.50% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7363 8396 10253
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £251 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 663 728
Average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.49 £12.50 £11.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%

RIA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

RIA Jobs Demand Trend

RIA
Daily Rate Trend

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

RIA Daily Rate Trend

RIA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

RIA Daily Rate Histogram

RIA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

RIA Hourly Rate Trend

RIA
Top 23 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RIA 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 +13 84 £545 +14.73%
London -4 72 £550 +4.76%
Canary Wharf +6 23 £600 +9.09%
City of London +3 9 £533 +1.42%
South West +25 4 £600 +50.00%
Scotland -12 4 £225 -
Swindon - 4 £563 -
Wiltshire - 4 £600 -
North East +16 3 - -
Corsham - 3 £600 -
Durham - 3 - -
South East +23 2 - -
Dundee +7 2 £225 -
West Yorkshire +1 2 £290 -3.33%
Yorkshire -3 2 £290 -3.33%
Leeds -10 2 £290 -3.33%
Glasgow - 2 - -
Berkshire - 2 - -
North West +14 1 £375 -10.23%
Cheshire +6 1 £375 +7.14%
Chester -2 1 £375 +7.14%
West Midlands - 1 £525 -
Birmingham - 1 £525 -

RIA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 89 (53.61%) JavaScript
2 70 (42.17%) Internet
3 60 (36.14%) Agile Software Development
4 58 (34.94%) jQuery
4 58 (34.94%) CSS
5 48 (28.92%) HTML5
5 48 (28.92%) Banking
6 47 (28.31%) C#
7 46 (27.71%) Silverlight
8 44 (26.51%) Finance
9 40 (24.10%) OO
10 39 (23.49%) Java
11 38 (22.89%) Ajax
12 37 (22.29%) CSS3
13 36 (21.69%) SQL Server
14 34 (20.48%) SQL
15 31 (18.67%) E-Commerce
15 31 (18.67%) Investment Banking
16 30 (18.07%) .NET
16 30 (18.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 28 (16.87%) Oracle
17 28 (16.87%) Web Development
18 27 (16.27%) WCF
19 24 (14.46%) UML
20 23 (13.86%) Windows
20 23 (13.86%) DV Cleared
20 23 (13.86%) Security Cleared
21 21 (12.65%) HTML
21 21 (12.65%) Linux
22 20 (12.05%) WPF

RIA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 58 (34.94%) CSS
1 58 (34.94%) jQuery
2 48 (28.92%) HTML5
3 46 (27.71%) Silverlight
4 38 (22.89%) Ajax
5 37 (22.29%) CSS3
6 30 (18.07%) .NET
7 27 (16.27%) WCF
8 21 (12.65%) HTML
9 20 (12.05%) WPF
10 19 (11.45%) Web Services
10 19 (11.45%) XML
11 17 (10.24%) JMS
11 17 (10.24%) GWT
11 17 (10.24%) Apache Flex
11 17 (10.24%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 15 (9.036%) JPA
12 15 (9.036%) EJB 3.0
12 15 (9.036%) EJB
13 14 (8.434%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (7.831%) IIS
1 13 (7.831%) ArcGIS
2 10 (6.024%) Apache
3 6 (3.614%) Documentum
4 4 (2.410%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.205%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.205%) Lightstreamer
6 1 (0.602%) Google App Engine
6 1 (0.602%) CMS
6 1 (0.602%) ESB
6 1 (0.602%) Mule
Applications
1 5 (3.012%) Photoshop
1 5 (3.012%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.807%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.807%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.205%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.205%) MS Project
3 2 (1.205%) MS Office
4 1 (0.602%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.602%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 70 (42.17%) Internet
2 7 (4.217%) HTTP
3 5 (3.012%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (21.69%) SQL Server
2 19 (11.45%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (9.036%) RDBMS
4 9 (5.422%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (4.217%) Sybase ASE
5 7 (4.217%) SQL Server 2000
6 5 (3.012%) GIS
6 5 (3.012%) MySQL
7 2 (1.205%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.205%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (10.24%) Visual Studio
1 17 (10.24%) Maven
2 15 (9.036%) Subversion
3 9 (5.422%) TortoiseSVN
3 9 (5.422%) NMock
4 8 (4.819%) Moq
4 8 (4.819%) MSTest
5 7 (4.217%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (4.217%) TeamCity
5 7 (4.217%) NUnit
6 6 (3.614%) MSBuild
7 4 (2.410%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.807%) Expression Blend
8 3 (1.807%) Axure RP
8 3 (1.807%) GitHub
9 2 (1.205%) JUnit
10 1 (0.602%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.602%) JIRA
10 1 (0.602%) Selenium
10 1 (0.602%) GCC
General
1 48 (28.92%) Banking
2 44 (26.51%) Finance
3 31 (18.67%) Investment Banking
4 7 (4.217%) Front Office
5 6 (3.614%) Back Office
6 3 (1.807%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.807%) Advertising
6 3 (1.807%) Marketing
7 2 (1.205%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.205%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.602%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (0.602%) Games
Job Titles
1 122 (73.49%) Developer
2 26 (15.66%) C# Developer
3 17 (10.24%) Silverlight Developer
4 16 (9.639%) Java Developer
5 13 (7.831%) Software Engineer
6 12 (7.229%) .NET Developer
6 12 (7.229%) JavaScript Developer
7 11 (6.627%) Flex Developer
8 9 (5.422%) Designer
8 9 (5.422%) Software Developer
8 9 (5.422%) Architect
8 9 (5.422%) Consultant
8 9 (5.422%) Programmer
9 8 (4.819%) Software Programmer
9 8 (4.819%) Visual Designer
9 8 (4.819%) C# .NET Developer
10 7 (4.217%) C# Programmer
11 6 (3.614%) Agile C# Developer
11 6 (3.614%) Web Developer
11 6 (3.614%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (8.434%) Credit Risk
3 8 (4.819%) Client/Server
4 7 (4.217%) Web 2.0
5 6 (3.614%) Inversion of Control
5 6 (3.614%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.614%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.012%) Open Source
7 3 (1.807%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.807%) Social Media
8 2 (1.205%) N-Tier
8 2 (1.205%) PMI
8 2 (1.205%) Photography
9 1 (0.602%) Spread Betting
9 1 (0.602%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.602%) Copywriting
9 1 (0.602%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.602%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.602%) Social Gaming
9 1 (0.602%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.86%) Windows
2 21 (12.65%) Linux
3 8 (4.819%) Windows 7
4 5 (3.012%) UNIX
4 5 (3.012%) HPUX
5 1 (0.602%) Android
5 1 (0.602%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (36.14%) Agile Software Development
2 40 (24.10%) OO
3 31 (18.67%) E-Commerce
4 28 (16.87%) Web Development
5 24 (14.46%) UML
6 19 (11.45%) MVVM
7 18 (10.84%) Unit Testing
8 15 (9.036%) Customer Engagement
8 15 (9.036%) OOA/OOD
8 15 (9.036%) Configuration Management
9 13 (7.831%) TDD
10 9 (5.422%) MVC
11 8 (4.819%) OOD
11 8 (4.819%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (4.819%) Information Architecture
12 7 (4.217%) User Experience Design
12 7 (4.217%) Extreme Programming
13 6 (3.614%) DNA
14 5 (3.012%) ITIL
14 5 (3.012%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (53.61%) JavaScript
2 47 (28.31%) C#
3 39 (23.49%) Java
4 34 (20.48%) SQL
5 18 (10.84%) C
6 12 (7.229%) ActionScript
7 9 (5.422%) VBA
8 8 (4.819%) PHP
9 7 (4.217%) VB.NET
9 7 (4.217%) Python
9 7 (4.217%) ActionScript 3.0
10 3 (1.807%) XAML
10 3 (1.807%) Objective-C
10 3 (1.807%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.807%) C++
11 2 (1.205%) Ruby
12 1 (0.602%) XPath
12 1 (0.602%) Smalltalk
12 1 (0.602%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 23 (13.86%) DV Cleared
1 23 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.410%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.205%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.205%) Degree
Vendors
1 28 (16.87%) Oracle
2 15 (9.036%) Sybase
2 15 (9.036%) JBoss
3 13 (7.831%) ESRI
4 12 (7.229%) Microsoft
4 12 (7.229%) Adobe
5 5 (3.012%) Zend
6 2 (1.205%) Telerik
7 1 (0.602%) Omniture
7 1 (0.602%) Google
7 1 (0.602%) Facebook
7 1 (0.602%) Twitter
7 1 (0.602%) Perforce
7 1 (0.602%) IBM
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