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This section looks at the demand for Insightful S-PLUS skills across the UK with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited S-PLUS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsightful S-PLUS
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-652
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads016
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.142 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£370
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£390
UK excluding London average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads903511288
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.92 %11.24 %
Daily rates quoted27033131
Average minimum daily rate£303£313
Average daily rate£323£331
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£284
% change on same period last year+4.40 %
Hourly rates quoted15201925
Average minimum hourly rate£17.74£18.37
Average hourly rate£19.10£19.70
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.46£21.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.61£19.30
% change on same period last year-3.54 %

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.

S-PLUS
Demand Trend

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

S-PLUS Demand Trend

S-PLUS
Daily Rate Trend

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

S-PLUS Daily Rate Trend

S-PLUS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

S-PLUS Hourly Rate Trend

S-PLUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing S-PLUS 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 S-PLUS.

14 (80.00 %)Solaris
23 (60.00 %)UNIX
32 (40.00 %)MS Visio
32 (40.00 %)ISO9001
32 (40.00 %)BS7799
32 (40.00 %)ISO27001
41 (20.00 %)Crossbeam
41 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (20.00 %)VRRP
41 (20.00 %)MATLAB
41 (20.00 %)Service Management
41 (20.00 %)Firewall
41 (20.00 %)Front Office
41 (20.00 %)Back Office
41 (20.00 %)Telecoms
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)Mathematica
41 (20.00 %)Banking
41 (20.00 %)CCSE
41 (20.00 %)PDA
41 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (20.00 %)VPN
41 (20.00 %)SLA
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)HP
41 (20.00 %)Great Plains
41 (20.00 %)Nokia
41 (20.00 %)Red Hat
41 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
41 (20.00 %)Internet

S-PLUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing S-PLUS 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 S-PLUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %).NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Mathematica
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (40.00 %)MS Visio
21 (20.00 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)Great Plains
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)VRRP
11 (20.00 %)Firewall
11 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (20.00 %)VPN
11 (20.00 %)Internet
11 (20.00 %)OSPF
11 (20.00 %)BGP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Front Office
11 (20.00 %)Back Office
11 (20.00 %)Telecoms
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Author
21 (20.00 %)Technical Author
21 (20.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Systems Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
21 (20.00 %)Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Security Analyst
21 (20.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
21 (20.00 %)UNIX Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Linux Systems Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Linux Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Firewall Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)PDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Solaris
23 (60.00 %)UNIX
31 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (20.00 %)HPUX
31 (20.00 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Service Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)SQL
11 (20.00 %)VB.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)CCSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)ISO9001
12 (40.00 %)BS7799
12 (40.00 %)ISO27001
21 (20.00 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Crossbeam
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft
11 (20.00 %)HP
11 (20.00 %)Nokia
11 (20.00 %)Red Hat
11 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
11 (20.00 %)Remedy
11 (20.00 %)Oracle