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The table below looks at the demand for Spanish Language skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spanish Language over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSpanish Language
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank460535
Rank change on same period last yearUp+75
Matching contract IT job ads99131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.139 %0.132 %
As % of the category below0.659 %0.630 %
Daily rates quoted922
Average minimum daily rate£324£322
Average daily rate£328£336
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£280
% change on same period last year+12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted2942
Average minimum hourly rate£13.86£11.97
Average hourly rate£15.66£13.06
% change on same period last year+19.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.46£14.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£10.91£11.93
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1501420800
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.14 %21.02 %
Daily rates quoted57647279
Average minimum daily rate£434£464
Average daily rate£466£497
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£499£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted12241663
Average minimum hourly rate£24.11£23.82
Average hourly rate£26.00£25.73
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.89£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %

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.

Spanish Language
Demand Trend

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

Spanish Language Demand Trend

Spanish Language
Daily Rate Trend

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

Spanish Language Daily Rate Trend

Spanish Language
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Spanish Language Daily Rate Histogram

Spanish Language
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Spanish Language Hourly Rate Trend

Spanish Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Spanish Language Hourly Rate Histogram

Spanish Language
Top 25 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+4886£328-2.48 %
LondonUp+8747£344-17.60 %
South EastUp+3627£315+17.57 %
City of LondonDown-314--
BerkshireUp+3012£338+25.63 %
SloughUp+1611£338-
BuckinghamshireUp+2410--
MaidenheadUp+169--
Milton KeynesUp+49--
North WestDown-218--
Thames ValleyNew entry-4£300-
ManchesterDown-253--
CheshireUp+63--
BromleyUp+23--
West MidlandsUp+153--
GlasgowUp+263--
ScotlandUp+273--
Canary WharfNew entry-2£250-
ReadingUp+11--
ChesterDown-11--
HorshamNew entry-1--
RedditchNew entry-1--
MerseysideDown-171--
West SussexUp+141--
WorcestershireNew entry-1--

Spanish Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spanish Language 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 Spanish Language.

1123 (44.57 %)French Language
2102 (36.96 %)Italian Language
389 (32.25 %)German Language
465 (23.55 %)Finance
544 (15.94 %)Telecoms
639 (14.13 %)Microsoft
736 (13.04 %)MS Office
736 (13.04 %)Windows
835 (12.68 %)Danish Language
835 (12.68 %)Dutch Language
835 (12.68 %)Finnish Language
835 (12.68 %)Swedish Language
933 (11.96 %)Banking
1032 (11.59 %)Norwegian Language
1130 (10.87 %)MS Excel
1228 (10.14 %)Project Management
1228 (10.14 %)Portuguese Language
1325 (9.058 %)Greek Language
1325 (9.058 %)Arabic Language
1422 (7.971 %)Migration
1521 (7.609 %)LAN
1620 (7.246 %)SAP
1620 (7.246 %)User Acceptance Testing
1718 (6.522 %)SLA
1817 (6.159 %)Windows 2000
1916 (5.797 %)Windows XP
1916 (5.797 %)Internet
1916 (5.797 %)MPLS
1916 (5.797 %)Remedy
2015 (5.435 %)RDBMS

Spanish Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spanish Language 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 Spanish Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (1.087 %).NET
22 (0.725 %)HTML
22 (0.725 %)SAP XI
31 (0.362 %)EDI
31 (0.362 %)BAPI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (5.072 %)MS Exchange
25 (1.812 %)CICS
32 (0.725 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (13.04 %)MS Office
230 (10.87 %)MS Excel
313 (4.710 %)MS PowerPoint
46 (2.174 %)CATIA
46 (2.174 %)MS Project
55 (1.812 %)CA Clarity
61 (0.362 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.449 %)SAP HR
23 (1.087 %)SAP SD
32 (0.725 %)SAP FI
32 (0.725 %)SAP MM
32 (0.725 %)SAP PS
32 (0.725 %)SAP FI/CO
32 (0.725 %)SAP CO
41 (0.362 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.362 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.362 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (7.609 %)LAN
216 (5.797 %)Internet
216 (5.797 %)MPLS
315 (5.435 %)WAN
412 (4.348 %)SMTP
412 (4.348 %)VPN
412 (4.348 %)Extranet
412 (4.348 %)ATM
412 (4.348 %)Frame Relay
511 (3.986 %)DNS
68 (2.899 %)2G
74 (1.449 %)GSM
83 (1.087 %)Wireless
92 (0.725 %)ISDN
92 (0.725 %)TCP/IP
92 (0.725 %)CTI
101 (0.362 %)Intranet
101 (0.362 %)SAN
101 (0.362 %)GPRS
101 (0.362 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (5.435 %)RDBMS
23 (1.087 %)BusinessObjects
23 (1.087 %)PowerCenter
23 (1.087 %)Crystal Reports
23 (1.087 %)DB2
32 (0.725 %)OLAP
32 (0.725 %)Oracle OLAP
32 (0.725 %)Data Cleansing
32 (0.725 %)SQL Server
32 (0.725 %)Oracle 9i
32 (0.725 %)Datawarehouse
32 (0.725 %)ETL
41 (0.362 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.362 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.362 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.087 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
165 (23.55 %)Finance
244 (15.94 %)Telecoms
333 (11.96 %)Banking
48 (2.899 %)Retail
57 (2.536 %)Legal
66 (2.174 %)Electric
66 (2.174 %)Aerospace
75 (1.812 %)Financial Institution
84 (1.449 %)Education
84 (1.449 %)Manufacturing
84 (1.449 %)Billing
84 (1.449 %)Marketing
92 (0.725 %)Retail Banking
92 (0.725 %)International Banking
92 (0.725 %)Investment Banking
92 (0.725 %)Advertising
92 (0.725 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.362 %)Health
101 (0.362 %)Insurance
101 (0.362 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
196 (34.78 %)Analyst
249 (17.75 %)Helpdesk Analyst
338 (13.77 %)Project Manager
425 (9.058 %)Consultant
524 (8.696 %)Author
524 (8.696 %)Technical Author
622 (7.971 %)Support Analyst
622 (7.971 %)Helpdesk Support
720 (7.246 %)Business Analyst
818 (6.522 %)Service Analyst
818 (6.522 %)Service Desk Analyst
818 (6.522 %)Systems Analyst
917 (6.159 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
1013 (4.710 %)Business Systems Analyst
119 (3.261 %)Ericsson Engineer
127 (2.536 %)Administrator
127 (2.536 %)SAP Consultant
136 (2.174 %)SAP Trainer
136 (2.174 %)Trainer
136 (2.174 %)Telecoms Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1123 (44.57 %)French Language
2102 (36.96 %)Italian Language
389 (32.25 %)German Language
435 (12.68 %)Swedish Language
435 (12.68 %)Danish Language
435 (12.68 %)Dutch Language
435 (12.68 %)Finnish Language
532 (11.59 %)Norwegian Language
628 (10.14 %)Portuguese Language
725 (9.058 %)Greek Language
725 (9.058 %)Arabic Language
813 (4.710 %)PMI
98 (2.899 %)Russian Language
107 (2.536 %)Mainframe
114 (1.449 %)Blackberry
114 (1.449 %)IBM Mainframe
114 (1.449 %)Japanese Language
114 (1.449 %)Polish Language
123 (1.087 %)Bulgarian Language
132 (0.725 %)Czech Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (13.04 %)Windows
217 (6.159 %)Windows 2000
316 (5.797 %)Windows XP
414 (5.072 %)UNIX
59 (3.261 %)Linux
61 (0.362 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.362 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (10.14 %)Project Management
222 (7.971 %)Migration
320 (7.246 %)User Acceptance Testing
411 (3.986 %)Business Intelligence
58 (2.899 %)Change Management
58 (2.899 %)Project Planning
67 (2.536 %)ERP
76 (2.174 %)PRINCE2
76 (2.174 %)Time Management
76 (2.174 %)Fault Management
85 (1.812 %)Incident Management
94 (1.449 %)PRINCE
94 (1.449 %)Workflow
103 (1.087 %)Data Management
103 (1.087 %)Six Sigma
103 (1.087 %)E-Commerce
112 (0.725 %)ITIL
112 (0.725 %)CRM
112 (0.725 %)Stakeholder Management
112 (0.725 %)Requirements Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (3.623 %)SQL
26 (2.174 %)C++
35 (1.812 %)COBOL
35 (1.812 %)JCL
44 (1.449 %)ABAP
44 (1.449 %)C
44 (1.449 %)C#
53 (1.087 %)JavaScript
53 (1.087 %)VB.NET
62 (0.725 %)SAPscript
62 (0.725 %)Shell Script
62 (0.725 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.362 %)Transact-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (3.261 %)PMI Certification
28 (2.899 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (1.812 %)Degree
44 (1.449 %)MCSE
53 (1.087 %)MCSA
62 (0.725 %)PMP
71 (0.362 %)MCP
71 (0.362 %)ISEB
71 (0.362 %)SAP Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (6.522 %)SLA
23 (1.087 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.362 %)COBIT
31 (0.362 %)GMP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (2.536 %)Active Directory
17 (2.536 %)Terminal Server
21 (0.362 %)NetBackup
21 (0.362 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.725 %)OpenView
12 (0.725 %)Netcool
12 (0.725 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
12 (0.725 %)BMC PATROL
21 (0.362 %)Legato
21 (0.362 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
139 (14.13 %)Microsoft
220 (7.246 %)SAP
316 (5.797 %)Remedy
49 (3.261 %)Citrix
49 (3.261 %)Ericsson
58 (2.899 %)BMC
67 (2.536 %)Oracle
67 (2.536 %)Cisco
75 (1.812 %)IBM
83 (1.087 %)Business Objects
83 (1.087 %)Nokia
83 (1.087 %)Peregrine
83 (1.087 %)Siemens
92 (0.725 %)Dell
92 (0.725 %)Trillium
92 (0.725 %)Infovista
101 (0.362 %)Murex
101 (0.362 %)Actuate
101 (0.362 %)JD Edwards