Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Statistics over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkStatistics
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank289243351
Rank change year-on-year
Down-46Up+108
Matching contract IT job ads213210285
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.444 %0.531 %0.347 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category1.660 %2.209 %1.630 %
Daily rates quoted683378
Average daily rate£335£350£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.280 %+9.370 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£197£200£210
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£455£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£288£300
% change year-on-year
+4.340 %-4.160 %
Hourly rates quoted163224
Average hourly rate£20.00£17.00£23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-26.08 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.25£11.00£13.10
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£35.00£48.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£14.50£27.00
% change year-on-year
+34.48 %-46.29 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12834950517486
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.74 %24.02 %21.28 %
Daily rates quoted677235156206
Average daily rate£525£425£515
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52 %-17.47 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£225£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£350
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-5.710 %
Hourly rates quoted5888131512
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.46£12.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£40.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.47£22.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
-17.92 %-10.00 %

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.

Statistics
Demand Trend

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

Statistics Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Statistics within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Statistics Daily Rate Histogram

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Statistics within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Statistics Hourly Rate Histogram

Statistics
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-24212£335-7.58 %
LondonDown-24100£415+8.92 %
South EastUp+852£300-4.00 %
City of LondonDown-4429£338-11.87 %
North WestUp+720£290-
BerkshireUp+917£203-34.96 %
CheshireDown-315£290-
MiddlesexUp+210--
West MidlandsDown-410£231+77.88 %
HampshireUp+77£295-21.33 %
HertfordshireDown-167--
East of EnglandDown-287--
ReadingUp+36£188-40.00 %
South WestDown-46£363+31.81 %
WarringtonNew entry-6--
BirminghamUp+75£231+77.88 %
East MidlandsUp+14--
Docklands, LondonNew entry-4--
KentDown-33--
SurreyDown-153£145-
ManchesterDown-163£250-
WiltshireUp+62£445+61.81 %
Milton KeynesNo change02--
BuckinghamshireDown-82--
EpsomNew entry-2--
Alderley EdgeNew entry-2£290-
Canary WharfNew entry-2--
LancashireUp+91--
Tyne and WearUp+71--
North EastUp+31--

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

189 (21.81 %)SQL
284 (20.59 %)Telecoms
373 (17.89 %)2G
461 (14.95 %)3G
557 (13.97 %)SAS
654 (13.24 %)Ericsson
751 (12.50 %)Mathematics
849 (12.01 %)Degree
946 (11.27 %)Oracle
1043 (10.54 %)Finance
1138 (9.314 %)GPRS
1235 (8.578 %)SPSS
1235 (8.578 %)XML
1235 (8.578 %)Marketing
1334 (8.333 %)Banking
1334 (8.333 %)Microsoft
1431 (7.598 %)Government
1530 (7.353 %)Data Analysis
1628 (6.863 %)C++
1727 (6.618 %)Java
1727 (6.618 %)SQL Server
1826 (6.373 %)UNIX
1826 (6.373 %)Education
1925 (6.127 %)MS Access
1925 (6.127 %)C
2024 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
2122 (5.392 %)MS Excel
2221 (5.147 %)MS Office
2221 (5.147 %)Nokia
2221 (5.147 %)Statistical Analysis

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
135 (8.578 %)XML
218 (4.412 %)HTML
313 (3.186 %)Web Services
410 (2.451 %)CSS
58 (1.961 %)STL
58 (1.961 %).NET
63 (0.735 %)ODBC
63 (0.735 %)ASP.NET
63 (0.735 %)Silverlight
63 (0.735 %)MDX
71 (0.245 %)Flash
71 (0.245 %)XHTML
71 (0.245 %)RSS
71 (0.245 %)WDK
71 (0.245 %)WPF
71 (0.245 %)WebSphere
71 (0.245 %).NET Framework
71 (0.245 %)FIX Protocol
71 (0.245 %)Spring
71 (0.245 %)AJAX
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
157 (13.97 %)SAS
27 (1.716 %)SharePoint
34 (0.980 %)CMS
43 (0.735 %)Joomla!
52 (0.490 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.245 %)Documentum
61 (0.245 %)WebLogic
61 (0.245 %)OpenROAD
61 (0.245 %)ArcGIS
61 (0.245 %)ESB
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
135 (8.578 %)SPSS
222 (5.392 %)MS Excel
321 (5.147 %)MS Office
416 (3.922 %)Spreadsheet
59 (2.206 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (1.716 %)MATLAB
76 (1.471 %)MS Visio
84 (0.980 %)Photoshop
92 (0.490 %)CA Clarity
92 (0.490 %)MS Project
101 (0.245 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.245 %)S-PLUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.980 %)WebTrends
23 (0.735 %)Google Analytics
32 (0.490 %)Siebel Analytics
32 (0.490 %)ION MarketView
41 (0.245 %)SAP HR
41 (0.245 %)SAP MDM
41 (0.245 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.245 %)SAP ERP
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
173 (17.89 %)2G
261 (14.95 %)3G
338 (9.314 %)GPRS
420 (4.902 %)Nokia NetAct
518 (4.412 %)GSM
617 (4.167 %)UMTS
711 (2.696 %)BSS
711 (2.696 %)Internet
89 (2.206 %)Intranet
89 (2.206 %)RNC
94 (0.980 %)LAN
103 (0.735 %)FTP
112 (0.490 %)TCP/IP
112 (0.490 %)DNS
112 (0.490 %)DHCP
121 (0.245 %)WCDMA
121 (0.245 %)UTRAN
121 (0.245 %)HSDPA
121 (0.245 %)Firewall
121 (0.245 %)HSPA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (6.618 %)SQL Server
225 (6.127 %)MS Access
316 (3.922 %)BusinessObjects
411 (2.696 %)Datawarehouse
56 (1.471 %)SQL Server Integration Services
56 (1.471 %)Base SAS
56 (1.471 %)Data Mining
65 (1.225 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (0.980 %)OLAP
74 (0.980 %)ETL
74 (0.980 %)Oracle Reports
83 (0.735 %)MySQL
83 (0.735 %)Oracle Discoverer
83 (0.735 %)SAP BW
83 (0.735 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
83 (0.735 %)Text Mining
92 (0.490 %)Database Marketing
92 (0.490 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
92 (0.490 %)Oracle BI EE
92 (0.490 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.490 %)TestDirector
12 (0.490 %)QuickTest Pro
12 (0.490 %)JUnit
12 (0.490 %)ClearCase
21 (0.245 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.245 %)Ant
21 (0.245 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.245 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
184 (20.59 %)Telecoms
243 (10.54 %)Finance
335 (8.578 %)Marketing
434 (8.333 %)Banking
531 (7.598 %)Government
626 (6.373 %)Education
720 (4.902 %)Front Office
817 (4.167 %)Health
817 (4.167 %)Investment Banking
911 (2.696 %)Retail
108 (1.961 %)Local Government
117 (1.716 %)Pharmaceutical
126 (1.471 %)Games
135 (1.225 %)Law
135 (1.225 %)Back Office
144 (0.980 %)Insurance
144 (0.980 %)Military
153 (0.735 %)Retail Banking
162 (0.490 %)Auditing
162 (0.490 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1129 (31.62 %)Analyst
242 (10.29 %)Developer
340 (9.804 %)Data Analyst
423 (5.637 %)RAN Engineer
516 (3.922 %)Business Analyst
615 (3.676 %)Information Analyst
714 (3.431 %)RAN Performance Engineer
714 (3.431 %)Performance Engineer
812 (2.941 %)Team Leader
812 (2.941 %)Java Developer
812 (2.941 %)Software Engineer
812 (2.941 %)RAD Developer
911 (2.696 %)Statistician
911 (2.696 %)VB Developer
109 (2.206 %)Tester
109 (2.206 %)Consultant
109 (2.206 %)RAN Configuration Engineer
109 (2.206 %)Configuration Engineer
109 (2.206 %)SAS Analyst
118 (1.961 %)Quality Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
151 (12.50 %)Mathematics
219 (4.657 %)Economics
314 (3.431 %)Derivative
314 (3.431 %)Computer Science
413 (3.186 %)Market Risk
512 (2.941 %)NHS
611 (2.696 %)Smart Meter
79 (2.206 %)Management Information System
88 (1.961 %)Data Protection Act
97 (1.716 %)Visualisation
97 (1.716 %)Life Science
106 (1.471 %)Credit Risk
106 (1.471 %)Equities
115 (1.225 %)Taxonomies
115 (1.225 %)French Language
124 (0.980 %)Physics
124 (0.980 %)Data Extraction
124 (0.980 %)Data Integration
133 (0.735 %)E-Learning
133 (0.735 %)Informatics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
126 (6.373 %)UNIX
212 (2.941 %)Windows
31 (0.245 %)AIX
31 (0.245 %)Solaris
31 (0.245 %)Windows 2000
31 (0.245 %)Windows XP
31 (0.245 %)VMS
31 (0.245 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.245 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (0.245 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (0.245 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (7.353 %)Data Analysis
221 (5.147 %)Statistical Analysis
319 (4.657 %)Business Intelligence
417 (4.167 %)Project Management
514 (3.431 %)ITIL
514 (3.431 %)RAD
612 (2.941 %)Content Management
710 (2.451 %)Service Management
89 (2.206 %)Data Management
98 (1.961 %)Data Protection
98 (1.961 %)Performance Management
98 (1.961 %)Stakeholder Management
98 (1.961 %)Data Modelling
98 (1.961 %)UML
107 (1.716 %)B2C
107 (1.716 %)Validation
107 (1.716 %)Service Delivery
107 (1.716 %)Regression Testing
107 (1.716 %)Stress Testing
107 (1.716 %)Security Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
189 (21.81 %)SQL
228 (6.863 %)C++
327 (6.618 %)Java
425 (6.127 %)C
517 (4.167 %)JavaScript
517 (4.167 %)VB
611 (2.696 %)VBA
710 (2.451 %)Assembly Language
88 (1.961 %)T-SQL
88 (1.961 %)C#
95 (1.225 %)Perl
95 (1.225 %)PHP
102 (0.490 %)SAS Macro
102 (0.490 %)VC++
111 (0.245 %)Python
111 (0.245 %)VB.NET
111 (0.245 %)ActionScript
111 (0.245 %)PL/SQL
111 (0.245 %)ActionScript 2.0
111 (0.245 %)Lua
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
149 (12.01 %)Degree
224 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
314 (3.431 %)DV Cleared
412 (2.941 %)SC Cleared
58 (1.961 %)PhD
66 (1.471 %)Postgraduate
74 (0.980 %)ECDL
82 (0.490 %)CFA
82 (0.490 %)ISTQB
82 (0.490 %)CIMA
82 (0.490 %)ISEB
82 (0.490 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.245 %)Cisco Certification
91 (0.245 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.431 %)SLA
26 (1.471 %)QA
34 (0.980 %)Basel II
43 (0.735 %)GCP
51 (0.245 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (1.471 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.490 %)SCOM
21 (0.245 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.245 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.245 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
154 (13.24 %)Ericsson
246 (11.27 %)Oracle
334 (8.333 %)Microsoft
421 (5.147 %)Nokia
518 (4.412 %)Lucent
617 (4.167 %)SAP
716 (3.922 %)Alcatel
716 (3.922 %)Business Objects
86 (1.471 %)Omniture
86 (1.471 %)Nortel
95 (1.225 %)Remedy
104 (0.980 %)Google
104 (0.980 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
104 (0.980 %)Bloomberg
104 (0.980 %)Adobe
113 (0.735 %)Siebel
113 (0.735 %)Cisco
113 (0.735 %)Netezza
122 (0.490 %)ION Trading
122 (0.490 %)Teradata