Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Subversion skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Subversion over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Development Applications category.

LinkSubversion (SVN)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank132267326
Rank change year-on-year
Up+135Up+59
Matching contract IT job ads616178314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.275 %0.451 %0.382 %
As % of the Development Applications category14.47 %6.314 %4.865 %
Daily rates quoted30178137
Average daily rate£403£301£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.60 %-13.99 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£205£299
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£403£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£290£350
% change year-on-year
+3.440 %-17.14 %
Hourly rates quoted121510
Average hourly rate£37.50£35.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.70£31.60£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.70£35.00£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£35.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
425728196454
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.812 %7.146 %7.852 %
Daily rates quoted20329881988
Average daily rate£375£363£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.230 %-3.130 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£242£270
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£475£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£340£350
% change year-on-year
-11.61 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted199205471
Average hourly rate£34.50£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.150 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£18.75£19.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00£31.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.080 %-9.280 %

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.

Subversion
Demand Trend

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

Subversion Demand Trend

Subversion
Daily Rate Trend

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

Subversion Daily Rate Trend

Subversion
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Subversion within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Subversion Daily Rate Histogram

Subversion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Subversion Hourly Rate Trend

Subversion
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Subversion within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Subversion Hourly Rate Histogram

Subversion
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 Subversion within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
EnglandUp+137598£425+41.07 %
LondonUp+106452£450+38.46 %
City of LondonUp+26152£475+53.22 %
South EastUp+1164£290-3.33 %
South WestUp+1527£338-
SurreyUp+520£400-
HampshireDown-719£250-33.33 %
ScotlandNo change016£320-
MiddlesexUp+614£350-0.70 %
North WestUp+614£275+96.42 %
West MidlandsUp+2313£215-21.81 %
YorkshireUp+1412£293-16.42 %
East of EnglandUp+1312£211-23.87 %
StainesDown-312£375-
West YorkshireNo change011£293-
ManchesterUp+19£275+96.42 %
GlasgowNew entry-9£320-
CambridgeshireUp+68£185-36.20 %
CambridgeNo change08£185-36.20 %
BristolDown-48£331-
RomseyNew entry-8£295-
EdinburghDown-127--
LeedsNew entry-6£285-
WiltshireNew entry-6--
BirminghamUp+65£230-16.36 %
SwindonNew entry-5--
Canary WharfNew entry-5£400-
OxfordshireDown-14£290-
BerkshireDown-54--
BradfordNew entry-4£375-

Subversion
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Subversion 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 Subversion.

1548 (51.02 %)Java
2325 (30.26 %)XML
3316 (29.42 %)SQL
4313 (29.14 %)C#
5286 (26.63 %)Banking
6285 (26.54 %)Oracle
7268 (24.95 %).NET
8265 (24.67 %)JavaScript
9249 (23.18 %)CSS
10244 (22.72 %)Linux
11243 (22.63 %)OO
12231 (21.51 %)Investment Banking
13209 (19.46 %)HTML
14203 (18.90 %)Spring
15191 (17.78 %)Agile Software Development
16189 (17.60 %)Finance
16189 (17.60 %)UNIX
17179 (16.67 %)JUnit
18174 (16.20 %)TDD
18174 (16.20 %)Windows
19172 (16.01 %)AJAX
20171 (15.92 %)Eclipse
20171 (15.92 %)Continuous Integration
21167 (15.55 %)SQL Server
22160 (14.90 %)Maven
23157 (14.62 %)Web Services
24155 (14.43 %)PHP
25151 (14.06 %)Unit Testing
26149 (13.87 %)Tomcat
27146 (13.59 %)Apache

Subversion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Subversion 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 Subversion. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1325 (30.26 %)XML
2268 (24.95 %).NET
3249 (23.18 %)CSS
4209 (19.46 %)HTML
5203 (18.90 %)Spring
6172 (16.01 %)AJAX
7157 (14.62 %)Web Services
8143 (13.31 %)Hibernate
8143 (13.31 %)XHTML
9111 (10.34 %)J2EE
10107 (9.963 %)XSLT
1197 (9.032 %)JSP
1296 (8.939 %)ASP.NET
1389 (8.287 %)WCF
1473 (6.797 %)WPF
1561 (5.680 %)Struts
1659 (5.493 %)NHibernate
1758 (5.400 %)SOAP
1857 (5.307 %)Middleware
1956 (5.214 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1149 (13.87 %)Tomcat
2146 (13.59 %)Apache
366 (6.145 %)CMS
461 (5.680 %)Drupal
551 (4.749 %)Confluence
643 (4.004 %)TIBCO EMS
742 (3.911 %)SharePoint
834 (3.166 %)WebLogic
930 (2.793 %)IIS
1014 (1.304 %)BizTalk Server
1112 (1.117 %)Apache Solr
1211 (1.024 %)Jetty
1310 (0.931 %)WordPress
1310 (0.931 %)Oracle Service Bus
1310 (0.931 %)MQSeries
149 (0.838 %)Oracle Application Server
149 (0.838 %)ESB
158 (0.745 %)SAS
167 (0.652 %)Rendezvous
167 (0.652 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
131 (2.886 %)MS Office
225 (2.328 %)Photoshop
311 (1.024 %)MS Excel
311 (1.024 %)MS PowerPoint
48 (0.745 %)MS Visio
56 (0.559 %)Fireworks
64 (0.372 %)Adobe Illustrator
64 (0.372 %)Quicktime
73 (0.279 %)MATLAB
82 (0.186 %)Spreadsheet
91 (0.093 %)MS Project
91 (0.093 %)Adobe After Effects
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.652 %)LongView
25 (0.466 %)BusinessWorks
25 (0.466 %)Summit
25 (0.466 %)Khalix
25 (0.466 %)AWD
32 (0.186 %)Front Arena
32 (0.186 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.093 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (0.093 %)Google Analytics
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
136 (3.352 %)HTTP
228 (2.607 %)Internet
313 (1.210 %)Intranet
49 (0.838 %)FTP
56 (0.559 %)SSH
56 (0.559 %)Firewall
65 (0.466 %)SMTP
74 (0.372 %)Cisco PIX
74 (0.372 %)AMQP
74 (0.372 %)TCP/IP
83 (0.279 %)SNMP
83 (0.279 %)DNS
92 (0.186 %)SSL
92 (0.186 %)DVB
101 (0.093 %)X.25
101 (0.093 %)DAB
101 (0.093 %)3G
101 (0.093 %)LDAP
101 (0.093 %)Wi-Fi
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1167 (15.55 %)SQL Server
2120 (11.17 %)MySQL
359 (5.493 %)SQL Server 2005
453 (4.935 %)Oracle 10g
530 (2.793 %)Oracle Reports
626 (2.421 %)SQL Server 2000
721 (1.955 %)RDBMS
816 (1.490 %)SQL Server 2008
816 (1.490 %)Datawarehouse
816 (1.490 %)Crystal Reports
913 (1.210 %)BusinessObjects
1012 (1.117 %)SQLPlus
1111 (1.024 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
128 (0.745 %)Oracle 9i
137 (0.652 %)OLAP
137 (0.652 %)Oracle 11g
137 (0.652 %)Oracle OLAP
145 (0.466 %)ETL
154 (0.372 %)PostgreSQL
154 (0.372 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1179 (16.67 %)JUnit
2171 (15.92 %)Eclipse
3160 (14.90 %)Maven
4146 (13.59 %)JIRA
5145 (13.50 %)Ant
6107 (9.963 %)NUnit
785 (7.914 %)Visual Studio
880 (7.449 %)VSS/SourceSafe
974 (6.890 %)ClearCase
1066 (6.145 %)TeamCity
1144 (4.097 %)Selenium
1237 (3.445 %)CruiseControl
1324 (2.235 %)FitNesse
1421 (1.955 %)PVCS
1518 (1.676 %)NCover
1617 (1.583 %)ReSharper
1716 (1.490 %)Team Foundation Server
1716 (1.490 %)ClearQuest
1814 (1.304 %)csUnit
1814 (1.304 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1286 (26.63 %)Banking
2231 (21.51 %)Investment Banking
3189 (17.60 %)Finance
4107 (9.963 %)Front Office
530 (2.793 %)Games
619 (1.769 %)Government
717 (1.583 %)Education
811 (1.024 %)Law
910 (0.931 %)Telecoms
109 (0.838 %)Insurance
118 (0.745 %)Retail
118 (0.745 %)Health
127 (0.652 %)Publishing
136 (0.559 %)Online Banking
145 (0.466 %)Military
145 (0.466 %)Multimedia
145 (0.466 %)Marketing
145 (0.466 %)Online Games
154 (0.372 %)Advertising
154 (0.372 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1788 (73.37 %)Developer
2239 (22.25 %)Java Developer
3176 (16.39 %)C# Developer
4106 (9.870 %)Senior Developer
585 (7.914 %).NET Developer
669 (6.425 %)PHP Developer
759 (5.493 %)Web Developer
848 (4.469 %)GUI Developer
947 (4.376 %)Analyst
1043 (4.004 %)Senior C# Developer
1140 (3.724 %)Senior Java Developer
1236 (3.352 %)Release Manager
1327 (2.514 %)Software Engineer
1426 (2.421 %)Flash Developer
1524 (2.235 %)Software Developer
1622 (2.048 %)J2EE Developer
1721 (1.955 %)Architect
1721 (1.955 %)Configuration Manager
1721 (1.955 %)Analyst Developer
1721 (1.955 %)Java Swing Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1144 (13.41 %)Derivative
264 (5.959 %)Open Source
362 (5.773 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
362 (5.773 %)Interest Rate Derivative
445 (4.190 %)Equities
540 (3.724 %)Multithreading
637 (3.445 %)Equity Derivative
637 (3.445 %)Client/Server
736 (3.352 %)N-Tier
831 (2.886 %)Credit Derivative
929 (2.700 %)W3C
1025 (2.328 %)Computer Science
1121 (1.955 %)Fixed Income
1219 (1.769 %)Wiki
1312 (1.117 %)SaaS
1410 (0.931 %)Credit Risk
159 (0.838 %)STB
168 (0.745 %)Blog
168 (0.745 %)Social Network
168 (0.745 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1244 (22.72 %)Linux
2189 (17.60 %)UNIX
3174 (16.20 %)Windows
467 (6.238 %)Solaris
530 (2.793 %)Windows Server 2003
616 (1.490 %)Red Hat Linux
76 (0.559 %)Debian
84 (0.372 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (0.372 %)Windows XP
93 (0.279 %)Android
93 (0.279 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
102 (0.186 %)Ubuntu
102 (0.186 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.093 %)Windows CE
111 (0.093 %)AIX
111 (0.093 %)HPUX
111 (0.093 %)SUSE
111 (0.093 %)CentOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1243 (22.63 %)OO
2191 (17.78 %)Agile Software Development
3174 (16.20 %)TDD
4171 (15.92 %)Continuous Integration
5151 (14.06 %)Unit Testing
6123 (11.45 %)MVC
792 (8.566 %)Scrum
888 (8.194 %)Web Development
982 (7.635 %)UML
1077 (7.169 %)Configuration Management
1163 (5.866 %)OOD
1248 (4.469 %)Content Management
1346 (4.283 %)OOP
1445 (4.190 %)SOA
1543 (4.004 %)E-Commerce
1634 (3.166 %)Web Design
1634 (3.166 %)Automated Testing
1733 (3.073 %)Pair Programming
1733 (3.073 %)Workflow
1832 (2.980 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1548 (51.02 %)Java
2316 (29.42 %)SQL
3313 (29.14 %)C#
4265 (24.67 %)JavaScript
5155 (14.43 %)PHP
684 (7.821 %)Perl
776 (7.076 %)Shell Script
776 (7.076 %)Python
868 (6.331 %)C++
959 (5.493 %)C
959 (5.493 %)PL/SQL
1048 (4.469 %)ActionScript
1134 (3.166 %)VB
1231 (2.886 %)ActionScript 3.0
1328 (2.607 %)PHP5
1328 (2.607 %)T-SQL
1423 (2.142 %)Ruby
1517 (1.583 %)ActionScript 2.0
1615 (1.397 %)Bash shell
1712 (1.117 %)XAML
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
143 (4.004 %)Security Cleared
229 (2.700 %)Degree
327 (2.514 %)SC Cleared
49 (0.838 %)ISEB
56 (0.559 %)BC Cleared
56 (0.559 %)Sun Certification
63 (0.279 %)DV Cleared
72 (0.186 %)Microsoft Certification
81 (0.093 %)OCP
81 (0.093 %)Oracle Certification
81 (0.093 %)MCP
81 (0.093 %)MCSD
81 (0.093 %)MCPD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
179 (7.356 %)QA
29 (0.838 %)WCAG
33 (0.279 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (0.838 %)VMware Infrastructure
28 (0.745 %)Squid
36 (0.559 %)MSMQ
44 (0.372 %)Oracle RAC
52 (0.186 %)Xen
61 (0.093 %)Active Directory
61 (0.093 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.093 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.093 %)Veritas Cluster Server
61 (0.093 %)Postfix
61 (0.093 %)Sendmail
61 (0.093 %)OpenLDAP
61 (0.093 %)Hadoop
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
124 (2.235 %)AutoSys
27 (0.652 %)YUM
36 (0.559 %)MSI
44 (0.372 %)MOM
52 (0.186 %)Zenoss
52 (0.186 %)Plesk
52 (0.186 %)Tivoli
52 (0.186 %)OpenView Configuration Management
61 (0.093 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.093 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.093 %)HP Quality Center
61 (0.093 %)Data Guard
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1285 (26.54 %)Oracle
2124 (11.55 %)Sybase
381 (7.542 %)TIBCO
480 (7.449 %)Microsoft
542 (3.911 %)Perforce
635 (3.259 %)JBoss
731 (2.886 %)Zend
731 (2.886 %)IBM
827 (2.514 %)Sun
926 (2.421 %)Adobe
1023 (2.142 %)VMware
1117 (1.583 %)Red Hat
1215 (1.397 %)Mercator
1313 (1.210 %)Business Objects
1411 (1.024 %)Informatica
159 (0.838 %)HP
168 (0.745 %)Alterian
177 (0.652 %)Cisco
186 (0.559 %)DataSynapse
186 (0.559 %)MKS