The first table below looks at the demand for TAPI skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TAPI over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Development 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing TAPI 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893 14967 16509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.60% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8051 8793 9618
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 385 569
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.15 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

TAPI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

TAPI Jobs Demand Trend

TAPI
Daily Rate Trend

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

TAPI Daily Rate Trend

TAPI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TAPI Hourly Rate Trend

TAPI
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TAPI 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 TAPI.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
1 3 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
1 3 (100.00%) Telerik
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
1 3 (100.00%) Google Maps API
1 3 (100.00%) DevExpress
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server

TAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing TAPI 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 TAPI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
1 3 (100.00%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) GIS
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Telerik
1 3 (100.00%) DevExpress