Top Ten IT Contracts by Hourly Rate
The information below allows you to identify the level of demand for particular IT skills with a guide to average rates offered. The IT jobs market data is continually updated and provided by ITJobsWatch.
Top ten skills by hourly rate for contractors
| Rank | IT Skill | IT Jobs Proportion | Average Hourly Rates | Average Daily Rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL Database Developer | 0.025 % | £175.00 | £450 |
| 2 | Data Manager | 0.26 % | £140.00 | £450 |
| 3 | IT Manager | 0.059 % | £127.50 | £355 |
| 4 | PPC Specialist | 0.008 % | £125.00 | £125 |
| 5 | PPC Manager | 0.008 % | £125.00 | £125 |
| 6 | PPC Analyst | 0.008 % | £125.00 | £125 |
| 7 | Applications Tester | 0.055 % | £100.00 | £425 |
| 8 | Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant | 0.14 % | £70.00 | £450 |
| 9 | SAP BI Consultant | 0.057 % | £70.00 | £450 |
| 10 | Integration Consultant | 0.095 % | £67.05 | £463 |
Top ten application development skills by hourly rate for contractors
| Rank | IT Skill | IT Jobs Proportion | Average Hourly Rates | Average Daily Rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qt | 0.019 % | £67.50 | £300 |
| 2 | Lucene | 0.079 % | £65.00 | £405 |
| 3 | YUI | 0.079 % | £65.00 | £300 |
| 4 | EDI | 0.14 % | £61.25 | £448 |
| 5 | JMS | 0.78 % | £60.00 | £475 |
| 6 | SAP BSP | 0.034 % | £60.00 | £475 |
| 7 | Velocity | 0.091 % | £55.00 | £445 |
| 8 | Java EE | 0.49 % | £46.25 | £450 |
| 9 | Spring | 2.12 % | £45.13 | £450 |
| 10 | WPF | 1.17 % | £45.00 | £525 |
Top ten database & business intelligence skills by hourly rate for contractors
| Rank | IT Skill | IT Jobs Proportion | Average Hourly Rates | Average Daily Rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAP BI | 0.21 % | £70.00 | £450 |
| 2 | Oracle 11g | 1.28 % | £45.00 | £400 |
| 3 | Oracle 10g | 1.02 % | £42.50 | £400 |
| 4 | TOAD | 0.27 % | £41.25 | £375 |
| 5 | DataStage | 0.29 % | £40.00 | £400 |
| 6 | Oracle 9i | 0.21 % | £39.50 | £400 |
| 7 | SQL Server 2005 | 2.09 % | £37.50 | £350 |
| 8 | SQL Server 2000 | 0.54 % | £37.50 | £350 |
| 9 | Xcelsius | 0.12 % | £36.00 | £400 |
| 10 | PostgreSQL | 0.13 % | £35.50 | £338 |
Top ten operating system skills by hourly rate for contractors
| Rank | IT Skill | IT Jobs Proportion | Average Hourly Rates | Average Daily Rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIX | 0.91 % | £41.00 | £425 |
| 2 | HPUX | 0.37 % | £41.00 | £363 |
| 3 | Embedded Linux | 0.13 % | £41.00 | £313 |
| 4 | VxWorks | 0.042 % | £36.50 | £314 |
| 5 | Android | 1.02 % | £36.00 | £340 |
| 6 | Ubuntu | 0.11 % | £35.50 | £350 |
| 7 | Linux | 5.38 % | £35.00 | £400 |
| 8 | Apple iOS | 0.66 % | £30.00 | £325 |
| 9 | Solaris | 1.75 % | £29.00 | £411 |
| 10 | UNIX | 6.05 % | £27.50 | £425 |
Top ten programming languages by hourly rate for contractors
| Rank | IT Skill | IT Jobs Proportion | Average Hourly Rates | Average Daily Rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABAP | 0.41 % | £60.00 | £450 |
| 2 | Groovy | 0.19 % | £42.50 | £450 |
| 3 | PL/SQL | 2.10 % | £40.00 | £400 |
| 4 | PowerShell | 0.61 % | £40.00 | £353 |
| 5 | Korn | 0.26 % | £40.00 | £410 |
| 6 | GLSL | 0.009 % | £40.00 | - |
| 7 | XPath | 0.24 % | £39.00 | £425 |
| 8 | Perl | 1.70 % | £38.00 | £411 |
| 9 | Progress 4GL | 0.030 % | £38.00 | £325 |
| 10 | RPG | 0.070 % | £37.50 | £400 |
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