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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for HTML skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTML 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 Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

 Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank313431
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Down-3
Matching contract IT job ads8488146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire3.763 %3.721 %4.079 %
As % of the Application Development category17.28 %23.78 %20.08 %
Daily rates quoted283339
Average daily rate£275£270£290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.850 %-6.890 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£140£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£325£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£250£300
% change year-on-year
--16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted7413
Average hourly rate£36.00£17.85£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+101.68 %-40.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£14.86£16.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£29.10£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£20.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-27.27 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
486370727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire21.77 %15.64 %20.31 %
Daily rates quoted184113189
Average daily rate£300£325£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£233£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£425£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted351452
Average hourly rate£36.25£33.00£38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.840 %-13.15 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£15.70£26.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
HTML South EastHTML
South East

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.

HTML
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HTML across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire HTML Demand Trend

HTML
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HTML across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire HTML Daily Rate Trend

HTML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTML across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire HTML Daily Rate Histogram

HTML
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HTML across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire HTML Hourly Rate Trend

HTML
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTML across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire HTML Hourly Rate Histogram

HTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTML within the Berkshire region 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
ReadingDown-229£285-5.00 %
NewburyUp+19£225-25.00 %
SloughUp+46£291-
BracknellNew entry-6£225-
MaidenheadUp+61£190-
HTML South EastHTML
South East

HTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HTML 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 HTML.

1106 (63.47 %)CSS
295 (56.89 %)JavaScript
354 (32.34 %)XML
449 (29.34 %).NET
547 (28.14 %)XHTML
643 (25.75 %)PHP
738 (22.75 %)AJAX
837 (22.16 %)ASP.NET
934 (20.36 %)SQL
1031 (18.56 %)jQuery
1130 (17.96 %)MySQL
1228 (16.77 %)SQL Server
1327 (16.17 %)Linux
1327 (16.17 %)LAMP
1426 (15.57 %)CMS
1426 (15.57 %)C#
1525 (14.97 %)Java
1525 (14.97 %)ASP
1525 (14.97 %)Flash
1624 (14.37 %)Drupal
1723 (13.77 %)Web Development
1723 (13.77 %)Apache
1822 (13.17 %)XSLT
1921 (12.57 %)OO
2018 (10.78 %)Microsoft
2117 (10.18 %)Red Hat
2117 (10.18 %)Telecoms
2117 (10.18 %)Content Management
2117 (10.18 %)Red Hat Linux
2216 (9.581 %)Adobe

HTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HTML 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 HTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1106 (63.47 %)CSS
254 (32.34 %)XML
349 (29.34 %).NET
447 (28.14 %)XHTML
538 (22.75 %)AJAX
637 (22.16 %)ASP.NET
731 (18.56 %)jQuery
827 (16.17 %)LAMP
925 (14.97 %)ASP
925 (14.97 %)Flash
1022 (13.17 %)XSLT
1114 (8.383 %)Web Services
1213 (7.784 %)JSP
137 (4.192 %)Microformats
137 (4.192 %)JSON
145 (2.994 %)Silverlight
145 (2.994 %)WCF
145 (2.994 %).NET Framework
145 (2.994 %)Servlets
154 (2.395 %)Adobe Flex
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (15.57 %)CMS
224 (14.37 %)Drupal
323 (13.77 %)Apache
416 (9.581 %)Tomcat
59 (5.389 %)SharePoint
67 (4.192 %)DotNetNuke
67 (4.192 %)IIS
75 (2.994 %)SharePoint Server 2007
75 (2.994 %)ArcGIS
83 (1.796 %)Joomla!
92 (1.198 %)SAS
92 (1.198 %)Umbraco
92 (1.198 %)Sitecore CMS
92 (1.198 %)EPiServer
92 (1.198 %)WordPress
101 (0.599 %)SharePoint Portal Server
101 (0.599 %)TYPO3
101 (0.599 %)LiveLink
101 (0.599 %)WebLogic
101 (0.599 %)Lotus Notes
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (5.389 %)Photoshop
27 (4.192 %)MS Visio
36 (3.593 %)Adobe Illustrator
45 (2.994 %)InDesign
54 (2.395 %)MS Excel
62 (1.198 %)SPSS
62 (1.198 %)Fireworks
62 (1.198 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.599 %)PeopleSoft Financials
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (5.988 %)Extranet
25 (2.994 %)Internet
33 (1.796 %)HTTP
42 (1.198 %)SMTP
42 (1.198 %)Intranet
42 (1.198 %)SMPP
42 (1.198 %)RNC
51 (0.599 %)IMAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (17.96 %)MySQL
228 (16.77 %)SQL Server
313 (7.784 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (2.994 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (2.994 %)GIS
53 (1.796 %)Datawarehouse
53 (1.796 %)Data Mining
53 (1.796 %)BusinessObjects
62 (1.198 %)BusinessObjects XI
71 (0.599 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.599 %)DB2
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (6.587 %)Visual Studio
27 (4.192 %)Dreamweaver
36 (3.593 %)Subversion
42 (1.198 %)Eclipse
42 (1.198 %)WinRunner
42 (1.198 %)QuickTest Pro
42 (1.198 %)LoadRunner
42 (1.198 %)Expression Blend
51 (0.599 %)Flex Builder
51 (0.599 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (0.599 %)Fiddler
51 (0.599 %)NUnit
51 (0.599 %)Ant
51 (0.599 %)PeopleTools
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (10.18 %)Telecoms
29 (5.389 %)Finance
37 (4.192 %)Marketing
45 (2.994 %)Publishing
45 (2.994 %)Interactive Media
52 (1.198 %)Education
52 (1.198 %)Government
61 (0.599 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.599 %)Health
61 (0.599 %)Advertising
61 (0.599 %)Games
61 (0.599 %)Retail
61 (0.599 %)Multimedia
61 (0.599 %)Billing
61 (0.599 %)Back Office
61 (0.599 %)Automotive
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1121 (72.46 %)Developer
238 (22.75 %)Web Developer
325 (14.97 %).NET Developer
419 (11.38 %)PHP Developer
518 (10.78 %)ASP.NET Developer
613 (7.784 %)Architect
711 (6.587 %)C# Developer
89 (5.389 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
89 (5.389 %)Drupal Developer
89 (5.389 %)Designer
98 (4.790 %)HTML Developer
107 (4.192 %)VB.NET Developer
107 (4.192 %)Website Developer
107 (4.192 %)JavaScript Developer
116 (3.593 %)Consultant
116 (3.593 %)Java Developer
116 (3.593 %)CSS Developer
125 (2.994 %)Front-End Developer
125 (2.994 %)Siebel Architect
125 (2.994 %)Web Designer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (4.790 %)Open Source
22 (1.198 %)N-Tier
22 (1.198 %)Statistics
22 (1.198 %)Computer Science
31 (0.599 %)iPhone
31 (0.599 %)Dependency Injection
31 (0.599 %)Mashup
31 (0.599 %)Web 2.0
31 (0.599 %)E-Learning
31 (0.599 %)Interactive TV
31 (0.599 %)STB
31 (0.599 %)W3C
31 (0.599 %)EFT
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
127 (16.17 %)Linux
217 (10.18 %)Red Hat Linux
311 (6.587 %)Windows
47 (4.192 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (2.994 %)Windows 2000 Server
55 (2.994 %)Windows XP
62 (1.198 %)UNIX
71 (0.599 %)Android
71 (0.599 %)MVS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (13.77 %)Web Development
221 (12.57 %)OO
317 (10.18 %)Content Management
413 (7.784 %)UML
510 (5.988 %)E-Commerce
510 (5.988 %)Migration
67 (4.192 %)Web Design
76 (3.593 %)Project Management
76 (3.593 %)CRM
85 (2.994 %)Information Architecture
85 (2.994 %)Systems Analysis
85 (2.994 %)Use Case
85 (2.994 %)Release Management
94 (2.395 %)B2C
94 (2.395 %)SEO
94 (2.395 %)MVC
94 (2.395 %)Statistical Analysis
103 (1.796 %)Web Accessibility
103 (1.796 %)Test Scripting
103 (1.796 %)Requirements Analysis
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
195 (56.89 %)JavaScript
243 (25.75 %)PHP
334 (20.36 %)SQL
426 (15.57 %)C#
525 (14.97 %)Java
612 (7.186 %)PHP5
711 (6.587 %)VB
711 (6.587 %)VB.NET
89 (5.389 %)Python
95 (2.994 %)T-SQL
104 (2.395 %)ActionScript
104 (2.395 %)Perl
104 (2.395 %)ActionScript 2.0
113 (1.796 %)ActionScript 3.0
113 (1.796 %)VBA
113 (1.796 %)C
122 (1.198 %)VBScript
131 (0.599 %)Objective-C
131 (0.599 %)JCL
131 (0.599 %)PL/1
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (2.994 %)Degree
15 (2.994 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (1.796 %)MCTS
32 (1.198 %)MCAD
32 (1.198 %)MCSD
32 (1.198 %)ISTQB
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.796 %)QA
21 (0.599 %)WAI
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (1.796 %)Nagios
13 (1.796 %)OpenView
21 (0.599 %)Netcool/Proviso
21 (0.599 %)Netcool
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (10.78 %)Microsoft
217 (10.18 %)Red Hat
316 (9.581 %)Adobe
410 (5.988 %)Oracle
56 (3.593 %)Zend
65 (2.994 %)Siebel
73 (1.796 %)Business Objects
73 (1.796 %)Informatica
82 (1.198 %)HP
82 (1.198 %)Macromedia
82 (1.198 %)Omniture
82 (1.198 %)Sitecore
91 (0.599 %)Cramer
91 (0.599 %)PeopleSoft
91 (0.599 %)TIBCO
91 (0.599 %)Remedy
91 (0.599 %)Nokia
91 (0.599 %)Lotus
91 (0.599 %)BEA
91 (0.599 %)Apple