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This section looks at the demand for Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HTML over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2334
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads200195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.264 %0.194 %
As % of the category below27.93 %18.90 %
Daily rates quoted5546
Average minimum daily rate£262£317
Average daily rate£286£335
% change on same period last year-14.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£300
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
Hourly rates quoted2030
Average minimum hourly rate£34.13£29.77
Average hourly rate£35.10£30.88
% change on same period last year+13.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.08£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.42£27.45
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7161032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.945 %1.028 %
Daily rates quoted189249
Average minimum daily rate£295£322
Average daily rate£320£336
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted5895
Average minimum hourly rate£36.14£36.08
Average hourly rate£37.88£37.28
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.63£38.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
HTML South EastHTML
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 20 August 2008.

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 20 August 2008.

Berkshire HTML Hourly Rate Histogram

HTML
Contract Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+881£299-9.39 %
SloughUp+2050£250-34.45 %
MaidenheadUp+69£350-12.50 %
WindsorUp+34£250-
BracknellNo change03--
NewburyUp+131--
WokinghamNo change01--
HTML South EastHTML
South East

HTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1192 (53.33 %)JavaScript
2177 (49.17 %)XML
3161 (44.72 %)CSS
4111 (30.83 %)SQL
598 (27.22 %).NET
693 (25.83 %)ASP.NET
788 (24.44 %)XHTML
887 (24.17 %)SQL Server
975 (20.83 %)Java
1070 (19.44 %)ASP
1169 (19.17 %)XSL
1263 (17.50 %)Photoshop
1362 (17.22 %)JSP
1455 (15.28 %)Content Management
1554 (15.00 %)Windows
1554 (15.00 %)DHTML
1653 (14.72 %)Web Development
1750 (13.89 %)VB.NET
1849 (13.61 %)Flash
1946 (12.78 %)Transact-SQL
2044 (12.22 %)CMS
2143 (11.94 %)Microsoft
2241 (11.39 %)PHP
2340 (11.11 %)VB
2340 (11.11 %)AJAX
2438 (10.56 %)C#
2537 (10.28 %)InterDev
2633 (9.167 %)Adobe Illustrator
2633 (9.167 %)SQL Server 2000
2729 (8.056 %)MySQL

HTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1177 (49.17 %)XML
2161 (44.72 %)CSS
398 (27.22 %).NET
493 (25.83 %)ASP.NET
588 (24.44 %)XHTML
670 (19.44 %)ASP
769 (19.17 %)XSL
862 (17.22 %)JSP
940 (11.11 %)AJAX
1028 (7.778 %)XSLT
1126 (7.222 %)COM+
1224 (6.667 %)J2EE
1321 (5.833 %)WebServices
1420 (5.556 %)LAMP
1518 (5.000 %)Drupal
1616 (4.444 %)JSTL
1715 (4.167 %)WAP
1814 (3.889 %)WML
1912 (3.333 %).NET Framework
208 (2.222 %)DOM
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (12.22 %)CMS
223 (6.389 %)IIS
318 (5.000 %)Apache
415 (4.167 %)Tomcat
58 (2.222 %)Lotus Notes
67 (1.944 %)SharePoint Server 2007
67 (1.944 %)SharePoint
76 (1.667 %)WebLogic
85 (1.389 %)SharePoint Portal Server
85 (1.389 %)WebSphere Application Server
85 (1.389 %)WebLogic Portal
94 (1.111 %)ArcSDE
94 (1.111 %)Plone
94 (1.111 %)BizTalk Server
94 (1.111 %)ArcIMS
94 (1.111 %)ESB
94 (1.111 %)Oracle Application Server
103 (0.833 %)ColdFusion
111 (0.278 %)Movable Type
111 (0.278 %)Mambo
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
163 (17.50 %)Photoshop
233 (9.167 %)Adobe Illustrator
314 (3.889 %)MS Office
412 (3.333 %)MS Visio
54 (1.111 %)MS Excel
61 (0.278 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.278 %)Acrobat
61 (0.278 %)MS Project
61 (0.278 %)XMetaL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.833 %)Applix TM1
21 (0.278 %)Oracle Applications
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (5.556 %)Internet
212 (3.333 %)HTTP
310 (2.778 %)Extranet
47 (1.944 %)TCP/IP
56 (1.667 %)SMS
56 (1.667 %)DNS
65 (1.389 %)RNC
65 (1.389 %)Intranet
73 (0.833 %)FTP
82 (0.556 %)TELNET
82 (0.556 %)Firewall
82 (0.556 %)HTTPS
91 (0.278 %)SNMP
91 (0.278 %)ATM
91 (0.278 %)ISDN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
187 (24.17 %)SQL Server
233 (9.167 %)SQL Server 2000
329 (8.056 %)MySQL
425 (6.944 %)SQL Server 2005
513 (3.611 %)DB2
610 (2.778 %)DB2 UDB
76 (1.667 %)MSDE
84 (1.111 %)BusinessObjects
84 (1.111 %)Oracle 10g
93 (0.833 %)TOAD
93 (0.833 %)Oracle 9i
93 (0.833 %)GIS
102 (0.556 %)PostgreSQL
102 (0.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.278 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.278 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
111 (0.278 %)SQL Server Integration Services
111 (0.278 %)RDBMS
111 (0.278 %)DTS
111 (0.278 %)OLAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
149 (13.61 %)Flash
237 (10.28 %)InterDev
323 (6.389 %)Dreamweaver
417 (4.722 %)Subversion
512 (3.333 %)Eclipse
69 (2.500 %)VSS/SourceSafe
77 (1.944 %)MSI
86 (1.667 %)TestDirector
94 (1.111 %)Ant
103 (0.833 %)Visual Studio
112 (0.556 %)TestPartner
112 (0.556 %)QADirector
121 (0.278 %)FrontPage
121 (0.278 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
121 (0.278 %)JUnit
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (5.000 %)Telecoms
118 (5.000 %)Marketing
212 (3.333 %)Advertising
212 (3.333 %)Publishing
311 (3.056 %)Finance
410 (2.778 %)Multimedia
57 (1.944 %)Retail
66 (1.667 %)Games
66 (1.667 %)Government
74 (1.111 %)Education
83 (0.833 %)Animation
83 (0.833 %)Construction
91 (0.278 %)Local Government
91 (0.278 %)Insurance
91 (0.278 %)Retail Banking
91 (0.278 %)Video Editing
91 (0.278 %)Automotive
91 (0.278 %)Health
91 (0.278 %)Legal
91 (0.278 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1182 (50.56 %)Developer
274 (20.56 %)Web Developer
348 (13.33 %).NET Developer
442 (11.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
535 (9.722 %)Web Designer
628 (7.778 %)Applications Developer
723 (6.389 %)VB.NET Developer
821 (5.833 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
918 (5.000 %)Web Manager
918 (5.000 %)Content Editor
1017 (4.722 %)PHP Developer
1116 (4.444 %)Consultant
1215 (4.167 %)Analyst
1215 (4.167 %)SQL Developer
1215 (4.167 %)C# Developer
1314 (3.889 %)SQL Server Developer
1314 (3.889 %)Web Editor
1413 (3.611 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1413 (3.611 %).NET Applications Developer
1413 (3.611 %)Java Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (6.944 %)N-Tier
28 (2.222 %)NHS
36 (1.667 %)Replication
44 (1.111 %)Clustering
53 (0.833 %)Statistics
53 (0.833 %)W3C
53 (0.833 %)Handset
61 (0.278 %)MediaHighway
61 (0.278 %)Derivative
61 (0.278 %)Firmware
61 (0.278 %)DTV
61 (0.278 %)HACMP
61 (0.278 %)Mainframe
61 (0.278 %)STB
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
154 (15.00 %)Windows
226 (7.222 %)Windows Server 2003
226 (7.222 %)Linux
321 (5.833 %)Windows XP
415 (4.167 %)Windows 2000
514 (3.889 %)UNIX
613 (3.611 %)Red Hat Linux
712 (3.333 %)Windows Vista
810 (2.778 %)Solaris
97 (1.944 %)AIX
105 (1.389 %)Windows Server 2008
113 (0.833 %)Windows 2000 Server
113 (0.833 %)Windows NT
122 (0.556 %)SUSE
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
155 (15.28 %)Content Management
253 (14.72 %)Web Development
325 (6.944 %)Web Design
418 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
516 (4.444 %)SC Cleared
615 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
713 (3.611 %)Migration
812 (3.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
910 (2.778 %)OO
109 (2.500 %)Time Management
118 (2.222 %)System Testing
127 (1.944 %)Project Management
136 (1.667 %)B2B
136 (1.667 %)OOP
136 (1.667 %)Load Balancing
136 (1.667 %)Network Load Balancing
136 (1.667 %)Release Management
136 (1.667 %)Data Migration
145 (1.389 %)Test Scripting
145 (1.389 %)Unit Testing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1192 (53.33 %)JavaScript
2111 (30.83 %)SQL
375 (20.83 %)Java
454 (15.00 %)DHTML
550 (13.89 %)VB.NET
646 (12.78 %)Transact-SQL
741 (11.39 %)PHP
840 (11.11 %)VB
938 (10.56 %)C#
1024 (6.667 %)ActionScript
1123 (6.389 %)PHP5
1222 (6.111 %)VBScript
1317 (4.722 %)XPath
1416 (4.444 %)VBA
1515 (4.167 %)Python
169 (2.500 %)C
169 (2.500 %)VB6
178 (2.222 %)Perl
187 (1.944 %)PL/SQL
193 (0.833 %)Ruby
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (2.500 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (0.833 %)Degree
23 (0.833 %)ISEB
23 (0.833 %)Sun Certification
23 (0.833 %)MCSD
23 (0.833 %)MCP
32 (0.556 %)MCAD
41 (0.278 %)MCDST
41 (0.278 %)MCSE
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.222 %)QA
27 (1.944 %)WCAG
31 (0.278 %)ISO8583
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.667 %)Active Directory
21 (0.278 %)NDS
21 (0.278 %)VMware ESX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.667 %)SCCM
23 (0.833 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.278 %)Netcool/Webtop
31 (0.278 %)Netcool
31 (0.278 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
31 (0.278 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.278 %)Tivoli
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
143 (11.94 %)Microsoft
229 (8.056 %)Oracle
316 (4.444 %)Proxima
413 (3.611 %)Red Hat
512 (3.333 %)IBM
610 (2.778 %)CA
78 (2.222 %)Lotus
87 (1.944 %)Adobe
87 (1.944 %)FatWire
95 (1.389 %)Perforce
104 (1.111 %)Quark
104 (1.111 %)Business Objects
113 (0.833 %)Applix
113 (0.833 %)Nokia
122 (0.556 %)Avaya
122 (0.556 %)Ericsson
122 (0.556 %)Cisco
122 (0.556 %)Sun
131 (0.278 %)Zend
131 (0.278 %)Lagan