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This section looks at the demand for Web Design skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Design over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Design
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank90147
Rank change on same period last yearUp+57
Matching contract IT job ads3919
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.019 %
As % of the category below1.919 %0.713 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£250£160
Average daily rate£254£168
% change on same period last year+51.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£257£175
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£307
% change on same period last year+3.53 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£48.00-
Average hourly rate£48.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£48.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.42£21.22
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads20322666
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.682 %2.655 %
Daily rates quoted518945
Average minimum daily rate£363£360
Average daily rate£385£382
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted98196
Average minimum hourly rate£27.75£31.38
Average hourly rate£30.44£32.96
% change on same period last year-7.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.13£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Web Design South EastWeb Design
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.

Web Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web Design across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Web Design Demand Trend

Web Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Web Design Daily Rate Trend

Web Design
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Design across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Berkshire Web Design Daily Rate Histogram

Web Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Web Design Hourly Rate Trend

Web Design
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Design 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
SloughNew entry-10--
ReadingUp+28£301-
MaidenheadNew entry-2--
BracknellUp+101--
Web Design South EastWeb Design
South East

Web Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Web Design 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 Web Design.

142 (70.00 %)CSS
234 (56.67 %)XHTML
325 (41.67 %)HTML
415 (25.00 %)Java
514 (23.33 %)Content Management
613 (21.67 %)Ant
613 (21.67 %)CMS
711 (18.33 %)Photoshop
810 (16.67 %)DHTML
810 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
810 (16.67 %)XML
810 (16.67 %)Flash
810 (16.67 %)NHS
99 (15.00 %)AJAX
108 (13.33 %)JavaScript
117 (11.67 %)System Testing
126 (10.00 %)QA
135 (8.333 %)DOM
135 (8.333 %)ActionScript
135 (8.333 %)W3C
144 (6.667 %)Telecoms
144 (6.667 %)Advertising
144 (6.667 %)Plone
144 (6.667 %)Adobe Illustrator
144 (6.667 %).NET
144 (6.667 %)WebLogic
144 (6.667 %)PHP
144 (6.667 %)Web Development
153 (5.000 %)Web 2.0
153 (5.000 %)Movable Type

Web Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Web Design 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 Web Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
142 (70.00 %)CSS
234 (56.67 %)XHTML
325 (41.67 %)HTML
410 (16.67 %)XML
59 (15.00 %)AJAX
65 (8.333 %)DOM
74 (6.667 %).NET
83 (5.000 %)JSP
92 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
92 (3.333 %)Adobe Flex
101 (1.667 %)ASP.NET 2.0
101 (1.667 %)ASP
101 (1.667 %)XSLT
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (21.67 %)CMS
24 (6.667 %)Plone
24 (6.667 %)WebLogic
33 (5.000 %)Movable Type
33 (5.000 %)Mambo
33 (5.000 %)WebLogic Portal
42 (3.333 %)SharePoint
51 (1.667 %)Joomla!
51 (1.667 %)Apache
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (18.33 %)Photoshop
24 (6.667 %)Adobe Illustrator
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.000 %)Intranet
22 (3.333 %)Extranet
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.000 %)SQL Server
21 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (1.667 %)MySQL
21 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2000
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (21.67 %)Ant
210 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
210 (16.67 %)Flash
31 (1.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (1.667 %)Eclipse
31 (1.667 %)MSI
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (6.667 %)Telecoms
14 (6.667 %)Advertising
22 (3.333 %)Publishing
22 (3.333 %)Marketing
31 (1.667 %)Video Editing
31 (1.667 %)Retail
31 (1.667 %)Government
31 (1.667 %)Health
31 (1.667 %)3D Graphics
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (40.00 %)Developer
220 (33.33 %)Web Developer
311 (18.33 %)Web Designer
49 (15.00 %)Analyst
49 (15.00 %)Support Analyst
49 (15.00 %)Web Analyst
57 (11.67 %)Web Manager
63 (5.000 %)Photoshop Designer
72 (3.333 %)Junior
72 (3.333 %)Junior Web Designer
72 (3.333 %)Team Leader
72 (3.333 %)Flash Designer
72 (3.333 %)Web Team Leader
81 (1.667 %)JavaScript Developer
81 (1.667 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
81 (1.667 %)SQL Developer
81 (1.667 %)Flash Developer
81 (1.667 %)HTML Developer
81 (1.667 %)Analyst Developer
81 (1.667 %)ASP Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (16.67 %)NHS
25 (8.333 %)W3C
33 (5.000 %)Web 2.0
42 (3.333 %)Handset
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (1.667 %)Windows
11 (1.667 %)AIX
11 (1.667 %)Solaris
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (23.33 %)Content Management
27 (11.67 %)System Testing
34 (6.667 %)Web Development
42 (3.333 %)SEO
42 (3.333 %)Workflow
42 (3.333 %)OO
42 (3.333 %)Document Management
42 (3.333 %)Internet Marketing
51 (1.667 %)Configuration Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (25.00 %)Java
210 (16.67 %)DHTML
38 (13.33 %)JavaScript
45 (8.333 %)ActionScript
54 (6.667 %)PHP
63 (5.000 %)Ruby
72 (3.333 %)C#
81 (1.667 %)Korn
81 (1.667 %)C++
81 (1.667 %)C
81 (1.667 %)Perl
81 (1.667 %)SQL
81 (1.667 %)Transact-SQL
81 (1.667 %)VBScript
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.333 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (10.00 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.667 %)Netcool/Webtop
11 (1.667 %)Tivoli
11 (1.667 %)Netcool
11 (1.667 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
11 (1.667 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (5.000 %)FatWire
13 (5.000 %)BEA
22 (3.333 %)Microsoft
22 (3.333 %)Sun
31 (1.667 %)IBM
31 (1.667 %)HP
31 (1.667 %)Adobe