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The table below looks at the demand for the Web Developer role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5476
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads6466
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.071 %
As % of the category below2.590 %1.822 %
Daily rates quoted2112
Average minimum daily rate£266£277
Average daily rate£280£295
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£294£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£273
% change on same period last year-3.51 %
Hourly rates quoted910
Average minimum hourly rate£18.50£32.60
Average hourly rate£19.55£33.25
% change on same period last year-41.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.60£33.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.58£26.46
% change on same period last year-10.88 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads24713622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.892 %3.881 %
Daily rates quoted6651004
Average minimum daily rate£341£334
Average daily rate£363£354
% change on same period last year+2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted179429
Average minimum hourly rate£21.41£25.90
Average hourly rate£22.81£27.38
% change on same period last year-16.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.21£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Web Developer South EastWeb Developer
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 Developer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Web Developer Demand Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Developer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Web Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Developer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Web Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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+3227£300+20.09 %
SloughUp+710£260-
BracknellUp+22£325-4.41 %
MaidenheadDown-71£235-15.06 %
WindsorNew entry-1--
WokinghamNo change01--
Web Developer South EastWeb Developer
South East

Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Web Developer in their job title 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 with Web Developer in their job title.

180 (70.80 %)CSS
276 (67.26 %)HTML
360 (53.10 %)JavaScript
453 (46.90 %)XHTML
542 (37.17 %)XML
634 (30.09 %)CMS
733 (29.20 %)Content Management
831 (27.43 %)PHP
930 (26.55 %)MySQL
930 (26.55 %)XSLT
1028 (24.78 %)LAMP
1127 (23.89 %)Drupal
1127 (23.89 %)Linux
1225 (22.12 %).NET
1225 (22.12 %)PHP5
1323 (20.35 %)ASP.NET
1422 (19.47 %)SQL Server
1422 (19.47 %)AJAX
1521 (18.58 %)Subversion
1521 (18.58 %)Red Hat
1521 (18.58 %)Red Hat Linux
1619 (16.81 %)Flash
1619 (16.81 %)Java
1718 (15.93 %)Python
1718 (15.93 %)Web Development
1815 (13.27 %)Migration
1815 (13.27 %)ASP
1815 (13.27 %)WebServices
1913 (11.50 %)C#
2011 (9.735 %)Apache

Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Web Developer in their job title 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 with Web Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
180 (70.80 %)CSS
276 (67.26 %)HTML
353 (46.90 %)XHTML
442 (37.17 %)XML
530 (26.55 %)XSLT
628 (24.78 %)LAMP
727 (23.89 %)Drupal
825 (22.12 %).NET
923 (20.35 %)ASP.NET
1022 (19.47 %)AJAX
1115 (13.27 %)ASP
1115 (13.27 %)WebServices
129 (7.965 %)JSP
137 (6.195 %)RSS
146 (5.310 %)J2EE
155 (4.425 %)Struts
164 (3.540 %)jQuery
173 (2.655 %)XSL
182 (1.770 %)WinForms
182 (1.770 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (30.09 %)CMS
211 (9.735 %)Apache
39 (7.965 %)Tomcat
44 (3.540 %)WebLogic
44 (3.540 %)IIS
52 (1.770 %)SharePoint
52 (1.770 %)WebLogic Portal
61 (0.885 %)Plone
61 (0.885 %)Joomla!
61 (0.885 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.885 %)DotNetNuke
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (7.080 %)Photoshop
25 (4.425 %)MS Visio
32 (1.770 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (0.885 %)Fireworks
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (5.310 %)Intranet
16 (5.310 %)Internet
22 (1.770 %)VoIP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (26.55 %)MySQL
222 (19.47 %)SQL Server
35 (4.425 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.770 %)DB2 UDB
42 (1.770 %)DB2
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (18.58 %)Subversion
219 (16.81 %)Flash
39 (7.965 %)Dreamweaver
45 (4.425 %)Ant
53 (2.655 %)Visual Studio
62 (1.770 %)Eclipse
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (7.080 %)Marketing
25 (4.425 %)Publishing
32 (1.770 %)Animation
32 (1.770 %)Telecoms
32 (1.770 %)Automotive
41 (0.885 %)Education
41 (0.885 %)Government
41 (0.885 %)Pharmaceutical
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (4.425 %)W3C
21 (0.885 %)Handset
21 (0.885 %)Web 2.0
21 (0.885 %)NHS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (23.89 %)Linux
221 (18.58 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (3.540 %)Windows
43 (2.655 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (29.20 %)Content Management
218 (15.93 %)Web Development
315 (13.27 %)Migration
411 (9.735 %)Web Design
59 (7.965 %)SOA
67 (6.195 %)Unit Testing
76 (5.310 %)Data Migration
85 (4.425 %)OOD
85 (4.425 %)SEO
85 (4.425 %)UML
94 (3.540 %)E-Commerce
94 (3.540 %)Workflow
94 (3.540 %)Continuous Integration
103 (2.655 %)Data Modelling
112 (1.770 %)OO
112 (1.770 %)System Testing
112 (1.770 %)Security Cleared
121 (0.885 %)Time Management
121 (0.885 %)Use Case
121 (0.885 %)RAD
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
160 (53.10 %)JavaScript
231 (27.43 %)PHP
325 (22.12 %)PHP5
419 (16.81 %)Java
518 (15.93 %)Python
613 (11.50 %)C#
710 (8.850 %)SQL
89 (7.965 %)ActionScript
98 (7.080 %)DHTML
107 (6.195 %)VB.NET
116 (5.310 %)Perl
122 (1.770 %)C
122 (1.770 %)XPath
131 (0.885 %)PHP4
131 (0.885 %)Ruby
131 (0.885 %)C++
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (4.425 %)Sun Certification
23 (2.655 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.770 %)WAI
21 (0.885 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.885 %)CA SiteMinder
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (18.58 %)Red Hat
26 (5.310 %)Oracle
33 (2.655 %)IBM
42 (1.770 %)Microsoft
51 (0.885 %)Adobe
51 (0.885 %)Macromedia
51 (0.885 %)Proxima