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The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4048
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads1311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.014 %
As % of the category below18.57 %9.483 %
Daily rates quoted66
Average minimum daily rate£267£217
Average daily rate£288£218
% change on same period last year+32.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£327
% change on same period last year+12.63 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£21.33-
Average hourly rate£21.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£21.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.99£21.19
% change on same period last year-5.68 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads70116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.140 %0.145 %
Daily rates quoted1732
Average minimum daily rate£292£293
Average daily rate£316£313
% change on same period last year+1.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£344
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted1933
Average minimum hourly rate£29.58£25.64
Average hourly rate£30.27£27.15
% change on same period last year+11.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.96£28.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.67£27.04
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Internet South WestInternet
South West

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Internet 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 Internet.

111 (28.21 %)E-Commerce
111 (28.21 %)Retail
29 (23.08 %)Microsoft
37 (17.95 %)Windows
46 (15.38 %)CSS
46 (15.38 %)HTML
46 (15.38 %)MS Office
46 (15.38 %)Music
55 (12.82 %).NET
64 (10.26 %)ASP.NET
64 (10.26 %)JavaScript
64 (10.26 %)Flash
64 (10.26 %)MS Excel
64 (10.26 %)VPN
64 (10.26 %)W3C
64 (10.26 %)WAI
64 (10.26 %)Firewall
73 (7.692 %)RIA
73 (7.692 %)Agile Software Development
73 (7.692 %)AJAX
73 (7.692 %)Web 2.0
73 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
73 (7.692 %)Windows XP
73 (7.692 %)WAP
73 (7.692 %)XHTML
73 (7.692 %)OOP
73 (7.692 %)XML
73 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
73 (7.692 %)ActionScript
82 (5.128 %)SQL

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (15.38 %)HTML
16 (15.38 %)CSS
25 (12.82 %).NET
34 (10.26 %)ASP.NET
34 (10.26 %)Flash
43 (7.692 %)XHTML
43 (7.692 %)WAP
43 (7.692 %)AJAX
43 (7.692 %)XML
52 (5.128 %)DOM
52 (5.128 %)XSL
52 (5.128 %)DHTML
61 (2.564 %)ASP
61 (2.564 %)Middleware
61 (2.564 %)Series 60
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.128 %)SharePoint
12 (5.128 %)CMS
21 (2.564 %)Plone
21 (2.564 %)GroupWise
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (15.38 %)MS Office
24 (10.26 %)MS Excel
32 (5.128 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (2.564 %)MS Project
41 (2.564 %)MS Visio
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.564 %)assyst
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (10.26 %)VPN
14 (10.26 %)Firewall
23 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
32 (5.128 %)Intranet
32 (5.128 %)Broadband
41 (2.564 %)GPRS
41 (2.564 %)HTTP
41 (2.564 %)3G
41 (2.564 %)Wireless
41 (2.564 %)TETRA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.564 %)MySQL
11 (2.564 %)SQL Server
11 (2.564 %)MS Access
11 (2.564 %)PostgreSQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (5.128 %)LoadRunner
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (28.21 %)Retail
26 (15.38 %)Music
32 (5.128 %)Telecoms
41 (2.564 %)Education
41 (2.564 %)Government
41 (2.564 %)Advertising
41 (2.564 %)Marketing
41 (2.564 %)Graphic Design
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (20.51 %)Developer
26 (15.38 %)Copywriter
34 (10.26 %)Tester
43 (7.692 %)Analyst
43 (7.692 %)Senior Developer
43 (7.692 %)Flash Developer
43 (7.692 %)Front-End Developer
43 (7.692 %)Senior Front-End Developer
52 (5.128 %)Network Specialist
52 (5.128 %)Web Tester
52 (5.128 %)Project Manager
52 (5.128 %)Systems Engineer
52 (5.128 %)QA Tester
52 (5.128 %)Performance Tester
52 (5.128 %)Author
52 (5.128 %)Technical Author
52 (5.128 %)Desktop Support
61 (2.564 %)Web Developer
61 (2.564 %)Network Engineer
61 (2.564 %)Interface Designer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (10.26 %)W3C
23 (7.692 %)Web 2.0
23 (7.692 %)RIA
31 (2.564 %)Pocket PC
31 (2.564 %)Fat Client
31 (2.564 %)Thin Client
31 (2.564 %)Management Information System
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (17.95 %)Windows
23 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
23 (7.692 %)Windows XP
32 (5.128 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (2.564 %)UNIX
41 (2.564 %)OpenVMS
41 (2.564 %)Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (28.21 %)E-Commerce
23 (7.692 %)OOP
23 (7.692 %)Agile Software Development
32 (5.128 %)Content Management
32 (5.128 %)ITIL
32 (5.128 %)PRINCE2
32 (5.128 %)Service Management
41 (2.564 %)Service Delivery
41 (2.564 %)Change Management
41 (2.564 %)ITSM
41 (2.564 %)Risk Management
41 (2.564 %)Migration
41 (2.564 %)UML
41 (2.564 %)OO
41 (2.564 %)RUP
41 (2.564 %)Information Management
41 (2.564 %)Supplier Management
41 (2.564 %)Incident Management
41 (2.564 %)Web Development
41 (2.564 %)Problem Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (10.26 %)JavaScript
23 (7.692 %)ActionScript
32 (5.128 %)XPath
32 (5.128 %)SQL
32 (5.128 %)C#
41 (2.564 %)C++
41 (2.564 %)Java
41 (2.564 %)VBScript
41 (2.564 %)C
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.128 %)CCNP
12 (5.128 %)CCNA
12 (5.128 %)Cisco Certification
21 (2.564 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (2.564 %)NVQ Level 3
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (10.26 %)WAI
22 (5.128 %)QA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (5.128 %)Active Directory
21 (2.564 %)MetaFrame
21 (2.564 %)Backup Exec
21 (2.564 %)NDS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (23.08 %)Microsoft
22 (5.128 %)Siebel
22 (5.128 %)Cisco
22 (5.128 %)Citrix
22 (5.128 %)Meridio
31 (2.564 %)Oracle
31 (2.564 %)Novell
31 (2.564 %)Symantec
31 (2.564 %)Adobe