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The table below looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RSS over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReally Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank79-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.617 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£295
% change on same period last year-15.25 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.17£20.00
% change on same period last year+20.83 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads162398
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.226 %0.400 %
Daily rates quoted4498
Average minimum daily rate£370£269
Average daily rate£387£285
% change on same period last year+35.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£302
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1447
Average minimum hourly rate£34.55£32.31
Average hourly rate£39.32£33.38
% change on same period last year+17.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.09£34.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
RSS South EastRSS
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.

RSS
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire RSS Hourly Rate Trend

RSS
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing RSS 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 RSS.

11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)MFC
11 (100.00 %)CA

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing RSS 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 RSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)MFC
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)Java
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)CA