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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActiveX over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5668
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.962 %2.162 %
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£280£311
% change on same period last year-9.83 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£38.20
Average hourly rate-£40.60
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.50£37.13
% change on same period last year-4.37 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads208370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.291 %0.380 %
Daily rates quoted5068
Average minimum daily rate£296£276
Average daily rate£317£288
% change on same period last year+10.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Hourly rates quoted2354
Average minimum hourly rate£34.43£28.46
Average hourly rate£37.07£29.83
% change on same period last year+24.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.71£31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.09£32.07
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
ActiveX East of EnglandActiveX
East of England

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.

ActiveX
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire ActiveX Demand Trend

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire ActiveX Hourly Rate Trend

ActiveX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActiveX within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 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
CambridgeUp+162--
ActiveX East of EnglandActiveX
East of England

ActiveX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX.

12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)C++
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)MFC
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)STL
21 (50.00 %)Struts
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)CDMA
21 (50.00 %)GSM
21 (50.00 %)UMTS
21 (50.00 %)WCDMA
21 (50.00 %)FTP
21 (50.00 %)HTTP
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (50.00 %)Wireless
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)Device Driver
21 (50.00 %)Software Engineering

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)JSTL
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)MFC
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)STL
21 (50.00 %)Struts
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)CDMA
11 (50.00 %)GSM
11 (50.00 %)UMTS
11 (50.00 %)WCDMA
11 (50.00 %)FTP
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (50.00 %)Wireless
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Tester
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Device Driver
11 (50.00 %)Multithreading
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
11 (50.00 %)Algorithmic Trading
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)C#
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA