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The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Cardiff 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2020
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
As % of the category below29.41 %17.65 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£325£415
Average daily rate£325£440
% change on same period last year-26.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£465
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£338
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.69£26.96
% change on same period last year-23.24 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads1734
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.035 %
Daily rates quoted58
Average minimum daily rate£342£338
Average daily rate£358£368
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£336
% change on same period last year+5.49 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£23.67
Average hourly rate£27.50£24.58
% change on same period last year+11.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.36£28.72
% change on same period last year-4.71 %
Internet South WalesInternet
South Wales

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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

17 (41.18 %)Oracle
17 (41.18 %)Project Management
26 (35.29 %)SQL Server
35 (29.41 %)PRINCE2
35 (29.41 %)Government
35 (29.41 %)EDRMS
35 (29.41 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (23.53 %)Squid
44 (23.53 %)Document Management
44 (23.53 %)Information Security
44 (23.53 %)Active Directory
44 (23.53 %)UNIX
44 (23.53 %)Apache
44 (23.53 %)Tomcat
44 (23.53 %).NET
53 (17.65 %)SQL
53 (17.65 %)Crystal Reports
53 (17.65 %)Visual Studio
53 (17.65 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (17.65 %)Windows
53 (17.65 %)CORBA
53 (17.65 %)Oracle Reports
53 (17.65 %)Windows XP
53 (17.65 %)MS Exchange
53 (17.65 %)LAN
53 (17.65 %)WAN
53 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
53 (17.65 %)IIOP
53 (17.65 %)Microsoft
53 (17.65 %)Oracle 10g

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (23.53 %).NET
23 (17.65 %)CORBA
32 (11.76 %)HTML
32 (11.76 %)XSLT
32 (11.76 %)CSS
41 (5.882 %)WebServices
41 (5.882 %)XML
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (23.53 %)Apache
14 (23.53 %)Tomcat
23 (17.65 %)MS Exchange
32 (11.76 %)CMS
32 (11.76 %)Morello
32 (11.76 %)SharePoint
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (17.65 %)LAN
13 (17.65 %)WAN
13 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
13 (17.65 %)IIOP
13 (17.65 %)VLAN
21 (5.882 %)Intranet
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (35.29 %)SQL Server
25 (29.41 %)EDRMS
25 (29.41 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (17.65 %)Oracle 10g
33 (17.65 %)Crystal Reports
33 (17.65 %)Oracle Reports
41 (5.882 %)Oracle 9i
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (17.65 %)Visual Studio
13 (17.65 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (11.76 %)Flash
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (29.41 %)Government
23 (17.65 %)Publishing
31 (5.882 %)Finance
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (29.41 %)Project Manager
24 (23.53 %)Developer
33 (17.65 %)Crystal Reports Developer
33 (17.65 %)Report Developer
42 (11.76 %)Team Leader
51 (5.882 %)Records Manager
51 (5.882 %)Technical Manager
51 (5.882 %)Technical Project Manager
51 (5.882 %)Configuration Manager
51 (5.882 %)Systems Manager
51 (5.882 %)C# Developer
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)Management Information System
22 (11.76 %)BBC
22 (11.76 %)Interactive TV
31 (5.882 %)Client/Server
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (23.53 %)UNIX
23 (17.65 %)Windows
23 (17.65 %)Windows XP
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Project Management
25 (29.41 %)PRINCE2
34 (23.53 %)Information Security
34 (23.53 %)Document Management
42 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
51 (5.882 %)Content Management
51 (5.882 %)Information Management
51 (5.882 %)PRINCE
51 (5.882 %)CMMI
51 (5.882 %)Knowledge Management
51 (5.882 %)Software Testing
51 (5.882 %)Test Scripting
51 (5.882 %)System Testing
51 (5.882 %)ITIL
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (17.65 %)SQL
22 (11.76 %)VB.NET
22 (11.76 %)Perl
31 (5.882 %)C#
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.76 %)Degree
21 (5.882 %)ISEB
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)SLA
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (23.53 %)Active Directory
14 (23.53 %)Squid
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)Oracle
23 (17.65 %)Microsoft