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The table below looks at the demand for the Web Developer role in IT contracts within the Chester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Developer
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2729
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.990 %0.543 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£150-
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£277
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
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£23.16£26.39
% change on same period last year-12.21 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads201184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.201 %
Daily rates quoted2724
Average minimum daily rate£266£273
Average daily rate£269£281
% change on same period last year-4.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£272£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted5614
Average minimum hourly rate£22.35£26.61
Average hourly rate£23.83£26.82
% change on same period last year-11.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.30£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.15£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Web Developer CheshireWeb Developer
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

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 Chester region.

Chester Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

13 (75.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
22 (50.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)Advertising
31 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (25.00 %)Web Design
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)Marketing
31 (25.00 %)Dutch Language
31 (25.00 %)Display Advertising
31 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
31 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
31 (25.00 %)W3C
31 (25.00 %)FreeHand
31 (25.00 %)Fireworks
31 (25.00 %)SOAP
31 (25.00 %)WebServices
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)OOP
31 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
31 (25.00 %)Flash
31 (25.00 %)Oracle
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)Photoshop
31 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript

Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)SOAP
31 (25.00 %)WebServices
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)Photoshop
11 (25.00 %)FreeHand
11 (25.00 %)Fireworks
11 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (25.00 %)Flash
11 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Advertising
21 (25.00 %)Marketing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)W3C
11 (25.00 %)Dutch Language
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)OOD
21 (25.00 %)Web Design
21 (25.00 %)Display Advertising
21 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
21 (25.00 %)OOP
21 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)JavaScript
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB.NET
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle