City of London CMS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited CMS over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Content Management System (CMS)
Location Abingdon Ashton-under-Lyne Basildon Bath Beckenham Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire City of London Corby Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Inverness Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Street Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	170
Rank change on same period last year	+46
Matching contract IT job ads	103	29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.137 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	8.707 %	3.718 %
Daily rates quoted	59	13
Average minimum daily rate	£261	£266
Average daily rate	£298	£306
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£336	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£300
% change on same period last year	-1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.00	-
Average hourly rate	£23.75	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.82	£27.06
% change on same period last year	-4.58 %
Application Platforms City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	1183	780
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.571 %	0.800 %
Daily rates quoted	574	301
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£412
Average daily rate	£405	£436
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£435	£461
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£349
% change on same period last year	+2.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	81	56
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.74	£20.57
Average hourly rate	£27.40	£21.92
% change on same period last year	+25.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.07	£23.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.09	£24.06
% change on same period last year	+0.13 %
CMS London

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.

CMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CMS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CMS across the City of London region.

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CMS across the City of London region.

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CMS 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 CMS.

1 84 (47.73 %) Content Management 2 55 (31.25 %) HTML 3 52 (29.55 %) CSS 4 51 (28.98 %) JavaScript 5 38 (21.59 %) SQL 5 38 (21.59 %) .NET 6 35 (19.89 %) XML 7 27 (15.34 %) SQL Server 8 25 (14.20 %) ASP.NET 8 25 (14.20 %) Internet 9 22 (12.50 %) PHP 10 21 (11.93 %) Finance 11 20 (11.36 %) MySQL 12 19 (10.80 %) MS Office 12 19 (10.80 %) Microsoft

13 18 (10.23 %) ASP 13 18 (10.23 %) C# 13 18 (10.23 %) Windows 14 17 (9.659 %) XSLT 14 17 (9.659 %) Publishing 15 16 (9.091 %) Intranet 15 16 (9.091 %) XHTML 15 16 (9.091 %) Web Development 16 15 (8.523 %) SharePoint 16 15 (8.523 %) Java 16 15 (8.523 %) Law 17 13 (7.386 %) IIS 17 13 (7.386 %) E-Commerce 17 13 (7.386 %) MS Excel 17 13 (7.386 %) AJAX

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 55 (31.25 %) HTML 2 52 (29.55 %) CSS 3 38 (21.59 %) .NET 4 35 (19.89 %) XML 5 25 (14.20 %) ASP.NET 6 18 (10.23 %) ASP 7 17 (9.659 %) XSLT 8 16 (9.091 %) XHTML 9 13 (7.386 %) AJAX 10 12 (6.818 %) WebServices 11 8 (4.545 %) LAMP 12 7 (3.977 %) Drupal 13 6 (3.409 %) MVC 13 6 (3.409 %) J2EE 14 5 (2.841 %) JSP 14 5 (2.841 %) SOAP 14 5 (2.841 %) Hibernate 14 5 (2.841 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 5 (2.841 %) Ruby on Rails 15 4 (2.273 %) RSS	Application Platforms 1 15 (8.523 %) SharePoint 2 13 (7.386 %) IIS 3 10 (5.682 %) Apache 4 9 (5.114 %) Content Management Server 4 9 (5.114 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 3 (1.705 %) ColdFusion 6 2 (1.136 %) Rhythmyx 6 2 (1.136 %) Documentum 7 1 (0.568 %) Tomcat 7 1 (0.568 %) JBoss 7 1 (0.568 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (0.568 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.568 %) LiveLink 7 1 (0.568 %) QuickPlace 7 1 (0.568 %) TeamSite 7 1 (0.568 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.568 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 19 (10.80 %) MS Office 2 13 (7.386 %) MS Excel 3 7 (3.977 %) Photoshop 4 4 (2.273 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (1.705 %) InDesign 6 2 (1.136 %) MS Project 6 2 (1.136 %) MS Visio 7 1 (0.568 %) Shockwave 7 1 (0.568 %) Acrobat 7 1 (0.568 %) Fireworks 7 1 (0.568 %) Paint Shop Pro 7 1 (0.568 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 1 (0.568 %) InfoPath	Communications & Networking 1 25 (14.20 %) Internet 2 16 (9.091 %) Intranet 3 4 (2.273 %) DNS 3 4 (2.273 %) Broadband 3 4 (2.273 %) Firewall 4 2 (1.136 %) VoIP 4 2 (1.136 %) FTP 5 1 (0.568 %) PSTN 5 1 (0.568 %) CTI 5 1 (0.568 %) ATM 5 1 (0.568 %) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (15.34 %) SQL Server 2 20 (11.36 %) MySQL 3 11 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2005 4 3 (1.705 %) EDRMS 5 2 (1.136 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (1.136 %) SQL Server 7 6 1 (0.568 %) SQL Server 2000 6 1 (0.568 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.568 %) dBASE	Development Applications 1 11 (6.250 %) Flash 2 10 (5.682 %) Dreamweaver 3 7 (3.977 %) Visual Studio 4 3 (1.705 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 2 (1.136 %) PVCS 5 2 (1.136 %) WinRunner 5 2 (1.136 %) TestDirector 5 2 (1.136 %) QuickTest Pro 5 2 (1.136 %) FrontPage 6 1 (0.568 %) ClearCase 6 1 (0.568 %) Eclipse 6 1 (0.568 %) Log4Net 6 1 (0.568 %) CruiseControl 6 1 (0.568 %) Ant
General 1 21 (11.93 %) Finance 2 17 (9.659 %) Publishing 3 15 (8.523 %) Law 4 11 (6.250 %) Government 5 9 (5.114 %) Legal 6 7 (3.977 %) Marketing 7 4 (2.273 %) Telecoms 7 4 (2.273 %) Banking 8 3 (1.705 %) Games 8 3 (1.705 %) Back Office 9 2 (1.136 %) Education 9 2 (1.136 %) Advertising 9 2 (1.136 %) Health 9 2 (1.136 %) Music 10 1 (0.568 %) Music Industry 10 1 (0.568 %) Multimedia 10 1 (0.568 %) Insurance 10 1 (0.568 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 68 (38.64 %) Developer 2 24 (13.64 %) Analyst 3 20 (11.36 %) Web Developer 4 15 (8.523 %) Project Manager 5 11 (6.250 %) Business Analyst 5 11 (6.250 %) .NET Developer 6 9 (5.114 %) C# Developer 7 7 (3.977 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 7 (3.977 %) Web Editor 8 6 (3.409 %) Architect 8 6 (3.409 %) Senior Developer 8 6 (3.409 %) Administrator 8 6 (3.409 %) Web Analyst 8 6 (3.409 %) Web Manager 8 6 (3.409 %) Financial Analyst 9 5 (2.841 %) JavaScript Developer 9 5 (2.841 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 5 (2.841 %) Ruby On Rails Developer 9 5 (2.841 %) Programmer 9 5 (2.841 %) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 10 (5.682 %) Web 2.0 2 4 (2.273 %) Clustering 2 4 (2.273 %) Management Information System 3 3 (1.705 %) W3C 4 2 (1.136 %) Italian Language 4 2 (1.136 %) Blog 4 2 (1.136 %) Streaming Video 4 2 (1.136 %) N-Tier 4 2 (1.136 %) NHS 4 2 (1.136 %) Asset Management 4 2 (1.136 %) Streaming Media 4 2 (1.136 %) Taxonomies 5 1 (0.568 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.568 %) Podcast 5 1 (0.568 %) Copywriting 5 1 (0.568 %) Wiki	Operating Systems 1 18 (10.23 %) Windows 2 10 (5.682 %) Linux 3 4 (2.273 %) Windows Server 2003 4 3 (1.705 %) UNIX 4 3 (1.705 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.568 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 84 (47.73 %) Content Management 2 16 (9.091 %) Web Development 3 13 (7.386 %) E-Commerce 4 12 (6.818 %) CRM 4 12 (6.818 %) PRINCE2 5 10 (5.682 %) Project Management 6 9 (5.114 %) Security Cleared 7 8 (4.545 %) Practice Management 8 7 (3.977 %) Business Analysis 9 6 (3.409 %) CTC Cleared 10 4 (2.273 %) Load Balancing 10 4 (2.273 %) Performance Testing 10 4 (2.273 %) Test Management 10 4 (2.273 %) Supplier Management 10 4 (2.273 %) Migration 10 4 (2.273 %) UML 11 3 (1.705 %) OO 11 3 (1.705 %) RUP 11 3 (1.705 %) Disaster Recovery 11 3 (1.705 %) Scrum	Programming Languages 1 51 (28.98 %) JavaScript 2 38 (21.59 %) SQL 3 22 (12.50 %) PHP 4 18 (10.23 %) C# 5 15 (8.523 %) Java 6 6 (3.409 %) VBScript 7 5 (2.841 %) Ruby 8 4 (2.273 %) Perl 9 3 (1.705 %) DHTML 9 3 (1.705 %) Transact-SQL 10 2 (1.136 %) PHP5 10 2 (1.136 %) VB.NET 11 1 (0.568 %) ActionScript 11 1 (0.568 %) Shell Script 11 1 (0.568 %) VB6 11 1 (0.568 %) PHP4 11 1 (0.568 %) VB
Qualifications 1 5 (2.841 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 4 (2.273 %) Degree 3 2 (1.136 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (4.545 %) QA 2 4 (2.273 %) WAI 3 1 (0.568 %) SLA
System Software 1 5 (2.841 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 19 (10.80 %) Microsoft 2 8 (4.545 %) Adobe 2 8 (4.545 %) RedDot 3 6 (3.409 %) Stellent 4 5 (2.841 %) Tridion 4 5 (2.841 %) Oracle 5 2 (1.136 %) Business Objects 5 2 (1.136 %) Macromedia 5 2 (1.136 %) Agresso 5 2 (1.136 %) Open Text 5 2 (1.136 %) McAfee Security 5 2 (1.136 %) FileNet 5 2 (1.136 %) Altiris 5 2 (1.136 %) Empirix 6 1 (0.568 %) Zend 6 1 (0.568 %) Hummingbird 6 1 (0.568 %) Quark 6 1 (0.568 %) Lotus 6 1 (0.568 %) Avaya 6 1 (0.568 %) Vignette