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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Commerce Server 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 jobs that have cited Commerce Server over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Commerce Server
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank182-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.590 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£310-
Average daily rate£310-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£310-
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£365
% change on same period last year+9.72 %
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£37.50£26.50
% change on same period last year+41.50 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads848613
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.376 %0.669 %
Daily rates quoted438231
Average minimum daily rate£350£375
Average daily rate£378£401
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.18 %
Hourly rates quoted6168
Average minimum hourly rate£22.07£21.92
Average hourly rate£23.71£23.48
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.34£25.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.86£23.41
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Commerce Server LondonCommerce Server
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.

Commerce Server
Demand Trend

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

City of London Commerce Server Demand Trend

Commerce Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Commerce Server Daily Rate Trend

Commerce Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Commerce Server across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

City of London Commerce Server Daily Rate Histogram

Commerce Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Commerce Server Hourly Rate Trend

Commerce Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Commerce Server 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 Commerce Server.

17 (87.50 %).NET
26 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
35 (62.50 %)E-Commerce
35 (62.50 %)SQL Server
35 (62.50 %)C#
44 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
44 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (50.00 %)Commerce Server 2007
53 (37.50 %)Retail
53 (37.50 %)Microsoft
53 (37.50 %)Windows
62 (25.00 %)IIS
62 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
62 (25.00 %)Content Management Server
62 (25.00 %)Intranet
62 (25.00 %)Internet
62 (25.00 %)Content Management
62 (25.00 %)WCF
62 (25.00 %)SQL
71 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (12.50 %)WF
71 (12.50 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (12.50 %)AJAX
71 (12.50 %)Omniture
71 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
71 (12.50 %)Workflow
71 (12.50 %)Finance
71 (12.50 %)ATG

Commerce Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Commerce Server 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 Commerce Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %).NET
26 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (25.00 %)WCF
41 (12.50 %)WF
41 (12.50 %)J2EE
41 (12.50 %)HTML
41 (12.50 %)CSS
41 (12.50 %)SOAP
41 (12.50 %)WebServices
41 (12.50 %)XML
41 (12.50 %)XSLT
41 (12.50 %)XHTML
41 (12.50 %)AJAX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
14 (50.00 %)Commerce Server 2007
22 (25.00 %)IIS
22 (25.00 %)Content Management Server
31 (12.50 %)ATG Dynamo
31 (12.50 %)SharePoint Portal Server
31 (12.50 %)SharePoint
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)Intranet
12 (25.00 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (62.50 %)SQL Server
24 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Retail
21 (12.50 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Developer
23 (37.50 %).NET Developer
23 (37.50 %)C# Developer
32 (25.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (12.50 %)Applications Support Analyst
41 (12.50 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (12.50 %)Analyst
41 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
41 (12.50 %)Support Specialist
41 (12.50 %)Applications Support
41 (12.50 %)Java Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)Windows
21 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)E-Commerce
22 (25.00 %)Content Management
31 (12.50 %)Workflow
31 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C#
22 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (12.50 %)Java
31 (12.50 %)JavaScript
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)Microsoft
21 (12.50 %)ATG
21 (12.50 %)Omniture
21 (12.50 %)Oracle