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The table below looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RSS over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReally Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank200194
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.099 %0.169 %
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£250£295
% change on same period last year-15.25 %
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£24.17£20.00
% change on same period last year+20.83 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads20151775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.864 %1.793 %
Daily rates quoted1137813
Average minimum daily rate£389£450
Average daily rate£423£476
% change on same period last year-11.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£457£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted5823
Average minimum hourly rate£26.74£31.45
Average hourly rate£29.42£33.46
% change on same period last year-12.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.10£35.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
RSS LondonRSS
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.

RSS
Demand Trend

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

City of London RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London RSS Daily Rate Trend

RSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London RSS Hourly Rate Trend

RSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing RSS 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 RSS.

18 (88.89 %)CSS
18 (88.89 %)XML
27 (77.78 %)SharePoint
36 (66.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
45 (55.56 %)Content Management
45 (55.56 %)Microsoft
45 (55.56 %)HTML
54 (44.44 %).NET
54 (44.44 %)Flash
54 (44.44 %)CMS
63 (33.33 %)W3C
63 (33.33 %)ASP
63 (33.33 %)MS Office
72 (22.22 %)SQL Server
72 (22.22 %)JavaScript
72 (22.22 %)SQL
72 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
72 (22.22 %)WebServices
72 (22.22 %)Education
72 (22.22 %)C#
72 (22.22 %)Windows SharePoint Services
81 (11.11 %)Wiki
81 (11.11 %)Blog
81 (11.11 %)SharePoint Portal Server
81 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
81 (11.11 %)Publishing
81 (11.11 %)Banking
81 (11.11 %)MS Visio
81 (11.11 %)B2C
81 (11.11 %)Intranet

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing RSS 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 RSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (88.89 %)CSS
18 (88.89 %)XML
25 (55.56 %)HTML
34 (44.44 %).NET
43 (33.33 %)ASP
52 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
52 (22.22 %)WebServices
52 (22.22 %)Windows SharePoint Services
61 (11.11 %)XHTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (77.78 %)SharePoint
26 (66.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
34 (44.44 %)CMS
41 (11.11 %)SharePoint Portal Server
41 (11.11 %)Lotus Domino
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (11.11 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)Intranet
11 (11.11 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (44.44 %)Flash
21 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Education
21 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
21 (11.11 %)Publishing
21 (11.11 %)Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Administrator
13 (33.33 %)Web Administrator
13 (33.33 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %)SharePoint Developer
31 (11.11 %)C# Developer
31 (11.11 %)ASP Developer
31 (11.11 %)HTML Developer
31 (11.11 %)Web Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (33.33 %)W3C
21 (11.11 %)Wiki
21 (11.11 %)Blog
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)Content Management
21 (11.11 %)B2C
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (22.22 %)JavaScript
12 (22.22 %)SQL
12 (22.22 %)C#
21 (11.11 %)VB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Microsoft