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The table below looks at the demand for Web 2.0 skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank166181
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads4210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.522 %0.377 %
Daily rates quoted313
Average minimum daily rate£380£350
Average daily rate£431£400
% change on same period last year+7.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£482£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£306
% change on same period last year+6.32 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50-
Average hourly rate£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£22.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£40.45
% change on same period last year-62.91 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads27602651
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.903 %2.684 %
Daily rates quoted16301173
Average minimum daily rate£465£501
Average daily rate£510£538
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£555£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted6652
Average minimum hourly rate£22.07£24.37
Average hourly rate£24.55£25.84
% change on same period last year-4.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.03£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
Web 2.0 LondonWeb 2.0
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.

Web 2.0
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London Web 2.0 Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web 2.0 across the City of London region.

City of London Web 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web 2.0 across the City of London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

City of London Web 2.0 Daily Rate Histogram

Web 2.0
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the City of London region.

City of London Web 2.0 Hourly Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

123 (33.33 %).NET
221 (30.43 %)ASP.NET
318 (26.09 %)CSS
417 (24.64 %)C#
516 (23.19 %)SQL Server
516 (23.19 %)Scrum
615 (21.74 %)AJAX
714 (20.29 %)Agile Software Development
714 (20.29 %)Java
714 (20.29 %)Flash
813 (18.84 %)JavaScript
912 (17.39 %)MySQL
912 (17.39 %)XHTML
1011 (15.94 %)HTML
1011 (15.94 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1110 (14.49 %)Front Office
1110 (14.49 %)J2EE
1110 (14.49 %)OO
129 (13.04 %)WebServices
129 (13.04 %)Content Management
138 (11.59 %)Games
138 (11.59 %)SQL
138 (11.59 %)PHP
138 (11.59 %)QA
138 (11.59 %)Social Network
147 (10.14 %)IIS
147 (10.14 %)Hibernate
147 (10.14 %)CMS
147 (10.14 %)Spring
147 (10.14 %)Banking

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (33.33 %).NET
221 (30.43 %)ASP.NET
318 (26.09 %)CSS
415 (21.74 %)AJAX
512 (17.39 %)XHTML
611 (15.94 %)HTML
611 (15.94 %)ASP.NET 2.0
710 (14.49 %)J2EE
89 (13.04 %)WebServices
97 (10.14 %)Hibernate
97 (10.14 %)Spring
105 (7.246 %)Adobe Flex
105 (7.246 %)MVC
105 (7.246 %)XML
114 (5.797 %)LAMP
114 (5.797 %)ASP
114 (5.797 %)JSP
123 (4.348 %)LINQ
123 (4.348 %)Drupal
132 (2.899 %)SOAP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (10.14 %)IIS
17 (10.14 %)CMS
24 (5.797 %)Apache
32 (2.899 %)SharePoint
41 (1.449 %)WebLogic
41 (1.449 %)Tomcat
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (4.348 %)Photoshop
22 (2.899 %)MS Visio
31 (1.449 %)Fireworks
31 (1.449 %)Adobe Illustrator
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (8.696 %)Internet
24 (5.797 %)Firewall
24 (5.797 %)DNS
33 (4.348 %)Broadband
42 (2.899 %)FTP
42 (2.899 %)Intranet
51 (1.449 %)Wireless
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (23.19 %)SQL Server
212 (17.39 %)MySQL
36 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (20.29 %)Flash
25 (7.246 %)WinRunner
25 (7.246 %)QuickTest Pro
33 (4.348 %)LoadRunner
33 (4.348 %)WATIR
33 (4.348 %)Selenium
33 (4.348 %)FitNesse
41 (1.449 %)Eclipse
41 (1.449 %)Subversion
41 (1.449 %)JUnit
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (14.49 %)Front Office
28 (11.59 %)Games
37 (10.14 %)Banking
46 (8.696 %)Investment Banking
55 (7.246 %)Publishing
64 (5.797 %)Marketing
72 (2.899 %)Animation
72 (2.899 %)Back Office
72 (2.899 %)Telecoms
81 (1.449 %)Finance
81 (1.449 %)Government
81 (1.449 %)Law
81 (1.449 %)Advertising
81 (1.449 %)Retail
81 (1.449 %)Billing
81 (1.449 %)Graphic Design
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
140 (57.97 %)Developer
211 (15.94 %)C# Developer
38 (11.59 %)Web Developer
46 (8.696 %)Java Developer
55 (7.246 %).NET Developer
55 (7.246 %)Quant Developer
64 (5.797 %)Flex Developer
64 (5.797 %)Quantitative Developer
64 (5.797 %)Project Manager
64 (5.797 %)LAMP Developer
73 (4.348 %)Architect
73 (4.348 %)ASP.NET Developer
73 (4.348 %)Flash Developer
73 (4.348 %)Web Architect
82 (2.899 %)Flash Designer
82 (2.899 %)Test Specialist
82 (2.899 %)Infrastructure Specialist
82 (2.899 %).NET Web Developer
82 (2.899 %)Senior Developer
82 (2.899 %)Consultant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (11.59 %)Social Network
24 (5.797 %)Clustering
33 (4.348 %)Streaming Video
33 (4.348 %)Multithreading
42 (2.899 %)Derivative
51 (1.449 %)Taxonomies
51 (1.449 %)Fixed Income
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (7.246 %)Linux
24 (5.797 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (5.797 %)Windows
32 (2.899 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (23.19 %)Scrum
214 (20.29 %)Agile Software Development
310 (14.49 %)OO
49 (13.04 %)Content Management
56 (8.696 %)E-Commerce
64 (5.797 %)Load Balancing
64 (5.797 %)Performance Testing
73 (4.348 %)Workflow
73 (4.348 %)Web Development
73 (4.348 %)SOA
82 (2.899 %)PRINCE2
82 (2.899 %)AOP
82 (2.899 %)Supplier Management
82 (2.899 %)Incident Management
82 (2.899 %)Project Management
82 (2.899 %)Change Management
82 (2.899 %)Disaster Recovery
82 (2.899 %)SEO
82 (2.899 %)Business Continuity
91 (1.449 %)Email Marketing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (24.64 %)C#
214 (20.29 %)Java
313 (18.84 %)JavaScript
48 (11.59 %)PHP
48 (11.59 %)SQL
52 (2.899 %)ActionScript
52 (2.899 %)DHTML
61 (1.449 %)Ruby
61 (1.449 %)PHP5
61 (1.449 %)VBScript
61 (1.449 %)C++
61 (1.449 %)PL/SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.899 %)PRINCE2 Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (11.59 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (5.797 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (2.899 %)Nokia
12 (2.899 %)RedDot
21 (1.449 %)Oracle
21 (1.449 %)IBM
21 (1.449 %)Adobe