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The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads913
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.013 %
As % of the category below34.62 %41.94 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£170-
Average daily rate£170-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£170-
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£339
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£31.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.35£26.49
% change on same period last year-19.40 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads2631
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.031 %
Daily rates quoted59
Average minimum daily rate£214£149
Average daily rate£214£161
% change on same period last year+33.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£214£173
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£20.50£30.42
% change on same period last year-32.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00£30.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Internet West MidlandsInternet
West Midlands

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Coventry Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Internet across the Coventry region.

Coventry Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Coventry Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Coventry region.

Coventry Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Internet 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 Internet.

17 (29.17 %)Education
26 (25.00 %)Windows
35 (20.83 %)PRINCE2
35 (20.83 %)UML
35 (20.83 %)RSS
35 (20.83 %)Microsoft
35 (20.83 %)MS Office
35 (20.83 %)XML
35 (20.83 %)Business Analysis
35 (20.83 %)Web 2.0
44 (16.67 %)Validation
44 (16.67 %)SQL Server
44 (16.67 %)ISEB
44 (16.67 %)NHS
44 (16.67 %)PRINCE
53 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (12.50 %)Terminal Services
53 (12.50 %)Citrix
53 (12.50 %)ITIL
53 (12.50 %)Project Management
53 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (12.50 %)Finance
53 (12.50 %)Firewall
53 (12.50 %)HTML
53 (12.50 %)SQL
53 (12.50 %)Active Directory
53 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
53 (12.50 %)Linux
53 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (12.50 %)Project Planning

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (20.83 %)RSS
15 (20.83 %)XML
23 (12.50 %)HTML
31 (4.167 %)MVC
31 (4.167 %)AWT
31 (4.167 %)Swing
31 (4.167 %).NET
31 (4.167 %)J2EE
31 (4.167 %)XSLT
31 (4.167 %)CSS
31 (4.167 %)JSP
31 (4.167 %)Servlets
31 (4.167 %)Struts
31 (4.167 %)Ruby on Rails
31 (4.167 %)Fusebox
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
13 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
13 (12.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (8.333 %)SharePoint
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (20.83 %)MS Office
21 (4.167 %)MS Visio
21 (4.167 %)MS Excel
21 (4.167 %)MS Project
21 (4.167 %)MS PowerPoint
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (12.50 %)Firewall
22 (8.333 %)Intranet
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (16.67 %)SQL Server
23 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (4.167 %)MySQL
31 (4.167 %)Data Cleansing
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.167 %)JUnit
11 (4.167 %)StarTeam
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (29.17 %)Education
23 (12.50 %)Finance
32 (8.333 %)Health
41 (4.167 %)Financial Institution
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (16.67 %)Test Engineer
14 (16.67 %)Analyst
23 (12.50 %)3rd Line Support
32 (8.333 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
32 (8.333 %)Technical Engineer
32 (8.333 %)Server Engineer
32 (8.333 %)Server Support Engineer
32 (8.333 %)Project Officer
32 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
32 (8.333 %)Administrator
32 (8.333 %)Server Support
32 (8.333 %)Business Analyst
41 (4.167 %)Developer
41 (4.167 %)Coordinator
41 (4.167 %)Architect
41 (4.167 %)Project Manager
41 (4.167 %)Information Architect
41 (4.167 %)Applications Developer
41 (4.167 %)J2EE Team Leader
41 (4.167 %)UML Business Analyst
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (20.83 %)Web 2.0
24 (16.67 %)NHS
32 (8.333 %)Taxonomies
41 (4.167 %)Client/Server
41 (4.167 %)N-Tier
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (25.00 %)Windows
23 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (12.50 %)Linux
32 (8.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (8.333 %)Mac OS X
41 (4.167 %)Windows 2000
41 (4.167 %)UNIX
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.83 %)PRINCE2
15 (20.83 %)UML
15 (20.83 %)Business Analysis
24 (16.67 %)Validation
24 (16.67 %)PRINCE
33 (12.50 %)ITIL
33 (12.50 %)Project Management
33 (12.50 %)Project Planning
42 (8.333 %)Test Scripting
42 (8.333 %)Content Management
42 (8.333 %)ITSM
42 (8.333 %)Service Management
51 (4.167 %)Identity Management
51 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
51 (4.167 %)OOA/OOD
51 (4.167 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (4.167 %)Matrix Management
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (4.167 %)Java
21 (4.167 %)PL/SQL
21 (4.167 %)C
21 (4.167 %)C#
21 (4.167 %)Ruby
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (16.67 %)ISEB
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (12.50 %)Terminal Services
13 (12.50 %)Active Directory
22 (8.333 %)ISA Server
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (20.83 %)Microsoft
23 (12.50 %)Citrix
31 (4.167 %)Borland
31 (4.167 %)Oracle