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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActiveX over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-90
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.230 %
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£280£311
% change on same period last year-9.83 %
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£35.50£37.13
% change on same period last year-4.37 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads381435
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.536 %0.440 %
Daily rates quoted7563
Average minimum daily rate£307£366
Average daily rate£332£375
% change on same period last year-11.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted2332
Average minimum hourly rate£28.80£29.14
Average hourly rate£31.22£32.03
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.64£34.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
ActiveX EnglandActiveX
England

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.

ActiveX
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands ActiveX Demand Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands ActiveX Daily Rate Trend

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands ActiveX Hourly Rate Trend

ActiveX
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++
13 (100.00 %)OpenGL
13 (100.00 %)DirectX
22 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
22 (66.67 %)3D Graphics
22 (66.67 %)E-Learning
31 (33.33 %)Government

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)OpenGL
13 (100.00 %)DirectX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)3D Graphics
21 (33.33 %)Government
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)C++ Developer
22 (66.67 %)C++ Software Developer
22 (66.67 %)Software Developer
31 (33.33 %)C++/C# Developer
31 (33.33 %)C# Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)E-Learning
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++