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The table below looks at the demand for Web 2.0 skills within the East Midlands 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8789
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.940 %0.938 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£380
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£307
% change on same period last year+3.99 %
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£15.00£39.80
% change on same period last year-62.31 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads319320
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.453 %0.323 %
Daily rates quoted7932
Average minimum daily rate£341£356
Average daily rate£368£388
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted4364
Average minimum hourly rate£19.95£14.81
Average hourly rate£21.80£18.03
% change on same period last year+20.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.65£21.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.85£26.56
% change on same period last year-6.42 %
Web 2.0 EnglandWeb 2.0
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.

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Web 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web 2.0 within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyshireDown-61--
Web 2.0 EnglandWeb 2.0
England

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

17 (58.33 %)Internet
17 (58.33 %)Service Delivery
25 (41.67 %)Web Design
34 (33.33 %)Government
34 (33.33 %)Intranet
34 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
34 (33.33 %)Content Management
34 (33.33 %)AJAX
43 (25.00 %)Local Government
43 (25.00 %)Taxonomies
43 (25.00 %)Information Management
43 (25.00 %)Java
43 (25.00 %)J2EE
43 (25.00 %)XML
52 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
52 (16.67 %)IBM
52 (16.67 %)W3C
52 (16.67 %)JavaScript
52 (16.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (16.67 %)SOAP
52 (16.67 %)Struts
52 (16.67 %)JSF
52 (16.67 %)Degree
52 (16.67 %)JSTL
52 (16.67 %)WebSphere
61 (8.333 %)Computer Science
61 (8.333 %)MooTools
61 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
61 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
61 (8.333 %)ASP.NET

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %)AJAX
23 (25.00 %)J2EE
23 (25.00 %)XML
32 (16.67 %)JSF
32 (16.67 %)SOAP
32 (16.67 %)Struts
32 (16.67 %)WebSphere
32 (16.67 %)JSTL
41 (8.333 %)MooTools
41 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
41 (8.333 %)CSS
41 (8.333 %).NET
41 (8.333 %)XHTML
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (8.333 %)Apache
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (58.33 %)Internet
24 (33.33 %)Intranet
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)MySQL
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server
11 (8.333 %)PostgreSQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Government
23 (25.00 %)Local Government
31 (8.333 %)Games
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (58.33 %)Architect
17 (58.33 %)Web Architect
25 (41.67 %)Developer
25 (41.67 %)Information Architect
34 (33.33 %)Web Manager
43 (25.00 %)Web Project Manager
43 (25.00 %)Project Manager
52 (16.67 %)Web Developer
52 (16.67 %)Information Manager
52 (16.67 %)WebSphere Developer
61 (8.333 %)Java Developer
61 (8.333 %)Java/J2EE Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (25.00 %)Taxonomies
22 (16.67 %)W3C
31 (8.333 %)Computer Science
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)UNIX
11 (8.333 %)Linux
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (58.33 %)Service Delivery
25 (41.67 %)Web Design
34 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
34 (33.33 %)Content Management
43 (25.00 %)Information Management
52 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
61 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
61 (8.333 %)UML
61 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)Java
22 (16.67 %)JavaScript
31 (8.333 %)PHP
31 (8.333 %)SQL
31 (8.333 %)Shell Script
31 (8.333 %)C#
31 (8.333 %)DHTML
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (16.67 %)Degree
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)IBM