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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank145139
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.175 %1.095 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£300£260
Average daily rate£350£300
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£320
% change on same period last year-10.10 %
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£32.92£35.00
% change on same period last year-5.95 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads11411279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.521 %1.294 %
Daily rates quoted374371
Average minimum daily rate£349£337
Average daily rate£379£358
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted77155
Average minimum hourly rate£28.30£30.01
Average hourly rate£31.23£31.53
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.16£33.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England ActiveX Hourly Rate Trend

ActiveX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActiveX within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HertfordshireDown-71£350+16.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+11--
ActiveX EnglandActiveX
England

ActiveX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)VBScript
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)DHTML
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)OLAP
21 (50.00 %)IIS
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Struts
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)MS Access
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Intranet
21 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)Project Management
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (50.00 %)Web Development

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Struts
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)JSTL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Intranet
11 (50.00 %)Internet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)OLAP
11 (50.00 %)MS Access
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %).NET Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Project Management
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
11 (50.00 %)Algorithmic Trading
11 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)VBScript
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)DHTML
21 (50.00 %)Java
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
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