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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Commerce Server skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Commerce Server over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Commerce Server
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank123152
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads161
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.968 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£450£200
Average daily rate£450£250
% change on same period last year+80.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£439£386
% change on same period last year+13.84 %
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£37.50£34.45
% change on same period last year+8.83 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads539685
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.718 %0.683 %
Daily rates quoted165200
Average minimum daily rate£333£315
Average daily rate£350£330
% change on same period last year+6.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted5394
Average minimum hourly rate£20.84£27.10
Average hourly rate£21.93£28.33
% change on same period last year-22.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.02£29.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£24.75
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
Commerce Server EnglandCommerce Server
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.

Commerce Server
Demand Trend

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

East of England Commerce Server Demand Trend

Commerce Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Commerce Server across the East of England region.

East of England Commerce Server Daily Rate Trend

Commerce Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Commerce Server across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

East of England Commerce Server Daily Rate Histogram

Commerce Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Commerce Server within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
HertfordshireUp+3116£450+80.00 %
Commerce Server EnglandCommerce Server
England

Commerce Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Commerce Server 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 Commerce Server.

116 (88.89 %)Commerce Server 2007
215 (83.33 %)Microsoft
313 (72.22 %).NET
313 (72.22 %)SQL Server
412 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
412 (66.67 %)SharePoint
511 (61.11 %)E-Commerce
511 (61.11 %)C#
610 (55.56 %)C
79 (50.00 %)B2C
87 (38.89 %)SQL Server 2005
87 (38.89 %)User Acceptance Testing
96 (33.33 %)Retail
105 (27.78 %)Content Management
105 (27.78 %)Insurance
105 (27.78 %)XHTML
105 (27.78 %)Finance
105 (27.78 %)ADO.NET
105 (27.78 %)WebServices
105 (27.78 %)XML
105 (27.78 %)XSL
114 (22.22 %)Transact-SQL
114 (22.22 %)UML
123 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
132 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
132 (11.11 %)AJAX
132 (11.11 %)CSS
141 (5.556 %)Windows
141 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
141 (5.556 %)VB

Commerce Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Commerce Server 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 Commerce Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (72.22 %).NET
212 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
35 (27.78 %)XHTML
35 (27.78 %)ADO.NET
35 (27.78 %)WebServices
35 (27.78 %)XML
35 (27.78 %)XSL
42 (11.11 %)AJAX
42 (11.11 %)CSS
51 (5.556 %)HTML
51 (5.556 %)Silverlight
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (88.89 %)Commerce Server 2007
212 (66.67 %)SharePoint
33 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (72.22 %)SQL Server
27 (38.89 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (5.556 %)DTS
31 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2008
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.556 %)Visual Studio
11 (5.556 %)NUnit
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (33.33 %)Retail
25 (27.78 %)Insurance
25 (27.78 %)Finance
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (100.00 %)Developer
26 (33.33 %)Microsoft Developer
33 (16.67 %)SharePoint Developer
33 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
42 (11.11 %)Consultant
42 (11.11 %)SharePoint Consultant
51 (5.556 %).NET Developer
51 (5.556 %)C# Developer
51 (5.556 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.556 %).NET Web Developer
51 (5.556 %)C# Web Developer
51 (5.556 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.556 %)Web Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)N-Tier
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.556 %)Windows
11 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (61.11 %)E-Commerce
29 (50.00 %)B2C
37 (38.89 %)User Acceptance Testing
45 (27.78 %)Content Management
54 (22.22 %)UML
61 (5.556 %)OOA/OOD
61 (5.556 %)Scrum
61 (5.556 %)TDD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (61.11 %)C#
210 (55.56 %)C
34 (22.22 %)Transact-SQL
41 (5.556 %)VB
41 (5.556 %)VB.NET
41 (5.556 %)C++
41 (5.556 %)Java
41 (5.556 %)SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.556 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (83.33 %)Microsoft