East of England HTML Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) 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 HTML over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Andover Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Camborne Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Gwent Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kenilworth Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Ives Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weymouth Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	16
Rank change on same period last year	-17
Matching contract IT job ads	141	340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.197 %	0.342 %
As % of the category below	17.05 %	24.08 %
Daily rates quoted	33	107
Average minimum daily rate	£238	£272
Average daily rate	£255	£288
% change on same period last year	-11.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£271	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£285	£295
% change on same period last year	-3.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	57
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.58	£25.04
Average hourly rate	£23.36	£26.30
% change on same period last year	-11.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.14	£27.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.96	£27.16
% change on same period last year	-8.09 %
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	827	1412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.155 %	1.419 %
Daily rates quoted	268	409
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£321
Average daily rate	£343	£339
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	167
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.66	£29.53
Average hourly rate	£32.16	£30.68
% change on same period last year	+4.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.66	£31.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.32	£32.24
% change on same period last year	-2.87 %
HTML 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTML across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTML across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTML within the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	-10	47	£212	-22.90 %
Cambridgeshire	0	37	£287	-2.15 %
Essex	-6	31	£279	-28.28 %
Norfolk	-17	16	£313	+20.75 %
Suffolk	+3	6	-	-
East Anglia	-4	4	-	-
Bedfordshire	-2	4	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing HTML 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 HTML.

1 218 (53.30 %) CSS 2 187 (45.72 %) JavaScript 3 162 (39.61 %) XML 4 134 (32.76 %) .NET 5 103 (25.18 %) Java 6 101 (24.69 %) ASP.NET 7 91 (22.25 %) SQL 8 89 (21.76 %) SQL Server 9 82 (20.05 %) XHTML 10 81 (19.80 %) JSP 11 72 (17.60 %) ASP 12 69 (16.87 %) C# 12 69 (16.87 %) AJAX 13 68 (16.63 %) Flash 14 57 (13.94 %) Photoshop

15 56 (13.69 %) E-Commerce 16 50 (12.22 %) Web Development 17 47 (11.49 %) Oracle 18 45 (11.00 %) J2EE 19 43 (10.51 %) Windows 20 42 (10.27 %) Microsoft 20 42 (10.27 %) Internet 21 41 (10.02 %) OO 21 41 (10.02 %) Retail 22 39 (9.535 %) VB.NET 23 36 (8.802 %) JSF 24 35 (8.557 %) W3C 24 35 (8.557 %) CMS 25 34 (8.313 %) ActionScript 25 34 (8.313 %) WebServices

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 218 (53.30 %) CSS 2 162 (39.61 %) XML 3 134 (32.76 %) .NET 4 101 (24.69 %) ASP.NET 5 82 (20.05 %) XHTML 6 81 (19.80 %) JSP 7 72 (17.60 %) ASP 8 69 (16.87 %) AJAX 9 45 (11.00 %) J2EE 10 36 (8.802 %) JSF 11 34 (8.313 %) WebServices 12 33 (8.068 %) Struts 13 30 (7.335 %) XSL 13 30 (7.335 %) XSLT 14 23 (5.623 %) WebSphere 15 22 (5.379 %) Oracle ADF 15 22 (5.379 %) EJB 16 21 (5.134 %) Servlets 16 21 (5.134 %) DOM 17 15 (3.667 %) JDBC	Application Platforms 1 35 (8.557 %) CMS 2 32 (7.824 %) IIS 3 22 (5.379 %) TeamSite 4 16 (3.912 %) SharePoint 5 13 (3.178 %) Apache 6 11 (2.689 %) Tomcat 7 8 (1.956 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 8 (1.956 %) ColdFusion 8 7 (1.711 %) JBoss 8 7 (1.711 %) MQSeries 9 5 (1.222 %) BizTalk Server 9 5 (1.222 %) SharePoint Server 2007 10 3 (0.733 %) MS Exchange 11 2 (0.489 %) WebLogic 11 2 (0.489 %) Content Management Server 11 2 (0.489 %) SharePoint Portal Server 12 1 (0.244 %) Oracle Application Server 12 1 (0.244 %) Commerce Server 12 1 (0.244 %) CICS
Applications 1 57 (13.94 %) Photoshop 2 16 (3.912 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 15 (3.667 %) MS Office 4 14 (3.423 %) MS Excel 5 11 (2.689 %) Fireworks 6 8 (1.956 %) FreeHand 7 4 (0.978 %) Adobe Captivate 7 4 (0.978 %) Spreadsheet 7 4 (0.978 %) RoboDemo 7 4 (0.978 %) Acrobat 7 4 (0.978 %) RoboHelp 8 3 (0.733 %) ImageReady 8 3 (0.733 %) InDesign 8 3 (0.733 %) MS PowerPoint 9 2 (0.489 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 22 (5.379 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 42 (10.27 %) Internet 2 16 (3.912 %) HTTP 3 7 (1.711 %) TCP/IP 3 7 (1.711 %) SMTP 3 7 (1.711 %) FTP 3 7 (1.711 %) Intranet 4 6 (1.467 %) Firewall 4 6 (1.467 %) SSH 5 5 (1.222 %) DNS 6 4 (0.978 %) RNC 7 3 (0.733 %) DHCP 8 2 (0.489 %) SMS 8 2 (0.489 %) Intrusion Detection 9 1 (0.244 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 89 (21.76 %) SQL Server 2 33 (8.068 %) SQL Server 2005 3 22 (5.379 %) Oracle 10g 3 22 (5.379 %) Oracle 9i 4 20 (4.890 %) MySQL 4 20 (4.890 %) SQL Server 2000 5 9 (2.200 %) DB2 6 8 (1.956 %) MS Access 7 6 (1.467 %) RDBMS 7 6 (1.467 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 3 (0.733 %) IDOL 8 3 (0.733 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 3 (0.733 %) JasperReports 8 3 (0.733 %) Oracle Reports 8 3 (0.733 %) DTS 9 2 (0.489 %) Crystal Reports 9 2 (0.489 %) GIS 9 2 (0.489 %) SQL Server 2008 10 1 (0.244 %) OLAP 10 1 (0.244 %) Ingres
Development Applications 1 68 (16.63 %) Flash 2 26 (6.357 %) Dreamweaver 3 23 (5.623 %) JDeveloper 4 10 (2.445 %) OpenDeploy 4 10 (2.445 %) JUnit 4 10 (2.445 %) Eclipse 5 8 (1.956 %) Ant 6 7 (1.711 %) Visual Studio 7 5 (1.222 %) Subversion 8 4 (0.978 %) Selenium 9 3 (0.733 %) FitNesse 9 3 (0.733 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 3 (0.733 %) WinRunner 9 3 (0.733 %) TestDirector 9 3 (0.733 %) QuickTest Pro 9 3 (0.733 %) LoadRunner 9 3 (0.733 %) JMeter 10 2 (0.489 %) NUnit 10 2 (0.489 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 10 2 (0.489 %) Firebug	General 1 41 (10.02 %) Retail 2 28 (6.846 %) Marketing 3 20 (4.890 %) Finance 4 17 (4.156 %) Publishing 5 15 (3.667 %) Graphic Design 6 13 (3.178 %) Telecoms 7 8 (1.956 %) Animation 7 8 (1.956 %) Games 7 8 (1.956 %) Pharmaceutical 7 8 (1.956 %) Multimedia 8 6 (1.467 %) Online Games 9 5 (1.222 %) Education 10 4 (0.978 %) Front Office 10 4 (0.978 %) Insurance 11 3 (0.733 %) Pensions 11 3 (0.733 %) Back Office 11 3 (0.733 %) Electronics 11 3 (0.733 %) Banking 12 2 (0.489 %) Automotive 12 2 (0.489 %) Government
Job Titles 1 247 (60.39 %) Developer 2 83 (20.29 %) Web Developer 3 44 (10.76 %) .NET Developer 4 34 (8.313 %) Java Developer 5 27 (6.601 %) Web Designer 6 20 (4.890 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 17 (4.156 %) ASP Developer 8 16 (3.912 %) C# Developer 9 15 (3.667 %) VB.NET Developer 9 15 (3.667 %) Team Leader 9 15 (3.667 %) Consultant 9 15 (3.667 %) Analyst 9 15 (3.667 %) .NET Web Developer 10 14 (3.423 %) Senior Developer 11 13 (3.178 %) Java Consultant 11 13 (3.178 %) Oracle Consultant 12 11 (2.689 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 12 11 (2.689 %) Junior 12 11 (2.689 %) UI Developer 13 10 (2.445 %) Software Developer	Miscellaneous 1 35 (8.557 %) W3C 2 6 (1.467 %) iDTV 2 6 (1.467 %) Web 2.0 3 5 (1.222 %) Computer Science 4 2 (0.489 %) Social Network 4 2 (0.489 %) Management Information System 4 2 (0.489 %) Clustering 4 2 (0.489 %) Data Protection Act 4 2 (0.489 %) NHS 4 2 (0.489 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.244 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.244 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.244 %) DTV 5 1 (0.244 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.244 %) NPfIT 5 1 (0.244 %) Mathematics 5 1 (0.244 %) Physics 5 1 (0.244 %) Biology 5 1 (0.244 %) Statistics 5 1 (0.244 %) RIA
Operating Systems 1 43 (10.51 %) Windows 2 24 (5.868 %) Linux 3 19 (4.645 %) UNIX 4 18 (4.401 %) Solaris 5 15 (3.667 %) Windows Server 2003 6 8 (1.956 %) Windows 2000 7 7 (1.711 %) Windows XP 8 4 (0.978 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 2 (0.489 %) Windows Vista 9 2 (0.489 %) Windows Server 2008 9 2 (0.489 %) NetWare 10 1 (0.244 %) HPUX 10 1 (0.244 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 56 (13.69 %) E-Commerce 2 50 (12.22 %) Web Development 3 41 (10.02 %) OO 4 34 (8.313 %) Content Management 5 24 (5.868 %) Web Design 6 16 (3.912 %) Scrum 6 16 (3.912 %) UML 7 14 (3.423 %) RAD 7 14 (3.423 %) Project Management 7 14 (3.423 %) Change Management 8 9 (2.200 %) SEO 9 8 (1.956 %) Agile Software Development 9 8 (1.956 %) Configuration Management 9 8 (1.956 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 7 (1.711 %) Unit Testing 10 7 (1.711 %) Continuous Integration 10 7 (1.711 %) PRINCE2 11 6 (1.467 %) Stress Testing 11 6 (1.467 %) Security Cleared 12 5 (1.222 %) Internet Marketing
Programming Languages 1 187 (45.72 %) JavaScript 2 103 (25.18 %) Java 3 91 (22.25 %) SQL 4 69 (16.87 %) C# 5 39 (9.535 %) VB.NET 6 34 (8.313 %) ActionScript 7 31 (7.579 %) PHP 7 31 (7.579 %) DHTML 8 28 (6.846 %) VBScript 9 26 (6.357 %) Perl 10 24 (5.868 %) VB 11 21 (5.134 %) C++ 12 15 (3.667 %) C 13 9 (2.200 %) Transact-SQL 14 8 (1.956 %) XPath 15 7 (1.711 %) VB6 16 5 (1.222 %) VBA 17 4 (0.978 %) Python 18 2 (0.489 %) Shell Script 18 2 (0.489 %) PHP5	Qualifications 1 20 (4.890 %) Degree 2 10 (2.445 %) Microsoft Certification 3 8 (1.956 %) HND 4 6 (1.467 %) ISEB 5 5 (1.222 %) MCP 5 5 (1.222 %) MCAD 6 3 (0.733 %) MCSD 7 2 (0.489 %) Sun Certification 8 1 (0.244 %) CCA 8 1 (0.244 %) Citrix Certification 8 1 (0.244 %) MCSE 8 1 (0.244 %) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (3.423 %) QA 2 12 (2.934 %) WCAG 3 4 (0.978 %) WAI	System Software 1 4 (0.978 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 47 (11.49 %) Oracle 2 42 (10.27 %) Microsoft 3 31 (7.579 %) Adobe 4 22 (5.379 %) Interwoven 5 15 (3.667 %) IBM 6 9 (2.200 %) Macromedia 7 8 (1.956 %) FatWire 8 4 (0.978 %) Northgate 8 4 (0.978 %) Citrix 8 4 (0.978 %) Tridion 9 3 (0.733 %) Sybase 9 3 (0.733 %) SAP 9 3 (0.733 %) InterSystems 9 3 (0.733 %) Quark 10 2 (0.489 %) Sun 10 2 (0.489 %) Symbian 10 2 (0.489 %) BEA 10 2 (0.489 %) Ericsson 10 2 (0.489 %) Nokia 10 2 (0.489 %) Novell