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The table below looks at the demand for N-Tier skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkN-Tier
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank118108
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads1645
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.049 %
As % of the category below2.516 %5.689 %
Daily rates quoted421
Average minimum daily rate£268£374
Average daily rate£280£408
% change on same period last year-31.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£442
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£395
% change on same period last year-22.57 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£34.50-
Average hourly rate£34.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£34.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£46.92£32.93
% change on same period last year+42.45 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads636791
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.032 %0.863 %
Daily rates quoted173241
Average minimum daily rate£313£310
Average daily rate£332£333
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted114125
Average minimum hourly rate£26.94£32.06
Average hourly rate£29.97£34.70
% change on same period last year-13.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.99£37.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£25.58
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
N-Tier EnglandN-Tier
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.

N-Tier
Demand Trend

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

East of England N-Tier Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing N-Tier across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

East of England N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing N-Tier across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

East of England N-Tier Hourly Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 December 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
CambridgeshireUp+146--
EssexDown-125£270-40.11 %
BedfordshireNew entry-4£325-
HertfordshireUp+171£200-33.33 %
N-Tier EnglandN-Tier
England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier.

122 (57.89 %).NET
219 (50.00 %)J2EE
219 (50.00 %)SQL
318 (47.37 %)VB.NET
417 (44.74 %)Oracle
515 (39.47 %)SQL Server
614 (36.84 %)ASP.NET
713 (34.21 %)JSP
713 (34.21 %)Servlets
713 (34.21 %)UNIX
713 (34.21 %)Linux
713 (34.21 %)OO
713 (34.21 %)C#
713 (34.21 %)Java
812 (31.58 %)Oracle 10g
812 (31.58 %)ILOG
812 (31.58 %)Oracle 9i
812 (31.58 %)JavaBeans
812 (31.58 %)JRules
910 (26.32 %)XML
910 (26.32 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
109 (23.68 %)Oracle HTTP Server
109 (23.68 %)IBM
109 (23.68 %)HTTP
109 (23.68 %)IBM HTTP Server
118 (21.05 %)Finance
118 (21.05 %)Marketing
127 (18.42 %)WinForms
127 (18.42 %)SQL Server 2005
127 (18.42 %)Oracle Reports

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing N-Tier 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 N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (57.89 %).NET
219 (50.00 %)J2EE
314 (36.84 %)ASP.NET
413 (34.21 %)JSP
413 (34.21 %)Servlets
512 (31.58 %)JavaBeans
512 (31.58 %)JRules
610 (26.32 %)XML
77 (18.42 %)WinForms
85 (13.16 %)WCF
94 (10.53 %)WPF
94 (10.53 %)WebServices
94 (10.53 %)WebSphere
94 (10.53 %)Middleware
103 (7.895 %)SOAP
112 (5.263 %)EJB
112 (5.263 %)HTML
121 (2.632 %)XML Schema
121 (2.632 %)CSS
121 (2.632 %)Struts
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (23.68 %)Oracle HTTP Server
19 (23.68 %)IBM HTTP Server
22 (5.263 %)WebSphere Application Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (10.53 %)MS Excel
23 (7.895 %)MS Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (23.68 %)HTTP
21 (2.632 %)SMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (39.47 %)SQL Server
212 (31.58 %)Oracle 9i
212 (31.58 %)Oracle 10g
37 (18.42 %)Oracle Reports
37 (18.42 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (15.79 %)Crystal Reports
55 (13.16 %)Oracle 8/8i
64 (10.53 %)ETL
71 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (2.632 %)DTS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (7.895 %)Visual Studio
21 (2.632 %)PVCS
21 (2.632 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (2.632 %)NUnit
21 (2.632 %)Ant
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (21.05 %)Finance
18 (21.05 %)Marketing
25 (13.16 %)Government
31 (2.632 %)Manufacturing
31 (2.632 %)Automotive
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126 (68.42 %)Developer
212 (31.58 %).NET Developer
39 (23.68 %)VB.NET Developer
46 (15.79 %)Analyst
55 (13.16 %)Systems Analyst
55 (13.16 %)Technical Analyst
55 (13.16 %)ASP.NET Developer
55 (13.16 %)WinForms Developer
64 (10.53 %)SQL Developer
64 (10.53 %)C# Developer
73 (7.895 %)Architect
73 (7.895 %)SQL Server Developer
73 (7.895 %)Technical Architect
73 (7.895 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
73 (7.895 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
82 (5.263 %)Web Developer
82 (5.263 %)Consultant
82 (5.263 %).NET Consultant
82 (5.263 %)Java Developer
91 (2.632 %)J2EE Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.632 %)Client/Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (34.21 %)UNIX
113 (34.21 %)Linux
24 (10.53 %)Windows
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (34.21 %)OO
26 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
35 (13.16 %)UML
35 (13.16 %)Configuration Management
44 (10.53 %)EAI
44 (10.53 %)Data Modelling
44 (10.53 %)DSDM
53 (7.895 %)OOP
62 (5.263 %)RAD
62 (5.263 %)E-business
62 (5.263 %)Data Security
62 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
71 (2.632 %)Agile Software Development
71 (2.632 %)Data Analysis
71 (2.632 %)Enterprise Architecture
71 (2.632 %)Web Development
71 (2.632 %)Unit Testing
71 (2.632 %)BC Cleared
71 (2.632 %)SOA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (50.00 %)SQL
218 (47.37 %)VB.NET
313 (34.21 %)C#
313 (34.21 %)Java
46 (15.79 %)VB
46 (15.79 %)VB6
53 (7.895 %)C
53 (7.895 %)JavaScript
62 (5.263 %)Transact-SQL
71 (2.632 %)PL/SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.632 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (26.32 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (44.74 %)Oracle
212 (31.58 %)ILOG
39 (23.68 %)IBM
46 (15.79 %)Microsoft