East of England Web Development Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Web Development skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Web Development over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Atherstone Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chessington City of London Clapham Colchester Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Gerrards Cross Glasgow Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hastings Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontypridd Portsmouth Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	97
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	69	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.091 %	0.050 %
As % of the category below	3.103 %	2.170 %
Daily rates quoted	35	6
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£226
Average daily rate	£346	£251
% change on same period last year	+37.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£276
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£302
% change on same period last year	+10.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.50	£25.18
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£27.50
% change on same period last year	+27.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.50	£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.82	£27.12
% change on same period last year	+17.30 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2224	2166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.933 %	2.298 %
Daily rates quoted	857	749
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£360
Average daily rate	£399	£381
% change on same period last year	+4.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	189	213
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.65	£27.80
Average hourly rate	£31.80	£29.25
% change on same period last year	+8.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.95	£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Web Development 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 Development
Demand Trend

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

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Development across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 Web Development across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Web Development within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

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	+28	39	£354	+8.95 %
Cambridgeshire	-10	13	£305	+45.23 %
Essex	-1	8	£305	-
Norfolk	+5	4	-	-
Bedfordshire	+7	3	-	-
East Anglia	-15	1	-	-
Suffolk	+2	1	£350	-

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Web Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Web Development 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 Development.

1 56 (36.13 %) HTML 1 56 (36.13 %) CSS 2 54 (34.84 %) JavaScript 2 54 (34.84 %) .NET 3 48 (30.97 %) C# 4 45 (29.03 %) XML 5 42 (27.10 %) SQL 6 33 (21.29 %) ASP.NET 7 32 (20.65 %) Java 8 31 (20.00 %) Telecoms 9 29 (18.71 %) AJAX 10 28 (18.06 %) SQL Server 11 23 (14.84 %) E-Commerce 12 22 (14.19 %) J2EE 12 22 (14.19 %) XHTML

13 21 (13.55 %) XSLT 14 18 (11.61 %) ASP 14 18 (11.61 %) SQL Server 2005 15 17 (10.97 %) Retail 15 17 (10.97 %) XSL 15 17 (10.97 %) OO 15 17 (10.97 %) Oracle 16 16 (10.32 %) WebServices 16 16 (10.32 %) Agile Software Development 16 16 (10.32 %) Content Management 16 16 (10.32 %) Web Design 16 16 (10.32 %) Finance 17 15 (9.677 %) VB.NET 18 14 (9.032 %) Photoshop 18 14 (9.032 %) Struts

Web Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Web Development 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 Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 56 (36.13 %) HTML 1 56 (36.13 %) CSS 2 54 (34.84 %) .NET 3 45 (29.03 %) XML 4 33 (21.29 %) ASP.NET 5 29 (18.71 %) AJAX 6 22 (14.19 %) XHTML 6 22 (14.19 %) J2EE 7 21 (13.55 %) XSLT 8 18 (11.61 %) ASP 9 17 (10.97 %) XSL 10 16 (10.32 %) WebServices 11 14 (9.032 %) Struts 12 10 (6.452 %) Hibernate 12 10 (6.452 %) WPF 13 9 (5.806 %) Spring 13 9 (5.806 %) JSP 13 9 (5.806 %) DOM 14 7 (4.516 %) WebSphere 15 6 (3.871 %) JSF	Application Platforms 1 12 (7.742 %) TeamSite 1 12 (7.742 %) WebLogic 2 8 (5.161 %) BizTalk Server 2 8 (5.161 %) Apache 3 7 (4.516 %) IIS 4 6 (3.871 %) WebLogic Portal 5 3 (1.935 %) Tomcat 5 3 (1.935 %) Joomla! 5 3 (1.935 %) Mambo 6 2 (1.290 %) WPS 6 2 (1.290 %) Tuxedo 7 1 (0.645 %) MQSeries 7 1 (0.645 %) SharePoint 7 1 (0.645 %) ColdFusion 7 1 (0.645 %) CMS 7 1 (0.645 %) ESB 7 1 (0.645 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 14 (9.032 %) Photoshop 2 3 (1.935 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.645 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.645 %) Fireworks 3 1 (0.645 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 4 (2.581 %) Oracle CRM 2 1 (0.645 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 14 (9.032 %) Internet 2 8 (5.161 %) Intranet 3 6 (3.871 %) FTP 4 5 (3.226 %) Extranet 5 4 (2.581 %) TELNET 5 4 (2.581 %) SMTP 6 2 (1.290 %) SMPP 6 2 (1.290 %) Wireless 6 2 (1.290 %) HTTP 6 2 (1.290 %) TCP/IP 7 1 (0.645 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (18.06 %) SQL Server 2 18 (11.61 %) SQL Server 2005 3 10 (6.452 %) MySQL 3 10 (6.452 %) SQL Server 7 4 9 (5.806 %) OLAP 5 6 (3.871 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (2.581 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (2.581 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.645 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 9 (5.806 %) Flash 2 8 (5.161 %) OpenDeploy 3 7 (4.516 %) JUnit 4 2 (1.290 %) Visual Studio 4 2 (1.290 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 2 (1.290 %) Dreamweaver 5 1 (0.645 %) StarTeam 5 1 (0.645 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5 1 (0.645 %) Eclipse	General 1 31 (20.00 %) Telecoms 2 17 (10.97 %) Retail 3 16 (10.32 %) Finance 4 11 (7.097 %) Marketing 5 9 (5.806 %) Banking 5 9 (5.806 %) Billing 6 4 (2.581 %) Graphic Design 6 4 (2.581 %) Back Office 7 3 (1.935 %) Games 7 3 (1.935 %) Automotive 8 2 (1.290 %) Education 8 2 (1.290 %) Pharmaceutical 8 2 (1.290 %) Financial Institution 8 2 (1.290 %) Publishing 8 2 (1.290 %) Multimedia 8 2 (1.290 %) Animation 9 1 (0.645 %) Police 9 1 (0.645 %) Home Office 9 1 (0.645 %) Advertising
Job Titles 1 108 (69.68 %) Developer 2 38 (24.52 %) Web Developer 3 24 (15.48 %) .NET Developer 4 14 (9.032 %) SQL Developer 5 13 (8.387 %) C# Developer 6 12 (7.742 %) SQL Server Developer 7 11 (7.097 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 10 (6.452 %) Team Leader 8 10 (6.452 %) Java Developer 9 9 (5.806 %) Senior Developer 9 9 (5.806 %) Analyst 9 9 (5.806 %) Project Manager 10 7 (4.516 %) VB.NET Developer 11 6 (3.871 %) Web Designer 11 6 (3.871 %) J2EE Developer 11 6 (3.871 %) Architect 12 5 (3.226 %) IT Manager 12 5 (3.226 %) IT Project Manager 12 5 (3.226 %) Senior Java Developer 12 5 (3.226 %) WebSphere Developer	Miscellaneous 1 8 (5.161 %) Web 2.0 2 4 (2.581 %) W3C 2 4 (2.581 %) Management Information System 3 2 (1.290 %) Client/Server 3 2 (1.290 %) N-Tier 4 1 (0.645 %) NHS 4 1 (0.645 %) Streaming Video 4 1 (0.645 %) Asset Management
Operating Systems 1 7 (4.516 %) Windows 1 7 (4.516 %) Linux 2 6 (3.871 %) Unix 3 2 (1.290 %) Ubuntu	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (14.84 %) E-Commerce 2 17 (10.97 %) OO 3 16 (10.32 %) Web Design 3 16 (10.32 %) Content Management 3 16 (10.32 %) Agile Software Development 4 14 (9.032 %) SEO 5 12 (7.742 %) RAD 6 10 (6.452 %) PRINCE2 6 10 (6.452 %) UML 6 10 (6.452 %) OOP 7 9 (5.806 %) CRM 8 8 (5.161 %) MVC 8 8 (5.161 %) Scrum 9 7 (4.516 %) SOA 9 7 (4.516 %) ITIL 10 4 (2.581 %) Data Modelling 10 4 (2.581 %) OOD 10 4 (2.581 %) Change Management 10 4 (2.581 %) Unit Testing 10 4 (2.581 %) Information Management
Programming Languages 1 54 (34.84 %) JavaScript 2 48 (30.97 %) C# 3 42 (27.10 %) SQL 4 32 (20.65 %) Java 5 15 (9.677 %) VB.NET 6 13 (8.387 %) PHP 7 7 (4.516 %) C 7 7 (4.516 %) VBScript 8 6 (3.871 %) DHTML 9 5 (3.226 %) Transact-SQL 10 4 (2.581 %) Perl 11 2 (1.290 %) C++ 11 2 (1.290 %) Delphi 11 2 (1.290 %) VB 11 2 (1.290 %) VB6 12 1 (0.645 %) Ruby 12 1 (0.645 %) PHP5 12 1 (0.645 %) PHP4	Qualifications 1 2 (1.290 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (0.645 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (0.645 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (6.452 %) WAI 2 5 (3.226 %) SLA	Systems Management 1 3 (1.935 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 17 (10.97 %) Oracle 2 14 (9.032 %) Microsoft 3 12 (7.742 %) Interwoven 4 7 (4.516 %) Amdocs 5 3 (1.935 %) Serena 5 3 (1.935 %) Adobe 5 3 (1.935 %) Vignette 6 1 (0.645 %) SAP 6 1 (0.645 %) IBM 6 1 (0.645 %) Mercator