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The table below looks at the demand for Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWorldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6069
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.662 %2.055 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£100-
Average daily rate£125-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£150-
UK excluding London average daily rate£264£232
% change on same period last year+13.66 %
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£27.19£32.14
% change on same period last year-15.39 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads151146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.147 %
Daily rates quoted2931
Average minimum daily rate£316£363
Average daily rate£327£382
% change on same period last year-14.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£345
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted714
Average minimum hourly rate£17.15£23.85
Average hourly rate£17.85£26.28
% change on same period last year-32.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.54£28.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.83£26.95
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
W3C ScotlandW3C
Scotland

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.

W3C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Edinburgh W3C Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh W3C Daily Rate Trend

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh W3C Hourly Rate Trend

W3C
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing W3C 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 W3C.

11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)Adobe
11 (100.00 %)Content Management
11 (100.00 %)WAI

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing W3C 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 W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Web Developer
11 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
11 (100.00 %)PHP Web Developer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Content Management
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)PHP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (100.00 %)WAI
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Adobe