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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX skills within the 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 ActiveX over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank524578
Rank change on same period last yearUp+54
Matching contract IT job ads3660
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.060 %
As % of the category below0.221 %0.268 %
Daily rates quoted1618
Average minimum daily rate£260£342
Average daily rate£273£356
% change on same period last year-23.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£286£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£325
% change on same period last year-13.82 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00£22.40
Average hourly rate£51.25£25.00
% change on same period last year+105.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£57.50£27.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£37.50
% change on same period last year-13.33 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1630622401
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.73 %22.35 %
Daily rates quoted56846989
Average minimum daily rate£353£370
Average daily rate£380£395
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted9621377
Average minimum hourly rate£30.45£30.70
Average hourly rate£32.66£33.18
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.87£35.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
ActiveX UKActiveX
UK

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.

ActiveX
Demand Trend

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

England ActiveX Demand Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ActiveX Daily Rate Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England ActiveX Daily Rate Histogram

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ActiveX Hourly Rate Trend

ActiveX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActiveX within the 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
South EastUp+5815£350+3.15 %
LondonUp+4411£266-33.28 %
West MidlandsNew entry-3£200-
North EastNew entry-3£293-
North WestUp+123£203-
East of EnglandUp+21--
ActiveX UKActiveX
UK

ActiveX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX.

136 (43.37 %)SQL Server
232 (38.55 %)VB
232 (38.55 %).NET
327 (32.53 %)SQL
327 (32.53 %)C#
426 (31.33 %)XML
524 (28.92 %)VB6
623 (27.71 %)OO
623 (27.71 %)VBA
623 (27.71 %)Visual Studio
721 (25.30 %)ASP
721 (25.30 %)C++
721 (25.30 %)HTML
818 (21.69 %)Windows
917 (20.48 %)DCOM
1016 (19.28 %)IIS
1115 (18.07 %)Oracle
1214 (16.87 %)PL/SQL
1214 (16.87 %)Oracle 9i
1313 (15.66 %)MFC
1412 (14.46 %)VBScript
1412 (14.46 %)MS Office
1412 (14.46 %)ODBC
1412 (14.46 %)OOD
1412 (14.46 %)Microsoft
1412 (14.46 %)SQL Server 2000
1511 (13.25 %)ERP
1511 (13.25 %)UML
1511 (13.25 %)ASP.NET
169 (10.84 %)ADO

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
132 (38.55 %).NET
226 (31.33 %)XML
321 (25.30 %)HTML
321 (25.30 %)ASP
417 (20.48 %)DCOM
513 (15.66 %)MFC
612 (14.46 %)ODBC
711 (13.25 %)ASP.NET
89 (10.84 %)ADO
98 (9.639 %)CSS
98 (9.639 %)DirectX
107 (8.434 %)OpenGL
116 (7.229 %)WinForms
125 (6.024 %)MDX
134 (4.819 %)JSP
134 (4.819 %)COM+
143 (3.614 %)STL
143 (3.614 %)ATL
143 (3.614 %)COM
143 (3.614 %)DAO
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (19.28 %)IIS
23 (3.614 %)Tomcat
32 (2.410 %)Apache
32 (2.410 %)CMS
41 (1.205 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (1.205 %)Jetty
41 (1.205 %)MTS
41 (1.205 %)Documentum
41 (1.205 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (14.46 %)MS Office
25 (6.024 %)Photoshop
33 (3.614 %)Spreadsheet
42 (2.410 %)Acrobat
51 (1.205 %)MS Project
51 (1.205 %)MS Excel
51 (1.205 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.410 %)SAP ERP
21 (1.205 %)LabWindows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (4.819 %)Intranet
14 (4.819 %)Internet
23 (3.614 %)Reverse Proxy
32 (2.410 %)Softphone
32 (2.410 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.205 %)SSL
41 (1.205 %)SMTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (43.37 %)SQL Server
214 (16.87 %)Oracle 9i
312 (14.46 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (9.639 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (8.434 %)MS Access
57 (8.434 %)OLAP
57 (8.434 %)DTS
66 (7.229 %)TOAD
75 (6.024 %)SQL Navigator
75 (6.024 %)Oracle 10g
83 (3.614 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (2.410 %)GIS
92 (2.410 %)Crystal Reports
92 (2.410 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (1.205 %)BusinessObjects
101 (1.205 %)Datawarehouse
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (27.71 %)Visual Studio
24 (4.819 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (2.410 %)LabVIEW
41 (1.205 %)InterDev
41 (1.205 %)JUnit
41 (1.205 %)Flash
41 (1.205 %)Rational Rose
41 (1.205 %)RequisitePro
41 (1.205 %)ClearQuest
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (10.84 %)Electronics
24 (4.819 %)Finance
24 (4.819 %)3D Graphics
33 (3.614 %)Banking
33 (3.614 %)Legal
42 (2.410 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.205 %)Multimedia
51 (1.205 %)Pensions
51 (1.205 %)Manufacturing
51 (1.205 %)Publishing
51 (1.205 %)Telecoms
51 (1.205 %)Automotive
51 (1.205 %)Education
51 (1.205 %)Government
51 (1.205 %)Law
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
162 (74.70 %)Developer
216 (19.28 %)VB Developer
313 (15.66 %)C++ Developer
410 (12.05 %)VBA Developer
59 (10.84 %)VB6 Developer
68 (9.639 %)SQL Developer
68 (9.639 %)Software Engineer
68 (9.639 %)Oracle Developer
76 (7.229 %)Analyst
85 (6.024 %)Software Developer
85 (6.024 %).NET Developer
85 (6.024 %)Programmer
85 (6.024 %)C# Developer
85 (6.024 %).NET Software Engineer
94 (4.819 %)C++ Software Developer
94 (4.819 %)Analyst Developer
94 (4.819 %)Systems Developer
94 (4.819 %)PL/SQL Developer
94 (4.819 %)Senior Developer
94 (4.819 %)Senior Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (6.024 %)E-Learning
24 (4.819 %)Smartcard
33 (3.614 %)Multithreading
42 (2.410 %)Client/Server
51 (1.205 %)W3C
51 (1.205 %)Management Information System
51 (1.205 %)Statistics
51 (1.205 %)Mathematics
51 (1.205 %)Computer Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (21.69 %)Windows
25 (6.024 %)Windows 2000
25 (6.024 %)Windows XP
34 (4.819 %)Linux
43 (3.614 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (2.410 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (1.205 %)Solaris
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (27.71 %)OO
212 (14.46 %)OOD
311 (13.25 %)UML
311 (13.25 %)ERP
46 (7.229 %)Project Management
46 (7.229 %)Security Cleared
54 (4.819 %)Problem Management
63 (3.614 %)Resource Management
63 (3.614 %)Document Management
63 (3.614 %)Data Analysis
63 (3.614 %)Data Modelling
63 (3.614 %)CRM
72 (2.410 %)Software Engineering
72 (2.410 %)PRINCE2
72 (2.410 %)Incident Management
81 (1.205 %)Requirements Analysis
81 (1.205 %)Web Development
81 (1.205 %)Algorithmic Trading
81 (1.205 %)User Acceptance Testing
81 (1.205 %)Performance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (38.55 %)VB
227 (32.53 %)C#
227 (32.53 %)SQL
324 (28.92 %)VB6
423 (27.71 %)VBA
521 (25.30 %)C++
614 (16.87 %)PL/SQL
712 (14.46 %)VBScript
89 (10.84 %)JavaScript
98 (9.639 %)Java
106 (7.229 %)VB.NET
106 (7.229 %)VC++
113 (3.614 %)Perl
113 (3.614 %)Transact-SQL
121 (1.205 %)C
121 (1.205 %)DHTML
121 (1.205 %)Python
121 (1.205 %)Ruby
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.410 %)Degree
21 (1.205 %)MCAD
21 (1.205 %)MCSD
21 (1.205 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.205 %)MCPD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.205 %)ISO9001
11 (1.205 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (18.07 %)Oracle
212 (14.46 %)Microsoft
34 (4.819 %)MicroStrategy
34 (4.819 %)SAP
43 (3.614 %)Red Hat
43 (3.614 %)Hummingbird
52 (2.410 %)Brio
52 (2.410 %)Google
52 (2.410 %)Genesys
52 (2.410 %)Tridion
52 (2.410 %)Adobe
61 (1.205 %)Macromedia
61 (1.205 %)IBM
61 (1.205 %)Business Objects
61 (1.205 %)Altova