England ColdFusion Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Adobe ColdFusion skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ColdFusion over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Adobe ColdFusion
Location Berkshire Blackpool Bradford Brighton Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Londonderry Coventry Cumbria Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Exeter Gatwick Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hove Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Slough South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey Swindon Teesside UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	399	390
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	169	255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.223 %	0.270 %
As % of the category below	1.652 %	2.161 %
Daily rates quoted	36	36
Average minimum daily rate	£263	£276
Average daily rate	£279	£297
% change on same period last year	-5.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£296	£318
UK excluding London average daily rate	£273	£331
% change on same period last year	-17.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.57	£28.60
Average hourly rate	£25.78	£31.66
% change on same period last year	-18.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.00	£34.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.32	£25.89
% change on same period last year	-6.05 %
Application Platforms England
Matching contract IT job ads	10227	11802
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	13.49 %	12.52 %
Daily rates quoted	3087	2976
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£357
Average daily rate	£380	£378
% change on same period last year	+0.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£403	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£347
% change on same period last year	+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	1108	1206
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.36	£23.13
Average hourly rate	£23.94	£24.58
% change on same period last year	-2.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.52	£26.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.43	£24.21
% change on same period last year	-3.23 %
ColdFusion 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ColdFusion across the 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 ColdFusion across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ColdFusion across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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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 ColdFusion within the 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
London	+42	81	£286	+3.30 %
South East	-30	24	£247	-22.63 %
North West	-15	19	£346	-13.54 %
South West	-	11	£250	-
Yorkshire	+2	9	-	-
West Midlands	+9	8	£213	-
East Midlands	-9	5	£220	-
East of England	-6	5	-	-
North East	-	5	-	-
Midlands	0	2	-	-

ColdFusion UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion.

1 162 (39.90 %) HTML 2 161 (39.66 %) SQL Server 3 160 (39.41 %) SQL 4 159 (39.16 %) CSS 5 146 (35.96 %) JavaScript 6 102 (25.12 %) XML 7 88 (21.67 %) .NET 8 79 (19.46 %) Flash 9 73 (17.98 %) Fusebox 10 72 (17.73 %) PHP 11 70 (17.24 %) CMS 12 57 (14.04 %) C# 13 56 (13.79 %) Windows 14 54 (13.30 %) Transact-SQL 15 51 (12.56 %) Java

16 50 (12.32 %) XHTML 17 47 (11.58 %) SQL Server 2000 17 47 (11.58 %) Adobe Flex 18 46 (11.33 %) ColdFusion MX 19 44 (10.84 %) ActionScript 20 38 (9.360 %) MySQL 21 37 (9.113 %) IIS 22 36 (8.867 %) SQL Server 7 23 35 (8.621 %) Dreamweaver 24 32 (7.882 %) WebServices 25 31 (7.635 %) Adobe 25 31 (7.635 %) Web Development 26 30 (7.389 %) AJAX 26 30 (7.389 %) RedDot 26 30 (7.389 %) ASP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 162 (39.90 %) HTML 2 159 (39.16 %) CSS 3 102 (25.12 %) XML 4 88 (21.67 %) .NET 5 73 (17.98 %) Fusebox 6 50 (12.32 %) XHTML 7 47 (11.58 %) Adobe Flex 8 32 (7.882 %) WebServices 9 30 (7.389 %) AJAX 9 30 (7.389 %) ASP 9 30 (7.389 %) ASP.NET 10 16 (3.941 %) Drupal 11 11 (2.709 %) Mach-II 12 10 (2.463 %) SOAP 13 8 (1.970 %) Model-Glue 14 7 (1.724 %) .NET Framework 15 6 (1.478 %) ColdSpring 16 5 (1.232 %) LAMP 17 4 (0.985 %) JSP 18 3 (0.739 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 70 (17.24 %) CMS 2 46 (11.33 %) ColdFusion MX 3 37 (9.113 %) IIS 4 17 (4.187 %) Apache 5 8 (1.970 %) JRun 5 8 (1.970 %) SharePoint 6 6 (1.478 %) Tomcat 7 5 (1.232 %) Oracle Spatial 8 4 (0.985 %) Joomla! 9 2 (0.493 %) EPiServer 9 2 (0.493 %) ArcGIS 9 2 (0.493 %) Rhythmyx 10 1 (0.246 %) IBM HTTP Server 10 1 (0.246 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 20 (4.926 %) Photoshop 2 12 (2.956 %) Fireworks 3 6 (1.478 %) Adobe Illustrator 4 4 (0.985 %) InfoPath 5 3 (0.739 %) InDesign 5 3 (0.739 %) MS Office 5 3 (0.739 %) MS Excel 5 3 (0.739 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.493 %) 3ds Max 6 2 (0.493 %) MS Project 7 1 (0.246 %) Shockwave 7 1 (0.246 %) Acrobat 7 1 (0.246 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 3 (0.739 %) Hyperion Enterprise
Communications & Networking 1 16 (3.941 %) Internet 2 11 (2.709 %) Intranet 3 7 (1.724 %) LDAP 4 6 (1.478 %) FTP 5 4 (0.985 %) HTTP 5 4 (0.985 %) 3G 6 2 (0.493 %) SSH 6 2 (0.493 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 161 (39.66 %) SQL Server 2 47 (11.58 %) SQL Server 2000 3 38 (9.360 %) MySQL 4 36 (8.867 %) SQL Server 7 5 27 (6.650 %) SQL Server 2005 6 7 (1.724 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 6 (1.478 %) RDBMS 8 5 (1.232 %) GIS 9 4 (0.985 %) Crystal Reports 10 1 (0.246 %) DTS 10 1 (0.246 %) TOAD 10 1 (0.246 %) PostgreSQL
Development Applications 1 79 (19.46 %) Flash 2 35 (8.621 %) Dreamweaver 3 29 (7.143 %) Subversion 4 22 (5.419 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 8 (1.970 %) Eclipse 6 6 (1.478 %) Ant 6 6 (1.478 %) JUnit 7 5 (1.232 %) Visual Studio 8 2 (0.493 %) Oracle Forms 9 1 (0.246 %) FrontPage 9 1 (0.246 %) JBuilder	General 1 21 (5.172 %) Marketing 2 9 (2.217 %) Government 2 9 (2.217 %) Publishing 3 8 (1.970 %) Banking 4 7 (1.724 %) Games 4 7 (1.724 %) Telecoms 4 7 (1.724 %) Finance 5 5 (1.232 %) Health 5 5 (1.232 %) Multimedia 5 5 (1.232 %) Local Government 5 5 (1.232 %) Online Games 5 5 (1.232 %) Back Office 6 4 (0.985 %) Investment Banking 6 4 (0.985 %) Insurance 6 4 (0.985 %) Legal 7 3 (0.739 %) Education 8 2 (0.493 %) Pharmaceutical 8 2 (0.493 %) Financial Institution 8 2 (0.493 %) Advertising 8 2 (0.493 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 348 (85.71 %) Developer 2 210 (51.72 %) ColdFusion Developer 3 56 (13.79 %) Web Developer 4 22 (5.419 %) PHP Developer 5 17 (4.187 %) SQL Developer 5 17 (4.187 %) Senior Developer 6 16 (3.941 %) .NET Developer 7 14 (3.448 %) Project Manager 8 12 (2.956 %) Senior ColdFusion Developer 9 9 (2.217 %) Software Developer 9 9 (2.217 %) C# Developer 10 8 (1.970 %) Applications Developer 11 6 (1.478 %) Team Leader 11 6 (1.478 %) Analyst 11 6 (1.478 %) Flex Developer 12 5 (1.232 %) MySQL Developer 12 5 (1.232 %) GIS Developer 12 5 (1.232 %) Architect 12 5 (1.232 %) Administrator 12 5 (1.232 %) Web Designer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (2.217 %) W3C 2 4 (0.985 %) Blackberry 2 4 (0.985 %) NHS 3 3 (0.739 %) E-Learning 3 3 (0.739 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (0.493 %) Management Information System 4 2 (0.493 %) Replication 4 2 (0.493 %) SCORM 4 2 (0.493 %) Flash Lite 5 1 (0.246 %) Credit Risk 5 1 (0.246 %) Statistics 5 1 (0.246 %) Data Protection Act 5 1 (0.246 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 56 (13.79 %) Windows 2 20 (4.926 %) Linux 3 7 (1.724 %) Windows 2000 4 4 (0.985 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (0.493 %) Unix 5 2 (0.493 %) Mac OS X 6 1 (0.246 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (7.635 %) Web Development 2 28 (6.897 %) OO 3 18 (4.433 %) UML 4 15 (3.695 %) Content Management 5 13 (3.202 %) Web Design 5 13 (3.202 %) E-Commerce 6 11 (2.709 %) CRM 7 10 (2.463 %) Project Management 8 9 (2.217 %) MVC 9 8 (1.970 %) OOP 9 8 (1.970 %) Agile Software Development 10 7 (1.724 %) Time Management 10 7 (1.724 %) PRINCE2 11 5 (1.232 %) Stakeholder Management 12 4 (0.985 %) SEO 12 4 (0.985 %) CAD 12 4 (0.985 %) OOD 13 2 (0.493 %) B2B 13 2 (0.493 %) E-business 13 2 (0.493 %) Scrum
Programming Languages 1 160 (39.41 %) SQL 2 146 (35.96 %) JavaScript 3 72 (17.73 %) PHP 4 57 (14.04 %) C# 5 54 (13.30 %) Transact-SQL 6 51 (12.56 %) Java 7 44 (10.84 %) ActionScript 8 21 (5.172 %) DHTML 9 20 (4.926 %) Ruby 10 18 (4.433 %) C++ 11 16 (3.941 %) Smalltalk 12 10 (2.463 %) VB 13 8 (1.970 %) VB6 14 5 (1.232 %) VB.NET 15 3 (0.739 %) C 15 3 (0.739 %) PL/SQL 15 3 (0.739 %) Perl 16 2 (0.493 %) Lingo 16 2 (0.493 %) Python 16 2 (0.493 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 6 (1.478 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (0.985 %) WAI 2 2 (0.493 %) WCAG 3 1 (0.246 %) Basel II 3 1 (0.246 %) QA	Vendors 1 31 (7.635 %) Adobe 2 30 (7.389 %) RedDot 3 20 (4.926 %) Oracle 4 14 (3.448 %) Microsoft 5 5 (1.232 %) ESRI 5 5 (1.232 %) salesforce.com 5 5 (1.232 %) Autodesk 6 4 (0.985 %) Onyx 6 4 (0.985 %) Macromedia 7 3 (0.739 %) Cisco 7 3 (0.739 %) Hyperion 8 2 (0.493 %) Sony 8 2 (0.493 %) Juniper 8 2 (0.493 %) Actuate 8 2 (0.493 %) Ericsson 8 2 (0.493 %) Zend 9 1 (0.246 %) IBM 9 1 (0.246 %) Sybase 9 1 (0.246 %) Nokia 9 1 (0.246 %) Google