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The table below looks at the demand for Document Object Model (DOM) 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 DOM over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDocument Object Model (DOM)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank483478
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads65155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.157 %
As % of the category below0.427 %0.678 %
Daily rates quoted3074
Average minimum daily rate£288£307
Average daily rate£316£324
% change on same period last year-2.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£321
% change on same period last year-6.16 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-18.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-18.75 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1521622861
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.62 %23.09 %
Daily rates quoted51767137
Average minimum daily rate£349£361
Average daily rate£375£385
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted9271416
Average minimum hourly rate£29.24£30.03
Average hourly rate£31.37£32.23
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.49£34.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
DOM UKDOM
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.

DOM
Demand Trend

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

England DOM Demand Trend

DOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England DOM Daily Rate Trend

DOM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DOM across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England DOM Daily Rate Histogram

DOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England DOM Hourly Rate Trend

DOM
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DOM across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England DOM Hourly Rate Histogram

DOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DOM within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
LondonUp+2942£322-1.67 %
South EastUp+4617£322+10.93 %
South WestUp+303£268-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
YorkshireUp+41--
East of EnglandUp+191£250-29.77 %
DOM UKDOM
UK

DOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing DOM 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 DOM.

1122 (77.71 %)CSS
2119 (75.80 %)JavaScript
3104 (66.24 %)HTML
494 (59.87 %)AJAX
583 (52.87 %)XHTML
673 (46.50 %)XML
771 (45.22 %)W3C
854 (34.39 %)OO
927 (17.20 %)JSP
927 (17.20 %)Java
1024 (15.29 %)XSLT
1122 (14.01 %)PHP
1122 (14.01 %).NET
1221 (13.38 %)SQL
1221 (13.38 %)Retail
1320 (12.74 %)DHTML
1320 (12.74 %)E-Commerce
1418 (11.46 %)Flash
1418 (11.46 %)Web Development
1517 (10.83 %)WAI
1517 (10.83 %)ASP.NET
1616 (10.19 %)XPath
1616 (10.19 %)jQuery
1715 (9.554 %)Internet
1715 (9.554 %)Eclipse
1715 (9.554 %)XSL
1814 (8.917 %)Apache
1814 (8.917 %)Linux
1814 (8.917 %)MySQL
1814 (8.917 %)ActionScript

DOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing DOM 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 DOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1122 (77.71 %)CSS
2104 (66.24 %)HTML
394 (59.87 %)AJAX
483 (52.87 %)XHTML
573 (46.50 %)XML
627 (17.20 %)JSP
724 (15.29 %)XSLT
822 (14.01 %).NET
917 (10.83 %)ASP.NET
1016 (10.19 %)jQuery
1115 (9.554 %)XSL
1214 (8.917 %)JSON
1313 (8.280 %)SAX
1412 (7.643 %)ASP
1412 (7.643 %)MooTools
1511 (7.006 %)J2EE
1610 (6.369 %)LAMP
1610 (6.369 %)Hibernate
179 (5.732 %)Dojo
187 (4.459 %)Velocity
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (8.917 %)Apache
28 (5.096 %)CMS
37 (4.459 %)IIS
44 (2.548 %)WebLogic
53 (1.911 %)WebLogic Portal
53 (1.911 %)Movable Type
53 (1.911 %)Mambo
62 (1.274 %)Documentum
71 (0.637 %)Oracle HTTP Server
71 (0.637 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.637 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.637 %)Tomcat
71 (0.637 %)IBM HTTP Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (4.459 %)Photoshop
21 (0.637 %)MS Project
21 (0.637 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (9.554 %)Internet
29 (5.732 %)HTTP
37 (4.459 %)TCP/IP
46 (3.822 %)SMTP
54 (2.548 %)FTP
54 (2.548 %)SSH
62 (1.274 %)Wireless
62 (1.274 %)LDAP
71 (0.637 %)GPRS
71 (0.637 %)LAN
71 (0.637 %)WLAN
71 (0.637 %)Wi-Fi
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (8.917 %)MySQL
211 (7.006 %)SQL Server
35 (3.185 %)RDBMS
43 (1.911 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (1.274 %)PostgreSQL
52 (1.274 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.637 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.637 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.637 %)GIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (11.46 %)Flash
215 (9.554 %)Eclipse
39 (5.732 %)JUnit
44 (2.548 %)Subversion
53 (1.911 %)Dreamweaver
62 (1.274 %)Log4j
62 (1.274 %)Visual Studio
62 (1.274 %)Aptana Studio
62 (1.274 %)Ant
71 (0.637 %)Visual Studio Team System
71 (0.637 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.637 %)ClearCase
71 (0.637 %)Rational Rose
71 (0.637 %)CheckStyle
71 (0.637 %)jMock
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (13.38 %)Retail
29 (5.732 %)Finance
38 (5.096 %)Marketing
45 (3.185 %)Banking
45 (3.185 %)Music
45 (3.185 %)Telecoms
54 (2.548 %)Publishing
54 (2.548 %)Games
63 (1.911 %)Advertising
63 (1.911 %)Graphic Design
72 (1.274 %)Investment Banking
72 (1.274 %)Legal
72 (1.274 %)Front Office
81 (0.637 %)Construction
81 (0.637 %)Government
81 (0.637 %)Insurance
81 (0.637 %)Multimedia
81 (0.637 %)Animation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1121 (77.07 %)Developer
234 (21.66 %)Web Developer
324 (15.29 %)JavaScript Developer
416 (10.19 %)Senior Developer
511 (7.006 %)Java Developer
610 (6.369 %)Team Leader
79 (5.732 %)Web Manager
87 (4.459 %)Web Team Leader
96 (3.822 %)Senior Web Developer
96 (3.822 %)PHP Developer
105 (3.185 %)HTML Developer
105 (3.185 %).NET Developer
105 (3.185 %)Development Manager
114 (2.548 %)Interactive Developer
114 (2.548 %)Senior Interactive Developer
114 (2.548 %)UI Developer
114 (2.548 %)Web Development Manager
123 (1.911 %)Development Team Leader
123 (1.911 %)Applications Developer
123 (1.911 %)Senior UI Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
171 (45.22 %)W3C
213 (8.280 %)Web 2.0
33 (1.911 %)Client/Server
33 (1.911 %)Social Network
42 (1.274 %)Credit Risk
42 (1.274 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
42 (1.274 %)Handset
42 (1.274 %)Interactive TV
51 (0.637 %)RIA
51 (0.637 %)Multithreading
51 (0.637 %)Derivative
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (8.917 %)Linux
27 (4.459 %)Windows
36 (3.822 %)UNIX
42 (1.274 %)Mac OS X
42 (1.274 %)Solaris
51 (0.637 %)Windows NT
51 (0.637 %)Windows XP
51 (0.637 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (34.39 %)OO
220 (12.74 %)E-Commerce
318 (11.46 %)Web Development
414 (8.917 %)Scrum
511 (7.006 %)Change Management
69 (5.732 %)UML
69 (5.732 %)Agile Software Development
77 (4.459 %)Web Design
77 (4.459 %)SEO
86 (3.822 %)OOP
86 (3.822 %)RAD
95 (3.185 %)Internet Marketing
104 (2.548 %)Usability Testing
104 (2.548 %)Content Management
104 (2.548 %)Project Management
104 (2.548 %)Validation
104 (2.548 %)TDD
113 (1.911 %)OOD
113 (1.911 %)Security Cleared
122 (1.274 %)Use Case
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1119 (75.80 %)JavaScript
227 (17.20 %)Java
322 (14.01 %)PHP
421 (13.38 %)SQL
520 (12.74 %)DHTML
616 (10.19 %)XPath
714 (8.917 %)ActionScript
811 (7.006 %)Perl
811 (7.006 %)C
99 (5.732 %)C#
108 (5.096 %)PHP5
117 (4.459 %)C++
124 (2.548 %)Python
133 (1.911 %)Ruby
142 (1.274 %)Tcl
142 (1.274 %)VBScript
142 (1.274 %)VB.NET
151 (0.637 %)VC++
151 (0.637 %)Transact-SQL
151 (0.637 %)PL/SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (3.822 %)Degree
24 (2.548 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (10.83 %)WAI
212 (7.643 %)WCAG
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.637 %)MSMQ
11 (0.637 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (8.280 %)Oracle
28 (5.096 %)Microsoft
34 (2.548 %)Sun
43 (1.911 %)Adobe
43 (1.911 %)BEA
43 (1.911 %)Mercator
43 (1.911 %)FatWire
52 (1.274 %)Interwoven
52 (1.274 %)Vignette
52 (1.274 %)Cisco
61 (0.637 %)IBM
61 (0.637 %)telerik
61 (0.637 %)Google
61 (0.637 %)Zend
61 (0.637 %)Infragistics
61 (0.637 %)Red Hat
61 (0.637 %)webMethods