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The table below looks at the demand for Firebug skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firebug over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirebug
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank514-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.092 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
England
Matching contract IT job ads54137775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.526 %8.331 %
Daily rates quoted17272427
Average minimum daily rate£325£351
Average daily rate£348£373
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£326
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted442657
Average minimum hourly rate£28.16£29.36
Average hourly rate£30.15£31.13
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.15£32.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£31.31
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Firebug UKFirebug
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.

Firebug
Demand Trend

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

England Firebug Demand Trend

Firebug
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Firebug Daily Rate Trend

Firebug
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firebug within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
West MidlandsNew entry-3£400-
LondonNew entry-2£300-
Firebug UKFirebug
UK

Firebug
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Firebug 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 Firebug.

112 (100.00 %)HTML
29 (75.00 %)CSS
37 (58.33 %)JavaScript
37 (58.33 %)PHP
45 (41.67 %)Flash
54 (33.33 %)JSP
54 (33.33 %)Ruby on Rails
54 (33.33 %)Web 2.0
54 (33.33 %)YUI
63 (25.00 %)script.aculo.us
63 (25.00 %)jQuery
63 (25.00 %)TDD
63 (25.00 %)Zend
63 (25.00 %)CodeIgniter
63 (25.00 %)CakePHP
63 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
63 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
63 (25.00 %)Kohana
63 (25.00 %)JUnit
72 (16.67 %)SOAP
72 (16.67 %)WebServices
72 (16.67 %)XML
72 (16.67 %)OO
72 (16.67 %)Apache
72 (16.67 %)ActionScript
72 (16.67 %)MySQL
72 (16.67 %)MVC
72 (16.67 %)LAMP
72 (16.67 %)Microformats
72 (16.67 %)WCAG

Firebug
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Firebug 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 Firebug. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (100.00 %)HTML
29 (75.00 %)CSS
34 (33.33 %)JSP
34 (33.33 %)Ruby on Rails
34 (33.33 %)YUI
43 (25.00 %)script.aculo.us
43 (25.00 %)jQuery
43 (25.00 %)Kohana
43 (25.00 %)CodeIgniter
43 (25.00 %)CakePHP
52 (16.67 %)Microformats
52 (16.67 %)Adobe Flex
52 (16.67 %)SOAP
52 (16.67 %)WebServices
52 (16.67 %)XML
52 (16.67 %)MVC
52 (16.67 %)LAMP
61 (8.333 %)Symfony
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)Apache
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (41.67 %)Flash
23 (25.00 %)JUnit
32 (16.67 %)Selenium
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (33.33 %)Web Designer
23 (25.00 %)Tester
23 (25.00 %)Analyst
23 (25.00 %)Test Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Developer
32 (16.67 %)PHP Developer
41 (8.333 %)PHP Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Web Tester
41 (8.333 %)QA Tester
41 (8.333 %)Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Lead Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (33.33 %)Web 2.0
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)TDD
13 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
13 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
22 (16.67 %)OO
31 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
31 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (58.33 %)JavaScript
17 (58.33 %)PHP
22 (16.67 %)ActionScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)ISEB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (16.67 %)WCAG
12 (16.67 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Zend
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft