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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Music' in contract IT jobs within the England region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Music over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMusic
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank495575
Rank change on same period last yearUp+80
Matching contract IT job ads6563
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.063 %
As % of the category below0.191 %0.138 %
Daily rates quoted1618
Average minimum daily rate£302£258
Average daily rate£325£289
% change on same period last year+12.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£268
% change on same period last year+12.88 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£35.60£31.33
Average hourly rate£37.50£38.00
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.40£44.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£26.50
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
England
Matching contract IT job ads3408845531
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled45.43 %45.42 %
Daily rates quoted1351816732
Average minimum daily rate£414£421
Average daily rate£443£449
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£476
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted19872385
Average minimum hourly rate£26.09£25.20
Average hourly rate£27.88£26.95
% change on same period last year+3.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.67£28.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Music UKMusic
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.

Music
Demand Trend

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

England Music Demand Trend

Music
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Music Daily Rate Trend

Music
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Music Daily Rate Histogram

Music
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Music Hourly Rate Trend

Music
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Music Hourly Rate Histogram

Music
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Music 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
LondonUp+7648£335+0.99 %
South EastUp+5010£500+62.60 %
South WestUp+145£254+1.95 %
East of EnglandNew entry-1--
Music UKMusic
UK

Music
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

138 (26.03 %)Music Industry
230 (20.55 %)HTML
328 (19.18 %).NET
427 (18.49 %)JavaScript
526 (17.81 %)XHTML
625 (17.12 %)CSS
723 (15.75 %)ASP.NET
822 (15.07 %)Internet
921 (14.38 %)Windows
1020 (13.70 %)SQL Server
1020 (13.70 %)AJAX
1119 (13.01 %)XML
1218 (12.33 %)Flash
1218 (12.33 %)Agile Software Development
1317 (11.64 %)E-Commerce
1416 (10.96 %)PRINCE2
1416 (10.96 %)C#
1515 (10.27 %)Photoshop
1515 (10.27 %)Microsoft
1515 (10.27 %)Telecoms
1614 (9.589 %)SQL
1713 (8.904 %)Retail
1812 (8.219 %)Active Directory
1911 (7.534 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1911 (7.534 %)PHP
1911 (7.534 %)MS Office
1911 (7.534 %)WebServices
1911 (7.534 %)Finance
2010 (6.849 %)Oracle
2010 (6.849 %)DHTML

Music
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (20.55 %)HTML
228 (19.18 %).NET
326 (17.81 %)XHTML
425 (17.12 %)CSS
523 (15.75 %)ASP.NET
620 (13.70 %)AJAX
719 (13.01 %)XML
811 (7.534 %)WebServices
97 (4.795 %)XSLT
97 (4.795 %)ASP
105 (3.425 %)XSD
105 (3.425 %)DOM
105 (3.425 %)XSL
105 (3.425 %)WAP
105 (3.425 %)XML Schema
105 (3.425 %)NHibernate
105 (3.425 %).NET Framework
113 (2.055 %)J2EE
113 (2.055 %)Series 60
122 (1.370 %)WCF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (3.425 %)CMS
24 (2.740 %)IIS
24 (2.740 %)MS Exchange
33 (2.055 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.685 %)JBoss
41 (0.685 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.685 %)SharePoint
41 (0.685 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (10.27 %)Photoshop
211 (7.534 %)MS Office
39 (6.164 %)MS Excel
47 (4.795 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (1.370 %)Fireworks
52 (1.370 %)QuarkXPress
52 (1.370 %)MS Project
52 (1.370 %)MS Visio
61 (0.685 %)Quicktime
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (4.110 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.685 %)SAP MM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (15.07 %)Internet
25 (3.425 %)DNS
25 (3.425 %)SAN
34 (2.740 %)TCP/IP
34 (2.740 %)Broadband
43 (2.055 %)3G
43 (2.055 %)LAN
43 (2.055 %)WAN
52 (1.370 %)Wireless
52 (1.370 %)DHCP
52 (1.370 %)VPN
52 (1.370 %)Intranet
61 (0.685 %)SMTP
61 (0.685 %)SMS
61 (0.685 %)GPRS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (13.70 %)SQL Server
26 (4.110 %)Oracle 8/8i
35 (3.425 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (3.425 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (2.055 %)MySQL
52 (1.370 %)SQL Server Integration Services
52 (1.370 %)VLDB
52 (1.370 %)OLTP
52 (1.370 %)OLAP
52 (1.370 %)Data Mining
61 (0.685 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.685 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.685 %)SQLPlus
61 (0.685 %)Oracle 10g
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (12.33 %)Flash
29 (6.164 %)Oracle Forms
38 (5.479 %)Visual Studio
45 (3.425 %)VSS/SourceSafe
45 (3.425 %)Ant
45 (3.425 %)Log4Net
53 (2.055 %)Dreamweaver
62 (1.370 %)Subversion
62 (1.370 %)Eclipse
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (26.03 %)Music Industry
215 (10.27 %)Telecoms
313 (8.904 %)Retail
411 (7.534 %)Finance
57 (4.795 %)Automotive
66 (4.110 %)Publishing
75 (3.425 %)Games
75 (3.425 %)Multimedia
84 (2.740 %)Marketing
84 (2.740 %)Advertising
92 (1.370 %)Graphic Design
101 (0.685 %)Health
101 (0.685 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.685 %)Animation
101 (0.685 %)Interactive Media
101 (0.685 %)Online Games
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
142 (28.77 %)Analyst
241 (28.08 %)Developer
326 (17.81 %)Business Analyst
413 (8.904 %)Senior Business Analyst
413 (8.904 %)Senior Analyst
413 (8.904 %).NET Developer
413 (8.904 %)IT Business Analyst
510 (6.849 %)C# Developer
69 (6.164 %)Project Manager
69 (6.164 %)ASP.NET Developer
78 (5.479 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
87 (4.795 %)Systems Analyst
87 (4.795 %)Programmer
96 (4.110 %)Consultant
105 (3.425 %)Web Developer
105 (3.425 %)Product Manager
105 (3.425 %)Flash Developer
114 (2.740 %)Analyst Developer
114 (2.740 %)Web Designer
114 (2.740 %)Business Systems Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.479 %)W3C
27 (4.795 %)Web 2.0
35 (3.425 %)N-Tier
44 (2.740 %)Streaming Media
53 (2.055 %)Replication
53 (2.055 %)Social Network
62 (1.370 %)German Language
62 (1.370 %)Streaming Music
62 (1.370 %)IPTV
62 (1.370 %)Clustering
62 (1.370 %)Blackberry
71 (0.685 %)Client/Server
71 (0.685 %)Mainframe
71 (0.685 %)Streaming Video
71 (0.685 %)Handset
71 (0.685 %)AS400
71 (0.685 %)PDA
71 (0.685 %)Video Conferencing
71 (0.685 %)iPhone
71 (0.685 %)Italian Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (14.38 %)Windows
28 (5.479 %)Windows XP
36 (4.110 %)Windows 2000 Server
45 (3.425 %)Linux
54 (2.740 %)Mac OS X
63 (2.055 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (1.370 %)Windows Vista
72 (1.370 %)Windows NT
72 (1.370 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.685 %)UNIX
81 (0.685 %)MVS
81 (0.685 %)Symbian OS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (12.33 %)Agile Software Development
217 (11.64 %)E-Commerce
316 (10.96 %)PRINCE2
410 (6.849 %)OO
410 (6.849 %)CRM
59 (6.164 %)OOP
59 (6.164 %)Content Management
67 (4.795 %)Data Analysis
67 (4.795 %)Change Management
76 (4.110 %)SEO
84 (2.740 %)Workflow
84 (2.740 %)Migration
84 (2.740 %)Stakeholder Management
84 (2.740 %)UML
93 (2.055 %)OOD
93 (2.055 %)Project Management
93 (2.055 %)Web Design
93 (2.055 %)TDD
93 (2.055 %)Asset Management
102 (1.370 %)Test Scripting
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (18.49 %)JavaScript
216 (10.96 %)C#
314 (9.589 %)SQL
411 (7.534 %)PHP
510 (6.849 %)DHTML
69 (6.164 %)Transact-SQL
77 (4.795 %)Java
85 (3.425 %)XPath
94 (2.740 %)ActionScript
102 (1.370 %)PHP5
102 (1.370 %)PL/SQL
102 (1.370 %)Perl
102 (1.370 %)C
102 (1.370 %)C++
111 (0.685 %)Objective-C
111 (0.685 %)Ruby
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (7.534 %)PRINCE2 Certification
23 (2.055 %)MCP
23 (2.055 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.685 %)ISEB
31 (0.685 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.425 %)WAI
21 (0.685 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (8.219 %)Active Directory
21 (0.685 %)Xen
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.055 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.685 %)Norton AntiVirus
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (10.27 %)Microsoft
210 (6.849 %)Oracle
34 (2.740 %)Adobe
43 (2.055 %)Remedy
52 (1.370 %)VMware
52 (1.370 %)Cisco
52 (1.370 %)IBM
52 (1.370 %)Symbian
52 (1.370 %)Quark
52 (1.370 %)SAP
61 (0.685 %)Siebel
61 (0.685 %)NetIQ
61 (0.685 %)Symantec
61 (0.685 %)Macromedia
61 (0.685 %)Lotus
61 (0.685 %)HP
61 (0.685 %)Dell