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This section looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 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 RSS over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReally Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank487598
Rank change on same period last yearUp+111
Matching contract IT job ads7340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.040 %
As % of the category below0.448 %0.179 %
Daily rates quoted2513
Average minimum daily rate£267£238
Average daily rate£284£248
% change on same period last year+14.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£258
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£295
% change on same period last year+18.22 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£17.50
Average hourly rate£27.50£23.13
% change on same period last year+18.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£28.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£21.25
% change on same period last year-
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 %
RSS UKRSS
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.

RSS
Demand Trend

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

England RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RSS Daily Rate Trend

RSS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England RSS Daily Rate Histogram

RSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RSS Hourly Rate Trend

RSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England RSS Hourly Rate Histogram

RSS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RSS 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+7740£271+24.32 %
YorkshireNew entry-11£400-
West MidlandsUp+48£332-5.23 %
South EastUp+607--
East of EnglandUp+144--
MidlandsNew entry-1--
North EastNew entry-1--
South WestNew entry-1--
RSS UKRSS
UK

RSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1107 (76.98 %)XML
281 (58.27 %)CSS
372 (51.80 %)HTML
446 (33.09 %)JavaScript
541 (29.50 %)Flash
640 (28.78 %).NET
738 (27.34 %)SharePoint
837 (26.62 %)Microsoft
934 (24.46 %)SQL
1033 (23.74 %)Content Management
1129 (20.86 %)CMS
1225 (17.99 %)Java
1225 (17.99 %)C#
1323 (16.55 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1421 (15.11 %)Blog
1520 (14.39 %)SQL Server
1520 (14.39 %)XHTML
1618 (12.95 %)Spring
1618 (12.95 %)AJAX
1618 (12.95 %)ASP
1618 (12.95 %)Internet
1717 (12.23 %)J2EE
1816 (11.51 %)Struts
1816 (11.51 %)UML
1915 (10.79 %)WebServices
1915 (10.79 %)MS Office
1915 (10.79 %)MySQL
1915 (10.79 %)C++
1915 (10.79 %)XUL
2014 (10.07 %)Hibernate

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1107 (76.98 %)XML
281 (58.27 %)CSS
372 (51.80 %)HTML
440 (28.78 %).NET
520 (14.39 %)XHTML
618 (12.95 %)ASP
618 (12.95 %)Spring
618 (12.95 %)AJAX
717 (12.23 %)J2EE
816 (11.51 %)Struts
915 (10.79 %)WebServices
915 (10.79 %)XUL
1014 (10.07 %)Hibernate
1113 (9.353 %)JSP
1211 (7.914 %)JSTL
138 (5.755 %)Lucene
138 (5.755 %).NET Framework
138 (5.755 %)ASP.NET
143 (2.158 %)Servlets
143 (2.158 %)JDBC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
138 (27.34 %)SharePoint
229 (20.86 %)CMS
323 (16.55 %)SharePoint Server 2007
47 (5.036 %)Content Management Server
55 (3.597 %)Apache
55 (3.597 %)Tomcat
63 (2.158 %)SharePoint Portal Server
72 (1.439 %)ESB
72 (1.439 %)TeamSite
81 (0.719 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.719 %)IIS
81 (0.719 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.719 %)Immediacy CMS
81 (0.719 %)WordPress
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (10.79 %)MS Office
27 (5.036 %)Photoshop
35 (3.597 %)Quicktime
43 (2.158 %)Fireworks
52 (1.439 %)MATLAB
52 (1.439 %)MS Project
52 (1.439 %)MS Visio
61 (0.719 %)MS Excel
61 (0.719 %)Adobe Illustrator
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (12.95 %)Internet
27 (5.036 %)Intranet
36 (4.317 %)LDAP
44 (2.878 %)HTTP
53 (2.158 %)SMS
62 (1.439 %)SMPP
62 (1.439 %)NFC
71 (0.719 %)GSM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (14.39 %)SQL Server
215 (10.79 %)MySQL
37 (5.036 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (2.158 %)RDBMS
52 (1.439 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
141 (29.50 %)Flash
211 (7.914 %)JUnit
211 (7.914 %)Subversion
39 (6.475 %)Dreamweaver
48 (5.755 %)HttpUnit
57 (5.036 %)Ant
64 (2.878 %)Eclipse
71 (0.719 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (6.475 %)Marketing
27 (5.036 %)Publishing
34 (2.878 %)Education
43 (2.158 %)Finance
43 (2.158 %)Health
52 (1.439 %)Games
52 (1.439 %)Auditing
52 (1.439 %)Government
52 (1.439 %)Retail
61 (0.719 %)Multimedia
61 (0.719 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.719 %)Music
61 (0.719 %)Music Industry
61 (0.719 %)Back Office
61 (0.719 %)Interactive Media
61 (0.719 %)Banking
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
170 (50.36 %)Developer
221 (15.11 %)Administrator
320 (14.39 %)Web Developer
419 (13.67 %)Web Administrator
511 (7.914 %).NET Developer
610 (7.194 %)Project Manager
610 (7.194 %)Web Manager
79 (6.475 %)Analyst
88 (5.755 %)Software Developer
97 (5.036 %)J2EE Developer
106 (4.317 %)PHP Developer
106 (4.317 %)Business Analyst
106 (4.317 %)SharePoint Developer
115 (3.597 %)Java Developer
124 (2.878 %)JavaScript Developer
124 (2.878 %)Software Designer
124 (2.878 %)Integration Engineer
124 (2.878 %)C# Developer
124 (2.878 %)Web Designer
133 (2.158 %)Database Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (15.11 %)Blog
212 (8.633 %)W3C
212 (8.633 %)Web 2.0
310 (7.194 %)Wiki
47 (5.036 %)E-Learning
55 (3.597 %)SCORM
55 (3.597 %)NHS
64 (2.878 %)Taxonomies
72 (1.439 %)IVR
81 (0.719 %)Interactive TV
81 (0.719 %)Photography
81 (0.719 %)Firmware
81 (0.719 %)Podcast
81 (0.719 %)Social Network
81 (0.719 %)Flash Lite
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (7.914 %)Windows
25 (3.597 %)Windows XP
25 (3.597 %)Mac OS X
25 (3.597 %)Windows Vista
31 (0.719 %)Linux
31 (0.719 %)UNIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (23.74 %)Content Management
216 (11.51 %)UML
311 (7.914 %)Scrum
49 (6.475 %)Project Management
58 (5.755 %)PRINCE2
58 (5.755 %)Web Development
67 (5.036 %)Business Analysis
67 (5.036 %)Identity Management
76 (4.317 %)Validation
76 (4.317 %)OOP
76 (4.317 %)OO
85 (3.597 %)PRINCE
85 (3.597 %)DRM
85 (3.597 %)Use Case
94 (2.878 %)Enterprise Architecture
94 (2.878 %)E-Commerce
103 (2.158 %)SEO
103 (2.158 %)Stakeholder Management
103 (2.158 %)Internet Marketing
112 (1.439 %)Performance Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
146 (33.09 %)JavaScript
234 (24.46 %)SQL
325 (17.99 %)C#
325 (17.99 %)Java
415 (10.79 %)C++
514 (10.07 %)PHP
613 (9.353 %)C
79 (6.475 %)DHTML
87 (5.036 %)VB
96 (4.317 %)VB.NET
96 (4.317 %)VC++
96 (4.317 %)Transact-SQL
103 (2.158 %)Perl
112 (1.439 %)Python
112 (1.439 %)ActionScript
112 (1.439 %)Ruby
121 (0.719 %)PHP4
121 (0.719 %)Embedded C
121 (0.719 %)Lingo
121 (0.719 %)VBScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.158 %)PRINCE2 Certification
13 (2.158 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.158 %)WCAG
21 (0.719 %)WAI
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (26.62 %)Microsoft
27 (5.036 %)Oracle
32 (1.439 %)Symbian
41 (0.719 %)Adobe
41 (0.719 %)Macromedia
41 (0.719 %)DoubleClick