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The table below looks at the demand for Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SCORM over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank539621
Rank change on same period last yearUp+82
Matching contract IT job ads1120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.020 %
As % of the category below0.076 %0.099 %
Daily rates quoted47
Average minimum daily rate£213£327
Average daily rate£233£341
% change on same period last year-31.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£254£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£233£331
% change on same period last year-29.53 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33£30.00
Average hourly rate£29.83£35.00
% change on same period last year-14.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.33£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.83£35.00
% change on same period last year-14.76 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1439520121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.11 %20.22 %
Daily rates quoted56557203
Average minimum daily rate£438£467
Average daily rate£471£501
% change on same period last year-5.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£504£534
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£345
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted11411608
Average minimum hourly rate£24.12£24.50
Average hourly rate£26.03£26.35
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.95£28.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.83£26.95
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
SCORM UKSCORM
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.

SCORM
Demand Trend

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

England SCORM Demand Trend

SCORM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SCORM Daily Rate Trend

SCORM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCORM across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England SCORM Daily Rate Histogram

SCORM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SCORM Hourly Rate Trend

SCORM
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCORM across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England SCORM Hourly Rate Histogram

SCORM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCORM within the England region over the 3 months to 6 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
North WestNew entry-4--
East of EnglandUp+272£239-
South WestNew entry-2£280-
West MidlandsUp+152£175-
South EastUp+351--
SCORM UKSCORM
UK

SCORM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

125 (65.79 %)E-Learning
222 (57.89 %)Flash
312 (31.58 %)XML
411 (28.95 %)CSS
411 (28.95 %)ActionScript
59 (23.68 %)Photoshop
59 (23.68 %)JavaScript
68 (21.05 %)PHP
68 (21.05 %)HTML
68 (21.05 %)MS Office
68 (21.05 %)Adobe Illustrator
77 (18.42 %)Microsoft
77 (18.42 %)NHS
77 (18.42 %)XHTML
86 (15.79 %)MS Excel
86 (15.79 %)W3C
86 (15.79 %)MS Visio
86 (15.79 %)Education
86 (15.79 %)Health
95 (13.16 %)Lingo
95 (13.16 %)Internet
95 (13.16 %)Python
95 (13.16 %)ASP
95 (13.16 %)Java
95 (13.16 %)SQL
95 (13.16 %)MS PowerPoint
104 (10.53 %)JSTL
104 (10.53 %)HttpUnit
104 (10.53 %)Graphic Design
104 (10.53 %)Animation

SCORM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (31.58 %)XML
211 (28.95 %)CSS
38 (21.05 %)HTML
47 (18.42 %)XHTML
55 (13.16 %)ASP
64 (10.53 %)JSP
64 (10.53 %)Struts
64 (10.53 %)JSTL
64 (10.53 %)RSS
64 (10.53 %)Hibernate
64 (10.53 %)Lucene
64 (10.53 %)Spring
64 (10.53 %)J2EE
72 (5.263 %)Symfony
72 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
72 (5.263 %).NET
81 (2.632 %)Silverlight
81 (2.632 %)AJAX
81 (2.632 %)Windows SharePoint Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.632 %)SharePoint
11 (2.632 %)SharePoint Server 2007
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (23.68 %)Photoshop
28 (21.05 %)MS Office
28 (21.05 %)Adobe Illustrator
36 (15.79 %)MS Excel
36 (15.79 %)MS Visio
45 (13.16 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (10.53 %)3ds Max
63 (7.895 %)Adobe Premiere
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (13.16 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (5.263 %)SQL Server
12 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (2.632 %)MS Access
21 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (2.632 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (57.89 %)Flash
24 (10.53 %)JUnit
24 (10.53 %)HttpUnit
31 (2.632 %)Dreamweaver
31 (2.632 %)Subversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (15.79 %)Education
16 (15.79 %)Health
24 (10.53 %)Government
24 (10.53 %)Multimedia
24 (10.53 %)Graphic Design
24 (10.53 %)Animation
33 (7.895 %)Video Editing
42 (5.263 %)Aerospace
42 (5.263 %)Military
51 (2.632 %)Electronics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
133 (86.84 %)Developer
218 (47.37 %)E-Learning Developer
34 (10.53 %)Software Developer
34 (10.53 %)J2EE Developer
34 (10.53 %)Software Designer
43 (7.895 %)ActionScript Developer
43 (7.895 %)Programmer
52 (5.263 %)PHP Developer
52 (5.263 %)Flash Developer
61 (2.632 %).NET Developer
61 (2.632 %)Test Engineer
61 (2.632 %)SharePoint Developer
61 (2.632 %)Multimedia Developer
61 (2.632 %)Web Designer
61 (2.632 %)Junior Developer
61 (2.632 %)Technical Engineer
61 (2.632 %)Junior
61 (2.632 %)Analyst
61 (2.632 %)Analyst Programmer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (65.79 %)E-Learning
27 (18.42 %)NHS
36 (15.79 %)W3C
41 (2.632 %)VLE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (2.632 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (10.53 %)UML
14 (10.53 %)Content Management
14 (10.53 %)Use Case
23 (7.895 %)Web Development
23 (7.895 %)Project Management
32 (5.263 %)OO
32 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
32 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
32 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.632 %)Test Scripting
41 (2.632 %)ITIL
41 (2.632 %)OOP
41 (2.632 %)Knowledge Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (28.95 %)ActionScript
29 (23.68 %)JavaScript
38 (21.05 %)PHP
45 (13.16 %)SQL
45 (13.16 %)Python
45 (13.16 %)Lingo
45 (13.16 %)Java
51 (2.632 %)C
51 (2.632 %)DHTML
51 (2.632 %)VB.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.632 %)ISEB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.632 %)TickIT
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.632 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (18.42 %)Microsoft
23 (7.895 %)Adobe
23 (7.895 %)Autodesk
32 (5.263 %)Zend