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This section looks at the demand for Squid Cache skills within the England region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Squid over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSquid Cache
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank553604
Rank change on same period last yearUp+51
Matching contract IT job ads734
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.034 %
As % of the category below0.142 %0.637 %
Daily rates quoted117
Average minimum daily rate£250£339
Average daily rate£325£345
% change on same period last year-5.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£351
UK excluding London average daily rate-£355
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.00
Average hourly rate-£17.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£17.00
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
England
Matching contract IT job ads49435336
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.588 %5.323 %
Daily rates quoted12641289
Average minimum daily rate£332£334
Average daily rate£351£353
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£325
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Hourly rates quoted10581138
Average minimum hourly rate£20.21£20.70
Average hourly rate£21.45£22.03
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.69£23.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.21£21.86
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Squid UKSquid
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.

Squid
Demand Trend

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

England Squid Demand Trend

Squid
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Squid Daily Rate Trend

Squid
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Squid Hourly Rate Trend

Squid
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Squid 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+477£325-4.64 %
Squid UKSquid
UK

Squid
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

116 (100.00 %)Apache
215 (93.75 %)MySQL
215 (93.75 %)Linux
313 (81.25 %)PHP
412 (75.00 %)Perl
412 (75.00 %)Tomcat
412 (75.00 %)UNIX
511 (68.75 %)JBoss
511 (68.75 %)Java
610 (62.50 %)J2EE
610 (62.50 %)Solaris
79 (56.25 %)JSP
79 (56.25 %)Oracle
79 (56.25 %)SQL Server
79 (56.25 %)IIS
79 (56.25 %)WebTrends
79 (56.25 %)Korn
79 (56.25 %)Blog
84 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
84 (25.00 %)Red Hat
84 (25.00 %)Internet
93 (18.75 %)Configuration Management
93 (18.75 %)Load Balancing
93 (18.75 %)Content Management
93 (18.75 %)Mediasurface
102 (12.50 %)Debian
102 (12.50 %)Resin
102 (12.50 %)CCNA
102 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
102 (12.50 %)SMTP

Squid
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (62.50 %)J2EE
29 (56.25 %)JSP
31 (6.250 %)Struts
31 (6.250 %)WebServices
31 (6.250 %)XHTML
31 (6.250 %)Hibernate
31 (6.250 %)CSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (100.00 %)Apache
212 (75.00 %)Tomcat
311 (68.75 %)JBoss
49 (56.25 %)IIS
52 (12.50 %)Resin
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (56.25 %)WebTrends
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (25.00 %)Internet
22 (12.50 %)SMTP
22 (12.50 %)DNS
31 (6.250 %)HTTPS
31 (6.250 %)SSL
31 (6.250 %)SAN
31 (6.250 %)HTTP
31 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
31 (6.250 %)IMAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (93.75 %)MySQL
29 (56.25 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.250 %)Telecoms
11 (6.250 %)Publishing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (81.25 %)Administrator
212 (75.00 %)Systems Administrator
311 (68.75 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
311 (68.75 %)UNIX Administrator
49 (56.25 %)Web Administrator
49 (56.25 %)Server Administrator
51 (6.250 %)Linux Administrator
51 (6.250 %).NET Team Leader
51 (6.250 %)SAN Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Solaris Administrator
51 (6.250 %)Linux Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Team Leader
51 (6.250 %)Developer
51 (6.250 %)Java Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (56.25 %)Blog
21 (6.250 %)Replication
21 (6.250 %)Interactive TV
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (93.75 %)Linux
212 (75.00 %)UNIX
310 (62.50 %)Solaris
44 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (12.50 %)Debian
61 (6.250 %)FreeBSD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (18.75 %)Configuration Management
13 (18.75 %)Content Management
13 (18.75 %)Load Balancing
21 (6.250 %)Integration Testing
21 (6.250 %)Service Delivery
21 (6.250 %)UML
21 (6.250 %)OO
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (81.25 %)PHP
212 (75.00 %)Perl
311 (68.75 %)Java
49 (56.25 %)Korn
52 (12.50 %)Python
61 (6.250 %)Ruby
61 (6.250 %)PHP5
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (12.50 %)CCNA
12 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.250 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (56.25 %)Oracle
24 (25.00 %)Red Hat
33 (18.75 %)Mediasurface
41 (6.250 %)Finjan
41 (6.250 %)Microsoft