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This section looks at the demand for Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank341459
Rank change on same period last yearUp+118
Matching contract IT job ads238182
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.317 %0.184 %
As % of the category below1.619 %0.905 %
Daily rates quoted10283
Average minimum daily rate£313£330
Average daily rate£340£363
% change on same period last year-6.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£361
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Hourly rates quoted411
Average minimum hourly rate£30.75£29.32
Average hourly rate£36.00£33.36
% change on same period last year+7.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.25£37.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£33.00
% change on same period last year+9.09 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1469620118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.59 %20.35 %
Daily rates quoted55777447
Average minimum daily rate£448£473
Average daily rate£483£508
% change on same period last year-4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£517£542
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted12611397
Average minimum hourly rate£22.46£26.59
Average hourly rate£24.45£28.35
% change on same period last year-13.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.43£30.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
Web 2.0 UKWeb 2.0
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.

Web 2.0
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Web 2.0 Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web 2.0 across the England region.

England Web 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web 2.0 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Web 2.0 Daily Rate Histogram

Web 2.0
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the England region.

England Web 2.0 Hourly Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web 2.0 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Web 2.0 Hourly Rate Histogram

Web 2.0
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web 2.0 within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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+103139£333-8.43 %
South EastUp+8145£391+84.07 %
West MidlandsUp+2027£328-2.88 %
East of EnglandDown-178£300-15.45 %
East MidlandsUp+78£450+7.78 %
YorkshireNew entry-8£344-
South WestUp+253£275-
North WestDown-131--
Web 2.0 UKWeb 2.0
UK

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

1210 (39.62 %)CSS
2203 (38.30 %)JavaScript
3173 (32.64 %)AJAX
4157 (29.62 %)HTML
5124 (23.40 %).NET
6121 (22.83 %)XML
799 (18.68 %)PHP
799 (18.68 %)XHTML
889 (16.79 %)Agile Software Development
986 (16.23 %)ASP.NET
1082 (15.47 %)WebServices
1082 (15.47 %)Content Management
1177 (14.53 %)Java
1276 (14.34 %)Internet
1369 (13.02 %)C#
1467 (12.64 %)Flash
1566 (12.45 %)SQL Server
1665 (12.26 %)SQL
1758 (10.94 %)Scrum
1857 (10.75 %)OO
1857 (10.75 %)Web Development
1953 (10.00 %)Linux
1953 (10.00 %)Ruby on Rails
2052 (9.811 %)MySQL
2149 (9.245 %)CMS
2246 (8.679 %)SEO
2344 (8.302 %)W3C
2344 (8.302 %)Microsoft
2344 (8.302 %)Social Network
2443 (8.113 %)Photoshop

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1210 (39.62 %)CSS
2173 (32.64 %)AJAX
3157 (29.62 %)HTML
4124 (23.40 %).NET
5121 (22.83 %)XML
699 (18.68 %)XHTML
786 (16.23 %)ASP.NET
882 (15.47 %)WebServices
953 (10.00 %)Ruby on Rails
1043 (8.113 %)J2EE
1138 (7.170 %)JSP
1233 (6.226 %)YUI
1328 (5.283 %)JSON
1427 (5.094 %)Spring
1427 (5.094 %)SOAP
1526 (4.906 %)XSLT
1625 (4.717 %)XSL
1723 (4.340 %)ASP
1822 (4.151 %)DOM
1919 (3.585 %)MVC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
149 (9.245 %)CMS
236 (6.792 %)Apache
327 (5.094 %)IIS
419 (3.585 %)SharePoint
515 (2.830 %)SharePoint Server 2007
614 (2.642 %)Lotus Domino
78 (1.509 %)Exchange Server 2003
78 (1.509 %)Exchange Server 2007
87 (1.321 %)Live Communications Server
87 (1.321 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
87 (1.321 %)Tomcat
95 (0.943 %)WebLogic
104 (0.755 %)WebLogic Portal
104 (0.755 %)BizTalk Server
104 (0.755 %)Mambo
113 (0.566 %)Movable Type
113 (0.566 %)EPiServer
113 (0.566 %)ColdFusion
122 (0.377 %)Content Management Server
122 (0.377 %)Resin
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
143 (8.113 %)Photoshop
219 (3.585 %)MS Visio
318 (3.396 %)Adobe Illustrator
415 (2.830 %)MS Project
514 (2.642 %)MS Excel
64 (0.755 %)Fireworks
73 (0.566 %)MS Office
82 (0.377 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.189 %)ImageReady
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.189 %)GoldMine
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
176 (14.34 %)Internet
212 (2.264 %)Firewall
212 (2.264 %)DNS
39 (1.698 %)Intranet
47 (1.321 %)HTTP
47 (1.321 %)LDAP
55 (0.943 %)TCP/IP
55 (0.943 %)SSH
64 (0.755 %)Extranet
64 (0.755 %)FTP
64 (0.755 %)SMTP
71 (0.189 %)Ethernet
71 (0.189 %)Broadband
71 (0.189 %)Cisco PIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
166 (12.45 %)SQL Server
252 (9.811 %)MySQL
319 (3.585 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (1.698 %)PostgreSQL
57 (1.321 %)RDBMS
63 (0.566 %)SQL Server 7
63 (0.566 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (0.566 %)GIS
71 (0.189 %)DB2
71 (0.189 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.189 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.189 %)Data Mining
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
167 (12.64 %)Flash
227 (5.094 %)Firebug
39 (1.698 %)Ant
39 (1.698 %)Subversion
46 (1.132 %)Log4j
46 (1.132 %)JUnit
55 (0.943 %)Visual Studio
64 (0.755 %)Eclipse
64 (0.755 %)Dreamweaver
72 (0.377 %)QuickTest Pro
72 (0.377 %)XDoclet
72 (0.377 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.189 %)ClearCase
81 (0.189 %)JBuilder
81 (0.189 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
81 (0.189 %)jMock
81 (0.189 %)JDeveloper
81 (0.189 %)WinRunner
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (3.396 %)Government
215 (2.830 %)Retail
314 (2.642 %)Finance
314 (2.642 %)Publishing
314 (2.642 %)Marketing
412 (2.264 %)Graphic Design
59 (1.698 %)Construction
59 (1.698 %)Telecoms
68 (1.509 %)Front Office
68 (1.509 %)Health
68 (1.509 %)Education
77 (1.321 %)Games
77 (1.321 %)Music
86 (1.132 %)Banking
93 (0.566 %)Investment Banking
93 (0.566 %)Criminal Justice
93 (0.566 %)Law
93 (0.566 %)Back Office
93 (0.566 %)Advertising
93 (0.566 %)Local Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1262 (49.43 %)Developer
298 (18.49 %)Web Developer
354 (10.19 %)Architect
449 (9.245 %)Web Designer
535 (6.604 %)Project Manager
633 (6.226 %)Java Developer
732 (6.038 %)Analyst
828 (5.283 %)Senior Developer
926 (4.906 %).NET Developer
1021 (3.962 %)Information Architect
1120 (3.774 %)Business Analyst
1216 (3.019 %)PHP Developer
1315 (2.830 %)Technical Architect
1315 (2.830 %)Web Manager
1414 (2.642 %)Web Architect
1414 (2.642 %)C# Developer
1513 (2.453 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
1612 (2.264 %)UI Developer
1612 (2.264 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1612 (2.264 %)ASP.NET Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (8.302 %)W3C
144 (8.302 %)Social Network
221 (3.962 %)Taxonomies
317 (3.208 %)Clustering
413 (2.453 %)E-Learning
59 (1.698 %)NHS
67 (1.321 %)Blackberry
76 (1.132 %)RIA
85 (0.943 %)Wiki
85 (0.943 %)Streaming Video
85 (0.943 %)Statistics
94 (0.755 %)N-Tier
94 (0.755 %)Blog
103 (0.566 %)Computer Science
112 (0.377 %)Mathematics
112 (0.377 %)Equities
112 (0.377 %)Interactive TV
112 (0.377 %)Freedom of Information
112 (0.377 %)Streaming Media
112 (0.377 %)iDTV
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
153 (10.00 %)Linux
230 (5.660 %)Windows
318 (3.396 %)UNIX
410 (1.887 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (1.509 %)Mac OS X
67 (1.321 %)Solaris
72 (0.377 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.189 %)Windows NT
81 (0.189 %)AIX
81 (0.189 %)Debian
81 (0.189 %)OpenBSD
81 (0.189 %)Ubuntu
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
189 (16.79 %)Agile Software Development
282 (15.47 %)Content Management
358 (10.94 %)Scrum
457 (10.75 %)OO
457 (10.75 %)Web Development
546 (8.679 %)SEO
642 (7.925 %)Web Design
738 (7.170 %)E-Commerce
829 (5.472 %)UML
829 (5.472 %)Project Management
923 (4.340 %)PRINCE2
1022 (4.151 %)OOP
1120 (3.774 %)TDD
1217 (3.208 %)Performance Testing
1315 (2.830 %)OOD
1315 (2.830 %)SOA
1413 (2.453 %)Load Balancing
1512 (2.264 %)Business Analysis
1611 (2.075 %)Extreme Programming
1710 (1.887 %)Change Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1203 (38.30 %)JavaScript
299 (18.68 %)PHP
377 (14.53 %)Java
469 (13.02 %)C#
565 (12.26 %)SQL
635 (6.604 %)ActionScript
734 (6.415 %)Ruby
826 (4.906 %)DHTML
922 (4.151 %)Python
1021 (3.962 %)Perl
1112 (2.264 %)Shell Script
1211 (2.075 %)PHP5
139 (1.698 %)XPath
148 (1.509 %)C++
156 (1.132 %)PHP4
165 (0.943 %)C
174 (0.755 %)VB.NET
183 (0.566 %)VBScript
191 (0.189 %)VB
191 (0.189 %)PowerHouse
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (3.208 %)Degree
22 (0.377 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.189 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (4.528 %)WAI
25 (0.943 %)WCAG
34 (0.755 %)SLA
42 (0.377 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (3.208 %)Active Directory
26 (1.132 %)Xen
33 (0.566 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.566 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.189 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (8.302 %)Microsoft
229 (5.472 %)Adobe
315 (2.830 %)Oracle
315 (2.830 %)Lotus
49 (1.698 %)IBM
56 (1.132 %)BEA
56 (1.132 %)VMware
64 (0.755 %)Google
73 (0.566 %)RedDot
73 (0.566 %)FatWire
82 (0.377 %)BT
82 (0.377 %)ATG
82 (0.377 %)Siebel
82 (0.377 %)Zend
82 (0.377 %)ION Trading
82 (0.377 %)Yahoo!
91 (0.189 %)IronPort
91 (0.189 %)Cisco
91 (0.189 %)Vignette
91 (0.189 %)Tridion
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