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The table below looks at the demand for the Web Developer role in IT contracts within the Essex region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4559
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.690 %1.001 %
Daily rates quoted62
Average minimum daily rate£178£275
Average daily rate£204£283
% change on same period last year-27.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£230£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£273
% change on same period last year-3.51 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.00
Average hourly rate-£27.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.58£26.46
% change on same period last year-10.88 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads651799
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.025 %0.856 %
Daily rates quoted221270
Average minimum daily rate£248£274
Average daily rate£266£289
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£283£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted114157
Average minimum hourly rate£19.49£26.24
Average hourly rate£20.72£27.03
% change on same period last year-23.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.95£27.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Web Developer East of EnglandWeb Developer
East of England

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web Developer across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex Web Developer Demand Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Developer across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Essex Web Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Southend-on-SeaNew entry-3£310-
ChelmsfordNew entry-2£136-
BraintreeNew entry-1--
ColchesterUp+11£135-
Web Developer East of EnglandWeb Developer
East of England

Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Web Developer in their job title 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 with Web Developer in their job title.

121 (70.00 %)HTML
220 (66.67 %).NET
319 (63.33 %)JavaScript
417 (56.67 %)ASP.NET
515 (50.00 %)CSS
613 (43.33 %)XML
613 (43.33 %)C#
711 (36.67 %)Web Development
810 (33.33 %)VB.NET
99 (30.00 %)ASP
108 (26.67 %)SQL Server
116 (20.00 %)XSLT
116 (20.00 %)PHP
125 (16.67 %)DHTML
125 (16.67 %)Microsoft
125 (16.67 %)Content Management
134 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2005
134 (13.33 %)NHS
134 (13.33 %)SharePoint
134 (13.33 %)Flash
134 (13.33 %)Java
134 (13.33 %)ActionScript
134 (13.33 %)Photoshop
143 (10.00 %)IIS
143 (10.00 %)Windows
143 (10.00 %)VB
143 (10.00 %)J2EE
143 (10.00 %)MySQL
143 (10.00 %)SQL
143 (10.00 %)UML

Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Web Developer in their job title 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 with Web Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (70.00 %)HTML
220 (66.67 %).NET
317 (56.67 %)ASP.NET
415 (50.00 %)CSS
513 (43.33 %)XML
69 (30.00 %)ASP
76 (20.00 %)XSLT
83 (10.00 %)J2EE
92 (6.667 %)Struts
92 (6.667 %)MVC
92 (6.667 %)LAMP
92 (6.667 %)AJAX
92 (6.667 %)jQuery
101 (3.333 %)ASP.NET 2.0
101 (3.333 %)Dojo
101 (3.333 %)LINQ
101 (3.333 %)JRules
101 (3.333 %)XHTML
101 (3.333 %)JavaBeans
101 (3.333 %)WebServices
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (13.33 %)SharePoint
23 (10.00 %)IIS
23 (10.00 %)Content Management Server
23 (10.00 %)CMS
23 (10.00 %)SharePoint Portal Server
32 (6.667 %)ColdFusion
32 (6.667 %)BizTalk Server
32 (6.667 %)Apache
41 (3.333 %)Oracle HTTP Server
41 (3.333 %)IBM HTTP Server
41 (3.333 %)Sitecore CMS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (13.33 %)Photoshop
22 (6.667 %)ImageReady
22 (6.667 %)Fireworks
31 (3.333 %)MS Office
31 (3.333 %)MS Excel
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (6.667 %)Intranet
21 (3.333 %)Internet
21 (3.333 %)HTTP
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (26.67 %)SQL Server
24 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (10.00 %)MySQL
42 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (6.667 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (6.667 %)Crystal Reports
51 (3.333 %)Oracle Reports
51 (3.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (3.333 %)Oracle 9i
51 (3.333 %)Oracle 10g
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (13.33 %)Flash
23 (10.00 %)Dreamweaver
32 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
41 (3.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (10.00 %)Finance
13 (10.00 %)Government
22 (6.667 %)Publishing
22 (6.667 %)Multimedia
22 (6.667 %)Electronics
31 (3.333 %)Marketing
31 (3.333 %)Health
31 (3.333 %)Automotive
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (13.33 %)NHS
21 (3.333 %)Clustering
21 (3.333 %)N-Tier
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (10.00 %)Windows
13 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (6.667 %)UNIX
31 (3.333 %)Linux
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (36.67 %)Web Development
25 (16.67 %)Content Management
33 (10.00 %)UML
33 (10.00 %)E-business
42 (6.667 %)RAD
42 (6.667 %)Web Design
51 (3.333 %)Agile Software Development
51 (3.333 %)Document Management
51 (3.333 %)BC Cleared
51 (3.333 %)Security Cleared
51 (3.333 %)DSDM
51 (3.333 %)E-Commerce
51 (3.333 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.333 %)SEO
51 (3.333 %)Scrum
51 (3.333 %)OO
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (63.33 %)JavaScript
213 (43.33 %)C#
310 (33.33 %)VB.NET
46 (20.00 %)PHP
55 (16.67 %)DHTML
64 (13.33 %)Java
64 (13.33 %)ActionScript
73 (10.00 %)VB
73 (10.00 %)SQL
81 (3.333 %)VBScript
81 (3.333 %)C
81 (3.333 %)VB6
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.333 %)Degree
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.333 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (3.333 %)QA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.333 %)Active Directory
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (16.67 %)Microsoft
22 (6.667 %)Adobe
22 (6.667 %)telerik
31 (3.333 %)Sitecore
31 (3.333 %)Oracle
31 (3.333 %)IBM
31 (3.333 %)ILOG
31 (3.333 %)Infragistics