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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Business (eBusiness) skills within the Halifax region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-business over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Business (eBusiness)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-12
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.333 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£453£349
% change on same period last year+29.78 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.00£42.13
% change on same period last year-62.01 %
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads3130
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted157
Average minimum daily rate£274£269
Average daily rate£293£304
% change on same period last year-3.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00-
Average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
E-business West YorkshireE-business
West Yorkshire

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.

E-business
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the Halifax region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Halifax E-business Demand Trend

E-business
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing E-business 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 E-business.

12 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VBScript
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)IIS
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)VMware
21 (50.00 %)Banking
21 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (50.00 %)MTS
21 (50.00 %)Commerce Server
21 (50.00 %)Site Server
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Configuration Management

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)XML
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)IIS
21 (50.00 %)MTS
21 (50.00 %)Commerce Server
21 (50.00 %)Site Server
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Banking
11 (50.00 %)Retail
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Lead Developer
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)Windows Vista
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VBScript
21 (50.00 %)Java
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)Active Directory
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
21 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)VMware