Hertfordshire Internet Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Aylesbury Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Dartford Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kegworth Kent Kettering Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wareham Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	45	28
Rank change on same period last year	-17
Matching contract IT job ads	37	90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.049 %	0.090 %
As % of the category below	12.63 %	31.36 %
Daily rates quoted	25	47
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£305
Average daily rate	£357	£315
% change on same period last year	+13.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£324
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£337
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.75	£10.44
Average hourly rate	£16.25	£11.33
% change on same period last year	+43.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.75	£12.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.11	£26.06
% change on same period last year	-11.31 %
Communications & Networking Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	293	287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.391 %	0.286 %
Daily rates quoted	130	115
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£340
Average daily rate	£341	£364
% change on same period last year	-6.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.84	£18.52
Average hourly rate	£26.14	£21.14
% change on same period last year	+23.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.44	£23.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.76
% change on same period last year	-11.03 %
Internet 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Hertfordshire 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.

Location	Rank 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
St Albans	+1	4	-	-
Potters Bar	-	1	-	-
Rickmansworth	-12	1	-	-
Watford	-14	1	-	-
Welwyn Garden City	+6	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 50 (40.98 %) XML 2 37 (30.33 %) AJAX 3 36 (29.51 %) CSS 3 36 (29.51 %) HTML 4 33 (27.05 %) .NET 5 27 (22.13 %) XHTML 6 26 (21.31 %) ASP.NET 6 26 (21.31 %) TCP/IP 7 25 (20.49 %) C# 8 24 (19.67 %) SQL 8 24 (19.67 %) Retail 9 23 (18.85 %) FTP 9 23 (18.85 %) HTTP 10 22 (18.03 %) W3C 10 22 (18.03 %) SMTP

10 22 (18.03 %) Windows 10 22 (18.03 %) Firewall 11 21 (17.21 %) iDTV 11 21 (17.21 %) CheckPoint 12 20 (16.39 %) IBM 12 20 (16.39 %) XSLT 12 20 (16.39 %) E-Commerce 12 20 (16.39 %) WCAG 13 19 (15.57 %) OO 14 18 (14.75 %) RAD 14 18 (14.75 %) DHTML 14 18 (14.75 %) JavaScript 14 18 (14.75 %) Photoshop 14 18 (14.75 %) Scrum 15 17 (13.93 %) WPF

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 50 (40.98 %) XML 2 37 (30.33 %) AJAX 3 36 (29.51 %) HTML 3 36 (29.51 %) CSS 4 33 (27.05 %) .NET 5 27 (22.13 %) XHTML 6 26 (21.31 %) ASP.NET 7 20 (16.39 %) XSLT 8 17 (13.93 %) WPF 9 16 (13.11 %) ADO.NET 10 12 (9.836 %) ASP 11 9 (7.377 %) J2EE 11 9 (7.377 %) XSL 12 5 (4.098 %) WebSphere 13 4 (3.279 %) DOM 13 4 (3.279 %) EJB 13 4 (3.279 %) JDBC 13 4 (3.279 %) JSP 14 3 (2.459 %) JNDI 15 1 (0.820 %) XMLBeans	Application Platforms 1 16 (13.11 %) BizTalk Server 2 6 (4.918 %) IIS 3 4 (3.279 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 4 (3.279 %) CMS 3 4 (3.279 %) MS Exchange 4 3 (2.459 %) Apache 4 3 (2.459 %) MTS 5 2 (1.639 %) JBoss 6 1 (0.820 %) WebLogic 6 1 (0.820 %) Tomcat 6 1 (0.820 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.820 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 18 (14.75 %) Photoshop 2 14 (11.48 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 12 (9.836 %) MS Excel 4 8 (6.557 %) FreeHand 5 6 (4.918 %) MS Office 6 5 (4.098 %) Spreadsheet 7 1 (0.820 %) InDesign 7 1 (0.820 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 26 (21.31 %) TCP/IP 2 23 (18.85 %) FTP 2 23 (18.85 %) HTTP 3 22 (18.03 %) SMTP 3 22 (18.03 %) Firewall 4 17 (13.93 %) VPN 5 11 (9.016 %) NetScreen 5 11 (9.016 %) Cisco PIX 6 10 (8.197 %) IPsec 6 10 (8.197 %) SSL 7 5 (4.098 %) Broadband 8 4 (3.279 %) SSH 9 2 (1.639 %) BSS 9 2 (1.639 %) DHCP 9 2 (1.639 %) SNMP 9 2 (1.639 %) Intranet 10 1 (0.820 %) OSPF 10 1 (0.820 %) BGP 10 1 (0.820 %) RTCP 10 1 (0.820 %) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (9.836 %) SQL Server 2 4 (3.279 %) DB2 3 3 (2.459 %) RDBMS 4 1 (0.820 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (0.820 %) OLAP 4 1 (0.820 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 15 (12.30 %) Flash 2 9 (7.377 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 9 (7.377 %) Dreamweaver 3 7 (5.738 %) InstallShield 4 2 (1.639 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.820 %) JDeveloper 5 1 (0.820 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (0.820 %) JBuilder 5 1 (0.820 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General 1 24 (19.67 %) Retail 2 15 (12.30 %) Games 3 14 (11.48 %) Telecoms 4 4 (3.279 %) Publishing 4 4 (3.279 %) Automotive 4 4 (3.279 %) Marketing 5 3 (2.459 %) Graphic Design 6 2 (1.639 %) Online Games 6 2 (1.639 %) Finance 7 1 (0.820 %) Education 7 1 (0.820 %) Electric 7 1 (0.820 %) Government 7 1 (0.820 %) Law 7 1 (0.820 %) Advertising 7 1 (0.820 %) Animation 7 1 (0.820 %) Auditing 7 1 (0.820 %) Multimedia 7 1 (0.820 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 44 (36.07 %) Developer 2 29 (23.77 %) Analyst 3 16 (13.11 %) Security Analyst 4 11 (9.016 %) Firewall Analyst 5 9 (7.377 %) .NET Developer 6 8 (6.557 %) C# Developer 6 8 (6.557 %) Web Developer 6 8 (6.557 %) ASP Developer 7 7 (5.738 %) Development Manager 8 5 (4.098 %) Business Analyst 8 5 (4.098 %) Service Analyst 9 4 (3.279 %) Senior Analyst 9 4 (3.279 %) Junior Developer 9 4 (3.279 %) Architect 9 4 (3.279 %) Junior 10 3 (2.459 %) Desktop Support 10 3 (2.459 %) Support Analyst 10 3 (2.459 %) Consultant 10 3 (2.459 %) Solutions Architect 10 3 (2.459 %) Team Leader
Miscellaneous 1 22 (18.03 %) W3C 2 21 (17.21 %) iDTV 3 7 (5.738 %) Handset 4 4 (3.279 %) Web 2.0 5 3 (2.459 %) IPTV 5 3 (2.459 %) PMI 5 3 (2.459 %) DTV 6 2 (1.639 %) AS400 6 2 (1.639 %) Danish Language 6 2 (1.639 %) Italian Language 6 2 (1.639 %) Polish Language 6 2 (1.639 %) Portuguese Language 7 1 (0.820 %) Device Driver	Operating Systems 1 22 (18.03 %) Windows 2 7 (5.738 %) UNIX 3 4 (3.279 %) Windows Vista 3 4 (3.279 %) Windows XP 3 4 (3.279 %) AIX 4 3 (2.459 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (1.639 %) Solaris 5 2 (1.639 %) Linux 6 1 (0.820 %) Windows NT 6 1 (0.820 %) HPUX 6 1 (0.820 %) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (16.39 %) E-Commerce 2 19 (15.57 %) OO 3 18 (14.75 %) RAD 3 18 (14.75 %) Scrum 4 15 (12.30 %) Problem Management 5 10 (8.197 %) Configuration Management 6 8 (6.557 %) Change Management 7 7 (5.738 %) Continuous Integration 8 5 (4.098 %) Use Case 9 4 (3.279 %) Content Management 9 4 (3.279 %) Penetration Testing 10 3 (2.459 %) UML 11 2 (1.639 %) Business Intelligence 11 2 (1.639 %) DSDM 11 2 (1.639 %) ITIL 11 2 (1.639 %) Agile Software Development 11 2 (1.639 %) Web Development 12 1 (0.820 %) Matrix Management 12 1 (0.820 %) Project Management 12 1 (0.820 %) CMMI	Programming Languages 1 25 (20.49 %) C# 2 24 (19.67 %) SQL 3 18 (14.75 %) DHTML 3 18 (14.75 %) JavaScript 4 9 (7.377 %) ActionScript 4 9 (7.377 %) Shell Script 5 8 (6.557 %) VB 6 7 (5.738 %) PowerShell 6 7 (5.738 %) Java 7 5 (4.098 %) XPath 8 3 (2.459 %) PHP 9 2 (1.639 %) Perl 10 1 (0.820 %) C 10 1 (0.820 %) VBScript 10 1 (0.820 %) Embedded C
Qualifications 1 11 (9.016 %) Degree 2 8 (6.557 %) HND 3 2 (1.639 %) CCSE 4 1 (0.820 %) CISSP 4 1 (0.820 %) Sun Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 20 (16.39 %) WCAG 2 7 (5.738 %) WAI 2 7 (5.738 %) QA 3 2 (1.639 %) SLA
Systems Management 1 2 (1.639 %) OpenView 1 2 (1.639 %) OVSD 2 1 (0.820 %) Netcool/Proviso 2 1 (0.820 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 21 (17.21 %) CheckPoint 2 20 (16.39 %) IBM 3 17 (13.93 %) Nokia 4 15 (12.30 %) Blue Coat 5 14 (11.48 %) Crossbeam 6 12 (9.836 %) Cisco 7 9 (7.377 %) Serena 8 6 (4.918 %) Microsoft 8 6 (4.918 %) HP 9 4 (3.279 %) Dell 9 4 (3.279 %) VERITAS 10 3 (2.459 %) Oracle 10 3 (2.459 %) Tandberg 11 2 (1.639 %) Tridion 11 2 (1.639 %) Alcatel 11 2 (1.639 %) Remedy 12 1 (0.820 %) Citrix 12 1 (0.820 %) Interwoven 12 1 (0.820 %) BEA 12 1 (0.820 %) Adobe