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The table below looks at the demand for Model-View-Controller (MVC) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MVC over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkModel-View-Controller (MVC)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6990
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.820 %0.963 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£331
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£331
% change on same period last year-5.78 %
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£32.25£40.00
% change on same period last year-19.37 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads244519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.392 %0.557 %
Daily rates quoted92208
Average minimum daily rate£317£274
Average daily rate£339£290
% change on same period last year+17.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1439
Average minimum hourly rate£28.87£31.48
Average hourly rate£29.93£32.78
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£34.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
MVC East of EnglandMVC
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.

MVC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MVC across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire MVC Demand Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire MVC Daily Rate Trend

MVC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVC within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
WatfordUp+171--
MVC East of EnglandMVC
East of England

MVC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing MVC 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 MVC.

19 (90.00 %)Java
28 (80.00 %)J2EE
37 (70.00 %)Oracle
37 (70.00 %)WebServices
46 (60.00 %)Spring
46 (60.00 %)Spring MVC
55 (50.00 %)Telecoms
55 (50.00 %)Hibernate
64 (40.00 %)Web Development
64 (40.00 %)XML
64 (40.00 %)HTML
64 (40.00 %)EJB
64 (40.00 %)CSS
64 (40.00 %)JavaScript
73 (30.00 %)SQL
73 (30.00 %)JDBC
73 (30.00 %)JSP
73 (30.00 %)WebLogic
73 (30.00 %)Struts
73 (30.00 %)JSF
73 (30.00 %)Agile Software Development
73 (30.00 %)Apache
73 (30.00 %)Tomcat
82 (20.00 %)Middleware
82 (20.00 %)TDD
82 (20.00 %)JasperReports
82 (20.00 %)Velocity
82 (20.00 %)WebSphere
82 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
82 (20.00 %)UNIX

MVC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing MVC 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 MVC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (80.00 %)J2EE
27 (70.00 %)WebServices
36 (60.00 %)Spring
36 (60.00 %)Spring MVC
45 (50.00 %)Hibernate
54 (40.00 %)HTML
54 (40.00 %)XML
54 (40.00 %)EJB
54 (40.00 %)CSS
63 (30.00 %)JDBC
63 (30.00 %)JSP
63 (30.00 %)Struts
63 (30.00 %)JSF
72 (20.00 %)WebSphere
72 (20.00 %)Servlets
72 (20.00 %)XHTML
72 (20.00 %)Middleware
72 (20.00 %)Velocity
81 (10.00 %)CakePHP
81 (10.00 %).NET Framework
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)WebLogic
13 (30.00 %)Apache
13 (30.00 %)Tomcat
22 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
12 (20.00 %)JasperReports
21 (10.00 %)MySQL
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)DB2
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (20.00 %)JUnit
21 (10.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
21 (10.00 %)Eclipse
21 (10.00 %)Subversion
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (10.00 %)Education
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (100.00 %)Developer
28 (80.00 %)Java Developer
34 (40.00 %)J2EE Developer
34 (40.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (20.00 %)Senior J2EE Developer
42 (20.00 %)Senior Java Developer
42 (20.00 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
42 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
51 (10.00 %)PHP Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)UNIX
21 (10.00 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Web Development
23 (30.00 %)Agile Software Development
32 (20.00 %)TDD
41 (10.00 %)Content Management
41 (10.00 %)OO
41 (10.00 %)RAD
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (90.00 %)Java
24 (40.00 %)JavaScript
33 (30.00 %)SQL
42 (20.00 %)Perl
51 (10.00 %)PHP
51 (10.00 %)Python
51 (10.00 %)Shell Script
51 (10.00 %)PHP5
51 (10.00 %)PHP4
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)Sun Certification
11 (10.00 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (70.00 %)Oracle
21 (10.00 %)IBM
21 (10.00 %)Sun
21 (10.00 %)Interwoven
21 (10.00 %)Tridion