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The table below looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 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 RSS over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReally Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-94
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 %0.193 %
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£340£370
% change on same period last year-8.10 %
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£30.28£28.75
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
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 %
RSS East of EnglandRSS
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.

RSS
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire RSS Daily Rate Trend

RSS
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

14 (100.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)CMS
22 (50.00 %)Spring
22 (50.00 %)AOP
22 (50.00 %)AJAX
22 (50.00 %)Spring MVC
22 (50.00 %)C
22 (50.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (50.00 %)J2EE
22 (50.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)CSS
22 (50.00 %)JSP
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)Tomcat
22 (50.00 %)XHTML
22 (50.00 %)Eclipse
22 (50.00 %)Symbian
22 (50.00 %)HTTP
22 (50.00 %)TeamSite

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)J2EE
12 (50.00 %)CSS
12 (50.00 %)JSP
12 (50.00 %)XML
12 (50.00 %)XHTML
12 (50.00 %)Spring
12 (50.00 %)AJAX
12 (50.00 %)Spring MVC
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)Tomcat
12 (50.00 %)TeamSite
12 (50.00 %)CMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)HTTP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Eclipse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)AOP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (50.00 %)C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Oracle
12 (50.00 %)Symbian