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This section looks at the demand for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WCAG over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8288
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.006 %
As % of the category below4.861 %6.316 %
Daily rates quoted63
Average minimum daily rate£263£300
Average daily rate£303£337
% change on same period last year-10.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£330
% change on same period last year-7.70 %
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£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads14495
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.192 %0.096 %
Daily rates quoted5026
Average minimum daily rate£352£360
Average daily rate£390£387
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£371
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted196
Average minimum hourly rate£18.90£27.13
Average hourly rate£19.33£29.06
% change on same period last year-33.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.75£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.31£24.73
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
WCAG East of EnglandWCAG
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.

WCAG
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire WCAG Demand Trend

WCAG
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire WCAG Daily Rate Trend

WCAG
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WCAG across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire WCAG Daily Rate Histogram

WCAG
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
WatfordNew entry-1£265-
WCAG East of EnglandWCAG
East of England

WCAG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing WCAG 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 WCAG.

129 (100.00 %)CSS
129 (100.00 %)XHTML
129 (100.00 %)W3C
227 (93.10 %)Internet
326 (89.66 %)HTML
424 (82.76 %)XML
424 (82.76 %)AJAX
520 (68.97 %)DHTML
520 (68.97 %)iDTV
67 (24.14 %)JavaScript
67 (24.14 %)XSL
67 (24.14 %)WAI
75 (17.24 %)ASP.NET
75 (17.24 %).NET
84 (13.79 %)C#
84 (13.79 %)DOM
84 (13.79 %)IIS
84 (13.79 %)ASP
84 (13.79 %)Windows
84 (13.79 %)SMTP
84 (13.79 %)FTP
84 (13.79 %)HTTP
84 (13.79 %)TCP/IP
84 (13.79 %)Web 2.0
84 (13.79 %)SSH
84 (13.79 %)XPath
93 (10.34 %)Graphic Design
93 (10.34 %)RDBMS
93 (10.34 %)Apache
93 (10.34 %)Retail

WCAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing WCAG 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 WCAG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (100.00 %)CSS
129 (100.00 %)XHTML
226 (89.66 %)HTML
324 (82.76 %)XML
324 (82.76 %)AJAX
47 (24.14 %)XSL
55 (17.24 %).NET
55 (17.24 %)ASP.NET
64 (13.79 %)ASP
64 (13.79 %)DOM
73 (10.34 %)JSP
81 (3.448 %)XSLT
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (13.79 %)IIS
23 (10.34 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.34 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (93.10 %)Internet
24 (13.79 %)SSH
24 (13.79 %)SMTP
24 (13.79 %)FTP
24 (13.79 %)HTTP
24 (13.79 %)TCP/IP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (10.34 %)SQL Server
13 (10.34 %)RDBMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (10.34 %)Retail
13 (10.34 %)Graphic Design
21 (3.448 %)Games
21 (3.448 %)Marketing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (96.55 %)Developer
26 (20.69 %)Web Developer
32 (6.897 %)Applications Developer
32 (6.897 %)Team Leader
41 (3.448 %)Web Team Leader
41 (3.448 %)UI Developer
41 (3.448 %)Lead Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (100.00 %)W3C
220 (68.97 %)iDTV
34 (13.79 %)Web 2.0
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (13.79 %)Windows
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (6.897 %)Use Case
21 (3.448 %)SEO
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (68.97 %)DHTML
27 (24.14 %)JavaScript
34 (13.79 %)C#
34 (13.79 %)XPath
43 (10.34 %)PHP
43 (10.34 %)SQL
43 (10.34 %)Java
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (24.14 %)WAI
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