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This section looks at the demand for Web 2.0 skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7571
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.022 %
As % of the category below3.061 %7.006 %
Daily rates quoted417
Average minimum daily rate£262£345
Average daily rate£281£375
% change on same period last year-24.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£404
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£339
% change on same period last year+4.59 %
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£39.67£35.57
% change on same period last year+11.51 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads196314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.259 %0.313 %
Daily rates quoted59140
Average minimum daily rate£332£322
Average daily rate£362£336
% change on same period last year+7.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted5247
Average minimum hourly rate£28.21£28.26
Average hourly rate£29.62£29.96
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.03£31.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
Web 2.0 East of EnglandWeb 2.0
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.

Web 2.0
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Hertfordshire Web 2.0 Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Web 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hertfordshire Web 2.0 Daily Rate Histogram

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

113 (92.86 %)AJAX
113 (92.86 %)WAI
212 (85.71 %)Photoshop
39 (64.29 %)Flash
39 (64.29 %)Web Development
48 (57.14 %)Web Design
56 (42.86 %)Telecoms
65 (35.71 %)SEO
65 (35.71 %).NET
65 (35.71 %)ASP
65 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
74 (28.57 %)CSS
74 (28.57 %)XML
74 (28.57 %)DOM
74 (28.57 %)XSL
74 (28.57 %)SQL Server
74 (28.57 %)IIS
74 (28.57 %)C#
74 (28.57 %)HTML
74 (28.57 %)JavaScript
74 (28.57 %)W3C
74 (28.57 %)Internet
74 (28.57 %)XHTML
74 (28.57 %)Windows
74 (28.57 %)SMTP
74 (28.57 %)FTP
74 (28.57 %)HTTP
74 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
74 (28.57 %)XPath
74 (28.57 %)WCAG

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (92.86 %)AJAX
25 (35.71 %).NET
25 (35.71 %)ASP
25 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
34 (28.57 %)CSS
34 (28.57 %)XML
34 (28.57 %)DOM
34 (28.57 %)XSL
34 (28.57 %)HTML
34 (28.57 %)XHTML
43 (21.43 %)JSP
51 (7.143 %)WebServices
51 (7.143 %)XSLT
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (28.57 %)IIS
23 (21.43 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (85.71 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (28.57 %)Internet
14 (28.57 %)SMTP
14 (28.57 %)FTP
14 (28.57 %)HTTP
14 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
14 (28.57 %)SSH
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (28.57 %)SQL Server
23 (21.43 %)RDBMS
31 (7.143 %)Datawarehouse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (64.29 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (42.86 %)Telecoms
23 (21.43 %)Graphic Design
23 (21.43 %)Retail
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Web Designer
25 (35.71 %)Developer
32 (14.29 %)Applications Developer
41 (7.143 %)UI Developer
41 (7.143 %)Team Leader
41 (7.143 %)Web Developer
41 (7.143 %).NET Developer
41 (7.143 %)C# Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (28.57 %)W3C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (28.57 %)Windows
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (64.29 %)Web Development
28 (57.14 %)Web Design
35 (35.71 %)SEO
43 (21.43 %)Information Management
51 (7.143 %)Content Management
51 (7.143 %)Project Management
51 (7.143 %)Scrum
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (28.57 %)C#
14 (28.57 %)JavaScript
14 (28.57 %)XPath
23 (21.43 %)PHP
23 (21.43 %)SQL
23 (21.43 %)Java
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (92.86 %)WAI
24 (28.57 %)WCAG