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The table below looks at the demand for Web 2.0 skills within the Home Counties 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£318£307
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
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£15.00£39.80
% change on same period last year-62.31 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads1645
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£190£220
Average daily rate£209£220
% change on same period last year-5.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£228£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£7.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£8.50
% change on same period last year+76.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
Web 2.0 South EastWeb 2.0
South East

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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Home Counties Web 2.0 Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)J2EE

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Lead Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
11 (100.00 %)Lead Java Developer
11 (100.00 %)UI Developer
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java