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The table below looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CMS over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3945
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.008 %
As % of the category below4.040 %6.202 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£200£283
Average daily rate£210£300
% change on same period last year-29.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£220£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£296
% change on same period last year+3.09 %
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£26.24£27.58
% change on same period last year-4.85 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads99129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.133 %0.129 %
Daily rates quoted4517
Average minimum daily rate£339£338
Average daily rate£360£344
% change on same period last year+4.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£344
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted1031
Average minimum hourly rate£28.71£21.70
Average hourly rate£30.35£24.54
% change on same period last year+23.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£27.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£24.54
% change on same period last year+4.90 %
CMS South EastCMS
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.

CMS
Demand Trend

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

Kent CMS Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CMS across the Kent region.

Kent CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Kent region over the 3 months to 4 September 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
GreenhitheNew entry-1--
SevenoaksNew entry-1--
CMS South EastCMS
South East

CMS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing CMS 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 CMS.

12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)CSS
12 (50.00 %)Content Management
21 (25.00 %)Insurance
21 (25.00 %)AJAX
21 (25.00 %)Marketing
21 (25.00 %)Web Development
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (25.00 %)Health
21 (25.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (25.00 %)OOP
21 (25.00 %)JBoss
21 (25.00 %)XHTML
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)CRM
21 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)B2B
21 (25.00 %)B2C
21 (25.00 %)JavaScript
21 (25.00 %)PHP
21 (25.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)J2EE
21 (25.00 %)MySQL
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
21 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)XHTML
21 (25.00 %)AJAX
21 (25.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)J2EE
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)JBoss
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)MySQL
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Health
11 (25.00 %)Insurance
11 (25.00 %)Marketing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Web Developer
21 (25.00 %)PHP Developer
21 (25.00 %)Project Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Content Management
21 (25.00 %)Web Development
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (25.00 %)OOP
21 (25.00 %)CRM
21 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)B2B
21 (25.00 %)B2C
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C#
11 (25.00 %)JavaScript
11 (25.00 %)PHP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner