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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Business (eBusiness) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-business over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Business (eBusiness)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 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£390£362
% change on same period last year+7.58 %
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-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads230292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.370 %0.314 %
Daily rates quoted7167
Average minimum daily rate£315£337
Average daily rate£327£355
% change on same period last year-7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2239
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.99
Average hourly rate£24.10£28.80
% change on same period last year-16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.19£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
E-business South EastE-business
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.

E-business
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent E-business Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing E-business 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 E-business.

13 (100.00 %)Oracle
22 (66.67 %)Oracle Forms
22 (66.67 %)Oracle Reports
22 (66.67 %)PL/SQL
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)XML
31 (33.33 %)UNIX
31 (33.33 %)Windows
31 (33.33 %)ArcSDE
31 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (33.33 %)Degree
31 (33.33 %)ArcObjects
31 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
31 (33.33 %)VB
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
31 (33.33 %)WebServices
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)HTML
31 (33.33 %)Oracle Discoverer
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Internet
31 (33.33 %)GIS
31 (33.33 %)ESRI
31 (33.33 %)ArcIMS
31 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %)ArcObjects
21 (33.33 %)HTML
21 (33.33 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)WebServices
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)ArcIMS
11 (33.33 %)ArcSDE
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)Internet
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)Oracle Reports
21 (33.33 %)Oracle Discoverer
21 (33.33 %)GIS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)Oracle Forms
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (66.67 %)Business Developer
22 (66.67 %)Oracle Developer
31 (33.33 %)GIS Developer
31 (33.33 %)Applications Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)UNIX
11 (33.33 %)Windows
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)PL/SQL
12 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)VB
21 (33.33 %)C#
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)Degree
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)ESRI