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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) 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-Commerce over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4642
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.870 %3.425 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£292
Average daily rate-£303
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£378
% change on same period last year+2.39 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£32.50
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50
% change on same period last year-7.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.53£34.37
% change on same period last year-19.89 %
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-Commerce South EastE-Commerce
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-Commerce
Demand Trend

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

Kent E-Commerce Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

13 (75.00 %)CSS
22 (50.00 %)XHTML
22 (50.00 %)Marketing
31 (25.00 %)CMS
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (25.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)PHP
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)MySQL
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)Photoshop
31 (25.00 %)IIS
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)Email Marketing
31 (25.00 %)CRM
31 (25.00 %)DTS
31 (25.00 %)OOP
31 (25.00 %)Flash

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)CSS
22 (50.00 %)XHTML
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)IIS
11 (25.00 %)CMS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)Photoshop
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)MySQL
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)DTS
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Flash
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Marketing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %).NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)C# Developer
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)PHP Developer
21 (25.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OOP
11 (25.00 %)CRM
11 (25.00 %)Email Marketing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C#
11 (25.00 %)JavaScript
11 (25.00 %)PHP
11 (25.00 %)SQL
11 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL