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This section looks at the demand for Google Web Toolkit (GWT) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GWT over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGoogle Web Toolkit (GWT)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank44-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.075 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£313-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£356
% change on same period last year-12.10 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads93168
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.167 %
Daily rates quoted2036
Average minimum daily rate£279£241
Average daily rate£295£250
% change on same period last year+17.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£259
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted1628
Average minimum hourly rate£29.93£40.48
Average hourly rate£31.73£47.18
% change on same period last year-32.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.52£53.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
GWT South EastGWT
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.

GWT
Demand Trend

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

Kent GWT Demand Trend

GWT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent GWT Daily Rate Trend

GWT
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing GWT 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 GWT.

11 (100.00 %)DHTML
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
11 (100.00 %)WebLogic
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSL
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)AJAX
11 (100.00 %)Web Development
11 (100.00 %)Dojo
11 (100.00 %)YUI
11 (100.00 %)jQuery

GWT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing GWT 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 GWT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSL
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)AJAX
11 (100.00 %)Dojo
11 (100.00 %)YUI
11 (100.00 %)jQuery
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)WebLogic
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Web Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)Web Development
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)DHTML
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript