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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) skills within the Lancashire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3625
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads423
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.023 %
As % of the category below2.094 %8.333 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£300£368
Average daily rate£300£376
% change on same period last year-20.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.76 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.00
Average hourly rate-£21.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.29£31.18
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads191276
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.269 %0.279 %
Daily rates quoted3458
Average minimum daily rate£349£330
Average daily rate£370£340
% change on same period last year+8.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted5342
Average minimum hourly rate£26.58£25.40
Average hourly rate£27.69£27.08
% change on same period last year+2.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.80£28.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
E-Commerce North WestE-Commerce
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
Newton-le-WillowsDown-31--
BurnleyNew entry-1--
E-Commerce North WestE-Commerce
North West

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112 (60.00 %).NET
211 (55.00 %)JavaScript
310 (50.00 %)C#
310 (50.00 %)XML
310 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
49 (45.00 %)WebServices
49 (45.00 %)AJAX
58 (40.00 %)SQL
66 (30.00 %)XSLT
66 (30.00 %)SQL Server
66 (30.00 %)SOA
66 (30.00 %)Microsoft
66 (30.00 %)MVC
66 (30.00 %).NET Framework
66 (30.00 %)JSON
66 (30.00 %)jQuery
66 (30.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
75 (25.00 %)XHTML
75 (25.00 %)CSS
84 (20.00 %)HTML
84 (20.00 %)Retail
84 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (15.00 %)C
102 (10.00 %)Oracle
102 (10.00 %)Photoshop
102 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
102 (10.00 %)Java
102 (10.00 %)VB
102 (10.00 %)VB.NET
102 (10.00 %)Flash

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (60.00 %).NET
210 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
210 (50.00 %)XML
39 (45.00 %)AJAX
39 (45.00 %)WebServices
46 (30.00 %)MVC
46 (30.00 %).NET Framework
46 (30.00 %)JSON
46 (30.00 %)jQuery
46 (30.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
46 (30.00 %)XSLT
55 (25.00 %)XHTML
55 (25.00 %)CSS
64 (20.00 %)HTML
71 (5.000 %)SOAP
71 (5.000 %)Java RMI
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)Apache
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.00 %)Photoshop
21 (5.000 %)Adobe Illustrator
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (10.00 %)Navision
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (30.00 %)SQL Server
24 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (10.00 %)TOAD
41 (5.000 %)MySQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (10.00 %)Flash
21 (5.000 %)Dreamweaver
21 (5.000 %)Subversion
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (20.00 %)Retail
22 (10.00 %)Multimedia
31 (5.000 %)Marketing
31 (5.000 %)Finance
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (65.00 %)Developer
25 (25.00 %).NET Developer
34 (20.00 %)Web Developer
43 (15.00 %)Analyst
43 (15.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
52 (10.00 %)Navision Developer
52 (10.00 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (10.00 %)Programmer
52 (10.00 %)Navision Consultant
52 (10.00 %)VB Analyst Programmer
52 (10.00 %)VB6 Analyst Programmer
52 (10.00 %)Consultant
52 (10.00 %)C# Developer
61 (5.000 %)Senior Web Developer
61 (5.000 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
61 (5.000 %)Software Architect
61 (5.000 %)Senior Developer
61 (5.000 %)Business Systems Analyst
61 (5.000 %)Systems Analyst
61 (5.000 %)Coordinator
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)EPoS
11 (5.000 %)W3C
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.000 %)Linux
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (30.00 %)SOA
22 (10.00 %)ERP
31 (5.000 %)Project Management
31 (5.000 %)SEO
31 (5.000 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (5.000 %)Content Management
31 (5.000 %)Business Analysis
31 (5.000 %)Project Planning
31 (5.000 %)Internet Marketing
31 (5.000 %)Unit Testing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (55.00 %)JavaScript
210 (50.00 %)C#
38 (40.00 %)SQL
43 (15.00 %)C
52 (10.00 %)VB
52 (10.00 %)VB.NET
52 (10.00 %)VB6
52 (10.00 %)Java
61 (5.000 %)PHP
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (30.00 %)Microsoft
22 (10.00 %)Oracle