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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services in IT contracts within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Google over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGoogle
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8077
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.216 %0.217 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£200
% change on same period last year+75.09 %
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£36.25£30.00
% change on same period last year+20.83 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads463460
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.658 %0.465 %
Daily rates quoted90107
Average minimum daily rate£334£328
Average daily rate£358£349
% change on same period last year+2.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted3440
Average minimum hourly rate£17.23£24.46
Average hourly rate£18.33£25.59
% change on same period last year-28.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.44£26.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.36
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Google West YorkshireGoogle
West Yorkshire

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Google.

Google
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Google across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Leeds Google Demand Trend

Google
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Google Daily Rate Trend

Google
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Google 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 Google.

12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)IIS
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)DOM
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
21 (50.00 %)SharePoint
21 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (50.00 %)EDRMS
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Health
21 (50.00 %)Document Management
21 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)Web 2.0
21 (50.00 %)Web Development
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)Taxonomies
21 (50.00 %)JSON
21 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (50.00 %)KML
21 (50.00 %)RIA
21 (50.00 %)Google Maps API

Google
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Google 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 Google. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)DOM
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
21 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)JSON
21 (50.00 %)KML
21 (50.00 %)Google Maps API
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)SharePoint
11 (50.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Internet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)EDRMS
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Health
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %).NET Developer
21 (50.00 %)C# Developer
21 (50.00 %)SharePoint Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Web 2.0
11 (50.00 %)Taxonomies
11 (50.00 %)RIA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Document Management
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript