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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Web Design skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Design over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Leeds region.

 Web Design
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank495373
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+20
Matching contract IT job ads542
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds0.936 %0.656 %0.186 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.408 %0.993 %0.335 %
Daily rates quoted001
Average daily rate--£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£206£400
% change year-on-year
+9.090 %-48.43 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£11.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
+81.81 %-63.33 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
355403597
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds66.48 %66.07 %55.53 %
Daily rates quoted167129149
Average daily rate£375£375£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£243£273
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£490£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£365£375
% change year-on-year
-4.100 %-2.660 %
Hourly rates quoted181531
Average hourly rate£20.25£17.80£17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.76 %+1.710 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£12.50£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£52.50£29.75£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£29.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-15.51 %-3.330 %
Web Design West YorkshireWeb Design
West Yorkshire

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Web Design
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Web Design Demand Trend

Web Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Web Design Daily Rate Trend

Web Design
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web Design across the Leeds region.

Leeds Web Design Hourly Rate Trend

Web Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Web Design 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 Web Design.

17 (77.78 %)JavaScript
17 (77.78 %)CSS
26 (66.67 %)XML
26 (66.67 %).NET
35 (55.56 %)HTML
35 (55.56 %)XSLT
35 (55.56 %)IIS
35 (55.56 %)XHTML
44 (44.44 %)Microsoft
44 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
44 (44.44 %)Flash
44 (44.44 %)SharePoint
44 (44.44 %)MS Office
44 (44.44 %)Visual Studio
44 (44.44 %)Web Services
44 (44.44 %)C#
44 (44.44 %)SQL Server
44 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (44.44 %)SharePoint Server 2007
44 (44.44 %)Web Accessibility
44 (44.44 %)Team Foundation Server
53 (33.33 %)ActionScript
62 (22.22 %)PHP
62 (22.22 %)LDAP
62 (22.22 %)Health
62 (22.22 %)Web Development
62 (22.22 %).NET Framework
62 (22.22 %)NHS
62 (22.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (22.22 %)Windows SharePoint Services

Web Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Web Design 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 Web Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (77.78 %)CSS
26 (66.67 %)XML
26 (66.67 %).NET
35 (55.56 %)HTML
35 (55.56 %)XSLT
35 (55.56 %)XHTML
44 (44.44 %)Flash
44 (44.44 %)Web Services
44 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
52 (22.22 %)Windows SharePoint Services
52 (22.22 %).NET Framework
52 (22.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (11.11 %)Adobe Flex
61 (11.11 %)ASP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (55.56 %)IIS
24 (44.44 %)SharePoint
24 (44.44 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (11.11 %)Apache
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (44.44 %)MS Office
21 (11.11 %)Photoshop
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)LDAP
21 (11.11 %)HTTP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)SQL Server
14 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2005
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (44.44 %)Visual Studio
14 (44.44 %)Team Foundation Server
21 (11.11 %)Dreamweaver
21 (11.11 %)TestDirector
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Health
21 (11.11 %)Auditing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (55.56 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %).NET Developer
22 (22.22 %)Technical Specialist
22 (22.22 %)SharePoint Developer
31 (11.11 %)Flex Developer
31 (11.11 %)Designer
31 (11.11 %)Flash Developer
31 (11.11 %)Web Designer
31 (11.11 %)Test Manager
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)NHS
21 (11.11 %)Management Information System
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)Web Accessibility
22 (22.22 %)Web Development
22 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
22 (22.22 %)TDD
31 (11.11 %)Software Testing
31 (11.11 %)E-Commerce
31 (11.11 %)Migration
31 (11.11 %)Test Management
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (77.78 %)JavaScript
24 (44.44 %)C#
33 (33.33 %)ActionScript
42 (22.22 %)PHP
51 (11.11 %)Perl
51 (11.11 %)ActionScript 3.0
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (44.44 %)Microsoft