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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Interactive Media' in contract IT jobs within the London region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Interactive Media over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInteractive Media
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank400462
Rank change on same period last yearUp+62
Matching contract IT job ads729
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.029 %
As % of the category below0.038 %0.103 %
Daily rates quoted513
Average minimum daily rate£380£254
Average daily rate£402£288
% change on same period last year+39.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£323
UK excluding London average daily rate-£324
% change on same period last year-
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-
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
London
Matching contract IT job ads1847828200
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.98 %27.81 %
Daily rates quoted864411636
Average minimum daily rate£436£445
Average daily rate£468£476
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£501£506
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted695996
Average minimum hourly rate£25.67£24.14
Average hourly rate£27.59£25.95
% change on same period last year+6.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.50£27.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Interactive Media EnglandInteractive Media
England

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.

Interactive Media
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Interactive Media across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

London Interactive Media Demand Trend

Interactive Media
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Interactive Media Daily Rate Trend

Interactive Media
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Interactive Media across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Interactive Media Daily Rate Histogram

Interactive Media
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Interactive Media across the London region.

London Interactive Media Hourly Rate Trend

Interactive Media
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Interactive Media within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
City of LondonDown-301£213-38.40 %
Interactive Media EnglandInteractive Media
England

Interactive Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Interactive Media 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 Interactive Media.

126 (68.42 %)CSS
218 (47.37 %)XHTML
316 (42.11 %)PHP
414 (36.84 %)OO
513 (34.21 %)MySQL
612 (31.58 %)SEO
612 (31.58 %)Zend
612 (31.58 %)Zend Framework
79 (23.68 %)JavaScript
88 (21.05 %)XML
88 (21.05 %)Internet
97 (18.42 %).NET
97 (18.42 %)SQL
97 (18.42 %)C#
106 (15.79 %)Project Management
106 (15.79 %)ASP.NET
115 (13.16 %)OOP
115 (13.16 %)Apache
115 (13.16 %)Linux
115 (13.16 %)PHP5
124 (10.53 %)WebServices
124 (10.53 %)HTML
124 (10.53 %)MS Visio
124 (10.53 %)Interactive TV
124 (10.53 %)LAMP
133 (7.895 %)Finance
133 (7.895 %)Subversion
133 (7.895 %)Content Management
133 (7.895 %)Document Management
133 (7.895 %)VB

Interactive Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Interactive Media 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 Interactive Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (68.42 %)CSS
218 (47.37 %)XHTML
312 (31.58 %)Zend Framework
48 (21.05 %)XML
57 (18.42 %).NET
66 (15.79 %)ASP.NET
74 (10.53 %)HTML
74 (10.53 %)WebServices
74 (10.53 %)LAMP
83 (7.895 %).NET Framework
92 (5.263 %)AJAX
101 (2.632 %)Silverlight
101 (2.632 %)LINQ
101 (2.632 %)ASP.NET 2.0
101 (2.632 %)RSS
101 (2.632 %)ASP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (13.16 %)Apache
22 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (5.263 %)EPiServer
31 (2.632 %)Immediacy CMS
31 (2.632 %)SharePoint
31 (2.632 %)CMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (10.53 %)MS Visio
23 (7.895 %)MS Project
23 (7.895 %)MS Office
31 (2.632 %)Photoshop
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (21.05 %)Internet
21 (2.632 %)SAN
21 (2.632 %)Intranet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (34.21 %)MySQL
21 (2.632 %)SQL Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (7.895 %)Subversion
21 (2.632 %)Flash
21 (2.632 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (7.895 %)Finance
21 (2.632 %)Construction
21 (2.632 %)Education
21 (2.632 %)Government
21 (2.632 %)Legal
21 (2.632 %)Publishing
21 (2.632 %)Retail
21 (2.632 %)Music
21 (2.632 %)Marketing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (63.16 %)Developer
216 (42.11 %)Web Developer
33 (7.895 %)PHP Web Developer
33 (7.895 %)PHP Developer
42 (5.263 %)Interactive Developer
42 (5.263 %)Programme Manager
51 (2.632 %)Digital Producer
51 (2.632 %)HTML Developer
51 (2.632 %)Senior Producer
51 (2.632 %)Usability Engineer
51 (2.632 %)Interactive Designer
51 (2.632 %)Virtualisation Engineer
51 (2.632 %)Development Manager
51 (2.632 %)Systems Manager
51 (2.632 %)C# Developer
51 (2.632 %)Analyst
51 (2.632 %)Test Manager
51 (2.632 %)Project Manager
51 (2.632 %)Business Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (10.53 %)Interactive TV
22 (5.263 %)W3C
31 (2.632 %)Wiki
31 (2.632 %)Blog
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (13.16 %)Linux
21 (2.632 %)Debian
21 (2.632 %)CentOS
21 (2.632 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (2.632 %)UNIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (36.84 %)OO
212 (31.58 %)SEO
36 (15.79 %)Project Management
45 (13.16 %)OOP
53 (7.895 %)Content Management
53 (7.895 %)Document Management
61 (2.632 %)Web Development
61 (2.632 %)Business Development
61 (2.632 %)Data Protection
61 (2.632 %)UML
61 (2.632 %)Workflow
61 (2.632 %)Migration
61 (2.632 %)Asset Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (42.11 %)PHP
29 (23.68 %)JavaScript
37 (18.42 %)C#
37 (18.42 %)SQL
45 (13.16 %)PHP5
53 (7.895 %)VB
61 (2.632 %)PHP4
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (7.895 %)Degree
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.632 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (31.58 %)Zend
21 (2.632 %)Microsoft
21 (2.632 %)Citrix
21 (2.632 %)Red Hat
21 (2.632 %)VMware