The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the London region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Rank 285 339 357
Rank change year-on-year
+54 +18
Contract jobs citing W3C 92 71 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.425% 0.264% 0.247%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.284% 0.823% 0.652%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 44 66
Average daily rate £288 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.85% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £412 £500 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £307 £335 £250
% change year-on-year
-8.50% +34.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £34.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +47.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-57.14% +40.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7165 8624 11965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.11% 32.02% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4963 5869 8076
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 210 199
Average hourly rate £22.75 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.11% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
W3C
England

W3C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London W3C Jobs Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C across the London region.

London W3C Daily Rate Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing W3C across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London W3C Daily Rate Histogram

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the London region.

London W3C Hourly Rate Trend

W3C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +19 11 £215 -36.29%
Canary Wharf - 1 £500 -
Hounslow - 1 £375 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £250 -
W3C
England

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing W3C 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 W3C.

1 145 (88.96%) CSS
2 136 (83.44%) HTML
3 92 (56.44%) XML
4 85 (52.15%) JavaScript
5 61 (37.42%) XSLT
5 61 (37.42%) jQuery
6 50 (30.67%) XHTML
7 43 (26.38%) Publishing
7 43 (26.38%) HTML5
8 42 (25.77%) Web Services
9 40 (24.54%) Degree
10 38 (23.31%) XSD
10 38 (23.31%) CSS3
11 37 (22.70%) Ajax
12 35 (21.47%) Data Conversion
13 32 (19.63%) Apache
14 29 (17.79%) Agile Software Development
15 26 (15.95%) Java
16 24 (14.72%) OO
16 24 (14.72%) E-Commerce
16 24 (14.72%) TDD
17 23 (14.11%) XQuery
18 21 (12.88%) CMS
18 21 (12.88%) Python
18 21 (12.88%) Photoshop
19 20 (12.27%) ASP.NET
19 20 (12.27%) .NET
19 20 (12.27%) Content Management
20 18 (11.04%) Maven
20 18 (11.04%) Continuous Integration

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing W3C 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 W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 145 (88.96%) CSS
2 136 (83.44%) HTML
3 92 (56.44%) XML
4 61 (37.42%) XSLT
4 61 (37.42%) jQuery
5 50 (30.67%) XHTML
6 43 (26.38%) HTML5
7 42 (25.77%) Web Services
8 38 (23.31%) XSD
8 38 (23.31%) CSS3
9 37 (22.70%) Ajax
10 20 (12.27%) ASP.NET
10 20 (12.27%) .NET
11 18 (11.04%) JSP
12 17 (10.43%) .NET Framework
13 15 (9.202%) SOAP
14 12 (7.362%) Spring
14 12 (7.362%) RESTful
15 10 (6.135%) J2EE
15 10 (6.135%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 32 (19.63%) Apache
2 21 (12.88%) CMS
3 10 (6.135%) WebLogic
3 10 (6.135%) IIS
3 10 (6.135%) Tomcat
3 10 (6.135%) Oracle Workflow
3 10 (6.135%) nginx
4 8 (4.908%) SharePoint
5 6 (3.681%) Drupal
6 5 (3.067%) MSMQ
7 4 (2.454%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.613%) Confluence
8 1 (0.613%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (12.88%) Photoshop
2 8 (4.908%) GIMP
3 3 (1.840%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.840%) MS Office
4 1 (0.613%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.613%) WebTrends
1 1 (0.613%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.521%) HTTP
2 7 (4.294%) Intranet
3 4 (2.454%) Internet
4 3 (1.840%) FTP
5 1 (0.613%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.43%) MySQL
2 16 (9.816%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.135%) RDBMS
4 7 (4.294%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (3.681%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (3.067%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.067%) SQL Server 2000
6 5 (3.067%) SSDT
6 5 (3.067%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (1.840%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (1.227%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 18 (11.04%) Maven
2 16 (9.816%) Subversion
2 16 (9.816%) Git (software)
3 14 (8.589%) Dreamweaver
4 9 (5.521%) JIRA
4 9 (5.521%) Visual Studio
5 8 (4.908%) JUnit
5 8 (4.908%) Selenium
6 6 (3.681%) Jenkins
6 6 (3.681%) Eclipse
6 6 (3.681%) VisualAge
6 6 (3.681%) Ant
6 6 (3.681%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (3.067%) Rhino Mocks
7 5 (3.067%) NUnit
7 5 (3.067%) Jasmine
8 4 (2.454%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (2.454%) StyleCop
9 3 (1.840%) MSBuild
10 2 (1.227%) TestNG
General
1 43 (26.38%) Publishing
2 13 (7.975%) Legal
3 11 (6.748%) Banking
3 11 (6.748%) Finance
4 10 (6.135%) Retail
5 9 (5.521%) Games
6 7 (4.294%) Marketing
7 3 (1.840%) Retail Banking
7 3 (1.840%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.613%) German Language
8 1 (0.613%) Interactive Media
8 1 (0.613%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (74.23%) Developer
2 34 (20.86%) Web Developer
3 24 (14.72%) Front-End Developer
4 22 (13.50%) Architect
5 11 (6.748%) UI Developer
6 9 (5.521%) UI Programmer
6 9 (5.521%) Ruby on Rails Developer
6 9 (5.521%) .NET Developer
6 9 (5.521%) HTML Developer
7 8 (4.908%) Data Architect
7 8 (4.908%) XML Developer
8 6 (3.681%) Consultant
9 5 (3.067%) Designer
9 5 (3.067%) Analyst
10 4 (2.454%) Analyst Programmer
10 4 (2.454%) Programmer
10 4 (2.454%) SharePoint Developer
10 4 (2.454%) Front-End Web Developer
11 3 (1.840%) Web Analytics Manager
11 3 (1.840%) Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (21.47%) Data Conversion
2 13 (7.975%) Computer Science
3 10 (6.135%) Blackberry
3 10 (6.135%) iPhone
4 9 (5.521%) Online Games
5 6 (3.681%) Semantic Web
6 5 (3.067%) Digital Media
7 4 (2.454%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.840%) iPad
8 3 (1.840%) Copywriting
8 3 (1.840%) Freedom of Information Act
8 3 (1.840%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.840%) Statistics
8 3 (1.840%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (1.840%) Open Source
9 2 (1.227%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.613%) Social Media
10 1 (0.613%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.613%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.613%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.975%) Linux
2 5 (3.067%) Windows
3 3 (1.840%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (1.840%) UNIX
3 3 (1.840%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.613%) Android
4 1 (0.613%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.79%) Agile Software Development
2 24 (14.72%) OO
2 24 (14.72%) E-Commerce
2 24 (14.72%) TDD
3 20 (12.27%) Content Management
4 18 (11.04%) Continuous Integration
4 18 (11.04%) Validation
5 12 (7.362%) Workflow
6 10 (6.135%) MVC
6 10 (6.135%) Unit Testing
7 9 (5.521%) Analytics
7 9 (5.521%) Web Development
8 8 (4.908%) Web Design
8 8 (4.908%) SEO
9 7 (4.294%) Multithreading
10 6 (3.681%) RDF
10 6 (3.681%) Knowledge Management
10 6 (3.681%) Web Analytics
10 6 (3.681%) Information Architecture
10 6 (3.681%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 85 (52.15%) JavaScript
2 26 (15.95%) Java
3 23 (14.11%) XQuery
4 21 (12.88%) Python
5 18 (11.04%) PHP
6 15 (9.202%) SQL
7 14 (8.589%) C#
7 14 (8.589%) Ruby
8 6 (3.681%) SPARQL
9 5 (3.067%) VB6
9 5 (3.067%) T-SQL
9 5 (3.067%) VBScript
9 5 (3.067%) VB
9 5 (3.067%) XAML
10 2 (1.227%) Perl
10 2 (1.227%) XPath
10 2 (1.227%) Scala
11 1 (0.613%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.613%) Ada
11 1 (0.613%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (24.54%) Degree
2 1 (0.613%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.589%) WAI
2 9 (5.521%) WCAG
3 2 (1.227%) QA
System Software
1 10 (6.135%) Varnish
Vendors
1 11 (6.748%) Oracle
2 10 (6.135%) FatWire
2 10 (6.135%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.521%) Adobe
4 6 (3.681%) IBM
4 6 (3.681%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.067%) Mercator
6 4 (2.454%) Twitter
6 4 (2.454%) Omniture
7 3 (1.840%) RedDot
8 2 (1.227%) Facebook
8 2 (1.227%) Progress
8 2 (1.227%) Google
9 1 (0.613%) SAP
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