London Web 2.0 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Web 2.0 skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Web 2.0
Location Berkshire Birmingham Brentwood Brighton Bristol City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Feltham Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southwark Staines Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	250	387
Rank change on same period last year	+137
Matching contract IT job ads	156	92
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.206 %	0.096 %
As % of the category below	1.662 %	0.650 %
Daily rates quoted	72	51
Average minimum daily rate	£301	£330
Average daily rate	£327	£364
% change on same period last year	-10.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£352	£398
UK excluding London average daily rate	£363	£371
% change on same period last year	-2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£32.50
Average hourly rate	£40.00	£35.00
% change on same period last year	+14.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.00	£31.50
% change on same period last year	+14.28 %
Miscellaneous London
Matching contract IT job ads	9385	14152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.37 %	14.80 %
Daily rates quoted	4434	6248
Average minimum daily rate	£472	£497
Average daily rate	£508	£534
% change on same period last year	-4.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£543	£572
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£351
% change on same period last year	+3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	366	418
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.55	£26.28
Average hourly rate	£23.01	£28.05
% change on same period last year	-17.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.47	£29.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.27	£28.61
% change on same period last year	-15.17 %
Web 2.0 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.

Web 2.0
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web 2.0 across the London region.

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web 2.0 across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Web 2.0
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the London region.

Web 2.0
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Web 2.0 within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 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.

Location	Rank 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 London	0	28	£349	-41.85 %
Feltham	-	1	-	-
Southwark	-	1	£440	-

Web 2.0 England

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Web 2.0 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 2.0.

1 144 (40.68 %) JavaScript 2 138 (38.98 %) CSS 3 124 (35.03 %) AJAX 4 105 (29.66 %) HTML 5 81 (22.88 %) PHP 6 76 (21.47 %) XML 7 72 (20.34 %) .NET 8 62 (17.51 %) Agile Software Development 9 59 (16.67 %) OO 10 53 (14.97 %) Java 11 50 (14.12 %) Flash 12 49 (13.84 %) WebServices 13 47 (13.28 %) ASP.NET 13 47 (13.28 %) Ruby on Rails 13 47 (13.28 %) Scrum

14 46 (12.99 %) MySQL 15 44 (12.43 %) SQL 15 44 (12.43 %) XHTML 16 43 (12.15 %) Internet 17 42 (11.86 %) C# 18 38 (10.73 %) Linux 18 38 (10.73 %) Content Management 19 37 (10.45 %) SQL Server 20 35 (9.887 %) Social Network 21 34 (9.605 %) JSP 22 33 (9.322 %) OOD 22 33 (9.322 %) Web Development 23 31 (8.757 %) YUI 24 28 (7.910 %) DHTML 25 27 (7.627 %) ActionScript

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Web 2.0 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 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 138 (38.98 %) CSS 2 124 (35.03 %) AJAX 3 105 (29.66 %) HTML 4 76 (21.47 %) XML 5 72 (20.34 %) .NET 6 49 (13.84 %) WebServices 7 47 (13.28 %) ASP.NET 7 47 (13.28 %) Ruby on Rails 8 44 (12.43 %) XHTML 9 34 (9.605 %) JSP 10 31 (8.757 %) YUI 11 23 (6.497 %) J2EE 12 21 (5.932 %) XSLT 13 19 (5.367 %) Spring 14 18 (5.085 %) JSON 15 14 (3.955 %) LAMP 16 13 (3.672 %) ASP 17 12 (3.390 %) ASP.NET 2.0 18 11 (3.107 %) MVC 18 11 (3.107 %) Django	Application Platforms 1 25 (7.062 %) CMS 2 20 (5.650 %) Apache 3 14 (3.955 %) IIS 4 12 (3.390 %) SharePoint 5 8 (2.260 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 8 (2.260 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 8 (2.260 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 7 (1.977 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 7 (1.977 %) Live Communications Server 7 5 (1.412 %) Tomcat 8 3 (0.847 %) ColdFusion 9 2 (0.565 %) Resin 9 2 (0.565 %) BizTalk Server 9 2 (0.565 %) Content Management Server 10 1 (0.282 %) Oracle Application Server 10 1 (0.282 %) WordPress
Applications 1 24 (6.780 %) Photoshop 2 15 (4.237 %) MS Project 3 14 (3.955 %) Adobe Illustrator 4 13 (3.672 %) MS Visio 5 6 (1.695 %) MS Excel 6 2 (0.565 %) MS PowerPoint 6 2 (0.565 %) MS Office 6 2 (0.565 %) Fireworks	Communications & Networking 1 43 (12.15 %) Internet 2 12 (3.390 %) DNS 2 12 (3.390 %) Firewall 3 2 (0.565 %) LDAP 3 2 (0.565 %) HTTP 4 1 (0.282 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (0.282 %) Ethernet 4 1 (0.282 %) Intranet 4 1 (0.282 %) SSH 4 1 (0.282 %) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence 1 46 (12.99 %) MySQL 2 37 (10.45 %) SQL Server 3 16 (4.520 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (1.130 %) RDBMS 4 4 (1.130 %) Data Mining 5 3 (0.847 %) SQL Server 7 6 2 (0.565 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (0.282 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (0.282 %) PostgreSQL	Development Applications 1 50 (14.12 %) Flash 2 27 (7.627 %) Firebug 3 8 (2.260 %) Subversion 4 5 (1.412 %) Ant 5 4 (1.130 %) Visual Studio 6 3 (0.847 %) Eclipse 7 2 (0.565 %) XDoclet 7 2 (0.565 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 2 (0.565 %) Dreamweaver 8 1 (0.282 %) ClearCase 8 1 (0.282 %) JUnit 8 1 (0.282 %) Log4j 8 1 (0.282 %) jMock
General 1 14 (3.955 %) Finance 2 12 (3.390 %) Publishing 2 12 (3.390 %) Front Office 3 10 (2.825 %) Marketing 4 7 (1.977 %) Banking 4 7 (1.977 %) Games 4 7 (1.977 %) Graphic Design 5 6 (1.695 %) Retail 6 4 (1.130 %) Government 6 4 (1.130 %) Investment Banking 7 3 (0.847 %) Interactive Media 8 2 (0.565 %) Back Office 8 2 (0.565 %) Construction 8 2 (0.565 %) Education 8 2 (0.565 %) Law 8 2 (0.565 %) Advertising 9 1 (0.282 %) Legal 9 1 (0.282 %) Health 9 1 (0.282 %) Telecoms 9 1 (0.282 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 188 (53.11 %) Developer 2 58 (16.38 %) Web Developer 3 33 (9.322 %) Web Designer 4 26 (7.345 %) Project Manager 5 25 (7.062 %) Senior Developer 6 23 (6.497 %) Java Developer 7 21 (5.932 %) Architect 8 19 (5.367 %) .NET Developer 9 14 (3.955 %) PHP Developer 10 13 (3.672 %) C# Developer 10 13 (3.672 %) Analyst 11 12 (3.390 %) Ruby On Rails Developer 12 11 (3.107 %) Python Developer 13 9 (2.542 %) ASP.NET Developer 14 8 (2.260 %) Team Leader 14 8 (2.260 %) Senior Java Developer 14 8 (2.260 %) Business Analyst 15 7 (1.977 %) ActionScript Developer 15 7 (1.977 %) Perl Developer 15 7 (1.977 %) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous 1 35 (9.887 %) Social Network 2 17 (4.802 %) Clustering 3 14 (3.955 %) W3C 4 7 (1.977 %) Blackberry 5 4 (1.130 %) Computer Science 5 4 (1.130 %) Statistics 5 4 (1.130 %) Streaming Video 5 4 (1.130 %) N-Tier 6 3 (0.847 %) Blog 7 2 (0.565 %) Taxonomies 7 2 (0.565 %) Multithreading 7 2 (0.565 %) Management Information System 7 2 (0.565 %) Streaming Media 7 2 (0.565 %) Interactive TV 7 2 (0.565 %) Freedom of Information 7 2 (0.565 %) iDTV 8 1 (0.282 %) Fixed Income 8 1 (0.282 %) Equities 8 1 (0.282 %) Podcast 8 1 (0.282 %) Wiki	Operating Systems 1 38 (10.73 %) Linux 2 23 (6.497 %) Windows 3 14 (3.955 %) Unix 4 10 (2.825 %) Windows Server 2003 5 7 (1.977 %) Solaris 6 6 (1.695 %) Mac OS X 7 2 (0.565 %) Windows 2000 8 1 (0.282 %) Windows NT 8 1 (0.282 %) AIX 8 1 (0.282 %) Ubuntu 8 1 (0.282 %) Debian 8 1 (0.282 %) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies 1 62 (17.51 %) Agile Software Development 2 59 (16.67 %) OO 3 47 (13.28 %) Scrum 4 38 (10.73 %) Content Management 5 33 (9.322 %) OOD 5 33 (9.322 %) Web Development 6 27 (7.627 %) OOP 6 27 (7.627 %) E-Commerce 7 25 (7.062 %) SEO 8 19 (5.367 %) Project Management 9 17 (4.802 %) Performance Testing 10 14 (3.955 %) TDD 11 13 (3.672 %) UML 11 13 (3.672 %) Load Balancing 12 12 (3.390 %) PRINCE2 13 11 (3.107 %) Web Design 13 11 (3.107 %) Extreme Programming 14 10 (2.825 %) Change Management 14 10 (2.825 %) RUP 15 7 (1.977 %) SOA	Programming Languages 1 144 (40.68 %) JavaScript 2 81 (22.88 %) PHP 3 53 (14.97 %) Java 4 44 (12.43 %) SQL 5 42 (11.86 %) C# 6 28 (7.910 %) DHTML 7 27 (7.627 %) ActionScript 8 23 (6.497 %) Ruby 9 21 (5.932 %) Python 10 17 (4.802 %) Perl 11 9 (2.542 %) PHP5 12 8 (2.260 %) C 12 8 (2.260 %) Shell Script 13 4 (1.130 %) C++ 14 3 (0.847 %) PHP4 15 1 (0.282 %) VBScript 15 1 (0.282 %) VB 15 1 (0.282 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 7 (1.977 %) Degree 2 1 (0.282 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.130 %) WAI 1 4 (1.130 %) SLA 2 2 (0.565 %) WCAG
System Software 1 17 (4.802 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.130 %) Xen 3 1 (0.282 %) VMware Infrastructure	Vendors 1 24 (6.780 %) Microsoft 2 20 (5.650 %) Adobe 3 12 (3.390 %) Oracle 4 5 (1.412 %) IBM 5 4 (1.130 %) VMware 6 2 (0.565 %) Zend 6 2 (0.565 %) BT 6 2 (0.565 %) RedDot 6 2 (0.565 %) ION Trading 6 2 (0.565 %) Siebel 7 1 (0.282 %) Cisco 7 1 (0.282 %) Tridion 7 1 (0.282 %) Lotus 7 1 (0.282 %) Vignette 7 1 (0.282 %) Mediasurface 7 1 (0.282 %) IronPort