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The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Maidstone region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank89
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below22.22 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£340
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£37.00-
Average hourly rate£37.83-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.20£25.49
% change on same period last year-8.96 %
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Maidstone
Matching contract IT job ads187
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.007 %
Daily rates quoted80
Average minimum daily rate£361-
Average daily rate£371-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£382-
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted71
Average minimum hourly rate£22.31£12.00
Average hourly rate£23.15£13.00
% change on same period last year+78.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
Internet KentInternet
Kent

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Maidstone region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Maidstone Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Maidstone Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maidstone Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Maidstone region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Maidstone Internet Hourly Rate Histogram

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Maidstone region citing Internet 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 Internet.

17 (77.78 %)WebServices
17 (77.78 %)UNIX
17 (77.78 %)Windows
17 (77.78 %)GIS
17 (77.78 %)ESRI
17 (77.78 %)ArcIMS
26 (66.67 %)XML
26 (66.67 %)ASP
26 (66.67 %)HTML
26 (66.67 %)VB
26 (66.67 %).NET
26 (66.67 %)AJAX
26 (66.67 %)ArcObjects
35 (55.56 %)MS PowerPoint
35 (55.56 %)Publishing
35 (55.56 %)Microsoft
35 (55.56 %)Intranet
35 (55.56 %)MS Excel
44 (44.44 %)Oracle
53 (33.33 %)C#
53 (33.33 %)Summit
62 (22.22 %)Local Government
62 (22.22 %)Government
71 (11.11 %)Legal
71 (11.11 %)ArcSDE
71 (11.11 %)Pay per click
71 (11.11 %)Marketing
71 (11.11 %)Degree
71 (11.11 %)JIRA
71 (11.11 %)Internet Marketing

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (77.78 %)WebServices
26 (66.67 %)XML
26 (66.67 %)AJAX
26 (66.67 %)ArcObjects
26 (66.67 %)HTML
26 (66.67 %).NET
26 (66.67 %)ASP
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (77.78 %)ArcIMS
21 (11.11 %)ArcSDE
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (55.56 %)MS Excel
15 (55.56 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (11.11 %)MS Visio
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (33.33 %)Summit
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (55.56 %)Intranet
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (77.78 %)GIS
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)JIRA
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Publishing
22 (22.22 %)Local Government
22 (22.22 %)Government
31 (11.11 %)Legal
31 (11.11 %)Telecoms
31 (11.11 %)Finance
31 (11.11 %)Marketing
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (55.56 %)Developer
15 (55.56 %)Applications Developer
24 (44.44 %)GIS Developer
32 (22.22 %)Web Applications Developer
32 (22.22 %)Web Developer
41 (11.11 %)ASP Developer
41 (11.11 %)Tester
41 (11.11 %)Functional Tester
41 (11.11 %)Web Tester
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (77.78 %)UNIX
17 (77.78 %)Windows
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)SEO
11 (11.11 %)Pay per click
11 (11.11 %)Internet Marketing
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)VB
23 (33.33 %)C#
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Degree
Maidstone IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (77.78 %)ESRI
25 (55.56 %)Microsoft
34 (44.44 %)Oracle