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This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CMS over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank6871
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
As % of the category below4.819 %1.394 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£600
Average daily rate£350£600
% change on same period last year-41.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£279£316
% change on same period last year-11.49 %
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£19.84£23.12
% change on same period last year-14.21 %
Application Platforms MidlandsApplication Platforms
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads166287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.213 %0.322 %
Daily rates quoted3675
Average minimum daily rate£381£415
Average daily rate£403£444
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£472
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£353
% change on same period last year+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted516
Average minimum hourly rate£24.25£29.73
Average hourly rate£27.63£30.79
% change on same period last year-10.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£31.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.73£22.67
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
CMS EnglandCMS
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.

CMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Midlands CMS Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the Midlands region.

Midlands CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands region citing CMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CMS.

18 (57.14 %)Content Management
27 (50.00 %).NET
36 (42.86 %)JavaScript
36 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
36 (42.86 %)SharePoint
45 (35.71 %)CSS
45 (35.71 %)VB.NET
45 (35.71 %)Visual Studio
45 (35.71 %)HTML
45 (35.71 %)SharePoint Server 2007
54 (28.57 %)VB6
54 (28.57 %)Java
54 (28.57 %)VB
54 (28.57 %)IIS
54 (28.57 %)Dreamweaver
62 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
62 (14.29 %)Flash
62 (14.29 %)AJAX
71 (7.143 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (7.143 %)Web 2.0
71 (7.143 %)Web Development
71 (7.143 %)Joomla!
71 (7.143 %)Education
71 (7.143 %)Law
71 (7.143 %)Validation
71 (7.143 %)Migration
71 (7.143 %)Stellent
71 (7.143 %)LiveLink
71 (7.143 %)XHTML
71 (7.143 %)Microsoft

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands region citing CMS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
17 (50.00 %).NET
26 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
35 (35.71 %)CSS
35 (35.71 %)HTML
42 (14.29 %)AJAX
51 (7.143 %)ASP
51 (7.143 %)XML
51 (7.143 %)XSLT
51 (7.143 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
16 (42.86 %)SharePoint
25 (35.71 %)SharePoint Server 2007
34 (28.57 %)IIS
41 (7.143 %)LiveLink
41 (7.143 %)Joomla!
Applications
11 (7.143 %)Photoshop
11 (7.143 %)MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
15 (35.71 %)Visual Studio
24 (28.57 %)Dreamweaver
32 (14.29 %)Flash
General
11 (7.143 %)Education
11 (7.143 %)Law
Job Titles
19 (64.29 %)Developer
25 (35.71 %).NET Developer
25 (35.71 %)ASP.NET Developer
34 (28.57 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
34 (28.57 %)VB.NET Developer
42 (14.29 %)Consultant
51 (7.143 %)Migration Technician
51 (7.143 %)Support Technician
51 (7.143 %)Web Developer
51 (7.143 %)Project Manager
51 (7.143 %)C# Developer
51 (7.143 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (7.143 %)HTML Developer
51 (7.143 %)SharePoint Consultant
Miscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
18 (57.14 %)Content Management
22 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.143 %)PRINCE
31 (7.143 %)Validation
31 (7.143 %)Migration
31 (7.143 %)Web Development
31 (7.143 %)ITIL
31 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
Programming Languages
16 (42.86 %)JavaScript
25 (35.71 %)VB.NET
34 (28.57 %)VB6
34 (28.57 %)VB
34 (28.57 %)Java
41 (7.143 %)C#
41 (7.143 %)SQL
Vendors
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft
11 (7.143 %)Interwoven
11 (7.143 %)Stellent
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