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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-Commerce over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5063
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.765 %1.703 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£328£425
Average daily rate£340£450
% change on same period last year-24.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£375
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
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£30.58£31.17
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads510822
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.721 %0.832 %
Daily rates quoted78140
Average minimum daily rate£390£379
Average daily rate£414£403
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted445
Average minimum hourly rate£24.43£23.70
Average hourly rate£25.14£24.23
% change on same period last year+3.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.86£24.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
E-Commerce EnglandE-Commerce
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.

E-Commerce
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Midlands E-Commerce Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Midlands E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce.

17 (41.18 %).NET
25 (29.41 %)ASP.NET
34 (23.53 %)CSS
34 (23.53 %)SQL Server
34 (23.53 %)C#
34 (23.53 %)Retail
34 (23.53 %)WebSphere
43 (17.65 %)AJAX
43 (17.65 %)IBM
43 (17.65 %)CMS
52 (11.76 %)ASP
52 (11.76 %)Project Management
52 (11.76 %)Flash
52 (11.76 %)XHTML
52 (11.76 %)HTML
52 (11.76 %)JavaScript
52 (11.76 %)Photoshop
52 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (11.76 %)Health
52 (11.76 %)Validation
61 (5.882 %)Financial Modelling
61 (5.882 %)Content Management
61 (5.882 %)Business Development
61 (5.882 %)Marketing
61 (5.882 %)Visual Studio
61 (5.882 %)SAP
61 (5.882 %)PHP
61 (5.882 %)SQL
61 (5.882 %)VB.NET
61 (5.882 %)CRM

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (41.18 %).NET
25 (29.41 %)ASP.NET
34 (23.53 %)CSS
34 (23.53 %)WebSphere
43 (17.65 %)AJAX
52 (11.76 %)HTML
52 (11.76 %)XHTML
52 (11.76 %)ASP
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)CMS
21 (5.882 %)Commerce Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (11.76 %)Photoshop
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)SAP CRM
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (23.53 %)SQL Server
22 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.76 %)Flash
21 (5.882 %)Visual Studio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Retail
22 (11.76 %)Health
31 (5.882 %)Finance
31 (5.882 %)Marketing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)Developer
23 (17.65 %)Web Developer
23 (17.65 %)Architect
23 (17.65 %)Project Manager
23 (17.65 %).NET Developer
23 (17.65 %)C# Developer
32 (11.76 %)Junior Developer
32 (11.76 %).NET Web Developer
32 (11.76 %)Junior C# Developer
32 (11.76 %)Junior .NET Developer
32 (11.76 %)Junior Web Developer
32 (11.76 %)C# Web Developer
32 (11.76 %)Junior
32 (11.76 %)Junior .NET Web Developer
41 (5.882 %)JavaScript Developer
41 (5.882 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (5.882 %)CRM Consultant
41 (5.882 %)Business Manager
41 (5.882 %)SAP CRM Consultant
41 (5.882 %)SAP Consultant
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)Validation
12 (11.76 %)Project Management
21 (5.882 %)E-business
21 (5.882 %)Web Design
21 (5.882 %)Content Management
21 (5.882 %)Business Development
21 (5.882 %)Financial Modelling
21 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
21 (5.882 %)CRM
21 (5.882 %)B2B
21 (5.882 %)B2C
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (23.53 %)C#
22 (11.76 %)JavaScript
31 (5.882 %)PHP
31 (5.882 %)SQL
31 (5.882 %)VB.NET
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (17.65 %)IBM
21 (5.882 %)Mercator
21 (5.882 %)Stellent
21 (5.882 %)SAP