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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Online Games' in contract IT jobs within the Midlands region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Online Games over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOnline Game
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7576
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.313 %0.341 %
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£411£271
% change on same period last year+51.84 %
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£31.86£35.00
% change on same period last year-8.97 %
General MidlandsGeneral
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads638587
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.841 %0.614 %
Daily rates quoted137143
Average minimum daily rate£367£390
Average daily rate£393£414
% change on same period last year-4.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.87 %
Hourly rates quoted1943
Average minimum hourly rate£29.03£28.93
Average hourly rate£30.55£29.78
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.07£30.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.46£26.98
% change on same period last year-1.94 %
Online Games EnglandOnline Games
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.

Online Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Online Games across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Midlands Online Games Demand Trend

Online Games
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Online Games 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 Online Games.

12 (100.00 %)Games
21 (50.00 %)Fusebox
21 (50.00 %)Advertising
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)IIS
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Flash
21 (50.00 %)J2ME
21 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
21 (50.00 %)ColdFusion
21 (50.00 %)Fireworks
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Online Games 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 Online Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11 (50.00 %)Fusebox
11 (50.00 %)J2ME
Application Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)ColdFusion
Applications
11 (50.00 %)Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
General
12 (100.00 %)Games
21 (50.00 %)Advertising
Job Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Web Developer
21 (50.00 %)Programmer
21 (50.00 %)Games Programmer
Operating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Programming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Java
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