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The table below looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RSS over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReally Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£250£295
% change on same period last year-15.25 %
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£24.17£20.00
% change on same period last year+20.83 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads185346
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.349 %
Daily rates quoted2941
Average minimum daily rate£329£345
Average daily rate£344£359
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£24.68
Average hourly rate£30.00£25.46
% change on same period last year+17.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£26.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
RSS EnglandRSS
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.

RSS
Demand Trend

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

Midlands RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing RSS 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 RSS.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)VBScript
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)Social Network

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing RSS 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 RSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)C# Developer
11 (100.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Social Network
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)VBScript