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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADO over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank124141
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.378 %0.211 %
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£402£370
% change on same period last year+8.55 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£20.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£33.67
% change on same period last year-28.71 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads794950
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.276 %1.020 %
Daily rates quoted124129
Average minimum daily rate£284£306
Average daily rate£303£322
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted10083
Average minimum hourly rate£22.29£24.58
Average hourly rate£24.89£27.20
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.49£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
ADO EnglandADO
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.

ADO
Demand Trend

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

North West ADO Demand Trend

ADO
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West ADO Daily Rate Trend

ADO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West ADO Hourly Rate Trend

ADO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADO within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MerseysideNew entry-3--
ADO EnglandADO
England

ADO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ADO 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 ADO.

15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
24 (80.00 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (60.00 %)VB6
33 (60.00 %)NHibernate
33 (60.00 %)LINQ
33 (60.00 %)OO
33 (60.00 %)MSMQ
33 (60.00 %)C#
33 (60.00 %)VB
33 (60.00 %)VB.NET
33 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
42 (40.00 %)ASP
42 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (40.00 %)SQL
42 (40.00 %)VBScript
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (20.00 %)Content Management
51 (20.00 %).NET Framework
51 (20.00 %)HTML
51 (20.00 %)JavaScript
51 (20.00 %)Photoshop
51 (20.00 %)IIS
51 (20.00 %)MS Office
51 (20.00 %)CSS
51 (20.00 %)SOAP
51 (20.00 %)XML
51 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (20.00 %)VBA
51 (20.00 %)XHTML

ADO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ADO 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 ADO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
23 (60.00 %)NHibernate
23 (60.00 %)LINQ
32 (40.00 %)ASP
32 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (20.00 %)CSS
41 (20.00 %)SOAP
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)XHTML
41 (20.00 %)HTML
41 (20.00 %).NET Framework
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)IIS
11 (20.00 %)SharePoint
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)Photoshop
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
24 (80.00 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (20.00 %)MS Access
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (20.00 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (80.00 %).NET Developer
33 (60.00 %)VB.NET Developer
42 (40.00 %)C# Developer
51 (20.00 %)Web Developer
51 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (20.00 %)Junior Developer
51 (20.00 %)Junior Web Developer
51 (20.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (20.00 %)Junior
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)NHS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)OO
21 (20.00 %)Content Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)C#
13 (60.00 %)VB
13 (60.00 %)VB.NET
13 (60.00 %)VB6
22 (40.00 %)SQL
22 (40.00 %)VBScript
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript
31 (20.00 %)VBA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (60.00 %)MSMQ
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft