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This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the North West 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank10685
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching contract IT job ads3740
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.045 %
As % of the category below5.736 %6.969 %
Daily rates quoted144
Average minimum daily rate£264£285
Average daily rate£272£323
% change on same period last year-15.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£281£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£316
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£21.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£21.92£25.93
% change on same period last year-15.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.83£26.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.58£23.12
% change on same period last year-15.30 %
Application Platforms North WestApplication Platforms
North West
Matching contract IT job ads645574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.828 %0.645 %
Daily rates quoted154111
Average minimum daily rate£356£292
Average daily rate£380£304
% change on same period last year+24.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£354
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted6953
Average minimum hourly rate£22.27£19.42
Average hourly rate£24.11£20.68
% change on same period last year+16.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.95£21.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.66£22.76
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West CMS Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West CMS Hourly Rate Histogram

CMS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1ManchesterDown-1114£248-
2CheshireDown-3811£285+5.55 %
3LancashireUp+46£287-23.55 %
4MerseysideNew entry-1--
CMS EnglandCMS
England

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West 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.

122 (44.90 %)Content Management
214 (28.57 %).NET
310 (20.41 %)HTML
49 (18.37 %)CSS
58 (16.33 %)PHP
58 (16.33 %)SQL Server
67 (14.29 %)WebLogic Portal
67 (14.29 %)Sun
67 (14.29 %)Avaya
67 (14.29 %)BEA
67 (14.29 %)Ant
67 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
67 (14.29 %)MySQL
67 (14.29 %)WebLogic
67 (14.29 %)Vignette
67 (14.29 %)LDAP
67 (14.29 %)Release Management
76 (12.24 %)Performance Testing
76 (12.24 %)Oracle
76 (12.24 %)JUnit
76 (12.24 %)C#
76 (12.24 %)XHTML
76 (12.24 %)VoIP
76 (12.24 %)Intranet
85 (10.20 %)Flash
85 (10.20 %)LoadRunner
85 (10.20 %)JavaScript
85 (10.20 %)XML
85 (10.20 %)Web Development
94 (8.163 %)Umbraco

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West 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
114 (28.57 %).NET
210 (20.41 %)HTML
39 (18.37 %)CSS
47 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
56 (12.24 %)XHTML
65 (10.20 %)XML
74 (8.163 %)ASP
83 (6.122 %)XSLT
92 (4.082 %)WebServices
92 (4.082 %)AJAX
101 (2.041 %)jQuery
101 (2.041 %)LAMP
101 (2.041 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
17 (14.29 %)WebLogic
17 (14.29 %)WebLogic Portal
24 (8.163 %)SharePoint
24 (8.163 %)Umbraco
32 (4.082 %)Joomla!
32 (4.082 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (2.041 %)Content Management Server
41 (2.041 %)EPiServer
Applications
13 (6.122 %)Photoshop
21 (2.041 %)MS Excel
21 (2.041 %)QuarkXPress
21 (2.041 %)PageMaker
21 (2.041 %)CorelDRAW
21 (2.041 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
11 (2.041 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
17 (14.29 %)LDAP
26 (12.24 %)VoIP
26 (12.24 %)Intranet
33 (6.122 %)Internet
42 (4.082 %)CTI
51 (2.041 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (16.33 %)SQL Server
27 (14.29 %)MySQL
33 (6.122 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (4.082 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (2.041 %)Crystal Reports
51 (2.041 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
17 (14.29 %)Ant
26 (12.24 %)JUnit
35 (10.20 %)Flash
35 (10.20 %)LoadRunner
42 (4.082 %)FrontPage
51 (2.041 %)Dreamweaver
General
13 (6.122 %)Finance
13 (6.122 %)Graphic Design
22 (4.082 %)Government
31 (2.041 %)Publishing
31 (2.041 %)Banking
31 (2.041 %)Local Government
31 (2.041 %)Construction
31 (2.041 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (2.041 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
124 (48.98 %)Developer
28 (16.33 %)Web Developer
36 (12.24 %)Support Engineer
45 (10.20 %).NET Developer
45 (10.20 %)Analyst
54 (8.163 %)Consultant
54 (8.163 %)Network Engineer
63 (6.122 %)Lead Developer
63 (6.122 %)PHP Developer
63 (6.122 %)SharePoint Developer
63 (6.122 %)Voice Engineer
72 (4.082 %)Avaya Engineer
72 (4.082 %)Tridion Consultant
72 (4.082 %)VB.NET Developer
72 (4.082 %)ASP.NET Developer
72 (4.082 %).NET Web Developer
72 (4.082 %)HTML Developer
72 (4.082 %)Support Consultant
72 (4.082 %)Webmaster
81 (2.041 %)Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
13 (6.122 %)W3C
22 (4.082 %)Management Information System
22 (4.082 %)E-Learning
22 (4.082 %)IVR
31 (2.041 %)Blackberry
31 (2.041 %)Client/Server
31 (2.041 %)NHS
Processes & Methodologies
122 (44.90 %)Content Management
27 (14.29 %)Release Management
36 (12.24 %)Performance Testing
45 (10.20 %)Web Development
52 (4.082 %)Web Design
52 (4.082 %)Document Management
52 (4.082 %)Project Planning
52 (4.082 %)QMS
61 (2.041 %)Information Management
61 (2.041 %)Performance Management
61 (2.041 %)UML
61 (2.041 %)OOP
61 (2.041 %)OO
61 (2.041 %)CRM
61 (2.041 %)E-Commerce
61 (2.041 %)Business Intelligence
61 (2.041 %)Project Management
61 (2.041 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (2.041 %)Migration
Programming Languages
18 (16.33 %)PHP
26 (12.24 %)C#
35 (10.20 %)JavaScript
44 (8.163 %)SQL
44 (8.163 %)VB.NET
53 (6.122 %)Perl
61 (2.041 %)DHTML
61 (2.041 %)Java
61 (2.041 %)Transact-SQL
61 (2.041 %)VBScript
61 (2.041 %)VB
61 (2.041 %)VB6
61 (2.041 %)Ruby
61 (2.041 %)PHP5
Qualifications
13 (6.122 %)Avaya Certification
22 (4.082 %)HND
31 (2.041 %)Degree
Vendors
17 (14.29 %)Vignette
17 (14.29 %)Sun
17 (14.29 %)Avaya
17 (14.29 %)BEA
26 (12.24 %)Oracle
34 (8.163 %)Tridion
42 (4.082 %)CheckPoint
42 (4.082 %)Adobe
42 (4.082 %)Siemens
51 (2.041 %)Cognos
51 (2.041 %)Microsoft
51 (2.041 %)RedDot
51 (2.041 %)Zend
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