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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe ColdFusion
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank126133
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.891 %2.166 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£383
Average daily rate-£392
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£272£339
% change on same period last year-19.70 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.25£31.82
% change on same period last year+7.62 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
North West
Matching contract IT job ads449554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.627 %0.557 %
Daily rates quoted69104
Average minimum daily rate£319£299
Average daily rate£337£316
% change on same period last year+6.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£340
% change on same period last year+3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted6767
Average minimum hourly rate£24.66£21.32
Average hourly rate£27.39£22.83
% change on same period last year+19.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.11£24.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.63£24.22
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
ColdFusion EnglandColdFusion
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.

ColdFusion
Demand Trend

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

North West ColdFusion Demand Trend

ColdFusion
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West ColdFusion Daily Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West ColdFusion Hourly Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ColdFusion within the North West region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
CheshireUp+102--
CumbriaNew entry-1--
ManchesterDown-41--
LancashireUp+11--
ColdFusion EnglandColdFusion
England

ColdFusion
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion.

118 (78.26 %)SQL Server
213 (56.52 %)SQL Server 2000
310 (43.48 %)HTML
47 (30.43 %)SQL
56 (26.09 %)CSS
56 (26.09 %)SQL Server 2005
65 (21.74 %)JavaScript
65 (21.74 %)PHP
74 (17.39 %).NET
74 (17.39 %)Windows
83 (13.04 %)Flash
83 (13.04 %)Intranet
83 (13.04 %)C#
83 (13.04 %)MySQL
83 (13.04 %)Zend
92 (8.696 %)Zend Framework
92 (8.696 %).NET Framework
92 (8.696 %)Mach-II
92 (8.696 %)VB
92 (8.696 %)ASP.NET
92 (8.696 %)Linux
92 (8.696 %)Internet
92 (8.696 %)DTS
92 (8.696 %)Adobe
92 (8.696 %)Banking
92 (8.696 %)VB6
101 (4.348 %)Migration
101 (4.348 %)CMS
101 (4.348 %)Marketing
101 (4.348 %)XML

ColdFusion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (43.48 %)HTML
26 (26.09 %)CSS
34 (17.39 %).NET
42 (8.696 %)ASP.NET
42 (8.696 %).NET Framework
42 (8.696 %)Zend Framework
42 (8.696 %)Mach-II
51 (4.348 %)XML
51 (4.348 %)XSLT
51 (4.348 %)VXML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.348 %)ColdFusion MX
11 (4.348 %)CMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (13.04 %)Intranet
22 (8.696 %)Internet
31 (4.348 %)Extranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (78.26 %)SQL Server
213 (56.52 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (26.09 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (13.04 %)MySQL
52 (8.696 %)DTS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (13.04 %)Flash
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.696 %)Banking
21 (4.348 %)Marketing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (95.65 %)Developer
216 (69.57 %)ColdFusion Developer
34 (17.39 %)PHP Developer
43 (13.04 %)SQL Developer
52 (8.696 %)SQL Server Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (17.39 %)Windows
22 (8.696 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.348 %)OOP
11 (4.348 %)OO
11 (4.348 %)Migration
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (30.43 %)SQL
25 (21.74 %)JavaScript
25 (21.74 %)PHP
33 (13.04 %)C#
42 (8.696 %)VB
42 (8.696 %)VB6
51 (4.348 %)PHP5
51 (4.348 %)ActionScript
51 (4.348 %)Transact-SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (13.04 %)Zend
22 (8.696 %)Adobe