The first table below looks at the demand for HTML skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTML over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Rank 23 26 29
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Contract jobs citing HTML 154 180 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 6.647% 5.669% 5.150%
As % of the Application Development category 24.56% 19.11% 21.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 106 93
Average daily rate £300 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £215 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 6
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% -29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £14.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £150.45 £21.86 £35.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -12.50%
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
627 942 736
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.06% 29.67% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 522 427
Average daily rate £300 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 28 23
Average hourly rate £29.96 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.64% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.37 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
HTML
England

HTML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HTML across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West HTML Jobs Demand Trend

HTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West HTML Daily Rate Trend

HTML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTML across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West HTML Daily Rate Histogram

HTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West HTML Hourly Rate Trend

HTML
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HTML across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West HTML Hourly Rate Histogram

HTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTML within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +7 86 £275 -
Cheshire +4 36 £350 +7.69%
Lancashire +10 22 £315 -3.07%
Merseyside -19 3 £163 -48.00%
Cumbria - 1 - -
HTML
England

HTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing HTML 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 HTML.

1 233 (70.82%) CSS
2 229 (69.60%) JavaScript
3 149 (45.29%) .NET
4 133 (40.43%) jQuery
5 127 (38.60%) C#
6 123 (37.39%) ASP.NET
7 105 (31.91%) SQL Server
8 95 (28.88%) XML
9 86 (26.14%) MVC
10 76 (23.10%) SQL
11 74 (22.49%) Java
12 70 (21.28%) PHP
13 68 (20.67%) Ajax
14 64 (19.45%) WCF
15 58 (17.63%) Web Services
16 47 (14.29%) HTML5
17 45 (13.68%) J2EE
18 43 (13.07%) CSS3
19 42 (12.77%) OO
20 41 (12.46%) SharePoint
20 41 (12.46%) SQL Server 2008
21 38 (11.55%) TDD
22 37 (11.25%) Agile Software Development
22 37 (11.25%) Microsoft
22 37 (11.25%) Visual Studio
23 35 (10.64%) XHTML
24 34 (10.33%) MySQL
24 34 (10.33%) Windows
24 34 (10.33%) CMS
25 33 (10.03%) .NET Framework

HTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing HTML 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 HTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 233 (70.82%) CSS
2 149 (45.29%) .NET
3 133 (40.43%) jQuery
4 123 (37.39%) ASP.NET
5 95 (28.88%) XML
6 68 (20.67%) Ajax
7 64 (19.45%) WCF
8 58 (17.63%) Web Services
9 47 (14.29%) HTML5
10 45 (13.68%) J2EE
11 43 (13.07%) CSS3
12 35 (10.64%) XHTML
13 33 (10.03%) .NET Framework
14 29 (8.815%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 28 (8.511%) JSON
15 28 (8.511%) ASP.NET MVC
16 27 (8.207%) Spring
17 22 (6.687%) XSLT
18 21 (6.383%) JSP
18 21 (6.383%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 41 (12.46%) SharePoint
2 34 (10.33%) CMS
3 19 (5.775%) WordPress
4 17 (5.167%) Drupal
4 17 (5.167%) IIS
5 15 (4.559%) Umbraco
6 13 (3.951%) Apache
7 11 (3.343%) WebSphere Application Server
8 8 (2.432%) MQSeries
9 7 (2.128%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (1.520%) Joomla!
10 5 (1.520%) Tomcat
11 4 (1.216%) EPiServer CMS
12 3 (0.912%) Jadu
12 3 (0.912%) SharePoint 2013
12 3 (0.912%) Magento
12 3 (0.912%) JCAPS
13 2 (0.608%) Amazon EC2
14 1 (0.304%) Amazon AWS
14 1 (0.304%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 32 (9.726%) Photoshop
2 14 (4.255%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (3.951%) MS Excel
4 11 (3.343%) Fireworks
5 10 (3.040%) MS Office
6 3 (0.912%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.608%) InDesign
7 2 (0.608%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.304%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (0.304%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.304%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 11 (3.343%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.432%) Tridion
3 2 (0.608%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.608%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.304%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.304%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.304%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.863%) Internet
2 14 (4.255%) Intranet
3 8 (2.432%) HTTP
4 4 (1.216%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.912%) SNMP
5 3 (0.912%) LDAP
5 3 (0.912%) NFC
5 3 (0.912%) TELNET
6 1 (0.304%) Wireless
6 1 (0.304%) ATM
6 1 (0.304%) LAN
6 1 (0.304%) WAN
6 1 (0.304%) FTP
6 1 (0.304%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (31.91%) SQL Server
2 41 (12.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 34 (10.33%) MySQL
4 25 (7.599%) SQL Server 2005
5 20 (6.079%) RDBMS
5 20 (6.079%) DB2
6 16 (4.863%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (2.736%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (1.520%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.216%) Redis
9 4 (1.216%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.912%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.912%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.912%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (0.912%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.608%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.608%) MarkLogic
11 2 (0.608%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.608%) PerformancePoint
12 1 (0.304%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 37 (11.25%) Visual Studio
2 20 (6.079%) Eclipse
2 20 (6.079%) Subversion
3 15 (4.559%) JUnit
4 12 (3.647%) Dreamweaver
5 11 (3.343%) Git (software)
6 10 (3.040%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (3.040%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 9 (2.736%) Ant
8 8 (2.432%) Log4j
9 5 (1.520%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 5 (1.520%) JIRA
9 5 (1.520%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.520%) Visual Studio Team System
10 4 (1.216%) Jenkins
10 4 (1.216%) Mercurial
10 4 (1.216%) Selenium
11 3 (0.912%) NetBeans
11 3 (0.912%) TestNG
12 2 (0.608%) MyEclipse
General
1 20 (6.079%) Retail
2 19 (5.775%) Finance
3 16 (4.863%) Marketing
4 10 (3.040%) Games
5 7 (2.128%) Banking
6 3 (0.912%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.912%) Publishing
7 2 (0.608%) Local Government
7 2 (0.608%) Back Office
8 1 (0.304%) Automotive
8 1 (0.304%) Law
8 1 (0.304%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.304%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.304%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 265 (80.55%) Developer
2 55 (16.72%) .NET Developer
3 48 (14.59%) Web Developer
4 39 (11.85%) Java Developer
5 26 (7.903%) Software Developer
6 21 (6.383%) C# Developer
6 21 (6.383%) Front-End Developer
7 20 (6.079%) Designer
8 18 (5.471%) PHP Developer
9 16 (4.863%) Senior Developer
10 15 (4.559%) Web Designer
10 15 (4.559%) ASP.NET Developer
11 14 (4.255%) Java/J2EE Developer
12 13 (3.951%) Drupal Developer
13 12 (3.647%) Analyst
14 10 (3.040%) J2EE Developer
14 10 (3.040%) CRM Developer
14 10 (3.040%) C# .NET Developer
15 9 (2.736%) Agile C# Developer
15 9 (2.736%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.167%) Mobile App
2 12 (3.647%) NHS
3 9 (2.736%) N-Tier
3 9 (2.736%) Web 2.0
4 7 (2.128%) Blackberry
4 7 (2.128%) Digital Media
5 5 (1.520%) Mathematics
5 5 (1.520%) Computer Science
6 4 (1.216%) W3C
6 4 (1.216%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.216%) Mobile Payment
7 3 (0.912%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.912%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.912%) Open Source
7 3 (0.912%) Replication
7 3 (0.912%) E-Learning
7 3 (0.912%) Cryptography
8 2 (0.608%) PKI
8 2 (0.608%) EMV
8 2 (0.608%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.33%) Windows
2 30 (9.119%) Linux
3 20 (6.079%) Android
4 17 (5.167%) Apple iOS
5 16 (4.863%) UNIX
6 9 (2.736%) HPUX
6 9 (2.736%) Solaris
7 5 (1.520%) Windows Mobile
8 4 (1.216%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.216%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.912%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.304%) Fedora
10 1 (0.304%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (26.14%) MVC
2 42 (12.77%) OO
3 38 (11.55%) TDD
4 37 (11.25%) Agile Software Development
5 29 (8.815%) Scrum
6 28 (8.511%) E-Commerce
7 27 (8.207%) Content Management
8 16 (4.863%) UML
8 16 (4.863%) Web Design
9 15 (4.559%) CRM
10 14 (4.255%) OOP
11 13 (3.951%) Web Application Development
12 11 (3.343%) Web Development
13 10 (3.040%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (3.040%) RAD
14 9 (2.736%) OOA/OOD
14 9 (2.736%) SEO
14 9 (2.736%) Unit Testing
14 9 (2.736%) Pair Programming
15 8 (2.432%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 229 (69.60%) JavaScript
2 127 (38.60%) C#
3 76 (23.10%) SQL
4 74 (22.49%) Java
5 70 (21.28%) PHP
6 12 (3.647%) Perl
7 10 (3.040%) Ruby
7 10 (3.040%) XPath
7 10 (3.040%) Bash shell
8 7 (2.128%) Objective-C
8 7 (2.128%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.520%) VBScript
9 5 (1.520%) VB
9 5 (1.520%) Python
9 5 (1.520%) C++
10 4 (1.216%) VBA
10 4 (1.216%) PHP5
10 4 (1.216%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.912%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.912%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (2.128%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (1.824%) MCTS
3 5 (1.520%) MCPD
3 5 (1.520%) MCAD
3 5 (1.520%) MCSD
4 4 (1.216%) ISEB
5 3 (0.912%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.608%) Degree
6 2 (0.608%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.304%) MCITP
7 1 (0.304%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.304%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.824%) QA
2 4 (1.216%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.912%) HL7
4 1 (0.304%) SLA
4 1 (0.304%) WAI
System Software
1 3 (0.912%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.608%) Shibboleth
2 2 (0.608%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.216%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.912%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.304%) Plesk
Vendors
1 37 (11.25%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.295%) Oracle
3 19 (5.775%) Adobe
4 11 (3.343%) IBM
4 11 (3.343%) Telerik
5 9 (2.736%) Blue Martini
5 9 (2.736%) Curam
5 9 (2.736%) ATG
6 8 (2.432%) Interwoven
6 8 (2.432%) EPiServer
6 8 (2.432%) Orchard
6 8 (2.432%) Elastic Path
7 7 (2.128%) Twitter
8 6 (1.824%) Zend
9 3 (0.912%) Google
9 3 (0.912%) Hyperion
9 3 (0.912%) HP
9 3 (0.912%) Sage
10 2 (0.608%) Salesforce.com
10 2 (0.608%) Apple
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