North West W3C Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Carrickfergus Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Guildford Hertfordshire Kenilworth Kent Lancashire Leeds London Luton Manchester Merseyside Midlands Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Otley Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Surrey Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	120	112
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	23	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.031 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	2.533 %	4.771 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£360	-
Average daily rate	£360	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£360	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£277
% change on same period last year	+20.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.00	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£15.75	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-37.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.50	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.78	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-12.63 %
Miscellaneous North West
Matching contract IT job ads	908	545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.210 %	0.551 %
Daily rates quoted	179	77
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£285
Average daily rate	£347	£307
% change on same period last year	+13.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£354
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	135	119
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.71	£18.29
Average hourly rate	£17.16	£20.04
% change on same period last year	-14.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.61	£21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.44	£29.20
% change on same period last year	-16.30 %
W3C 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.

W3C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C across the North West region.

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the North West region.

W3C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing W3C across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

W3C
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Manchester	-17	15	£360	-
Merseyside	-	2	-	-
Cheshire	-12	1	-	-
Lancashire	-	1	-	-

W3C England

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing W3C 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 W3C.

1 29 (70.73 %) JavaScript 1 29 (70.73 %) CSS 2 22 (53.66 %) HTML 3 21 (51.22 %) XHTML 4 19 (46.34 %) Photoshop 5 18 (43.90 %) XML 6 12 (29.27 %) Flash 6 12 (29.27 %) ActionScript 7 11 (26.83 %) .NET 8 10 (24.39 %) C# 8 10 (24.39 %) ASP.NET 9 9 (21.95 %) ASP 9 9 (21.95 %) SQL 9 9 (21.95 %) XSL 10 8 (19.51 %) PHP

10 8 (19.51 %) Dreamweaver 10 8 (19.51 %) SEO 11 6 (14.63 %) Adobe Illustrator 11 6 (14.63 %) SQL Server 12 5 (12.20 %) WebServices 12 5 (12.20 %) Windows 12 5 (12.20 %) Python 12 5 (12.20 %) SCORM 12 5 (12.20 %) Web Design 12 5 (12.20 %) Lingo 12 5 (12.20 %) Fireworks 12 5 (12.20 %) Adobe 12 5 (12.20 %) ASP.NET 2.0 13 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server 2005 13 4 (9.756 %) Microsoft

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing W3C 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 W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 29 (70.73 %) CSS 2 22 (53.66 %) HTML 3 21 (51.22 %) XHTML 4 18 (43.90 %) XML 5 11 (26.83 %) .NET 6 10 (24.39 %) ASP.NET 7 9 (21.95 %) ASP 7 9 (21.95 %) XSL 8 5 (12.20 %) ASP.NET 2.0 8 5 (12.20 %) WebServices 9 4 (9.756 %) XSD 9 4 (9.756 %) XSLT 10 3 (7.317 %) AJAX 10 3 (7.317 %) Adobe Flex 11 1 (2.439 %) Java RMI 11 1 (2.439 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 2 (4.878 %) SharePoint 1 2 (4.878 %) LiveLink 1 2 (4.878 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (2.439 %) CMS
Applications 1 19 (46.34 %) Photoshop 2 6 (14.63 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 5 (12.20 %) Fireworks 4 3 (7.317 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 3 (7.317 %) WEP 2 2 (4.878 %) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (14.63 %) SQL Server 2 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (2.439 %) SQL Server 2000	Development Applications 1 12 (29.27 %) Flash 2 8 (19.51 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (2.439 %) Visual Studio
General 1 2 (4.878 %) Graphic Design	Job Titles 1 31 (75.61 %) Developer 2 18 (43.90 %) Web Developer 3 5 (12.20 %) .NET Developer 3 5 (12.20 %) C# Developer 4 4 (9.756 %) Web Designer 4 4 (9.756 %) ActionScript Developer 5 3 (7.317 %) C++/CSharp Developer 5 3 (7.317 %) Graphic Designer 5 3 (7.317 %) C++ Developer 5 3 (7.317 %) Website Designer 6 2 (4.878 %) Programmer 6 2 (4.878 %) Software Developer 6 2 (4.878 %) HTML Developer 6 2 (4.878 %) Flash Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) C++ Software Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) .NET Web Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) C# Web Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) Lead Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 5 (12.20 %) SCORM 2 3 (7.317 %) PDA 3 2 (4.878 %) N-Tier 3 2 (4.878 %) NHS 3 2 (4.878 %) E-Learning	Operating Systems 1 5 (12.20 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (19.51 %) SEO 2 5 (12.20 %) Web Design 3 3 (7.317 %) Content Management 4 2 (4.878 %) Web Development 5 1 (2.439 %) Agile Software Development 5 1 (2.439 %) Workflow 5 1 (2.439 %) UML 5 1 (2.439 %) OOP 5 1 (2.439 %) OO 5 1 (2.439 %) E-Commerce 5 1 (2.439 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 29 (70.73 %) JavaScript 2 12 (29.27 %) ActionScript 3 10 (24.39 %) C# 4 9 (21.95 %) SQL 5 8 (19.51 %) PHP 6 5 (12.20 %) Python 6 5 (12.20 %) Lingo 7 4 (9.756 %) C++ 8 2 (4.878 %) PL/SQL 8 2 (4.878 %) VBScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (4.878 %) PAS 78	Vendors 1 5 (12.20 %) Adobe 2 4 (9.756 %) Microsoft 3 1 (2.439 %) Yahoo! 3 1 (2.439 %) Google