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The table below looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3651
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads192
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.002 %
As % of the category below16.10 %1.802 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£283-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£317-
UK excluding London average daily rate£298£294
% change on same period last year+1.14 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.05£26.55
% change on same period last year-9.42 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads118111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.168 %0.112 %
Daily rates quoted3129
Average minimum daily rate£310£264
Average daily rate£325£293
% change on same period last year+10.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£339
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Hourly rates quoted916
Average minimum hourly rate£22.08£12.28
Average hourly rate£22.78£13.21
% change on same period last year+72.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.49£14.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.54£24.08
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
CMS South EastCMS
South East

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CMS across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Oxfordshire CMS Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 7 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
OxfordDown-24£250-
BanburyNew entry-1£350-
AbingdonNew entry-1--
CMS South EastCMS
South East

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing CMS 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 CMS.

113 (50.00 %)Content Management
211 (42.31 %)PHP
39 (34.62 %)LAMP
46 (23.08 %)MySQL
55 (19.23 %).NET
55 (19.23 %)Service Delivery
55 (19.23 %)Zend
64 (15.38 %)Local Government
64 (15.38 %)Government
64 (15.38 %)VB.NET
64 (15.38 %)SQL Server
73 (11.54 %)ASP.NET
73 (11.54 %)HTML
73 (11.54 %)Perl
73 (11.54 %)Linux
73 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (11.54 %)Web Development
82 (7.692 %)Degree
82 (7.692 %)Zend Framework
82 (7.692 %)PHP5
82 (7.692 %)CentOS
82 (7.692 %)Subversion
82 (7.692 %)Management Information System
82 (7.692 %)MVC
82 (7.692 %)Apache
82 (7.692 %)LDAP
82 (7.692 %)SMTP
82 (7.692 %)HTTP
82 (7.692 %)NFS
82 (7.692 %)SNMP

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (34.62 %)LAMP
25 (19.23 %).NET
33 (11.54 %)ASP.NET
33 (11.54 %)HTML
42 (7.692 %)Zend Framework
42 (7.692 %)MVC
42 (7.692 %)CSS
51 (3.846 %)ODBC
51 (3.846 %)ADO
51 (3.846 %)ASP
51 (3.846 %)OLE DB
51 (3.846 %).NET Framework
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (7.692 %)Apache
21 (3.846 %)IIS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.846 %)Photoshop
11 (3.846 %)Fireworks
11 (3.846 %)MS Excel
11 (3.846 %)Adobe Illustrator
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.846 %)WebTrends
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (7.692 %)LDAP
12 (7.692 %)SMTP
12 (7.692 %)HTTP
12 (7.692 %)SNMP
12 (7.692 %)DNS
12 (7.692 %)HTTPS
21 (3.846 %)Extranet
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (23.08 %)MySQL
24 (15.38 %)SQL Server
33 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2000
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (7.692 %)Subversion
21 (3.846 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.846 %)Dreamweaver
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (15.38 %)Local Government
14 (15.38 %)Government
21 (3.846 %)Publishing
21 (3.846 %)Marketing
21 (3.846 %)Graphic Design
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (57.69 %)Developer
210 (38.46 %)PHP Developer
35 (19.23 %)Webmaster
43 (11.54 %)Web Developer
43 (11.54 %)MySQL Developer
52 (7.692 %)PHP Web Developer
52 (7.692 %)Systems Administrator
52 (7.692 %)Administrator
52 (7.692 %)Analyst
52 (7.692 %)Software Developer
52 (7.692 %).NET Developer
61 (3.846 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (3.846 %)Business Analyst
61 (3.846 %)Test Analyst
61 (3.846 %)Web Manager
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.692 %)Management Information System
21 (3.846 %)Client/Server
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (11.54 %)Linux
22 (7.692 %)CentOS
22 (7.692 %)UNIX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (50.00 %)Content Management
25 (19.23 %)Service Delivery
33 (11.54 %)Web Development
41 (3.846 %)SEO
41 (3.846 %)E-business
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (42.31 %)PHP
24 (15.38 %)VB.NET
33 (11.54 %)Perl
42 (7.692 %)PHP5
42 (7.692 %)C#
42 (7.692 %)JavaScript
51 (3.846 %)SQL
51 (3.846 %)Transact-SQL
51 (3.846 %)VB
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.692 %)Degree
21 (3.846 %)MCSD
21 (3.846 %)Microsoft Certification
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (7.692 %)NFS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (19.23 %)Zend
22 (7.692 %)Microsoft