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The table below looks at the demand for Pay per click (PPC) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Pay per click over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPay per click (PPC)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank47-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.105 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£100-
Average daily rate£110-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£120-
UK excluding London average daily rate£187-
% change on same period last year-
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£28.25£22.00
% change on same period last year+28.40 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads181173
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.365 %0.212 %
Daily rates quoted5148
Average minimum daily rate£326£409
Average daily rate£344£424
% change on same period last year-18.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£376
% change on same period last year+1.27 %
Hourly rates quoted2835
Average minimum hourly rate£26.49£18.36
Average hourly rate£27.42£19.75
% change on same period last year+38.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£21.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.65£28.81
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Pay per click South EastPay per click
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.

Pay per click
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Pay per click across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Oxfordshire Pay per click Demand Trend

Pay per click
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Pay per click Daily Rate Trend

Pay per click
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pay per click within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
OxfordNew entry-1--
Pay per click South EastPay per click
South East

Pay per click
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Pay per click 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 Pay per click.

11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSLT
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)XHTML
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (50.00 %)SMS
11 (50.00 %)Adobe
11 (50.00 %)Novell
11 (50.00 %)W3C
11 (50.00 %)GroupWise
11 (50.00 %)Wireless
11 (50.00 %)NUnit
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005

Pay per click
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Pay per click 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 Pay per click. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSLT
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)XHTML
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)GroupWise
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)SMS
11 (50.00 %)Wireless
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)NUnit
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Coordinator
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %).NET Developer
11 (50.00 %)C# Developer
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
11 (50.00 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)W3C
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Adobe
11 (50.00 %)Novell