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This section looks at the demand for Web 2.0 skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank70-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.623 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£405-
Average daily rate£422-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£439-
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£332
% change on same period last year+3.71 %
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£39.50£38.04
% change on same period last year+3.84 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads151105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.201 %0.105 %
Daily rates quoted2947
Average minimum daily rate£353£326
Average daily rate£375£346
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£353
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted253
Average minimum hourly rate£25.51£35.00
Average hourly rate£27.71£36.67
% change on same period last year-24.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.91£38.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£28.53
% change on same period last year-12.34 %
Web 2.0 BerkshireWeb 2.0
Berkshire

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.

Web 2.0
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Reading Web 2.0 Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Reading region.

Reading Web 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Reading region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Reading Web 2.0 Daily Rate Histogram

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

111 (84.62 %)Agile Software Development
210 (76.92 %)Content Management
39 (69.23 %)E-Learning
46 (46.15 %)Taxonomies
54 (30.77 %)Construction
63 (23.08 %)Business Analysis
63 (23.08 %).NET
63 (23.08 %)WebServices
63 (23.08 %)Degree
72 (15.38 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (15.38 %)AJAX
72 (15.38 %)Microsoft
72 (15.38 %)Government
72 (15.38 %)ASP.NET
81 (7.692 %)CSS
81 (7.692 %)Education
81 (7.692 %)Telecoms
81 (7.692 %)CMS
81 (7.692 %)FatWire
81 (7.692 %)Scrum
81 (7.692 %)Ruby
81 (7.692 %)BEA
81 (7.692 %)W3C
81 (7.692 %)Intranet
81 (7.692 %)WebLogic Portal
81 (7.692 %)XML
81 (7.692 %)DOM
81 (7.692 %)RAD
81 (7.692 %)XHTML
81 (7.692 %)SharePoint

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (23.08 %)WebServices
13 (23.08 %).NET
22 (15.38 %)ASP.NET
22 (15.38 %)AJAX
31 (7.692 %)CSS
31 (7.692 %)XML
31 (7.692 %)DOM
31 (7.692 %)XHTML
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (15.38 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (7.692 %)Movable Type
21 (7.692 %)Mambo
21 (7.692 %)WebLogic
21 (7.692 %)SharePoint
21 (7.692 %)WebLogic Portal
21 (7.692 %)CMS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)Intranet
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (30.77 %)Construction
22 (15.38 %)Government
31 (7.692 %)Telecoms
31 (7.692 %)Education
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (76.92 %)Architect
26 (46.15 %)Information Architect
34 (30.77 %)Technical Architect
42 (15.38 %)Technical Advisor
51 (7.692 %)Web Developer
51 (7.692 %)Development Manager
51 (7.692 %)Business Analyst
51 (7.692 %)Developer
51 (7.692 %)Analyst
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (69.23 %)E-Learning
26 (46.15 %)Taxonomies
31 (7.692 %)W3C
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (84.62 %)Agile Software Development
210 (76.92 %)Content Management
33 (23.08 %)Business Analysis
41 (7.692 %)RAD
41 (7.692 %)Scrum
41 (7.692 %)Web Design
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.692 %)PHP
11 (7.692 %)SQL
11 (7.692 %)VB.NET
11 (7.692 %)Ruby
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (23.08 %)Degree
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (15.38 %)Microsoft
21 (7.692 %)BEA
21 (7.692 %)FatWire
21 (7.692 %)IBM