South East CMS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the South East 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Content Management System (CMS)
Location Abingdon Avon Banbury Basildon Bath Beckenham Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire City of London Corby Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Inverness Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Street Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	109	139
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	171	181
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.228 %	0.183 %
As % of the category below	9.411 %	6.423 %
Daily rates quoted	37	33
Average minimum daily rate	£294	£291
Average daily rate	£312	£313
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£331	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£294
% change on same period last year	+0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£26.73
Average hourly rate	£20.00	£27.56
% change on same period last year	-27.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.00	£28.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.39	£26.89
% change on same period last year	-1.85 %
Application Platforms South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1817	2818
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.422 %	2.851 %
Daily rates quoted	403	598
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£341
Average daily rate	£361	£363
% change on same period last year	-0.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	274	347
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.46	£23.43
Average hourly rate	£26.30	£24.84
% change on same period last year	+5.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.14	£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
CMS 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.

CMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CMS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CMS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the South East 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
Berkshire	+68	51	£314	-6.12 %
Hampshire	+3	44	£307	+11.25 %
Surrey	-10	36	£242	-19.14 %
Thames Valley	+22	11	-	-
Oxfordshire	-5	10	£307	-18.22 %
Buckinghamshire	+9	4	£513	+7.89 %
West Sussex	-2	3	-	-
East Sussex	+11	3	-	-
Kent	+8	2	-	-
Middlesex	-	1	-	-
Home Counties	+6	1	-	-
M4 Corridor	-	1	£300	-

CMS England

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 182 (58.71 %) Content Management 2 121 (39.03 %) HTML 3 105 (33.87 %) CSS 4 87 (28.06 %) XML 5 66 (21.29 %) XHTML 6 59 (19.03 %) JavaScript 7 53 (17.10 %) Web Development 8 44 (14.19 %) MySQL 9 43 (13.87 %) PHP 10 42 (13.55 %) .NET 11 37 (11.94 %) Drupal 12 36 (11.61 %) Linux 13 35 (11.29 %) Java 14 34 (10.97 %) LAMP 15 33 (10.65 %) SQL Server

15 33 (10.65 %) Photoshop 16 31 (10.00 %) Tridion 16 31 (10.00 %) Government 17 30 (9.677 %) Apache 18 29 (9.355 %) SQL 19 28 (9.032 %) ASP 20 27 (8.710 %) XSLT 20 27 (8.710 %) Windows 20 27 (8.710 %) Systems Analysis 21 26 (8.387 %) Oracle 21 26 (8.387 %) Intranet 22 25 (8.065 %) C# 23 24 (7.742 %) MS Excel 23 24 (7.742 %) Migration 23 24 (7.742 %) Use Case

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development 1 121 (39.03 %) HTML 2 105 (33.87 %) CSS 3 87 (28.06 %) XML 4 66 (21.29 %) XHTML 5 42 (13.55 %) .NET 6 37 (11.94 %) Drupal 7 34 (10.97 %) LAMP 8 28 (9.032 %) ASP 9 27 (8.710 %) XSLT 10 19 (6.129 %) WebServices 11 18 (5.806 %) ASP.NET 12 15 (4.839 %) WebSphere 13 13 (4.194 %) .NET Framework 13 13 (4.194 %) AJAX 14 8 (2.581 %) J2EE 15 6 (1.935 %) JSP 15 6 (1.935 %) WAP 16 3 (0.968 %) DOM 17 2 (0.645 %) ActiveX 17 2 (0.645 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 30 (9.677 %) Apache 2 19 (6.129 %) Tomcat 3 10 (3.226 %) IIS 4 6 (1.935 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 6 (1.935 %) SharePoint 4 6 (1.935 %) Content Management Server 5 4 (1.290 %) Plone 5 4 (1.290 %) DotNetNuke 5 4 (1.290 %) BizTalk Server 5 4 (1.290 %) JBoss 6 3 (0.968 %) ColdFusion 6 3 (0.968 %) EPiServer 6 3 (0.968 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 2 (0.645 %) Joomla! 7 2 (0.645 %) Mambo 8 1 (0.323 %) Office Communications Server 8 1 (0.323 %) Movable Type 8 1 (0.323 %) Rhythmyx 8 1 (0.323 %) Live Communications Server 8 1 (0.323 %) MindAlign
Applications 1 33 (10.65 %) Photoshop 2 24 (7.742 %) MS Excel 3 6 (1.935 %) MS Office 4 5 (1.613 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 4 (1.290 %) MS Project 6 3 (0.968 %) Acrobat 7 2 (0.645 %) Fireworks 7 2 (0.645 %) MS Visio 8 1 (0.323 %) FreeHand 8 1 (0.323 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (0.645 %) WebTrends 2 1 (0.323 %) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking 1 26 (8.387 %) Intranet 2 19 (6.129 %) Internet 3 8 (2.581 %) IP Telephony 4 4 (1.290 %) LDAP 4 4 (1.290 %) ISDN 5 3 (0.968 %) PBX 6 2 (0.645 %) SMTP 6 2 (0.645 %) HTTP 6 2 (0.645 %) SNMP 6 2 (0.645 %) Extranet 6 2 (0.645 %) DNS 6 2 (0.645 %) HTTPS 7 1 (0.323 %) TCP/IP 7 1 (0.323 %) WAN 7 1 (0.323 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 44 (14.19 %) MySQL 2 33 (10.65 %) SQL Server 3 9 (2.903 %) SQL Server 2005 4 8 (2.581 %) SQL Server 2000 5 6 (1.935 %) MS Access 6 4 (1.290 %) BusinessObjects 7 3 (0.968 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 22 (7.097 %) Subversion 2 21 (6.774 %) Dreamweaver 3 20 (6.452 %) RequisitePro 3 20 (6.452 %) Rational Rose 4 14 (4.516 %) Visual Studio 5 11 (3.548 %) Flash 5 11 (3.548 %) FrontPage 6 7 (2.258 %) StarTeam 7 5 (1.613 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 2 (0.645 %) JUnit 8 2 (0.645 %) ClearCase 8 2 (0.645 %) Eclipse 9 1 (0.323 %) Ant 9 1 (0.323 %) ClearQuest 9 1 (0.323 %) CruiseControl 9 1 (0.323 %) OpenDeploy	General 1 31 (10.00 %) Government 2 22 (7.097 %) Education 3 18 (5.806 %) Publishing 4 17 (5.484 %) Marketing 5 7 (2.258 %) Finance 6 5 (1.613 %) Insurance 7 4 (1.290 %) Electronics 7 4 (1.290 %) Telecoms 8 3 (0.968 %) Construction 8 3 (0.968 %) Local Government 8 3 (0.968 %) Retail 9 2 (0.645 %) Advertising 10 1 (0.323 %) Games 10 1 (0.323 %) Banking 10 1 (0.323 %) Multimedia 10 1 (0.323 %) Investment Banking 10 1 (0.323 %) Legal 10 1 (0.323 %) Financial Institution 10 1 (0.323 %) Front Office 10 1 (0.323 %) Graphic Design
Job Titles 1 119 (38.39 %) Developer 2 52 (16.77 %) Analyst 3 47 (15.16 %) Web Developer 4 24 (7.742 %) Systems Analyst 5 23 (7.419 %) Administrator 5 23 (7.419 %) Web Editor 6 22 (7.097 %) PHP Developer 7 21 (6.774 %) Support Analyst 7 21 (6.774 %) .NET Developer 8 15 (4.839 %) Architect 9 12 (3.871 %) C# Developer 10 11 (3.548 %) Web Manager 11 10 (3.226 %) Web Analyst 11 10 (3.226 %) Web Designer 12 9 (2.903 %) Content Editor 12 9 (2.903 %) Project Manager 12 9 (2.903 %) Systems Administrator 13 8 (2.581 %) Junior 13 8 (2.581 %) Information Architect 13 8 (2.581 %) PHP Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 22 (7.097 %) Web 2.0 2 18 (5.806 %) Management Information System 3 9 (2.903 %) W3C 4 8 (2.581 %) Handset 4 8 (2.581 %) NHS 5 6 (1.935 %) E-Learning 5 6 (1.935 %) Firmware 6 5 (1.613 %) Taxonomies 7 2 (0.645 %) Social Network 8 1 (0.323 %) Mashup 8 1 (0.323 %) CMDB 8 1 (0.323 %) Copywriting 8 1 (0.323 %) Blog 8 1 (0.323 %) Podcast 8 1 (0.323 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.323 %) N-Tier 8 1 (0.323 %) EPoS 8 1 (0.323 %) Streaming Media
Operating Systems 1 36 (11.61 %) Linux 2 27 (8.710 %) Windows 3 17 (5.484 %) UNIX 4 12 (3.871 %) AIX 5 8 (2.581 %) Windows NT 6 2 (0.645 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.323 %) Solaris 7 1 (0.323 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 182 (58.71 %) Content Management 2 53 (17.10 %) Web Development 3 27 (8.710 %) Systems Analysis 4 24 (7.742 %) Use Case 4 24 (7.742 %) Migration 5 19 (6.129 %) Workflow 6 14 (4.516 %) Web Design 7 13 (4.194 %) Project Management 8 12 (3.871 %) Security Cleared 9 10 (3.226 %) SC Cleared 9 10 (3.226 %) Agile Software Development 10 9 (2.903 %) Configuration Management 10 9 (2.903 %) PRINCE2 10 9 (2.903 %) E-Commerce 10 9 (2.903 %) Data Migration 11 7 (2.258 %) CRM 12 5 (1.613 %) SEO 13 4 (1.290 %) Internet Marketing 13 4 (1.290 %) Unified Process 13 4 (1.290 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 59 (19.03 %) JavaScript 2 43 (13.87 %) PHP 3 35 (11.29 %) Java 4 29 (9.355 %) SQL 5 25 (8.065 %) C# 6 24 (7.742 %) PHP5 7 23 (7.419 %) Python 8 17 (5.484 %) VBScript 9 13 (4.194 %) DHTML 10 12 (3.871 %) VB.NET 11 6 (1.935 %) VB 11 6 (1.935 %) Perl 12 2 (0.645 %) ActionScript 12 2 (0.645 %) Ruby 13 1 (0.323 %) PHP4 13 1 (0.323 %) Transact-SQL 13 1 (0.323 %) C	Qualifications 1 6 (1.935 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 5 (1.613 %) Degree 3 1 (0.323 %) MCSD 3 1 (0.323 %) CCNP 3 1 (0.323 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (0.323 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (0.323 %) ITIL Certification 3 1 (0.323 %) PMP 3 1 (0.323 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.290 %) QA	System Software 1 2 (0.645 %) NFS
Systems Management 1 1 (0.323 %) AllFusion Endevor	Vendors 1 31 (10.00 %) Tridion 2 26 (8.387 %) Oracle 3 19 (6.129 %) Red Hat 4 18 (5.806 %) Microsoft 5 15 (4.839 %) RedDot 6 12 (3.871 %) Adobe 7 10 (3.226 %) Avaya 8 8 (2.581 %) IBM 9 7 (2.258 %) Serena 9 7 (2.258 %) CA 9 7 (2.258 %) Macromedia 9 7 (2.258 %) Borland 10 6 (1.935 %) Remedy 11 4 (1.290 %) BT 11 4 (1.290 %) Business Objects 11 4 (1.290 %) Google 11 4 (1.290 %) FatWire 12 3 (0.968 %) Vignette 12 3 (0.968 %) Interwoven 13 2 (0.645 %) IXOS