South East DOM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Document Object Model (DOM) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DOM over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Document Object Model (DOM)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Cardiff City of London Coventry East of England East Sussex Eastbourne England Hertfordshire Leeds London Luton Reading Shropshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Telford UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Windsor Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	248	279
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	18	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.623 %	0.466 %
Daily rates quoted	4	9
Average minimum daily rate	£288	£282
Average daily rate	£308	£305
% change on same period last year	+1.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£328	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£392	£277
% change on same period last year	+41.51 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£45.00
Average hourly rate	£15.00	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-66.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.00	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.25	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-46.87 %
Application Development South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2888	4077
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.808 %	4.325 %
Daily rates quoted	716	965
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£312
Average daily rate	£347	£329
% change on same period last year	+5.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	281	435
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.77	£34.31
Average hourly rate	£33.78	£36.32
% change on same period last year	-6.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.79	£38.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
DOM 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DOM across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing DOM within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 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	+50	13	£313	+4.44 %
Surrey	+2	4	-	-
East Sussex	-	1	£300	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DOM 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 DOM.

1 33 (89.19 %) JavaScript 2 29 (78.38 %) CSS 3 28 (75.68 %) HTML 4 22 (59.46 %) AJAX 4 22 (59.46 %) XML 5 17 (45.95 %) XHTML 6 14 (37.84 %) DHTML 7 11 (29.73 %) JSON 8 8 (21.62 %) C++ 8 8 (21.62 %) PHP 8 8 (21.62 %) HTTP 8 8 (21.62 %) Linux 9 7 (18.92 %) JSP 9 7 (18.92 %) ASP 9 7 (18.92 %) C

9 7 (18.92 %) WCAG 9 7 (18.92 %) Web 2.0 9 7 (18.92 %) Eclipse 10 6 (16.22 %) W3C 10 6 (16.22 %) Unit Testing 10 6 (16.22 %) Integration Testing 11 5 (13.51 %) MySQL 11 5 (13.51 %) WebServices 11 5 (13.51 %) Client/Server 12 4 (10.81 %) OOP 12 4 (10.81 %) OO 12 4 (10.81 %) SOAP 12 4 (10.81 %) script.aculo.us 13 3 (8.108 %) CMS 13 3 (8.108 %) FatWire

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DOM 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 DOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 29 (78.38 %) CSS 2 28 (75.68 %) HTML 3 22 (59.46 %) XML 3 22 (59.46 %) AJAX 4 17 (45.95 %) XHTML 5 11 (29.73 %) JSON 6 7 (18.92 %) JSP 6 7 (18.92 %) ASP 7 5 (13.51 %) WebServices 8 4 (10.81 %) script.aculo.us 8 4 (10.81 %) SOAP 9 3 (8.108 %) ASP.NET 9 3 (8.108 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 3 (8.108 %) WebLogic Portal 1 3 (8.108 %) CMS 1 3 (8.108 %) Movable Type 1 3 (8.108 %) Mambo 1 3 (8.108 %) WebLogic 2 2 (5.405 %) ColdFusion
Communications & Networking 1 8 (21.62 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (13.51 %) MySQL 2 3 (8.108 %) SQL Server 3 1 (2.703 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 7 (18.92 %) Eclipse 2 3 (8.108 %) Flash 3 2 (5.405 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (2.703 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 2 (5.405 %) Telecoms 1 2 (5.405 %) Marketing 2 1 (2.703 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 31 (83.78 %) Developer 2 23 (62.16 %) Web Developer 3 5 (13.51 %) PHP Developer 4 4 (10.81 %) MySQL Developer 4 4 (10.81 %) PHP Web Developer 4 4 (10.81 %) Senior Web Developer 4 4 (10.81 %) Senior Developer 5 3 (8.108 %) Web Manager 6 2 (5.405 %) JavaScript Developer 6 2 (5.405 %) ColdFusion Developer 6 2 (5.405 %) .NET Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) C# Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) VB.NET Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) Web Designer 7 1 (2.703 %) Development Manager 7 1 (2.703 %) Software Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) Software Engineer 7 1 (2.703 %) Systems Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 1 (2.703 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 7 (18.92 %) Web 2.0 2 6 (16.22 %) W3C 3 5 (13.51 %) Client/Server 4 3 (8.108 %) CCTV
Operating Systems 1 8 (21.62 %) Linux 2 3 (8.108 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (16.22 %) Unit Testing 1 6 (16.22 %) Integration Testing 2 4 (10.81 %) OOP 2 4 (10.81 %) OO 3 3 (8.108 %) Web Design 3 3 (8.108 %) Content Management 4 2 (5.405 %) Web Development 5 1 (2.703 %) Migration
Programming Languages 1 33 (89.19 %) JavaScript 2 14 (37.84 %) DHTML 3 8 (21.62 %) PHP 3 8 (21.62 %) C++ 4 7 (18.92 %) C 5 3 (8.108 %) ActionScript 5 3 (8.108 %) Ruby 6 2 (5.405 %) VB.NET 6 2 (5.405 %) C# 7 1 (2.703 %) Java 7 1 (2.703 %) SQL 7 1 (2.703 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (2.703 %) VBScript	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (18.92 %) WCAG
Vendors 1 3 (8.108 %) Adobe 1 3 (8.108 %) BEA 1 3 (8.108 %) FatWire