South East Marketing Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Marketing' in contract IT jobs within the South East region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Marketing over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Clackmannanshire Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnham Flintshire Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Isle of Wight Isleworth Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Ross-on-Wye Runcorn Ryde Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	61	73
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	237	312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.385 %	0.341 %
As % of the category below	5.515 %	4.906 %
Daily rates quoted	61	92
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£301
Average daily rate	£316	£323
% change on same period last year	-2.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£338	£346
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£340
% change on same period last year	-4.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.29	£26.17
Average hourly rate	£23.51	£28.63
% change on same period last year	-17.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.74	£31.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.89	£26.97
% change on same period last year	-4.01 %
General South East
Matching contract IT job ads	4297	6359
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.973 %	6.941 %
Daily rates quoted	1131	1765
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£348
Average daily rate	£369	£368
% change on same period last year	+0.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£389
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£378
% change on same period last year	+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted	429	711
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.72	£24.89
Average hourly rate	£27.38	£26.53
% change on same period last year	+3.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.04	£28.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.32	£26.63
% change on same period last year	+2.58 %
Marketing 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 Marketing across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the General 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 Marketing 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 Marketing across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 December 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 Marketing across the South East region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Marketing within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 December 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	+6	98	£392	+26.06 %
Surrey	+2	43	£246	-21.18 %
Hampshire	+11	28	£265	-25.67 %
Buckinghamshire	+5	17	£360	+20.00 %
Oxfordshire	+7	12	£306	+22.40 %
Thames Valley	+25	9	£233	-
Home Counties	-	6	£300	-
East Sussex	+18	5	£200	-
Middlesex	-3	4	-	-
Isle of Wight	-	4	-	-
West Sussex	+20	4	£250	-
Kent	+2	3	-	-
Sussex	+13	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 115 (19.86 %) Telecoms 2 90 (15.54 %) SQL 2 90 (15.54 %) .NET 3 86 (14.85 %) C# 4 80 (13.82 %) Finance 5 64 (11.05 %) SQL Server 5 64 (11.05 %) Microsoft 6 58 (10.02 %) HTML 6 58 (10.02 %) CSS 6 58 (10.02 %) CRM 7 57 (9.845 %) Project Management 8 45 (7.772 %) JavaScript 9 43 (7.427 %) E-Commerce 10 37 (6.390 %) Agile Software Development 11 36 (6.218 %) SAS

12 35 (6.045 %) NUnit 13 33 (5.699 %) ASP.NET 14 30 (5.181 %) Visual Studio 14 30 (5.181 %) TDD 14 30 (5.181 %) Internet Marketing 15 27 (4.663 %) Flash 15 27 (4.663 %) CMS 16 26 (4.491 %) Direct Marketing 17 25 (4.318 %) Retail 17 25 (4.318 %) Motorola 18 24 (4.145 %) MS Office 19 23 (3.972 %) Oracle 19 23 (3.972 %) MVC 19 23 (3.972 %) Scrum 19 23 (3.972 %) .NET Framework

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 90 (15.54 %) .NET 2 58 (10.02 %) HTML 2 58 (10.02 %) CSS 3 33 (5.699 %) ASP.NET 4 23 (3.972 %) MVC 4 23 (3.972 %) .NET Framework 5 22 (3.800 %) Spring 5 22 (3.800 %) Hibernate 5 22 (3.800 %) XHTML 6 20 (3.454 %) ASP 7 19 (3.282 %) MonoRail 8 16 (2.763 %) XML 9 13 (2.245 %) AJAX 10 12 (2.073 %) NHibernate 10 12 (2.073 %) Adobe Flex 11 11 (1.900 %) COM 12 10 (1.727 %) WCF 13 9 (1.554 %) WinForms 13 9 (1.554 %) WebServices 14 8 (1.382 %) WPF	Application Platforms 1 36 (6.218 %) SAS 2 27 (4.663 %) CMS 3 13 (2.245 %) TeamSite 4 9 (1.554 %) ColdFusion 5 6 (1.036 %) ColdFusion MX 5 6 (1.036 %) SharePoint 5 6 (1.036 %) EPiServer 6 4 (0.691 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 3 (0.518 %) IIS 8 2 (0.345 %) MS Exchange 9 1 (0.173 %) WebLogic 9 1 (0.173 %) Lotus Notes 9 1 (0.173 %) Apache 9 1 (0.173 %) Tuxedo 9 1 (0.173 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 1 (0.173 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 1 (0.173 %) Oracle Spatial 9 1 (0.173 %) Joomla! 9 1 (0.173 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 24 (4.145 %) MS Office 2 17 (2.936 %) Photoshop 2 17 (2.936 %) MS PowerPoint 3 15 (2.591 %) MS Excel 4 7 (1.209 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 6 (1.036 %) SPSS 6 5 (0.864 %) MS Visio 7 4 (0.691 %) MS Project 8 3 (0.518 %) Fireworks 8 3 (0.518 %) 3ds Max 8 3 (0.518 %) LightWave 3D 8 3 (0.518 %) Spreadsheet 9 2 (0.345 %) CA Clarity 10 1 (0.173 %) QuarkXPress	Business Applications 1 15 (2.591 %) WebTrends 2 11 (1.900 %) Microsoft CRM 2 11 (1.900 %) Unica Affinium 3 7 (1.209 %) Dynamics CRM 4 5 (0.864 %) SAP Business One 5 2 (0.345 %) SAP SRM 5 2 (0.345 %) SAP Oil and Gas 5 2 (0.345 %) SAP MM 6 1 (0.173 %) Oracle Applications 6 1 (0.173 %) SAP CRM 6 1 (0.173 %) Pivotal CRM 6 1 (0.173 %) SAP Retail 6 1 (0.173 %) Misys Midas 6 1 (0.173 %) Siebel Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 22 (3.800 %) Internet 2 9 (1.554 %) PBX 3 8 (1.382 %) VoIP 3 8 (1.382 %) Intranet 4 5 (0.864 %) IP Telephony 5 4 (0.691 %) Wireless 5 4 (0.691 %) 3G 6 3 (0.518 %) DSL 6 3 (0.518 %) TCP/IP 6 3 (0.518 %) LTE 7 2 (0.345 %) Broadband 7 2 (0.345 %) HTTP 7 2 (0.345 %) SMS 7 2 (0.345 %) 2G 8 1 (0.173 %) UTRAN 8 1 (0.173 %) Extranet 8 1 (0.173 %) DHCP 8 1 (0.173 %) DNS 8 1 (0.173 %) SAN 8 1 (0.173 %) Cisco IPT	Database & Business Intelligence 1 64 (11.05 %) SQL Server 2 14 (2.418 %) Data Cleansing 3 10 (1.727 %) Database Marketing 3 10 (1.727 %) MySQL 4 8 (1.382 %) SQL Server 2000 4 8 (1.382 %) Base SAS 5 7 (1.209 %) BusinessObjects 5 7 (1.209 %) ETL 6 6 (1.036 %) Oracle 10g 7 5 (0.864 %) MS Access 8 4 (0.691 %) Datawarehouse 8 4 (0.691 %) OLAP 8 4 (0.691 %) Oracle 9i 9 3 (0.518 %) TOAD 9 3 (0.518 %) SQL Server 2005 9 3 (0.518 %) Oracle 11g 10 2 (0.345 %) Data Mining 11 1 (0.173 %) RDBMS 11 1 (0.173 %) DTS 11 1 (0.173 %) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications 1 35 (6.045 %) NUnit 2 30 (5.181 %) Visual Studio 3 27 (4.663 %) Flash 4 5 (0.864 %) Dreamweaver 5 4 (0.691 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 3 (0.518 %) FrontPage 7 2 (0.345 %) Subversion 8 1 (0.173 %) CruiseControl	General 1 115 (19.86 %) Telecoms 2 80 (13.82 %) Finance 3 25 (4.318 %) Retail 4 15 (2.591 %) Pensions 5 14 (2.418 %) Insurance 5 14 (2.418 %) Advertising 6 12 (2.073 %) Electronics 7 10 (1.727 %) Legal 7 10 (1.727 %) FMCG 7 10 (1.727 %) Telemarketing 7 10 (1.727 %) Billing 8 9 (1.554 %) Pharmaceutical 9 8 (1.382 %) Games 10 7 (1.209 %) Health 11 6 (1.036 %) Online Games 12 5 (0.864 %) Publishing 13 3 (0.518 %) Banking 13 3 (0.518 %) Multimedia 14 2 (0.345 %) Mobile Games 14 2 (0.345 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 120 (20.73 %) Developer 2 92 (15.89 %) Analyst 3 53 (9.154 %) Project Manager 4 51 (8.808 %) C# Developer 5 45 (7.772 %) Consultant 6 41 (7.081 %) .NET Developer 7 29 (5.009 %) Product Manager 8 27 (4.663 %) Marketing Manager 9 26 (4.491 %) Business Analyst 10 20 (3.454 %) Web Developer 11 17 (2.936 %) Data Analyst 12 16 (2.763 %) Marketing Analyst 13 13 (2.245 %) E-Commerce Manager 14 12 (2.073 %) Coordinator 14 12 (2.073 %) Web Manager 14 12 (2.073 %) Campaign Analyst 15 11 (1.900 %) Marketing Consultant 15 11 (1.900 %) Junior 15 11 (1.900 %) SAS Analyst 16 10 (1.727 %) PHP Developer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (1.554 %) Statistics 2 8 (1.382 %) W3C 3 5 (0.864 %) Handset 3 5 (0.864 %) Web 2.0 4 4 (0.691 %) Blog 4 4 (0.691 %) Data Integration 5 3 (0.518 %) Mathematics 5 3 (0.518 %) Replication 6 2 (0.345 %) NHS 6 2 (0.345 %) Taxonomies 7 1 (0.173 %) N-Tier 7 1 (0.173 %) PMI 7 1 (0.173 %) EPoS 7 1 (0.173 %) Tandem 7 1 (0.173 %) Human Factors 7 1 (0.173 %) Life Science 7 1 (0.173 %) French Language 7 1 (0.173 %) German Language 7 1 (0.173 %) CMDB 7 1 (0.173 %) Copywriting
Operating Systems 1 14 (2.418 %) Windows 2 8 (1.382 %) Linux 3 7 (1.209 %) Windows Server 2003 4 5 (0.864 %) Red Hat Linux 4 5 (0.864 %) Windows 2000 5 4 (0.691 %) UNIX 6 3 (0.518 %) Solaris 6 3 (0.518 %) SUSE 7 2 (0.345 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 2 (0.345 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 58 (10.02 %) CRM 2 57 (9.845 %) Project Management 3 43 (7.427 %) E-Commerce 4 37 (6.390 %) Agile Software Development 5 30 (5.181 %) TDD 5 30 (5.181 %) Internet Marketing 6 26 (4.491 %) Direct Marketing 7 23 (3.972 %) Scrum 8 22 (3.800 %) Web Analytics 9 21 (3.627 %) Content Management 9 21 (3.627 %) Business Development 9 21 (3.627 %) SEO 10 20 (3.454 %) Email Marketing 11 19 (3.282 %) Business Intelligence 12 18 (3.109 %) Product Marketing 13 15 (2.591 %) Data Management 14 14 (2.418 %) Web Development 15 13 (2.245 %) Digital Marketing 15 13 (2.245 %) Business Analysis 16 11 (1.900 %) Pay per click
Programming Languages 1 90 (15.54 %) SQL 2 86 (14.85 %) C# 3 45 (7.772 %) JavaScript 4 18 (3.109 %) C 4 18 (3.109 %) Transact-SQL 5 16 (2.763 %) PHP 6 11 (1.900 %) C++ 6 11 (1.900 %) VB 7 9 (1.554 %) VB6 7 9 (1.554 %) Java 8 7 (1.209 %) Perl 8 7 (1.209 %) VB.NET 9 5 (0.864 %) ActionScript 9 5 (0.864 %) PL/SQL 9 5 (0.864 %) DHTML 10 3 (0.518 %) Embedded C 10 3 (0.518 %) Embedded C++ 10 3 (0.518 %) VBScript 10 3 (0.518 %) PHP5 11 2 (0.345 %) SAS Macro	Qualifications 1 23 (3.972 %) Degree 2 6 (1.036 %) MBA 3 2 (0.345 %) ACCA 3 2 (0.345 %) CIMA 3 2 (0.345 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.173 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.173 %) PMP 4 1 (0.173 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (0.691 %) QA 2 1 (0.173 %) GCP 2 1 (0.173 %) SLA 2 1 (0.173 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 5 (0.864 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.518 %) Snort 3 2 (0.345 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.173 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 1 (0.173 %) Data Guard	Vendors 1 64 (11.05 %) Microsoft 2 25 (4.318 %) Motorola 3 23 (3.972 %) Oracle 4 21 (3.627 %) Cisco 4 21 (3.627 %) Epiphany 5 20 (3.454 %) Adobe 6 18 (3.109 %) SAP 6 18 (3.109 %) Siebel 7 16 (2.763 %) Chordiant 8 12 (2.073 %) salesforce.com 9 11 (1.900 %) Unica 10 10 (1.727 %) Teradata 11 9 (1.554 %) Google 12 7 (1.209 %) Business Objects 12 7 (1.209 %) Intel 13 6 (1.036 %) HP 13 6 (1.036 %) IBM 14 5 (0.864 %) NetSuite 14 5 (0.864 %) Omniture 14 5 (0.864 %) Red Hat