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The table below looks at the demand for N-Tier skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkN-Tier
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank207246
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching contract IT job ads2443
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.047 %
As % of the category below1.431 %1.830 %
Daily rates quoted78
Average minimum daily rate£264£390
Average daily rate£281£414
% change on same period last year-32.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£297£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£395
% change on same period last year-22.57 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£60.00£42.25
Average hourly rate£60.00£43.00
% change on same period last year+39.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£60.00£43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£46.92£32.93
% change on same period last year+42.45 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
South East
Matching contract IT job ads16772350
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.721 %2.565 %
Daily rates quoted457523
Average minimum daily rate£325£326
Average daily rate£349£349
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£372£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted237370
Average minimum hourly rate£23.52£26.03
Average hourly rate£25.03£27.68
% change on same period last year-9.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.53£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£25.58
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
N-Tier EnglandN-Tier
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.

N-Tier
Demand Trend

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

South East N-Tier Demand Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East N-Tier Daily Rate Trend

N-Tier
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East N-Tier Daily Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East N-Tier Hourly Rate Trend

N-Tier
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East N-Tier Hourly Rate Histogram

N-Tier
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier 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.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireUp+188£160-61.67 %
HampshireUp+305£350-
SurreyUp+313£320-
OxfordshireNew entry-2£310-
Thames ValleyUp+201--
M4 CorridorNew entry-1--
KentUp+21£325-16.23 %
N-Tier EnglandN-Tier
England

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

139 (54.17 %)SQL
238 (52.78 %).NET
335 (48.61 %)SQL Server
426 (36.11 %)ASP.NET
523 (31.94 %)JavaScript
523 (31.94 %)Microsoft
620 (27.78 %)VB.NET
719 (26.39 %)XML
817 (23.61 %)Transact-SQL
817 (23.61 %)HTML
916 (22.22 %)ASP
916 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
1015 (20.83 %)COM+
1015 (20.83 %)CSS
1015 (20.83 %)Java
1015 (20.83 %)Oracle
1015 (20.83 %)C#
1015 (20.83 %)DHTML
1015 (20.83 %)XSL
1015 (20.83 %)Windows
1113 (18.06 %)DNS
1113 (18.06 %)SC Cleared
1113 (18.06 %)InterDev
1212 (16.67 %)Shell Script
1212 (16.67 %)Client/Server
1212 (16.67 %)VB
1212 (16.67 %)WebServices
1212 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
1311 (15.28 %)UNIX
1311 (15.28 %)E-Commerce

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
138 (52.78 %).NET
226 (36.11 %)ASP.NET
319 (26.39 %)XML
417 (23.61 %)HTML
516 (22.22 %)ASP
615 (20.83 %)CSS
615 (20.83 %)COM+
615 (20.83 %)XSL
712 (16.67 %)WebServices
89 (12.50 %)JDBC
98 (11.11 %)CORBA
98 (11.11 %)AJAX
106 (8.333 %).NET Framework
115 (6.944 %)Windows SharePoint Services
115 (6.944 %)WebSphere
124 (5.556 %)XHTML
124 (5.556 %)J2EE
133 (4.167 %)Spring
142 (2.778 %)Hibernate
142 (2.778 %)JSP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (13.89 %)Content Management Server
29 (12.50 %)CMS
38 (11.11 %)IIS
38 (11.11 %)SharePoint
44 (5.556 %)Apache
44 (5.556 %)SharePoint Portal Server
53 (4.167 %)EPiServer
53 (4.167 %)Sitecore CMS
53 (4.167 %)WPS
62 (2.778 %)BizTalk Server
62 (2.778 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (1.389 %)WebLogic
71 (1.389 %)MTS
71 (1.389 %)Tomcat
71 (1.389 %)GroupWise
71 (1.389 %)Jetty
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (8.333 %)MS Excel
24 (5.556 %)Photoshop
31 (1.389 %)MS Office
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (18.06 %)DNS
27 (9.722 %)Firewall
35 (6.944 %)Internet
44 (5.556 %)DMZ
44 (5.556 %)Intranet
44 (5.556 %)WAN
53 (4.167 %)Network Security
53 (4.167 %)ADSL
53 (4.167 %)LAN
53 (4.167 %)MPLS
61 (1.389 %)NetScreen
61 (1.389 %)IP Telephony
61 (1.389 %)BSS
61 (1.389 %)VoIP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (48.61 %)SQL Server
210 (13.89 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (6.944 %)Oracle 10g
52 (2.778 %)RDBMS
52 (2.778 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (2.778 %)Oracle 9i
52 (2.778 %)Datawarehouse
61 (1.389 %)DTS
61 (1.389 %)MySQL
61 (1.389 %)SQL Server Integration Services
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (18.06 %)InterDev
212 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
38 (11.11 %)Eclipse
45 (6.944 %)Flash
52 (2.778 %)JUnit
61 (1.389 %)NUnit
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (15.28 %)Finance
210 (13.89 %)Government
37 (9.722 %)Insurance
43 (4.167 %)Telecoms
52 (2.778 %)Back Office
61 (1.389 %)Education
61 (1.389 %)Pensions
61 (1.389 %)Marketing
61 (1.389 %)Online Betting
61 (1.389 %)Banking
61 (1.389 %)Retail
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
141 (56.94 %)Developer
218 (25.00 %).NET Developer
313 (18.06 %)Applications Developer
411 (15.28 %)VB.NET Developer
411 (15.28 %)SQL Developer
411 (15.28 %)SQL Server Developer
411 (15.28 %)ASP.NET Developer
59 (12.50 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
59 (12.50 %)C# Developer
68 (11.11 %)Web Designer
77 (9.722 %)Infrastructure Designer
86 (8.333 %).NET Applications Developer
86 (8.333 %)Web Developer
86 (8.333 %)Consultant
95 (6.944 %)Architect
95 (6.944 %)Microsoft Developer
103 (4.167 %)C# Web Developer
103 (4.167 %)Microsoft Consultant
103 (4.167 %)Network Consultant
103 (4.167 %)Systems Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (16.67 %)Client/Server
27 (9.722 %)Clustering
36 (8.333 %)Mainframe
45 (6.944 %)Replication
51 (1.389 %)PMI
51 (1.389 %)Thin Client
51 (1.389 %)Fat Client
51 (1.389 %)Video Conferencing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (20.83 %)Windows
211 (15.28 %)Solaris
211 (15.28 %)UNIX
33 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (4.167 %)Linux
42 (2.778 %)Windows XP
51 (1.389 %)Windows Vista
51 (1.389 %)Windows 2000
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (22.22 %)Security Cleared
213 (18.06 %)SC Cleared
311 (15.28 %)E-Commerce
47 (9.722 %)System Testing
56 (8.333 %)Load Balancing
56 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
56 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (6.944 %)Content Management
74 (5.556 %)Web Development
83 (4.167 %)CRM
83 (4.167 %)Document Management
83 (4.167 %)Network Design
83 (4.167 %)Supplier Management
83 (4.167 %)UML
92 (2.778 %)Configuration Management
92 (2.778 %)Project Management
92 (2.778 %)Validation
92 (2.778 %)Business Continuity
92 (2.778 %)Statistical Analysis
92 (2.778 %)Unit Testing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (54.17 %)SQL
223 (31.94 %)JavaScript
320 (27.78 %)VB.NET
417 (23.61 %)Transact-SQL
515 (20.83 %)C#
515 (20.83 %)DHTML
515 (20.83 %)Java
612 (16.67 %)VB
612 (16.67 %)Shell Script
79 (12.50 %)C++
84 (5.556 %)Perl
93 (4.167 %)PHP
93 (4.167 %)PL/SQL
93 (4.167 %)C
102 (2.778 %)VB6
111 (1.389 %)XPath
111 (1.389 %)COBOL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (5.556 %)MCP
14 (5.556 %)MCSD
14 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (4.167 %)CCIE
23 (4.167 %)Cisco Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (12.50 %)Active Directory
26 (8.333 %)ISA Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (4.167 %)OpenView
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (31.94 %)Microsoft
215 (20.83 %)Oracle
34 (5.556 %)Cisco
34 (5.556 %)IBM
43 (4.167 %)HP
43 (4.167 %)Siebel
43 (4.167 %)Sitecore
52 (2.778 %)Sun
61 (1.389 %)Novell
61 (1.389 %)Mercator
61 (1.389 %)SAP