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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of RedDot products and/or services in IT contracts within the South East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RedDot over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRedDot
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank247283
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching contract IT job ads617
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.017 %
As % of the category below0.105 %0.226 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£250£400
Average daily rate£425£425
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£600£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£425
% change on same period last year-24.31 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
South East
Matching contract IT job ads57057538
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.712 %7.433 %
Daily rates quoted12531895
Average minimum daily rate£346£350
Average daily rate£367£367
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£358
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted6911030
Average minimum hourly rate£22.78£24.37
Average hourly rate£24.30£25.90
% change on same period last year-6.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.82£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.29£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
RedDot EnglandRedDot
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within RedDot Solutions.

RedDot
Demand Trend

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

South East RedDot Demand Trend

RedDot
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East RedDot Daily Rate Trend

RedDot
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East RedDot Hourly Rate Trend

RedDot
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RedDot within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
SurreyUp+144--
West SussexNew entry-1£425-
MiddlesexNew entry-1--
RedDot EnglandRedDot
England

RedDot
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RedDot 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 RedDot.

119 (95.00 %)CSS
215 (75.00 %)Content Management
313 (65.00 %)CMS
48 (40.00 %)Government
48 (40.00 %)XHTML
48 (40.00 %)HTML
48 (40.00 %)Photoshop
57 (35.00 %)JavaScript
57 (35.00 %)Dreamweaver
57 (35.00 %)Adobe
57 (35.00 %)Education
66 (30.00 %)Macromedia
66 (30.00 %)MS Excel
66 (30.00 %)MS Access
75 (25.00 %).NET
84 (20.00 %)E-Learning
84 (20.00 %)Usability Testing
93 (15.00 %)Flash
102 (10.00 %)C#
102 (10.00 %)SQL Server
102 (10.00 %)Web Development
111 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (5.000 %)ASP.NET 2.0
111 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
111 (5.000 %)VSS/SourceSafe
111 (5.000 %)ASP
111 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
111 (5.000 %)SOAP
111 (5.000 %)WebServices
111 (5.000 %)XML

RedDot
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RedDot 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 RedDot. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (95.00 %)CSS
28 (40.00 %)HTML
28 (40.00 %)XHTML
35 (25.00 %).NET
41 (5.000 %)ASP
41 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
41 (5.000 %)SOAP
41 (5.000 %)WebServices
41 (5.000 %)XML
41 (5.000 %)ASP.NET 2.0
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (65.00 %)CMS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (40.00 %)Photoshop
26 (30.00 %)MS Excel
31 (5.000 %)Acrobat
31 (5.000 %)FreeHand
31 (5.000 %)Fireworks
31 (5.000 %)Adobe Illustrator
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (30.00 %)MS Access
22 (10.00 %)SQL Server
31 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (35.00 %)Dreamweaver
23 (15.00 %)Flash
31 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
31 (5.000 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (40.00 %)Government
27 (35.00 %)Education
31 (5.000 %)Publishing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (65.00 %)Developer
25 (25.00 %)Web Developer
33 (15.00 %)Web Designer
42 (10.00 %)Web Editor
51 (5.000 %)E-Learning Developer
51 (5.000 %).NET Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (20.00 %)E-Learning
21 (5.000 %)W3C
21 (5.000 %)Management Information System
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (75.00 %)Content Management
24 (20.00 %)Usability Testing
32 (10.00 %)Web Development
41 (5.000 %)B2B
41 (5.000 %)Web Design
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (35.00 %)JavaScript
22 (10.00 %)C#
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (35.00 %)Adobe
26 (30.00 %)Macromedia