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The table below looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 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 jobs that have cited RSS over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReally Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008		Same period last year
Rank221276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching contract IT job ads1112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.509 %0.330 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£310£425
Average daily rate£313£425
% change on same period last year-26.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£370
% change on same period last year-8.10 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£23.20-
Average hourly rate£24.60-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.28£28.75
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads21623638
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.528 %3.986 %
Daily rates quoted603959
Average minimum daily rate£295£321
Average daily rate£315£339
% change on same period last year-7.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£333
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Hourly rates quoted205293
Average minimum hourly rate£29.45£31.33
Average hourly rate£31.75£33.38
% change on same period last year-4.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.04£35.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.64£31.31
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
RSS EnglandRSS
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.

RSS
Demand Trend

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

South East RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East RSS Daily Rate Trend

RSS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RSS across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

South East RSS Daily Rate Histogram

RSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East RSS Hourly Rate Trend

RSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RSS across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

South East RSS Hourly Rate Histogram

RSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RSS within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 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
BerkshireNew entry-6£400-
MiddlesexNew entry-2£280-
HampshireNew entry-2£290-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
RSS EnglandRSS
England

RSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

111 (61.11 %)HTML
210 (55.56 %)JavaScript
210 (55.56 %)CSS
38 (44.44 %)Flash
47 (38.89 %)AJAX
47 (38.89 %)Perl
47 (38.89 %)SQL Server
47 (38.89 %)ASP
55 (27.78 %)Dreamweaver
55 (27.78 %)Marketing
64 (22.22 %)Java
73 (16.67 %)J2EE
73 (16.67 %)MySQL
73 (16.67 %)Oracle
73 (16.67 %)LDAP
73 (16.67 %)JSP
73 (16.67 %)XML
73 (16.67 %)Blog
82 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
82 (11.11 %)Spring
82 (11.11 %)MVC
82 (11.11 %)Hibernate
82 (11.11 %)RDBMS
82 (11.11 %)Internet
82 (11.11 %)Servlets
82 (11.11 %)Struts
82 (11.11 %)Java RMI
82 (11.11 %)JDBC
82 (11.11 %)C++
82 (11.11 %)PHP

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (61.11 %)HTML
210 (55.56 %)CSS
37 (38.89 %)ASP
37 (38.89 %)AJAX
43 (16.67 %)J2EE
43 (16.67 %)JSP
43 (16.67 %)XML
52 (11.11 %)Servlets
52 (11.11 %)Struts
52 (11.11 %)JDBC
52 (11.11 %)Java RMI
52 (11.11 %)MVC
52 (11.11 %)Hibernate
52 (11.11 %)Spring
61 (5.556 %)SAX
61 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
61 (5.556 %)MFC
61 (5.556 %).NET
61 (5.556 %)WebServices
61 (5.556 %)DOM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.11 %)Tomcat
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)Photoshop
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (16.67 %)LDAP
22 (11.11 %)Internet
31 (5.556 %)Wi-Fi
31 (5.556 %)Wireless
31 (5.556 %)BSS
31 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (38.89 %)SQL Server
23 (16.67 %)MySQL
32 (11.11 %)RDBMS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (44.44 %)Flash
25 (27.78 %)Dreamweaver
31 (5.556 %)Ant
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (27.78 %)Marketing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (66.67 %)Developer
28 (44.44 %)Web Developer
32 (11.11 %)Analyst
32 (11.11 %)Junior Developer
32 (11.11 %)Junior Web Developer
32 (11.11 %)Junior
41 (5.556 %)Marketing Manager
41 (5.556 %)Website Developer
41 (5.556 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Flash Developer
41 (5.556 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (5.556 %)Senior Developer
41 (5.556 %)Java Developer
41 (5.556 %)Test Engineer
41 (5.556 %)J2EE Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (16.67 %)Blog
22 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
22 (11.11 %)Wiki
31 (5.556 %)E-Learning
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.556 %)UNIX
11 (5.556 %)Solaris
11 (5.556 %)Linux
11 (5.556 %)Mac OS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.11 %)Web Development
21 (5.556 %)Internet Marketing
21 (5.556 %)Performance Testing
21 (5.556 %)OO
21 (5.556 %)OOD
21 (5.556 %)Software Engineering
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (55.56 %)JavaScript
27 (38.89 %)Perl
34 (22.22 %)Java
42 (11.11 %)C++
42 (11.11 %)PHP
42 (11.11 %)SQL
51 (5.556 %)ActionScript
51 (5.556 %)Python
51 (5.556 %)Tcl
51 (5.556 %)C#
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (16.67 %)Oracle
21 (5.556 %)Cisco
21 (5.556 %)Adobe
21 (5.556 %)CA
21 (5.556 %)Ericsson
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