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The table below looks at the demand for Web Development skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Development over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Development
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank100117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads169209
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.241 %0.216 %
As % of the category below2.497 %2.460 %
Daily rates quoted4369
Average minimum daily rate£278£286
Average daily rate£305£303
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£292£309
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Hourly rates quoted1125
Average minimum hourly rate£25.45£30.44
Average hourly rate£27.59£32.76
% change on same period last year-15.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.73£35.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.31£28.86
% change on same period last year-8.83 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads67698495
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.647 %8.785 %
Daily rates quoted19442513
Average minimum daily rate£352£353
Average daily rate£374£373
% change on same period last year+0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted648830
Average minimum hourly rate£28.35£28.25
Average hourly rate£30.25£29.97
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.15£31.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Web Development EnglandWeb Development
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.

Web Development
Demand Trend

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

South East Web Development Demand Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Web Development Daily Rate Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Development across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East Web Development Daily Rate Histogram

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Web Development Hourly Rate Trend

Web Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Development across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East Web Development Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 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+6856£324-16.63 %
HampshireUp+1337£343+25.81 %
SurreyUp+1128£246-24.74 %
OxfordshireDown-216£242+15.27 %
BuckinghamshireDown-911--
Thames ValleyUp+139£315-42.72 %
West SussexUp+84--
M4 CorridorUp+13£300-
KentDown-22£313-
MiddlesexDown-112--
Home CountiesNew entry-1--
East SussexUp+31--
Web Development EnglandWeb Development
England

Web Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Web Development 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 Web Development.

1144 (44.44 %)CSS
2142 (43.83 %)JavaScript
3140 (43.21 %)HTML
4110 (33.95 %).NET
5104 (32.10 %)SQL
692 (28.40 %)Java
790 (27.78 %)XML
883 (25.62 %)XHTML
976 (23.46 %)ASP.NET
1062 (19.14 %)SQL Server
1161 (18.83 %)C#
1249 (15.12 %)CMS
1249 (15.12 %)AJAX
1347 (14.51 %)PHP
1444 (13.58 %)Oracle
1543 (13.27 %)ASP
1640 (12.35 %)Content Management
1738 (11.73 %)Microsoft
1834 (10.49 %)Windows
1931 (9.568 %)MySQL
2030 (9.259 %)OO
2129 (8.951 %)VB.NET
2129 (8.951 %)Security Cleared
2227 (8.333 %)XSL
2227 (8.333 %)MS Excel
2326 (8.025 %)Flash
2423 (7.099 %)JSP
2423 (7.099 %)VB
2423 (7.099 %)J2EE
2522 (6.790 %)Proxima

Web Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Web Development 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 Web Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1144 (44.44 %)CSS
2140 (43.21 %)HTML
3110 (33.95 %).NET
490 (27.78 %)XML
583 (25.62 %)XHTML
676 (23.46 %)ASP.NET
749 (15.12 %)AJAX
843 (13.27 %)ASP
927 (8.333 %)XSL
1023 (7.099 %)J2EE
1023 (7.099 %)JSP
1115 (4.630 %)JSTL
1115 (4.630 %)Zend Framework
1214 (4.321 %).NET Framework
1312 (3.704 %)MVC
1312 (3.704 %)WebServices
1411 (3.395 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1510 (3.086 %)XSLT
169 (2.778 %)Hibernate
169 (2.778 %)JSON
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
149 (15.12 %)CMS
218 (5.556 %)Apache
317 (5.247 %)IIS
415 (4.630 %)SharePoint
59 (2.778 %)JBoss
66 (1.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
75 (1.543 %)MS Exchange
84 (1.235 %)ColdFusion
84 (1.235 %)ArcSDE
84 (1.235 %)ArcIMS
93 (0.926 %)Tomcat
93 (0.926 %)WebLogic
102 (0.617 %)Lotus Notes
102 (0.617 %)TeamSite
111 (0.309 %)Joomla!
111 (0.309 %)Lotus Domino
111 (0.309 %)ColdFusion MX
111 (0.309 %)MTS
111 (0.309 %)Movable Type
111 (0.309 %)Mambo
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (8.333 %)MS Excel
213 (4.012 %)Photoshop
310 (3.086 %)MS Project
310 (3.086 %)MS Office
310 (3.086 %)MS Visio
44 (1.235 %)Fireworks
51 (0.309 %)Adobe Illustrator
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.617 %)SAP PLM
21 (0.309 %)Dynamics CRM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (5.864 %)Internet
24 (1.235 %)Firewall
24 (1.235 %)VLAN
24 (1.235 %)iSCSI
24 (1.235 %)SAN
33 (0.926 %)Intranet
41 (0.309 %)HTTP
41 (0.309 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.309 %)SSL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
162 (19.14 %)SQL Server
231 (9.568 %)MySQL
318 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
318 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (2.160 %)GIS
53 (0.926 %)RDBMS
53 (0.926 %)MS Access
62 (0.617 %)Crystal Reports
62 (0.617 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.309 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.309 %)DTS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (8.025 %)Flash
221 (6.481 %)Visual Studio
314 (4.321 %)Rational Rose
314 (4.321 %)RequisitePro
410 (3.086 %)Dreamweaver
58 (2.469 %)Eclipse
63 (0.926 %)Subversion
72 (0.617 %)NUnit
72 (0.617 %)JUnit
81 (0.309 %)Ant
81 (0.309 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.309 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.309 %)Selenium
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (4.630 %)Marketing
212 (3.704 %)Telecoms
310 (3.086 %)Finance
310 (3.086 %)Publishing
49 (2.778 %)Government
57 (2.160 %)Health
65 (1.543 %)Insurance
65 (1.543 %)Advertising
73 (0.926 %)Pensions
73 (0.926 %)Online Games
73 (0.926 %)Games
73 (0.926 %)Education
81 (0.309 %)Back Office
81 (0.309 %)Automotive
81 (0.309 %)Law
81 (0.309 %)Legal
81 (0.309 %)Military
81 (0.309 %)Retail
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1168 (51.85 %)Developer
267 (20.68 %)Web Developer
338 (11.73 %)Analyst
338 (11.73 %).NET Developer
436 (11.11 %)Web Manager
527 (8.333 %)Project Manager
626 (8.025 %)Development Manager
725 (7.716 %)Web Development Manager
822 (6.790 %)Systems Analyst
920 (6.173 %)PHP Developer
1017 (5.247 %)C# Developer
1115 (4.630 %)ASP.NET Developer
1115 (4.630 %)Consultant
1214 (4.321 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1311 (3.395 %)Java Developer
1311 (3.395 %)Web Project Manager
1410 (3.086 %)VB Developer
1410 (3.086 %)Applications Support
158 (2.469 %)Programmer
158 (2.469 %)Flash Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (4.012 %)N-Tier
29 (2.778 %)W3C
37 (2.160 %)Replication
44 (1.235 %)E-Learning
44 (1.235 %)Web 2.0
44 (1.235 %)NHS
53 (0.926 %)Blog
53 (0.926 %)Client/Server
61 (0.309 %)Social Network
61 (0.309 %)Semantic Web
61 (0.309 %)Management Information System
61 (0.309 %)Handset
61 (0.309 %)Statistics
61 (0.309 %)Taxonomies
61 (0.309 %)Computer Science
61 (0.309 %)Italian Language
61 (0.309 %)Wiki
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (10.49 %)Windows
220 (6.173 %)Windows Server 2003
319 (5.864 %)Linux
410 (3.086 %)Windows 2000
410 (3.086 %)UNIX
59 (2.778 %)Windows XP
68 (2.469 %)Windows Vista
68 (2.469 %)Windows Server 2008
76 (1.852 %)Solaris
84 (1.235 %)FreeBSD
91 (0.309 %)Windows 2000 Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (12.35 %)Content Management
230 (9.259 %)OO
329 (8.951 %)Security Cleared
422 (6.790 %)Use Case
521 (6.481 %)E-Commerce
620 (6.173 %)SC Cleared
719 (5.864 %)PRINCE2
719 (5.864 %)CRM
818 (5.556 %)Systems Analysis
917 (5.247 %)Workflow
1012 (3.704 %)UML
1111 (3.395 %)Web Design
1210 (3.086 %)Time Management
139 (2.778 %)Unit Testing
148 (2.469 %)Agile Software Development
157 (2.160 %)Project Management
166 (1.852 %)RUP
166 (1.852 %)Migration
166 (1.852 %)Document Management
174 (1.235 %)Logistics
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1142 (43.83 %)JavaScript
2104 (32.10 %)SQL
392 (28.40 %)Java
461 (18.83 %)C#
547 (14.51 %)PHP
629 (8.951 %)VB.NET
723 (7.099 %)VB
822 (6.790 %)XPath
920 (6.173 %)PHP5
920 (6.173 %)VBScript
1016 (4.938 %)C++
1115 (4.630 %)DHTML
1115 (4.630 %)VB6
1212 (3.704 %)Perl
1311 (3.395 %)ActionScript
147 (2.160 %)Transact-SQL
147 (2.160 %)C
156 (1.852 %)Shell Script
163 (0.926 %)Ruby
163 (0.926 %)Groovy
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (2.469 %)Degree
18 (2.469 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
26 (1.852 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (1.852 %)PRINCE2 Certification
34 (1.235 %)MCSD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.469 %)QA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.852 %)Active Directory
16 (1.852 %)MailMarshal
25 (1.543 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (1.235 %)NFS
42 (0.617 %)VMware ESX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (13.58 %)Oracle
238 (11.73 %)Microsoft
322 (6.790 %)Proxima
416 (4.938 %)Zend
511 (3.395 %)CA
610 (3.086 %)Tridion
610 (3.086 %)VMware
78 (2.469 %)Adobe
86 (1.852 %)CheckPoint
95 (1.543 %)HP
104 (1.235 %)Progress
104 (1.235 %)Cisco
104 (1.235 %)Perforce
113 (0.926 %)Macromedia
113 (0.926 %)SAP
122 (0.617 %)Lotus
122 (0.617 %)BT
122 (0.617 %)Vignette
122 (0.617 %)RedDot
122 (0.617 %)Google