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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Publishing' in contract IT jobs within the South Wales 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 Publishing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPublishing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5452
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.476 %0.344 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£280-
Average daily rate£295-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£310-
UK excluding London average daily rate£291£315
% change on same period last year-7.57 %
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£28.09£22.91
% change on same period last year+22.62 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads271291
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.361 %0.290 %
Daily rates quoted7870
Average minimum daily rate£315£414
Average daily rate£353£444
% change on same period last year-20.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£473
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted1935
Average minimum hourly rate£27.76£21.99
Average hourly rate£31.47£24.30
% change on same period last year+29.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.18£26.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Publishing WalesPublishing
Wales

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.

Publishing
Demand Trend

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

South Wales Publishing Demand Trend

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Publishing Daily Rate Trend

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Publishing Hourly Rate Trend

Publishing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
CardiffNew entry-3£295-
NewportNew entry-1--
Publishing WalesPublishing
Wales

Publishing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Publishing 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 Publishing.

15 (55.56 %)Degree
24 (44.44 %)Oracle 10g
24 (44.44 %)Internet
24 (44.44 %)Oracle Reports
24 (44.44 %)SQL
24 (44.44 %).NET
24 (44.44 %)Oracle
24 (44.44 %)Crystal Reports
24 (44.44 %)VSS/SourceSafe
33 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
33 (33.33 %)Microsoft
42 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
42 (22.22 %)Cognos
42 (22.22 %)VB.NET
42 (22.22 %)Marketing
42 (22.22 %)Finance
42 (22.22 %)Government
42 (22.22 %)Business Continuity
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (11.11 %)ReportNet
51 (11.11 %)AJAX
51 (11.11 %)Apache
51 (11.11 %)JavaScript
51 (11.11 %)PHP
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server
51 (11.11 %)MySQL
51 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
51 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
51 (11.11 %)Business Intelligence
51 (11.11 %)CSS

Publishing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Publishing 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 Publishing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (44.44 %).NET
21 (11.11 %)CSS
21 (11.11 %)AJAX
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)Apache
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (11.11 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (44.44 %)Internet
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)Crystal Reports
14 (44.44 %)Oracle Reports
14 (44.44 %)Oracle 10g
22 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
31 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (11.11 %)ReportNet
31 (11.11 %)MySQL
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (44.44 %)VSS/SourceSafe
23 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Finance
12 (22.22 %)Government
12 (22.22 %)Marketing
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Developer
24 (44.44 %)Crystal Reports Developer
24 (44.44 %)Report Developer
32 (22.22 %)Cognos Developer
41 (11.11 %)JavaScript Developer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Business Continuity
21 (11.11 %)Dimensional Modelling
21 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
21 (11.11 %)Business Intelligence
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (44.44 %)SQL
22 (22.22 %)VB.NET
31 (11.11 %)JavaScript
31 (11.11 %)PHP
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (55.56 %)Degree
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Oracle
23 (33.33 %)Microsoft
32 (22.22 %)Cognos