South West ActiveX Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ActiveX over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft ActiveX
Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Docklands, London Dundee East of England England Hampshire Henley-on-Thames Liverpool London Merseyside Milton Keynes Newport North East North West Northwich Oxfordshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington West Midlands	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	163
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.259 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£280	£325
% change on same period last year	-13.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.50	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-13.33 %
Application Development South West
Matching contract IT job ads	806	1160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.074 %	1.157 %
Daily rates quoted	174	263
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£310
Average daily rate	£326	£332
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	132	154
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.91	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£32.99	£33.66
% change on same period last year	-1.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.06	£37.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.55	£33.03
% change on same period last year	-1.44 %
ActiveX 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.

ActiveX
Demand Trend

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

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

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

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

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