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The table below looks at the demand for Blogs skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Blog over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBlogs
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank132-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.544 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£278-
% change on same period last year-
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£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
South West
Matching contract IT job ads551798
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.868 %0.855 %
Daily rates quoted134167
Average minimum daily rate£316£329
Average daily rate£337£352
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted92122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.05£27.66
Average hourly rate£27.83£30.09
% change on same period last year-7.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.61£32.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Blog EnglandBlog
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.

Blog
Demand Trend

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

South West Blog Demand Trend

Blog
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blog within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
GloucestershireNew entry-2--
BristolNew entry-1--
Blog EnglandBlog
England

Blog
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Blog 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 Blog.

12 (66.67 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Photoshop
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)UML
21 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
21 (33.33 %)RUP
21 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (33.33 %)XHTML
21 (33.33 %)RSS
21 (33.33 %)Datawarehouse
21 (33.33 %)Data Modelling
21 (33.33 %)Rational Rose
21 (33.33 %)Eclipse
21 (33.33 %)FTP
21 (33.33 %)Dreamweaver
21 (33.33 %)RDBMS
21 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
21 (33.33 %)W3C
21 (33.33 %)Fireworks
21 (33.33 %)Intranet
21 (33.33 %)Internet
21 (33.33 %)ERwin
21 (33.33 %)Government
21 (33.33 %)CMS
21 (33.33 %)Web 2.0
21 (33.33 %)Wiki
21 (33.33 %)Dimensional Modelling
21 (33.33 %)HTML
21 (33.33 %)JavaScript

Blog
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Blog 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 Blog. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)HTML
11 (33.33 %)CSS
11 (33.33 %)XHTML
11 (33.33 %)RSS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)CMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)Photoshop
11 (33.33 %)Fireworks
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)FTP
11 (33.33 %)Intranet
11 (33.33 %)Internet
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
11 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (33.33 %)Datawarehouse
11 (33.33 %)RDBMS
11 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Rational Rose
11 (33.33 %)Eclipse
11 (33.33 %)Dreamweaver
11 (33.33 %)ERwin
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Government
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Trainer
11 (33.33 %)Developer
11 (33.33 %)Web Developer
11 (33.33 %)DBA
11 (33.33 %)Oracle DBA
11 (33.33 %)IT Trainer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)W3C
11 (33.33 %)Web 2.0
11 (33.33 %)Wiki
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)UML
11 (33.33 %)RUP
11 (33.33 %)Data Modelling
11 (33.33 %)Dimensional Modelling
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)JavaScript
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Oracle