South West Content Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Content Management skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Content Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Alderley Edge Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire City of London Corby Coventry Croydon Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Grinstead East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenford Greenhithe Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Twickenham UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	103	105
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	35	60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.047 %	0.061 %
As % of the category below	1.372 %	1.934 %
Daily rates quoted	14	15
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£396
Average daily rate	£322	£413
% change on same period last year	-21.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£430
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£320
% change on same period last year	+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	12
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£18.58
Average hourly rate	-	£21.46
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£24.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.07	£30.06
% change on same period last year	-29.89 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2551	3102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.400 %	3.138 %
Daily rates quoted	961	998
Average minimum daily rate	£372	£362
Average daily rate	£399	£383
% change on same period last year	+4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	271	366
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.93	£28.91
Average hourly rate	£33.62	£30.63
% change on same period last year	+9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.31	£32.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Content Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Devon	+11	9	£330	-42.54 %
Bristol	+1	6	£335	-29.47 %
Wiltshire	+1	4	-	-
Dorset	+5	4	£270	-21.92 %
Somerset	+3	4	£331	-
Gloucestershire	-3	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Content Management 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 Content Management.

1 27 (40.30 %) SQL Server 2 26 (38.81 %) .NET 2 26 (38.81 %) CMS 3 24 (35.82 %) Intranet 4 20 (29.85 %) HTML 5 14 (20.90 %) SQL 5 14 (20.90 %) ASP.NET 5 14 (20.90 %) SharePoint 5 14 (20.90 %) Microsoft 6 12 (17.91 %) CSS 7 11 (16.42 %) XML 7 11 (16.42 %) C# 7 11 (16.42 %) UML 7 11 (16.42 %) XHTML 8 10 (14.93 %) Extranet

8 10 (14.93 %) Project Management 9 9 (13.43 %) ITSM 9 9 (13.43 %) VMware 9 9 (13.43 %) Clustering 9 9 (13.43 %) Web Design 9 9 (13.43 %) Internet 9 9 (13.43 %) BizTalk Server 9 9 (13.43 %) MS Exchange 9 9 (13.43 %) Dreamweaver 9 9 (13.43 %) Cisco 9 9 (13.43 %) CCNA 9 9 (13.43 %) Citrix 9 9 (13.43 %) Cisco Certification 9 9 (13.43 %) J2EE 9 9 (13.43 %) UNIX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Content Management 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 Content Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 26 (38.81 %) .NET 2 20 (29.85 %) HTML 3 14 (20.90 %) ASP.NET 4 12 (17.91 %) CSS 5 11 (16.42 %) XML 5 11 (16.42 %) XHTML 6 9 (13.43 %) J2EE 7 6 (8.955 %) AJAX 7 6 (8.955 %) WebServices 8 4 (5.970 %) XSLT 9 2 (2.985 %) .NET Framework 9 2 (2.985 %) LAMP 9 2 (2.985 %) ADO.NET 9 2 (2.985 %) ASP 9 2 (2.985 %) CakePHP 10 1 (1.493 %) LINQ 10 1 (1.493 %) JSP 10 1 (1.493 %) COM+ 10 1 (1.493 %) Silverlight	Application Platforms 1 26 (38.81 %) CMS 2 14 (20.90 %) SharePoint 3 9 (13.43 %) MS Exchange 3 9 (13.43 %) BizTalk Server 3 9 (13.43 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 5 (7.463 %) Content Management Server 5 3 (4.478 %) IIS 6 2 (2.985 %) Apache 6 2 (2.985 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 1 (1.493 %) ColdFusion 7 1 (1.493 %) Morello 7 1 (1.493 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 6 (8.955 %) Photoshop 2 5 (7.463 %) MS Project 3 2 (2.985 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (1.493 %) MS Office 4 1 (1.493 %) Acrobat	Business Applications 1 2 (2.985 %) SAP SRM 2 1 (1.493 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 24 (35.82 %) Intranet 2 10 (14.93 %) Extranet 3 9 (13.43 %) Internet 4 1 (1.493 %) BIG-IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (40.30 %) SQL Server 2 7 (10.45 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (5.970 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (2.985 %) MySQL 5 1 (1.493 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (1.493 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 9 (13.43 %) Dreamweaver 2 3 (4.478 %) Visual Studio 3 2 (2.985 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (1.493 %) Flash	General 1 6 (8.955 %) Finance 1 6 (8.955 %) Government 1 6 (8.955 %) Marketing 2 5 (7.463 %) Publishing 3 3 (4.478 %) Health 3 3 (4.478 %) Telecoms 3 3 (4.478 %) FMCG 4 2 (2.985 %) Military 5 1 (1.493 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (1.493 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 22 (32.84 %) Developer 2 12 (17.91 %) Consultant 3 10 (14.93 %) Web Developer 4 7 (10.45 %) Technical Consultant 4 7 (10.45 %) .NET Developer 4 7 (10.45 %) Web Manager 5 6 (8.955 %) Architect 6 5 (7.463 %) Applications Developer 6 5 (7.463 %) Information Architect 6 5 (7.463 %) PHP Developer 6 5 (7.463 %) Web Applications Developer 7 4 (5.970 %) Administrator 8 3 (4.478 %) SQL Developer 8 3 (4.478 %) Implementation Consultant 8 3 (4.478 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 3 (4.478 %) C# Developer 8 3 (4.478 %) SQL Server Developer 8 3 (4.478 %) C# Application Developer 8 3 (4.478 %) .NET Applications Developer 8 3 (4.478 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (13.43 %) Clustering 2 3 (4.478 %) Replication 3 1 (1.493 %) Taxonomies 3 1 (1.493 %) NHS 3 1 (1.493 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.493 %) BBC
Operating Systems 1 9 (13.43 %) UNIX 2 3 (4.478 %) Windows 3 1 (1.493 %) Solaris 3 1 (1.493 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (16.42 %) UML 2 10 (14.93 %) Project Management 3 9 (13.43 %) ITSM 3 9 (13.43 %) Web Design 4 7 (10.45 %) Security Cleared 5 4 (5.970 %) SC Cleared 6 3 (4.478 %) Migration 6 3 (4.478 %) Service Delivery 6 3 (4.478 %) E-Commerce 7 2 (2.985 %) Workflow 7 2 (2.985 %) Web Development 7 2 (2.985 %) Information Management 8 1 (1.493 %) Document Management 8 1 (1.493 %) Logistics 8 1 (1.493 %) Agile Software Development 8 1 (1.493 %) Internet Marketing 8 1 (1.493 %) Time Management 8 1 (1.493 %) BC Cleared 8 1 (1.493 %) PRINCE2 8 1 (1.493 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 14 (20.90 %) SQL 2 11 (16.42 %) C# 3 8 (11.94 %) JavaScript 4 7 (10.45 %) PHP 5 5 (7.463 %) VB.NET 6 3 (4.478 %) C 7 2 (2.985 %) XPath 7 2 (2.985 %) C++ 7 2 (2.985 %) Java 8 1 (1.493 %) XAML 8 1 (1.493 %) VB6 8 1 (1.493 %) VB 8 1 (1.493 %) PHP5 8 1 (1.493 %) PHP4	Qualifications 1 9 (13.43 %) CCNA 1 9 (13.43 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (2.985 %) Degree
System Software 1 9 (13.43 %) VMware Server 2 3 (4.478 %) MSMQ 3 1 (1.493 %) ClearTrust	Systems Management 1 9 (13.43 %) OVPI
Vendors 1 14 (20.90 %) Microsoft 2 9 (13.43 %) Citrix 2 9 (13.43 %) Cisco 2 9 (13.43 %) VMware 3 2 (2.985 %) Red Hat 3 2 (2.985 %) SAP 4 1 (1.493 %) Oracle 4 1 (1.493 %) Adobe 4 1 (1.493 %) Tridion