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The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Southampton region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2425
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below6.667 %20.00 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£338
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£337
% change on same period last year-2.57 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00£16.00
Average hourly rate£15.50£21.25
% change on same period last year-27.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.95£26.56
% change on same period last year-21.12 %
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads1540
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£256£270
Average daily rate£295£303
% change on same period last year-2.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted312
Average minimum hourly rate£18.73£20.05
Average hourly rate£20.36£23.58
% change on same period last year-13.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.00£27.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Internet HampshireInternet
Hampshire

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Southampton Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Internet 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 Internet.

18 (72.73 %)SQL Server
27 (63.64 %).NET
27 (63.64 %)XML
27 (63.64 %)Intranet
36 (54.55 %).NET Framework
36 (54.55 %)IIS
45 (45.45 %)Visual Studio
45 (45.45 %)Photoshop
45 (45.45 %)VB
45 (45.45 %)HTML
45 (45.45 %)CSS
45 (45.45 %)Windows
45 (45.45 %)XHTML
45 (45.45 %)CMS
54 (36.36 %)BizTalk Server
54 (36.36 %)BusinessObjects
54 (36.36 %)WebServices
54 (36.36 %)Business Objects
63 (27.27 %)Perl
63 (27.27 %)ASP
63 (27.27 %)Content Management
72 (18.18 %)Google
72 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (18.18 %)Tridion
72 (18.18 %)Acrobat
72 (18.18 %)Microsoft
72 (18.18 %)Adobe
72 (18.18 %)Active Directory
72 (18.18 %)JSP
72 (18.18 %)MS Excel

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (63.64 %).NET
17 (63.64 %)XML
26 (54.55 %).NET Framework
35 (45.45 %)XHTML
35 (45.45 %)HTML
35 (45.45 %)CSS
44 (36.36 %)WebServices
53 (27.27 %)ASP
62 (18.18 %)JSP
62 (18.18 %)ActiveX
71 (9.091 %)ASP.NET
71 (9.091 %)XSLT
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (54.55 %)IIS
25 (45.45 %)CMS
34 (36.36 %)BizTalk Server
42 (18.18 %)Apache
42 (18.18 %)Tomcat
51 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
51 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2003
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (45.45 %)Photoshop
22 (18.18 %)MS Office
22 (18.18 %)MS Excel
22 (18.18 %)Acrobat
31 (9.091 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (9.091 %)Spreadsheet
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (63.64 %)Intranet
21 (9.091 %)DHCP
21 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
21 (9.091 %)DNS
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (72.73 %)SQL Server
24 (36.36 %)BusinessObjects
32 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (45.45 %)Visual Studio
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Education
11 (9.091 %)Retail
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (45.45 %)Developer
22 (18.18 %)Systems Developer
31 (9.091 %)Business Project Manager
31 (9.091 %)Business Manager
31 (9.091 %)Project Manager
31 (9.091 %)Support Technician
31 (9.091 %)Programmer
31 (9.091 %)Technical Support
31 (9.091 %).NET Developer
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (45.45 %)Windows
21 (9.091 %)Linux
21 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)Content Management
22 (18.18 %)E-Commerce
31 (9.091 %)Asset Management
31 (9.091 %)Investment Management
31 (9.091 %)Time Management
31 (9.091 %)SSADM
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (45.45 %)VB
23 (27.27 %)Perl
32 (18.18 %)PHP
32 (18.18 %)SQL
32 (18.18 %)C#
32 (18.18 %)VBScript
41 (9.091 %)Java
41 (9.091 %)JavaScript
41 (9.091 %)VBA
41 (9.091 %)Transact-SQL
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (18.18 %)Active Directory
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (36.36 %)Business Objects
22 (18.18 %)SAP
22 (18.18 %)Microsoft
22 (18.18 %)Adobe
22 (18.18 %)Tridion
22 (18.18 %)Google