Surrey CMS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CMS over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Content Management System (CMS)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Ashton-under-Lyne Basildon Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire City of London Colchester Coventry Croydon Devon Docklands, London Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Gateshead Glasgow Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highland Home Counties Hounslow Inverness Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Peterlee Plymouth Reading Romford Scotland Sheffield Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Wirral Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	62	91
Rank change on same period last year	+29
Matching contract IT job ads	35	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.045 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	11.90 %	5.219 %
Daily rates quoted	6	5
Average minimum daily rate	£230	£240
Average daily rate	£243	£250
% change on same period last year	-3.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£255	£260
UK excluding London average daily rate	£279	£316
% change on same period last year	-11.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.34	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£20.14	£16.25
% change on same period last year	+23.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.94	£17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.84	£23.12
% change on same period last year	-14.21 %
Application Platforms Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	294	479
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.377 %	0.538 %
Daily rates quoted	66	86
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£338
Average daily rate	£376	£361
% change on same period last year	+4.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	62
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.87	£22.61
Average hourly rate	£23.05	£23.48
% change on same period last year	-1.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.23	£24.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
CMS South East

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.

CMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the Surrey region over the past 3 months.

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the Surrey region.

CMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the Surrey region over the past 3 months.

CMS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Surrey region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Guildford	-1	3	-	-
2	Woking	-	1	£325	-

CMS South East

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Surrey region citing CMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CMS.

1 43 (40.95 %) Content Management 2 33 (31.43 %) XML 3 25 (23.81 %) Web Development 4 24 (22.86 %) Avaya 5 23 (21.90 %) CSS 6 22 (20.95 %) SQL 6 22 (20.95 %) Interwoven 7 21 (20.00 %) IXOS 7 21 (20.00 %) HTML 7 21 (20.00 %) Vignette 8 20 (19.05 %) .NET 9 18 (17.14 %) PBX 10 17 (16.19 %) ASP.NET 11 16 (15.24 %) C# 12 15 (14.29 %) IP Telephony

13 12 (11.43 %) Marketing 13 12 (11.43 %) BT 13 12 (11.43 %) Publishing 13 12 (11.43 %) Handset 13 12 (11.43 %) ISDN 14 10 (9.524 %) Firmware 14 10 (9.524 %) SQL Server 15 9 (8.571 %) JavaScript 15 9 (8.571 %) Telecoms 16 8 (7.619 %) SEO 16 8 (7.619 %) AJAX 16 8 (7.619 %) DHTML 16 8 (7.619 %) XSLT 17 7 (6.667 %) ASP 17 7 (6.667 %) Java

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Surrey region citing CMS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 33 (31.43 %) XML 2 23 (21.90 %) CSS 3 21 (20.00 %) HTML 4 20 (19.05 %) .NET 5 17 (16.19 %) ASP.NET 6 8 (7.619 %) AJAX 6 8 (7.619 %) XSLT 7 7 (6.667 %) ASP 8 6 (5.714 %) JSP 9 4 (3.810 %) WebServices 9 4 (3.810 %) XHTML 10 3 (2.857 %) WAP 10 3 (2.857 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 1 (0.952 %) .NET Framework 11 1 (0.952 %) Silverlight 11 1 (0.952 %) DOM 11 1 (0.952 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 6 (5.714 %) Rhythmyx 2 3 (2.857 %) SharePoint 2 3 (2.857 %) TeamSite 3 2 (1.905 %) Content Management Server 3 2 (1.905 %) ColdFusion 4 1 (0.952 %) MindAlign 4 1 (0.952 %) EPiServer 4 1 (0.952 %) IIS
Applications 1 6 (5.714 %) Photoshop 2 3 (2.857 %) Fireworks 3 1 (0.952 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 1 (0.952 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.952 %) Acrobat 3 1 (0.952 %) FreeHand	Business Applications 1 3 (2.857 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 18 (17.14 %) PBX 2 15 (14.29 %) IP Telephony 3 12 (11.43 %) ISDN 4 7 (6.667 %) DEFINITY 5 3 (2.857 %) Internet 6 2 (1.905 %) DSL 6 2 (1.905 %) TELNET 6 2 (1.905 %) Wireless 6 2 (1.905 %) Intranet 6 2 (1.905 %) SNMP 6 2 (1.905 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (9.524 %) SQL Server 2 3 (2.857 %) SQL Server 2000 2 3 (2.857 %) SQL Server 2005 2 3 (2.857 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 7 (6.667 %) CruiseControl 2 6 (5.714 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 5 (4.762 %) Flash 4 4 (3.810 %) Dreamweaver 5 1 (0.952 %) Visual Studio	General 1 12 (11.43 %) Publishing 1 12 (11.43 %) Marketing 2 9 (8.571 %) Telecoms 3 6 (5.714 %) Government 4 5 (4.762 %) Finance 5 3 (2.857 %) Electronics 6 2 (1.905 %) Retail 6 2 (1.905 %) Graphic Design 7 1 (0.952 %) Multimedia 7 1 (0.952 %) Investment Banking 7 1 (0.952 %) Banking 7 1 (0.952 %) Front Office 7 1 (0.952 %) Education
Job Titles 1 46 (43.81 %) Developer 2 22 (20.95 %) Administrator 3 18 (17.14 %) Systems Administrator 4 9 (8.571 %) .NET Developer 5 8 (7.619 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 7 (6.667 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 7 (6.667 %) C# Developer 6 7 (6.667 %) Web Developer 7 5 (4.762 %) Web Designer 8 3 (2.857 %) Support Engineer 9 2 (1.905 %) Information Architect 9 2 (1.905 %) Webmaster 9 2 (1.905 %) Systems Support 9 2 (1.905 %) Java Developer 9 2 (1.905 %) Analyst 9 2 (1.905 %) Architect 9 2 (1.905 %) ColdFusion Developer 9 2 (1.905 %) Marketing Executive 9 2 (1.905 %) Avaya Engineer 9 2 (1.905 %) Web Editor	Miscellaneous 1 12 (11.43 %) Handset 2 10 (9.524 %) Firmware 3 7 (6.667 %) Web 2.0 4 5 (4.762 %) W3C 5 3 (2.857 %) Asset Management 6 1 (0.952 %) Streaming Media 6 1 (0.952 %) NHS 6 1 (0.952 %) Blog 6 1 (0.952 %) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies 1 43 (40.95 %) Content Management 2 25 (23.81 %) Web Development 3 8 (7.619 %) SEO 4 7 (6.667 %) Internet Marketing 5 5 (4.762 %) Disaster Recovery 5 5 (4.762 %) Technical Architecture 6 4 (3.810 %) Project Management 7 3 (2.857 %) ITIL 7 3 (2.857 %) UML 8 2 (1.905 %) CRM 8 2 (1.905 %) E-Commerce 8 2 (1.905 %) Usability Testing 8 2 (1.905 %) Test Scripting 8 2 (1.905 %) Systems Analysis 8 2 (1.905 %) Pay per click 9 1 (0.952 %) Time Management 9 1 (0.952 %) Scrum 9 1 (0.952 %) Information Management 9 1 (0.952 %) Data Analysis 9 1 (0.952 %) Service Delivery	Programming Languages 1 22 (20.95 %) SQL 2 16 (15.24 %) C# 3 9 (8.571 %) JavaScript 4 8 (7.619 %) DHTML 5 7 (6.667 %) Java 6 1 (0.952 %) PHP 6 1 (0.952 %) VB 6 1 (0.952 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 1 (0.952 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.905 %) WAI
Vendors 1 24 (22.86 %) Avaya 2 22 (20.95 %) Interwoven 3 21 (20.00 %) Vignette 3 21 (20.00 %) IXOS 4 12 (11.43 %) BT 5 6 (5.714 %) Percussion 6 5 (4.762 %) Perforce 7 3 (2.857 %) RedDot 7 3 (2.857 %) Microsoft 8 2 (1.905 %) Adobe 9 1 (0.952 %) salesforce.com