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This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the Thames Valley 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3362
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.007 %
As % of the category below14.67 %2.970 %
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£316
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£12.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.58£23.12
% change on same period last year-15.30 %
Application Platforms Thames ValleyApplication Platforms
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads75202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.227 %
Daily rates quoted526
Average minimum daily rate£364£346
Average daily rate£376£363
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£354
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£23.50
Average hourly rate-£24.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.66£22.76
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
CMS South EastCMS
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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Thames Valley CMS Demand Trend

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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley CMS Daily Rate Trend

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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

112 (60.00 %)Content Management
211 (55.00 %)HTML
38 (40.00 %)XML
38 (40.00 %)Drupal
45 (25.00 %)LAMP
45 (25.00 %)Linux
45 (25.00 %)JavaScript
45 (25.00 %)PHP
45 (25.00 %)MySQL
45 (25.00 %)Python
53 (15.00 %)PHP5
53 (15.00 %)Subversion
53 (15.00 %)XHTML
53 (15.00 %)Apache
53 (15.00 %)Oracle
53 (15.00 %)XSLT
53 (15.00 %)CSS
62 (10.00 %)JSP
62 (10.00 %)Servlets
62 (10.00 %)JUnit
62 (10.00 %)J2EE
62 (10.00 %)Java
62 (10.00 %)LDAP
62 (10.00 %)SOA
62 (10.00 %)Eclipse
62 (10.00 %)TDD
62 (10.00 %)Publishing
62 (10.00 %)Migration
71 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (5.000 %)Live Communications Server

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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
111 (55.00 %)HTML
28 (40.00 %)XML
28 (40.00 %)Drupal
35 (25.00 %)LAMP
43 (15.00 %)XSLT
43 (15.00 %)XHTML
43 (15.00 %)CSS
52 (10.00 %)JSP
52 (10.00 %)Servlets
52 (10.00 %)J2EE
61 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
61 (5.000 %).NET
61 (5.000 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
13 (15.00 %)Apache
21 (5.000 %)Tomcat
21 (5.000 %)Content Management Server
21 (5.000 %)Live Communications Server
Applications
11 (5.000 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
12 (10.00 %)LDAP
21 (5.000 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
15 (25.00 %)MySQL
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
13 (15.00 %)Subversion
22 (10.00 %)JUnit
22 (10.00 %)Eclipse
31 (5.000 %)Dreamweaver
General
12 (10.00 %)Publishing
Job Titles
19 (45.00 %)Developer
25 (25.00 %)Web Editor
34 (20.00 %)PHP Developer
42 (10.00 %)Senior PHP Developer
42 (10.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (10.00 %)J2EE Developer
42 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
42 (10.00 %)Java Developer
51 (5.000 %).NET Developer
51 (5.000 %)C# Developer
51 (5.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.000 %)Web Developer
51 (5.000 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
15 (25.00 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
112 (60.00 %)Content Management
22 (10.00 %)SOA
22 (10.00 %)Migration
22 (10.00 %)TDD
31 (5.000 %)UML
Programming Languages
15 (25.00 %)JavaScript
15 (25.00 %)PHP
15 (25.00 %)Python
23 (15.00 %)PHP5
32 (10.00 %)Java
41 (5.000 %)C#
Vendors
13 (15.00 %)Oracle
21 (5.000 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Red Hat
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