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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ActiveX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActiveX over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank477422547
Rank change year-on-year
Down-55Up+125
Matching contract IT job ads161953
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.033 %0.048 %0.064 %
As % of the Application Development category0.124 %0.218 %0.267 %
Daily rates quoted6627
Average daily rate£300£325£275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %+18.18 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£286£231£253
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£378£413£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£235£315
% change year-on-year
+27.65 %-25.39 %
Hourly rates quoted038
Average hourly rate-£35.00£39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--10.25 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£35.00£39.00
% change year-on-year
--10.25 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893871819870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.69 %22.10 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted657530396466
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4254911255
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.70£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

ActiveX
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ActiveX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ActiveX Demand Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ActiveX within the UK.

ActiveX Daily Rate Trend

ActiveX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ActiveX within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

ActiveX Daily Rate Histogram

ActiveX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ActiveX within the UK.

ActiveX Hourly Rate Trend

ActiveX
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ActiveX within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-4616£300-14.28 %
LondonDown-5811£331-5.35 %
South EastDown-14£300+12.14 %
SurreyNew entry-4£300-
City of LondonNew entry-2£300-
HampshireDown-31£300+12.14 %
South WestDown-81£275-
GuildfordNew entry-1--

ActiveX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX.

120 (57.14 %).NET
215 (42.86 %)VB
215 (42.86 %)C#
314 (40.00 %)HTML
314 (40.00 %)JavaScript
314 (40.00 %)SQL Server
411 (31.43 %)Visual Studio
411 (31.43 %)CSS
411 (31.43 %)SQL
510 (28.57 %)Java
510 (28.57 %)Oracle
69 (25.71 %)VB.NET
69 (25.71 %)VBA
69 (25.71 %)XML
78 (22.86 %)Web Services
78 (22.86 %)XSLT
78 (22.86 %)ASP.NET
87 (20.00 %)ADO
87 (20.00 %)Finance
87 (20.00 %)Internet
87 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
96 (17.14 %)Scrum
96 (17.14 %)ASP
96 (17.14 %)PHP
96 (17.14 %)Adobe Flex
96 (17.14 %)RIA
105 (14.29 %).NET Framework
105 (14.29 %)ActionScript
105 (14.29 %)T-SQL
105 (14.29 %)Apache

ActiveX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ActiveX 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 ActiveX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (57.14 %).NET
214 (40.00 %)HTML
311 (31.43 %)CSS
49 (25.71 %)XML
58 (22.86 %)Web Services
58 (22.86 %)XSLT
58 (22.86 %)ASP.NET
67 (20.00 %)ADO
76 (17.14 %)ASP
76 (17.14 %)Adobe Flex
85 (14.29 %).NET Framework
85 (14.29 %)XHTML
85 (14.29 %)CGI
94 (11.43 %)ODBC
103 (8.571 %)AJAX
103 (8.571 %)WCF
103 (8.571 %)SOAP
103 (8.571 %)WinForms
103 (8.571 %)OLE
103 (8.571 %)OLE DB
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (14.29 %)Apache
21 (2.857 %)Immediacy CMS
21 (2.857 %)SharePoint
21 (2.857 %)Tuxedo
21 (2.857 %)IIS
21 (2.857 %)CMS
21 (2.857 %)ColdFusion
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (8.571 %)MS Excel
21 (2.857 %)Spreadsheet
21 (2.857 %)MS Visio
21 (2.857 %)MS Project
21 (2.857 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (20.00 %)Internet
24 (11.43 %)HTTP
32 (5.714 %)X.500
32 (5.714 %)LDAP
41 (2.857 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (40.00 %)SQL Server
25 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (8.571 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
33 (8.571 %)Datawarehouse
33 (8.571 %)DTS
33 (8.571 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
33 (8.571 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (5.714 %)BusinessObjects
42 (5.714 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (5.714 %)SQL Server Integration Services
42 (5.714 %)Crystal Reports
51 (2.857 %)BusinessObjects XI
51 (2.857 %)MS Access
51 (2.857 %)Oracle Reports
51 (2.857 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (2.857 %)GIS
51 (2.857 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (31.43 %)Visual Studio
24 (11.43 %)Visual Studio Team System
33 (8.571 %)Team Foundation Server
42 (5.714 %)QuickTest Pro
42 (5.714 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (5.714 %)NCover
51 (2.857 %)Subversion
51 (2.857 %)InstallShield
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (20.00 %)Finance
23 (8.571 %)Banking
32 (5.714 %)Education
41 (2.857 %)Online Games
41 (2.857 %)Retail
41 (2.857 %)Multimedia
41 (2.857 %)Games
41 (2.857 %)Telecoms
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
129 (82.86 %)Developer
25 (14.29 %)Front-End Developer
25 (14.29 %).NET Developer
34 (11.43 %)Web Developer
34 (11.43 %)C# Developer
34 (11.43 %)SQL Developer
43 (8.571 %)VBA Developer
43 (8.571 %)VB Developer
43 (8.571 %)VB6 Developer
43 (8.571 %)Software Developer
43 (8.571 %)Architect
52 (5.714 %)Senior Developer
52 (5.714 %)Software Architect
52 (5.714 %)C# Web Developer
52 (5.714 %)Senior Software Architect
52 (5.714 %)Senior Software Developer
52 (5.714 %)Access Developer
52 (5.714 %)Senior Architect
61 (2.857 %)Front-End Web Developer
61 (2.857 %)ASP.NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (17.14 %)RIA
23 (8.571 %)N-Tier
32 (5.714 %)Multithreading
41 (2.857 %)Ergonomics
41 (2.857 %)Client/Server
41 (2.857 %)CCTV
41 (2.857 %)Derivative
41 (2.857 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (2.857 %)Windows
11 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
26 (17.14 %)Scrum
34 (11.43 %)Project Management
34 (11.43 %)Automated Testing
34 (11.43 %)Software Engineering
34 (11.43 %)TDD
34 (11.43 %)OO
43 (8.571 %)Workflow
43 (8.571 %)MVC
43 (8.571 %)BCP
52 (5.714 %)Asset Management
52 (5.714 %)Security Management
52 (5.714 %)Unified Process
52 (5.714 %)UML
52 (5.714 %)Wealth Management
61 (2.857 %)Information Architecture
61 (2.857 %)Investment Management
61 (2.857 %)Fund Management
61 (2.857 %)Release Management
61 (2.857 %)Unit Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
115 (42.86 %)VB
115 (42.86 %)C#
214 (40.00 %)JavaScript
311 (31.43 %)SQL
410 (28.57 %)Java
59 (25.71 %)VB.NET
59 (25.71 %)VBA
66 (17.14 %)PHP
75 (14.29 %)ActionScript
75 (14.29 %)T-SQL
75 (14.29 %)VB6
83 (8.571 %)C
83 (8.571 %)PL/SQL
91 (2.857 %)Perl
91 (2.857 %)C++
91 (2.857 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (2.857 %)SC Cleared
11 (2.857 %)BC Cleared
11 (2.857 %)Security Cleared
11 (2.857 %)Degree
11 (2.857 %)HNC
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.857 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (5.714 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (28.57 %)Oracle
23 (8.571 %)Microsoft
32 (5.714 %)IBM
32 (5.714 %)Business Objects
41 (2.857 %)Google
41 (2.857 %)Cognos
41 (2.857 %)Sybase