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This section looks at the demand for Common Gateway Interface (CGI) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CGI over the last 3 months to 21 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCommon Gateway Interface (CGI)
Location
3 months to 21 May 2008Same period last year
Rank521549
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads6481
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.083 %0.089 %
As % of the category below0.342 %0.373 %
Daily rates quoted3115
Average minimum daily rate£341£332
Average daily rate£357£365
% change on same period last year-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£398£305
% change on same period last year+30.60 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£23.71
Average hourly rate-£26.43
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£29.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£26.43
% change on same period last year-
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1869821744
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.27 %24.02 %
Daily rates quoted61576539
Average minimum daily rate£356£373
Average daily rate£381£397
% change on same period last year-3.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£334
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Hourly rates quoted10201349
Average minimum hourly rate£29.69£29.95
Average hourly rate£32.39£31.91
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.09£33.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.07
% change on same period last year+0.96 %

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.

CGI
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CGI across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

CGI Demand Trend

CGI
Daily Rate Trend

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

CGI Daily Rate Trend

CGI
Daily Rate Histogram

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

CGI Daily Rate Histogram

CGI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CGI Hourly Rate Trend

CGI
Top 20 Contract Locations

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

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+3264£357-1.96 %
LondonUp+6149£353-22.21 %
City of LondonDown-229£379-29.41 %
Docklands, LondonNew entry-8£311-
South EastUp+407£423+32.03 %
West MidlandsNo change06£350-
BerkshireUp+235£423+25.18 %
BirminghamUp+54--
MaidenheadUp+124£423-
CamberleyNew entry-2--
SurreyUp+92--
ShropshireNew entry-1£350-
East of EnglandDown-281--
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
NottinghamshireNew entry-1--
Canary WharfNew entry-1--
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-1--
NottinghamNew entry-1--
ShrewsburyNew entry-1£350-
HertfordshireNew entry-1--

CGI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing CGI 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 CGI.

1112 (64.00 %)HTML
2102 (58.29 %)JavaScript
395 (54.29 %)Perl
483 (47.43 %)CSS
483 (47.43 %)Unix
581 (46.29 %)XML
665 (37.14 %)Apache
761 (34.86 %)Java
856 (32.00 %)Oracle
947 (26.86 %)XSLT
1045 (25.71 %)Solaris
1143 (24.57 %)Linux
1241 (23.43 %)TCP/IP
1336 (20.57 %)Flash
1435 (20.00 %)MySQL
1533 (18.86 %)Internet
1629 (16.57 %)SQL
1728 (16.00 %)DHTML
1728 (16.00 %)Shell Script
1826 (14.86 %)SMIL
1826 (14.86 %)ActionScript
1826 (14.86 %)XHTML
1925 (14.29 %)ActiveX
1925 (14.29 %)Network Security
2024 (13.71 %)OO
2123 (13.14 %)Sun
2221 (12.00 %)C
2221 (12.00 %)Sybase
2221 (12.00 %)VB
2221 (12.00 %)Problem Management

CGI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing CGI 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 CGI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1112 (64.00 %)HTML
283 (47.43 %)CSS
381 (46.29 %)XML
447 (26.86 %)XSLT
526 (14.86 %)XHTML
526 (14.86 %)SMIL
625 (14.29 %)ActiveX
720 (11.43 %)XSL
819 (10.86 %)AJAX
915 (8.571 %)J2EE
1012 (6.857 %)WebServices
1110 (5.714 %)SOAP
129 (5.143 %)JSP
138 (4.571 %)EJB
138 (4.571 %)JDBC
138 (4.571 %)ASP
138 (4.571 %)ODBC
138 (4.571 %)Ruby on Rails
138 (4.571 %)Swing
138 (4.571 %)XML Schema
Application Platforms
165 (37.14 %)Apache
216 (9.143 %)CMS
315 (8.571 %)Tomcat
412 (6.857 %)IIS
57 (4.000 %)WebLogic
62 (1.143 %)iPlanet
71 (0.571 %)Morello
71 (0.571 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.571 %)CICS
Applications
120 (11.43 %)Photoshop
27 (4.000 %)MS Project
31 (0.571 %)MS Visio
31 (0.571 %)ImageReady
31 (0.571 %)Fireworks
31 (0.571 %)Maya
31 (0.571 %)CATIA
31 (0.571 %)Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
141 (23.43 %)TCP/IP
233 (18.86 %)Internet
325 (14.29 %)Network Security
414 (8.000 %)Broadband
513 (7.429 %)SMTP
69 (5.143 %)HTTP
78 (4.571 %)POP3
78 (4.571 %)DNS
87 (4.000 %)IIOP
94 (2.286 %)VoIP
94 (2.286 %)SNMP
101 (0.571 %)FTP
101 (0.571 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
135 (20.00 %)MySQL
213 (7.429 %)SQL Server
37 (4.000 %)Oracle 9i
37 (4.000 %)MS Access
37 (4.000 %)TOAD
37 (4.000 %)Oracle 10g
44 (2.286 %)ObjectStore
52 (1.143 %)Sybase ASE
61 (0.571 %)Sybase IQ
61 (0.571 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.571 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
136 (20.57 %)Flash
28 (4.571 %)Eclipse
37 (4.000 %)PowerBuilder
44 (2.286 %)Dreamweaver
52 (1.143 %)Subversion
61 (0.571 %)RequisitePro
61 (0.571 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.571 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.571 %)PVCS
General
119 (10.86 %)Auditing
216 (9.143 %)Finance
311 (6.286 %)Banking
410 (5.714 %)Investment Banking
57 (4.000 %)Front Office
66 (3.429 %)Publishing
75 (2.857 %)Telecoms
84 (2.286 %)Marketing
93 (1.714 %)Multimedia
102 (1.143 %)Animation
102 (1.143 %)Government
111 (0.571 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.571 %)Advertising
111 (0.571 %)Financial Institution
111 (0.571 %)Automotive
Job Titles
1105 (60.00 %)Developer
247 (26.86 %)Web Developer
327 (15.43 %)UNIX Engineer
411 (6.286 %)Perl Developer
59 (5.143 %)Flash Developer
59 (5.143 %)Project Manager
68 (4.571 %)Software Developer
77 (4.000 %)ActionScript Developer
86 (3.429 %)JavaScript Developer
95 (2.857 %)Sybase Developer
95 (2.857 %)Programmer
104 (2.286 %)Software Engineer
104 (2.286 %)Consultant
104 (2.286 %)Systems Developer
104 (2.286 %)Senior Producer
113 (1.714 %)Murex Support
113 (1.714 %)PHP Developer
113 (1.714 %)Support Analyst
113 (1.714 %)Technical Support
113 (1.714 %)Analyst
Miscellaneous
113 (7.429 %)W3C
212 (6.857 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
212 (6.857 %)Derivative
35 (2.857 %)Statistics
43 (1.714 %)iDTV
43 (1.714 %)IPTV
52 (1.143 %)Web 2.0
52 (1.143 %)Mathematics
61 (0.571 %)Mainframe
61 (0.571 %)AS400
61 (0.571 %)Replication
61 (0.571 %)Cryptography
Operating Systems
183 (47.43 %)Unix
245 (25.71 %)Solaris
343 (24.57 %)Linux
415 (8.571 %)AIX
59 (5.143 %)Windows
61 (0.571 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
124 (13.71 %)OO
221 (12.00 %)Problem Management
313 (7.429 %)Web Development
412 (6.857 %)Content Management
510 (5.714 %)ITIL
68 (4.571 %)Software Engineering
68 (4.571 %)OOA/OOD
77 (4.000 %)UML
77 (4.000 %)RUP
86 (3.429 %)SEO
93 (1.714 %)Workflow
93 (1.714 %)Web Design
93 (1.714 %)OOP
93 (1.714 %)Project Management
102 (1.143 %)Disaster Recovery
102 (1.143 %)Unified Process
111 (0.571 %)Validation
111 (0.571 %)Agile Software Development
111 (0.571 %)Pay per click
111 (0.571 %)DNA
Programming Languages
1102 (58.29 %)JavaScript
295 (54.29 %)Perl
361 (34.86 %)Java
429 (16.57 %)SQL
528 (16.00 %)DHTML
528 (16.00 %)Shell Script
626 (14.86 %)ActionScript
721 (12.00 %)C
721 (12.00 %)VB
814 (8.000 %)C#
913 (7.429 %)VBScript
1012 (6.857 %)C++
1012 (6.857 %)PHP
118 (4.571 %)Ruby
127 (4.000 %)Korn
127 (4.000 %)PL/SQL
127 (4.000 %)VBA
136 (3.429 %)Python
136 (3.429 %)VB6
142 (1.143 %)AWK
Qualifications
12 (1.143 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (4.000 %)ISO9001
22 (1.143 %)WCAG
22 (1.143 %)WAI
31 (0.571 %)SLA
Vendors
156 (32.00 %)Oracle
223 (13.14 %)Sun
321 (12.00 %)Sybase
412 (6.857 %)Tridion
412 (6.857 %)Murex
412 (6.857 %)Calypso
510 (5.714 %)Mercator
69 (5.143 %)Red Hat
78 (4.571 %)Altova
87 (4.000 %)Macromedia
91 (0.571 %)Adobe
91 (0.571 %)HP
91 (0.571 %)CA
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