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This section looks at the demand for Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 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 CLDC over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConnected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank569-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.016 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£338-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£425-
UK excluding London average daily rate£338-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£42.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50-
% change on same period last year-
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1896821523
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.34 %24.18 %
Daily rates quoted62326473
Average minimum daily rate£359£371
Average daily rate£384£395
% change on same period last year-2.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted10471303
Average minimum hourly rate£29.78£29.78
Average hourly rate£32.46£31.71
% change on same period last year+2.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.14£33.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %

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.

CLDC
Demand Trend

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

CLDC Demand Trend

CLDC
Daily Rate Trend

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

CLDC Daily Rate Trend

CLDC
Daily Rate Histogram

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

CLDC Daily Rate Histogram

CLDC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CLDC Hourly Rate Trend

CLDC
Top 6 Contract Locations

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

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandNew entry-3£338-
2East of EnglandNew entry-2£338-
2HertfordshireNew entry-2£338-
3South EastNew entry-1--
3ReadingNew entry-1--
3BerkshireNew entry-1--

CLDC
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

16 (100.00 %)MIDP
16 (100.00 %)J2ME
25 (83.33 %)Games
33 (50.00 %)Java
33 (50.00 %)J2EE
42 (33.33 %)Windows
42 (33.33 %)Telecoms
42 (33.33 %)Mobile Games
42 (33.33 %)Symbian
42 (33.33 %)Windows Mobile
42 (33.33 %)Multithreading
51 (16.67 %)WAP
51 (16.67 %)Retail
51 (16.67 %)WML

CLDC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
16 (100.00 %)J2ME
16 (100.00 %)MIDP
23 (50.00 %)J2EE
31 (16.67 %)WML
31 (16.67 %)WAP
General
15 (83.33 %)Games
22 (33.33 %)Telecoms
22 (33.33 %)Mobile Games
31 (16.67 %)Retail
Job Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (50.00 %)Java Developer
32 (33.33 %)Applications Developer
41 (16.67 %)Java Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)Multithreading
Operating Systems
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)Windows Mobile
Programming Languages
13 (50.00 %)Java
Vendors
12 (33.33 %)Symbian
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