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This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills across the UK 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 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank138188
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching contract IT job ads907723
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.155 %0.817 %
As % of the category below8.225 %5.856 %
Daily rates quoted281183
Average minimum daily rate£312£290
Average daily rate£334£303
% change on same period last year+10.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£316
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Hourly rates quoted6148
Average minimum hourly rate£21.09£25.64
Average hourly rate£23.18£28.00
% change on same period last year-17.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.27£30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.46£21.67
% change on same period last year-10.17 %
Application Platforms UKApplication Platforms
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1102712347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled14.04 %13.96 %
Daily rates quoted31822977
Average minimum daily rate£363£355
Average daily rate£388£375
% change on same period last year+3.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£353
% change on same period last year+4.08 %
Hourly rates quoted11131250
Average minimum hourly rate£21.67£21.60
Average hourly rate£23.29£22.89
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.91£24.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.65£22.68
% change on same period last year-0.13 %

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

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 UK.

CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

CMS Daily Rate Histogram

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 UK.

CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

CMS Hourly Rate Histogram

CMS
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS 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
1EnglandUp+56873£334+9.97 %
2LondonUp+53549£345+16.08 %
3South EastUp+46124£320-1.31 %
4City of LondonUp+2590£341+5.38 %
5North WestDown-1836£270-16.15 %
6YorkshireUp+1835£254-4.82 %
7East MidlandsUp+1134£366+35.55 %
8East of EnglandUp+933£298+18.19 %
8SurreyUp+3333£243-3.00 %
9BerkshireUp+3231£434+38.08 %
10South WestUp+529£313-8.37 %
11ReadingDown-122£434+42.71 %
12HampshireUp+719--
12ScotlandUp+819£342+21.16 %
13West MidlandsUp+417£300-40.00 %
13West YorkshireUp+517£240-10.07 %
14HertfordshireDown-615£304+19.01 %
15ManchesterDown-514£248-
15NottinghamshireUp+714£463+71.60 %
16BuckinghamshireUp+813£242-35.55 %
17Thames ValleyUp+3811--
17BristolUp+811£307-
17Milton KeynesDown-511£242-
17NottinghamUp+711£590+118.51 %
18CheshireDown-2610£282+4.44 %
19LeedsUp+19£240-11.92 %
19GlasgowUp+19£342+29.68 %
19WalesDown-139--
20EssexUp+38£310-
20MidlandsUp+48£350-41.66 %

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1746 (43.45 %)Content Management
2542 (31.57 %)HTML
3448 (26.09 %).NET
4433 (25.22 %)CSS
5380 (22.13 %)JavaScript
6368 (21.43 %)XML
7331 (19.28 %)C#
8279 (16.25 %)SQL Server
9263 (15.32 %)SQL
10250 (14.56 %)ASP.NET
11205 (11.94 %)XHTML
12200 (11.65 %)Java
13184 (10.72 %)Microsoft
14170 (9.901 %)Internet
15154 (8.969 %)Intranet
16149 (8.678 %)PHP
17148 (8.620 %)Web Development
18145 (8.445 %)Photoshop
19143 (8.328 %)SharePoint
20142 (8.270 %)RedDot
21140 (8.154 %)MySQL
22136 (7.921 %)ASP
23134 (7.804 %)AJAX
24123 (7.164 %)XSLT
25113 (6.581 %)Oracle
26110 (6.407 %)Flash
27109 (6.348 %)Finance
28108 (6.290 %)Dreamweaver
29106 (6.174 %)WebServices
30104 (6.057 %)E-Commerce

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK 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
1542 (31.57 %)HTML
2448 (26.09 %).NET
3433 (25.22 %)CSS
4368 (21.43 %)XML
5250 (14.56 %)ASP.NET
6205 (11.94 %)XHTML
7136 (7.921 %)ASP
8134 (7.804 %)AJAX
9123 (7.164 %)XSLT
10106 (6.174 %)WebServices
1190 (5.242 %)J2EE
1251 (2.970 %)JSP
1346 (2.679 %)LAMP
1445 (2.621 %)Drupal
1544 (2.563 %)Spring
1637 (2.155 %)Hibernate
1731 (1.805 %)WebSphere
1830 (1.747 %)Struts
1927 (1.573 %).NET Framework
2025 (1.456 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
1143 (8.328 %)SharePoint
296 (5.591 %)IIS
385 (4.950 %)Apache
477 (4.485 %)TeamSite
576 (4.426 %)Content Management Server
672 (4.193 %)SharePoint Server 2007
755 (3.203 %)ColdFusion
833 (1.922 %)Tomcat
927 (1.573 %)WebLogic
1023 (1.340 %)LiveLink
1121 (1.223 %)Joomla!
1220 (1.165 %)Rhythmyx
1317 (0.990 %)Documentum
1416 (0.932 %)JBoss
1416 (0.932 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1514 (0.815 %)WebLogic Portal
1613 (0.757 %)Exchange Server 2007
1613 (0.757 %)EPiServer
1710 (0.582 %)BizTalk Server
189 (0.524 %)ColdFusion MX
Applications
1145 (8.445 %)Photoshop
284 (4.892 %)MS Excel
379 (4.601 %)MS Office
425 (1.456 %)MS PowerPoint
524 (1.398 %)Adobe Illustrator
623 (1.340 %)MS Visio
720 (1.165 %)Fireworks
818 (1.048 %)InfoPath
915 (0.874 %)MS Project
108 (0.466 %)Acrobat
115 (0.291 %)InDesign
123 (0.175 %)ImageReady
132 (0.116 %)FreeHand
141 (0.058 %)PageMaker
141 (0.058 %)CorelDRAW
141 (0.058 %)Quicktime
141 (0.058 %)QuarkXPress
Business Applications
114 (0.815 %)WebTrends
212 (0.699 %)Cartesis Magnitude
35 (0.291 %)SAP SRM
35 (0.291 %)SAP SD
44 (0.233 %)SAP FI
44 (0.233 %)SAP FI/CO
44 (0.233 %)SAP CO
53 (0.175 %)Oracle Applications
53 (0.175 %)SAP HR
61 (0.058 %)Oracle 11i
61 (0.058 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.058 %)Oracle ERP
61 (0.058 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
61 (0.058 %)Temenos T24
61 (0.058 %)VisionPLUS
61 (0.058 %)Temenos Globus
61 (0.058 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1170 (9.901 %)Internet
2154 (8.969 %)Intranet
334 (1.980 %)Extranet
421 (1.223 %)PBX
519 (1.107 %)IP Telephony
617 (0.990 %)FTP
716 (0.932 %)TCP/IP
815 (0.874 %)DEFINITY
914 (0.815 %)DNS
1013 (0.757 %)ISDN
1112 (0.699 %)LDAP
1112 (0.699 %)VoIP
1211 (0.641 %)HTTP
137 (0.408 %)VPN
146 (0.349 %)SAN
146 (0.349 %)CTI
146 (0.349 %)POP3
146 (0.349 %)SMS
146 (0.349 %)TELNET
146 (0.349 %)Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1279 (16.25 %)SQL Server
2140 (8.154 %)MySQL
396 (5.591 %)SQL Server 2005
439 (2.271 %)SQL Server 2000
537 (2.155 %)BusinessObjects
635 (2.038 %)SQL Server 7
727 (1.573 %)Crystal Reports
821 (1.223 %)Oracle Reports
920 (1.165 %)EDRMS
1012 (0.699 %)BusinessObjects XI
119 (0.524 %)RDBMS
125 (0.291 %)Oracle 10g
125 (0.291 %)DTS
125 (0.291 %)SAP BW
134 (0.233 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
134 (0.233 %)EDMS
142 (0.116 %)GIS
142 (0.116 %)Datawarehouse
142 (0.116 %)Oracle 9i
151 (0.058 %)MS Access
Development Applications
1110 (6.407 %)Flash
2108 (6.290 %)Dreamweaver
391 (5.300 %)Visual Studio
429 (1.689 %)VSS/SourceSafe
523 (1.340 %)FrontPage
621 (1.223 %)PVCS
621 (1.223 %)Eclipse
720 (1.165 %)OpenDeploy
819 (1.107 %)Subversion
916 (0.932 %)Ant
1015 (0.874 %)JUnit
1113 (0.757 %)Rational Rose
1113 (0.757 %)RequisitePro
128 (0.466 %)CruiseControl
136 (0.349 %)Selenium
145 (0.291 %)Log4Net
154 (0.233 %)LoadRunner
154 (0.233 %)ClearCase
163 (0.175 %)ClearQuest
163 (0.175 %)MetaTagger
General
1109 (6.348 %)Finance
2104 (6.057 %)Publishing
389 (5.183 %)Government
464 (3.727 %)Marketing
546 (2.679 %)Law
639 (2.271 %)Telecoms
738 (2.213 %)Legal
824 (1.398 %)Banking
923 (1.340 %)Health
1018 (1.048 %)Education
1115 (0.874 %)Retail
1211 (0.641 %)Games
1211 (0.641 %)Insurance
1310 (0.582 %)Local Government
1310 (0.582 %)Music
1310 (0.582 %)Graphic Design
1310 (0.582 %)Investment Banking
148 (0.466 %)Advertising
157 (0.408 %)Interactive Media
166 (0.349 %)Online Games
Job Titles
1844 (49.16 %)Developer
2215 (12.52 %)Web Developer
2215 (12.52 %).NET Developer
3146 (8.503 %)Analyst
4134 (7.804 %)Project Manager
5121 (7.047 %)C# Developer
688 (5.125 %)Consultant
770 (4.077 %)ASP.NET Developer
770 (4.077 %)PHP Developer
864 (3.727 %)Administrator
961 (3.553 %)Web Editor
1056 (3.262 %)Content Editor
1155 (3.203 %)Java Developer
1252 (3.029 %)Business Analyst
1346 (2.679 %)Architect
1442 (2.446 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1536 (2.097 %)Senior Developer
1536 (2.097 %)Support Analyst
1632 (1.864 %)Web Designer
1729 (1.689 %)Web Manager
Miscellaneous
158 (3.378 %)W3C
230 (1.747 %)Web 2.0
327 (1.573 %)Management Information System
415 (0.874 %)E-Learning
514 (0.815 %)Copywriting
514 (0.815 %)Handset
514 (0.815 %)N-Tier
613 (0.757 %)Firmware
712 (0.699 %)NHS
810 (0.582 %)Blog
99 (0.524 %)Replication
99 (0.524 %)Wiki
108 (0.466 %)Computer Science
108 (0.466 %)Statistics
108 (0.466 %)IVR
108 (0.466 %)Asset Management
117 (0.408 %)Blackberry
117 (0.408 %)Mathematics
126 (0.349 %)DTV
134 (0.233 %)SCORM
Operating Systems
199 (5.766 %)Windows
278 (4.543 %)Linux
364 (3.727 %)Unix
424 (1.398 %)Windows NT
523 (1.340 %)Solaris
614 (0.815 %)AIX
76 (0.349 %)Windows 2000
76 (0.349 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (0.291 %)Windows XP
94 (0.233 %)FreeBSD
103 (0.175 %)zOS
112 (0.116 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.058 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1746 (43.45 %)Content Management
2148 (8.620 %)Web Development
3104 (6.057 %)E-Commerce
491 (5.300 %)Project Management
587 (5.067 %)PRINCE2
657 (3.320 %)CRM
756 (3.262 %)UML
854 (3.145 %)Agile Software Development
952 (3.029 %)OO
1046 (2.679 %)Web Design
1143 (2.504 %)Workflow
1237 (2.155 %)Migration
1331 (1.805 %)SEO
1425 (1.456 %)Scrum
1425 (1.456 %)Business Analysis
1524 (1.398 %)ITIL
1622 (1.281 %)Test Scripting
1720 (1.165 %)Systems Analysis
1720 (1.165 %)Stakeholder Management
1720 (1.165 %)MVC
Programming Languages
1380 (22.13 %)JavaScript
2331 (19.28 %)C#
3263 (15.32 %)SQL
4200 (11.65 %)Java
5149 (8.678 %)PHP
669 (4.019 %)VB.NET
763 (3.669 %)VBScript
860 (3.494 %)Perl
951 (2.970 %)VB
1045 (2.621 %)Transact-SQL
1140 (2.330 %)DHTML
1229 (1.689 %)PHP5
1326 (1.514 %)ActionScript
1421 (1.223 %)VB6
1519 (1.107 %)Ruby
1618 (1.048 %)Python
1710 (0.582 %)PHP4
189 (0.524 %)Shell Script
197 (0.408 %)C++
206 (0.349 %)C
Qualifications
133 (1.922 %)Degree
227 (1.573 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
324 (1.398 %)PRINCE2 Certification
414 (0.815 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (0.408 %)Avaya Certification
66 (0.349 %)ITIL Certification
66 (0.349 %)Cisco Certification
66 (0.349 %)CCNP
75 (0.291 %)CCNA
84 (0.233 %)ISEB
93 (0.175 %)MCAD
93 (0.175 %)MCSD
93 (0.175 %)HND
93 (0.175 %)MCSE
102 (0.116 %)PMI Certification
111 (0.058 %)PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
137 (2.155 %)QA
222 (1.281 %)WAI
312 (0.699 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
410 (0.582 %)SLA
53 (0.175 %)WCAG
62 (0.116 %)BS7799
System Software
122 (1.281 %)Active Directory
24 (0.233 %)VMware ESX
32 (0.116 %)AquaLogic
41 (0.058 %)MSMQ
41 (0.058 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.058 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
15 (0.291 %)SCOM
23 (0.175 %)WSUS
23 (0.175 %)AllFusion Endevor
31 (0.058 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1184 (10.72 %)Microsoft
2142 (8.270 %)RedDot
3113 (6.581 %)Oracle
492 (5.358 %)Interwoven
563 (3.669 %)Tridion
654 (3.145 %)Avaya
741 (2.388 %)Vignette
839 (2.271 %)Adobe
937 (2.155 %)Business Objects
1033 (1.922 %)Stellent
1121 (1.223 %)IXOS
1220 (1.165 %)salesforce.com
1316 (0.932 %)Cisco
1415 (0.874 %)SAP
1415 (0.874 %)BEA
1514 (0.815 %)BT
1613 (0.757 %)Percussion
1613 (0.757 %)Mediasurface
1613 (0.757 %)Sun
1712 (0.699 %)Cartesis
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