Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ColdFusion skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ColdFusion over the 3 months to 22 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 Platforms category.

LinkAdobe ColdFusion
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank397387390
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads8059230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.165 %0.149 %0.280 %
As % of the Application Platforms category1.169 %1.033 %2.099 %
Daily rates quoted261751
Average daily rate£250£250£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£198£224£242
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£450£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£338£313
% change year-on-year
-25.92 %+7.910 %
Hourly rates quoted13322
Average hourly rate£27.50£27.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.850 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£25.40£22.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£33.40£39.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£35.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-21.42 %+16.66 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6842571110959
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.39 %13.36 %
Daily rates quoted296718193159
Average daily rate£355£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.420 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£213£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted472453985
Average hourly rate£19.50£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %+10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

ColdFusion
Demand Trend

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

ColdFusion Demand Trend

ColdFusion
Daily Rate Trend

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

ColdFusion Daily Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ColdFusion within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

ColdFusion Daily Rate Histogram

ColdFusion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ColdFusion Hourly Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ColdFusion within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

ColdFusion Hourly Rate Histogram

ColdFusion
Top 28 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ColdFusion within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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-2561£250+3.30 %
LondonDown-7826£265+13.24 %
South EastUp+119£275-18.51 %
ScotlandDown-116£330-
SurreyDown-216£300-
City of LondonDown-758£300+28.20 %
EdinburghNew entry-6--
East MidlandsNew entry-5£175-
South WestNew entry-5£240-
WokingNew entry-5--
LincolnshireNew entry-4£175-
West MidlandsUp+73£250-
BirminghamUp+33£250-
WalesUp+112--
South WalesUp+52--
BerkshireUp+52£250-
LincolnNew entry-2£213-
GlasgowDown-61--
North WestNew entry-1£220-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1--
DevonNew entry-1--
GuildfordNew entry-1£300-
ReadingNew entry-1--
ManchesterNew entry-1£220-
MaidenheadNew entry-1£250-
ExeterNew entry-1--
BuryNew entry-1£220-
BristolNew entry-1--

ColdFusion
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion.

163 (50.00 %)SQL
246 (36.51 %)SQL Server
341 (32.54 %)CSS
432 (25.40 %)JavaScript
432 (25.40 %)AJAX
531 (24.60 %)HTML
628 (22.22 %)Flash
727 (21.43 %)XML
826 (20.63 %)PHP
826 (20.63 %).NET
923 (18.25 %)Java
1022 (17.46 %)Oracle
1119 (15.08 %)UNIX
1217 (13.49 %)Web Services
1217 (13.49 %)Web Development
1316 (12.70 %)MySQL
1415 (11.90 %)Adobe Flex
1514 (11.11 %)Delphi
1514 (11.11 %)Windows
1514 (11.11 %)Linux
1514 (11.11 %)XHTML
1613 (10.32 %)VB
1712 (9.524 %)PL/SQL
1712 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
1810 (7.937 %)ASP
1810 (7.937 %)E-Commerce
1810 (7.937 %)SQL Server 2000
1810 (7.937 %)VB6
1810 (7.937 %)SQL Server 2005
199 (7.143 %)Security Cleared

ColdFusion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
141 (32.54 %)CSS
232 (25.40 %)AJAX
331 (24.60 %)HTML
428 (22.22 %)Flash
527 (21.43 %)XML
626 (20.63 %).NET
717 (13.49 %)Web Services
815 (11.90 %)Adobe Flex
914 (11.11 %)XHTML
1012 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
1110 (7.937 %)ASP
128 (6.349 %)Fusebox
135 (3.968 %)Lucene
143 (2.381 %)J2EE
143 (2.381 %)JSP
152 (1.587 %)Spring
152 (1.587 %)SOAP
152 (1.587 %)XSL
152 (1.587 %)jQuery
152 (1.587 %)Ruby on Rails
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (7.143 %)CMS
19 (7.143 %)ColdFusion MX
28 (6.349 %)Apache
36 (4.762 %)IIS
45 (3.968 %)Apache Solr
53 (2.381 %)SharePoint
53 (2.381 %)MS Exchange
62 (1.587 %)Tomcat
71 (0.794 %)Drupal
71 (0.794 %)Confluence
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (4.762 %)MS Excel
23 (2.381 %)Photoshop
32 (1.587 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (1.587 %)InDesign
32 (1.587 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (7.143 %)Internet
27 (5.556 %)Firewall
35 (3.968 %)SAN
42 (1.587 %)SSL
42 (1.587 %)Intranet
51 (0.794 %)WAN
51 (0.794 %)DAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (36.51 %)SQL Server
216 (12.70 %)MySQL
310 (7.937 %)SQL Server 2000
310 (7.937 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (5.556 %)SQL Server Integration Services
47 (5.556 %)DTS
55 (3.968 %)SQL Server 2008
55 (3.968 %)ETL
64 (3.175 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (1.587 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.794 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
24 (3.175 %)Subversion
33 (2.381 %)Eclipse
41 (0.794 %)Flex Builder
41 (0.794 %)JIRA
41 (0.794 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.794 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (3.968 %)Government
24 (3.175 %)Manufacturing
24 (3.175 %)Marketing
32 (1.587 %)3D Graphics
32 (1.587 %)Automotive
32 (1.587 %)Advertising
32 (1.587 %)Graphic Design
41 (0.794 %)Auditing
41 (0.794 %)Local Government
41 (0.794 %)Finance
41 (0.794 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
192 (73.02 %)Developer
256 (44.44 %)ColdFusion Developer
318 (14.29 %)Web Developer
413 (10.32 %)Analyst
512 (9.524 %)Programmer
68 (6.349 %)Flex Developer
77 (5.556 %)Designer
77 (5.556 %)Delphi Developer
86 (4.762 %)SQL Developer
86 (4.762 %)Analyst Programmer
95 (3.968 %)ColdFusion Programmer
95 (3.968 %)Delphi Programmer
95 (3.968 %)DBA
95 (3.968 %)Web Designer
95 (3.968 %)Infrastructure Engineer
95 (3.968 %)SQL Server Developer
95 (3.968 %)SQL DBA
104 (3.175 %)PHP Developer
104 (3.175 %)Architect
104 (3.175 %)Delphi Analyst Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (3.175 %)W3C
14 (3.175 %)RIA
22 (1.587 %)E-Learning
22 (1.587 %)Computer Science
31 (0.794 %)Wiki
31 (0.794 %)Ergonomics
31 (0.794 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (15.08 %)UNIX
214 (11.11 %)Windows
214 (11.11 %)Linux
35 (3.968 %)Windows Server 2008
35 (3.968 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (1.587 %)Solaris
42 (1.587 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (1.587 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
51 (0.794 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (13.49 %)Web Development
210 (7.937 %)E-Commerce
37 (5.556 %)BCP
46 (4.762 %)OO
46 (4.762 %)Test Scripting
54 (3.175 %)ERP
54 (3.175 %)OOP
54 (3.175 %)Systems Analysis
54 (3.175 %)Data Entry
63 (2.381 %)Content Management
63 (2.381 %)Change Management
63 (2.381 %)Scrum
72 (1.587 %)Web Design
72 (1.587 %)Contact Management
72 (1.587 %)Project Management
72 (1.587 %)Technical Architecture
72 (1.587 %)Creative Marketing
72 (1.587 %)Use Case
72 (1.587 %)Performance Management
72 (1.587 %)Unit Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
163 (50.00 %)SQL
232 (25.40 %)JavaScript
326 (20.63 %)PHP
423 (18.25 %)Java
514 (11.11 %)Delphi
613 (10.32 %)VB
712 (9.524 %)PL/SQL
810 (7.937 %)VB6
95 (3.968 %)ActionScript
95 (3.968 %)Shell Script
104 (3.175 %)Perl
113 (2.381 %)T-SQL
122 (1.587 %)CFML
122 (1.587 %)C
122 (1.587 %)C#
122 (1.587 %)Ruby
122 (1.587 %)Korn
122 (1.587 %)Bash shell
131 (0.794 %)ActionScript 3.0
131 (0.794 %)ActionScript 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
28 (6.349 %)Degree
35 (3.968 %)DV Cleared
35 (3.968 %)Cisco Certification
43 (2.381 %)SC Cleared
51 (0.794 %)BC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.794 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (3.968 %)Hyper-V
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (2.381 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
122 (17.46 %)Oracle
25 (3.968 %)Cisco
34 (3.175 %)Adobe
42 (1.587 %)Sun
51 (0.794 %)Atlassian
51 (0.794 %)Endeca
51 (0.794 %)Microsoft