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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DHTML skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DHTML over the 3 months to 18 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.

LinkDynamic HTML (DHTML)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank369296263
Rank change year-on-year
Down-73Down-33
Matching contract IT job ads120143424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.250 %0.361 %0.516 %
As % of the Application Development category0.938 %1.637 %2.135 %
Daily rates quoted5367201
Average daily rate£373£303£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.14 %-6.920 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£200£226
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£450£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£226£283
% change year-on-year
+49.17 %-19.91 %
Hourly rates quoted199
Average hourly rate£37.50£22.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.45 %-26.66 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£22.00£27.75
% change year-on-year
+70.45 %-20.72 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12795873519862
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.65 %22.08 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted652530156461
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 quoted4244941256
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£30.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
-8.330 %-7.690 %

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.

DHTML
Demand Trend

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

DHTML Demand Trend

DHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

DHTML Daily Rate Trend

DHTML
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DHTML within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

DHTML Daily Rate Histogram

DHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DHTML Hourly Rate Trend

DHTML
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHTML within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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-51113£375+19.04 %
LondonDown-7275£375-6.25 %
City of LondonDown-6918£420+5.00 %
South EastDown-315£405+74.19 %
YorkshireUp+1410£393+25.60 %
ScotlandDown-116£210+7.34 %
GlasgowDown-126£210+27.27 %
Home CountiesNew entry-6--
SurreyDown-145£410+89.59 %
North YorkshireNew entry-5£425-
East of EnglandUp+134£275-2.65 %
West MidlandsUp+43£250-16.66 %
North WestDown-93--
YorkNew entry-3£425-
CambridgeshireUp+82£275-2.65 %
LeedsUp+52£350+12.00 %
West YorkshireDown-62£350+12.00 %
East MidlandsDown-102--
CheshireDown-162--
DerbyshireNew entry-2--
ReadingNew entry-2£263-
UxbridgeNew entry-2£356-
BrentfordNew entry-2£325-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-2£355-
NorfolkNew entry-2--
WarwickshireNew entry-2--
BerkshireNew entry-2£263-
Canary WharfNew entry-2£550-
HampshireUp+41--
BirminghamUp+11£250-16.66 %

DHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DHTML 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 DHTML.

1204 (81.27 %)JavaScript
2173 (68.92 %)CSS
3147 (58.57 %)HTML
4129 (51.39 %)AJAX
5116 (46.22 %)XML
6100 (39.84 %).NET
782 (32.67 %)ASP.NET
881 (32.27 %)SQL Server
977 (30.68 %)Java
1059 (23.51 %)C#
1156 (22.31 %)SQL
1254 (21.51 %)SQL Server 2005
1353 (21.12 %)Flash
1353 (21.12 %)XHTML
1438 (15.14 %)OO
1536 (14.34 %)Web Services
1634 (13.55 %)Web Development
1733 (13.15 %)JSP
1831 (12.35 %)ASP
1831 (12.35 %)Agile Software Development
1930 (11.95 %)Finance
2029 (11.55 %)XSLT
2128 (11.16 %)Photoshop
2227 (10.76 %)PHP
2227 (10.76 %)Internet
2227 (10.76 %)jQuery
2325 (9.960 %)Oracle
2424 (9.562 %)Banking
2424 (9.562 %)Spring
2522 (8.765 %)Intranet

DHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DHTML 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 DHTML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1173 (68.92 %)CSS
2147 (58.57 %)HTML
3129 (51.39 %)AJAX
4116 (46.22 %)XML
5100 (39.84 %).NET
682 (32.67 %)ASP.NET
753 (21.12 %)Flash
753 (21.12 %)XHTML
836 (14.34 %)Web Services
933 (13.15 %)JSP
1031 (12.35 %)ASP
1129 (11.55 %)XSLT
1227 (10.76 %)jQuery
1324 (9.562 %)Spring
1420 (7.968 %).NET Framework
1516 (6.375 %)J2EE
1516 (6.375 %)ADO.NET
1614 (5.578 %)Silverlight
1614 (5.578 %)Hibernate
1713 (5.179 %)DOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (8.765 %)Tomcat
221 (8.367 %)SharePoint
319 (7.570 %)IIS
416 (6.375 %)CMS
511 (4.382 %)WebSphere Application Server
68 (3.187 %)Apache
77 (2.789 %)WebLogic
85 (1.992 %)TeamSite
94 (1.594 %)SharePoint Server 2007
103 (1.195 %)Drupal
112 (0.797 %)AquaLogic
112 (0.797 %)WebLogic Portal
112 (0.797 %)Lotus Notes
112 (0.797 %)Lotus Domino
121 (0.398 %)Oracle 9iAS
121 (0.398 %)MS Exchange
121 (0.398 %)BizTalk Server
121 (0.398 %)MTS
121 (0.398 %)Oracle Workflow
121 (0.398 %)ActiveMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
128 (11.16 %)Photoshop
28 (3.187 %)MS Visio
37 (2.789 %)Fireworks
45 (1.992 %)Adobe Illustrator
54 (1.594 %)MS Office
54 (1.594 %)MS Excel
62 (0.797 %)GIMP
62 (0.797 %)Inkscape
62 (0.797 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.797 %)ImageReady
71 (0.398 %)Acrobat
71 (0.398 %)Adobe After Effects
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (1.594 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
127 (10.76 %)Internet
222 (8.765 %)Intranet
37 (2.789 %)HTTP
46 (2.390 %)FTP
55 (1.992 %)HTTPS
55 (1.992 %)Extranet
63 (1.195 %)LDAP
63 (1.195 %)Firewall
72 (0.797 %)SSH
72 (0.797 %)SSL
72 (0.797 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.797 %)DNS
81 (0.398 %)Broadband
81 (0.398 %)LAN
81 (0.398 %)DMZ
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
181 (32.27 %)SQL Server
254 (21.51 %)SQL Server 2005
320 (7.968 %)SQL Server 2000
413 (5.179 %)SQL Server Integration Services
413 (5.179 %)MySQL
413 (5.179 %)SQL Server 2008
510 (3.984 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
510 (3.984 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
68 (3.187 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
76 (2.390 %)RDBMS
85 (1.992 %)IDOL
93 (1.195 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.797 %)DB2
102 (0.797 %)DTS
111 (0.398 %)MS Access
111 (0.398 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.398 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.398 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (7.570 %)Visual Studio
216 (6.375 %)Subversion
310 (3.984 %)Dreamweaver
47 (2.789 %)Eclipse
56 (2.390 %)NUnit
65 (1.992 %)Oracle Forms
65 (1.992 %)Selenium
74 (1.594 %)FitNesse
74 (1.594 %)TeamCity
74 (1.594 %)JUnit
74 (1.594 %)VSS/SourceSafe
74 (1.594 %)ClearCase
83 (1.195 %)Ant
83 (1.195 %)csUnit
83 (1.195 %)WatiN
83 (1.195 %)WATIR
83 (1.195 %)ReSharper
92 (0.797 %)NCover
92 (0.797 %)NDepend
92 (0.797 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (11.95 %)Finance
224 (9.562 %)Banking
319 (7.570 %)Investment Banking
49 (3.586 %)Games
58 (3.187 %)Government
67 (2.789 %)Telecoms
67 (2.789 %)Insurance
76 (2.390 %)Billing
85 (1.992 %)Education
94 (1.594 %)Marketing
94 (1.594 %)Graphic Design
103 (1.195 %)Advertising
112 (0.797 %)Online Games
112 (0.797 %)Multimedia
112 (0.797 %)Electric
121 (0.398 %)Electronics
121 (0.398 %)Front Office
121 (0.398 %)Back Office
121 (0.398 %)Financial Institution
121 (0.398 %)Automotive
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1206 (82.07 %)Developer
280 (31.87 %)Web Developer
337 (14.74 %).NET Developer
436 (14.34 %)Java Developer
522 (8.765 %)ASP.NET Developer
522 (8.765 %)Designer
617 (6.773 %)C# Developer
617 (6.773 %)Front-End Developer
715 (5.976 %)CSS Developer
715 (5.976 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
814 (5.578 %)JavaScript Developer
814 (5.578 %)Java Web Developer
911 (4.382 %).NET Web Developer
1010 (3.984 %)Senior Developer
118 (3.187 %)SharePoint Developer
118 (3.187 %)UI Designer
118 (3.187 %)Applications Developer
118 (3.187 %)Architect
127 (2.789 %)C# Web Developer
127 (2.789 %)ASP Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (8.367 %)W3C
213 (5.179 %)Web 2.0
312 (4.781 %)RIA
49 (3.586 %)NHS
58 (3.187 %)Fixed Income
67 (2.789 %)Equities
67 (2.789 %)Computer Science
76 (2.390 %)Ergonomics
84 (1.594 %)Social Network
84 (1.594 %)iPhone
84 (1.594 %)Blackberry
93 (1.195 %)N-Tier
93 (1.195 %)Credit Risk
102 (0.797 %)Mathematics
102 (0.797 %)Data Protection Act
102 (0.797 %)Interactive TV
102 (0.797 %)BBC
102 (0.797 %)Client/Server
111 (0.398 %)iDTV
111 (0.398 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (5.578 %)Windows
28 (3.187 %)Linux
35 (1.992 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (1.195 %)Android
52 (0.797 %)Windows Vista
52 (0.797 %)Windows 7
52 (0.797 %)Windows Server 2008
52 (0.797 %)UNIX
52 (0.797 %)Windows XP
61 (0.398 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.398 %)Debian
61 (0.398 %)Ubuntu
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
138 (15.14 %)OO
234 (13.55 %)Web Development
331 (12.35 %)Agile Software Development
420 (7.968 %)TDD
517 (6.773 %)E-Commerce
615 (5.976 %)Unit Testing
714 (5.578 %)UML
714 (5.578 %)CRM
813 (5.179 %)Migration
911 (4.382 %)Continuous Integration
1010 (3.984 %)SOA
119 (3.586 %)Content Management
128 (3.187 %)Information Architecture
128 (3.187 %)OOD
137 (2.789 %)Web Design
137 (2.789 %)Pair Programming
137 (2.789 %)Refactoring
146 (2.390 %)SEO
146 (2.390 %)MVC
146 (2.390 %)OOA/OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1204 (81.27 %)JavaScript
277 (30.68 %)Java
359 (23.51 %)C#
456 (22.31 %)SQL
527 (10.76 %)PHP
617 (6.773 %)VBScript
714 (5.578 %)VB.NET
813 (5.179 %)T-SQL
912 (4.781 %)ActionScript
107 (2.789 %)VB
107 (2.789 %)PL/SQL
107 (2.789 %)Perl
107 (2.789 %)Apex Code
115 (1.992 %)C
115 (1.992 %)XPath
124 (1.594 %)PHP5
124 (1.594 %)C++
133 (1.195 %)VB6
133 (1.195 %)ActionScript 3.0
142 (0.797 %)XAML
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (4.382 %)Security Cleared
29 (3.586 %)SC Cleared
29 (3.586 %)Degree
33 (1.195 %)Sun Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.797 %)WCAG
12 (0.797 %)WAI
21 (0.398 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.797 %)Citrix Presentation Server
12 (0.797 %)Terminal Server
12 (0.797 %)Active Directory
21 (0.398 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (1.195 %)MSI
22 (0.797 %)SCCM
22 (0.797 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (9.960 %)Oracle
218 (7.171 %)Microsoft
39 (3.586 %)Salesforce.com
45 (1.992 %)Interwoven
45 (1.992 %)Vignette
45 (1.992 %)RedDot
54 (1.594 %)Sun
54 (1.594 %)IBM
63 (1.195 %)Adobe
63 (1.195 %)Terracotta
72 (0.797 %)AppSense
72 (0.797 %)Sybase
72 (0.797 %)Apple
72 (0.797 %)Lotus
72 (0.797 %)Citrix
81 (0.398 %)BEA
81 (0.398 %)Plumtree
81 (0.398 %)SAP
81 (0.398 %)JBoss
81 (0.398 %)BT