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The table below looks at the demand for Firebug skills across the UK with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firebug over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirebug
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3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
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As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads66208895
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.248 %8.937 %
Daily rates quoted21302650
Average minimum daily rate£335£348
Average daily rate£360£369
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£329
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted480694
Average minimum hourly rate£30.78£30.54
Average hourly rate£32.77£32.43
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.75£34.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.97£32.21
% change on same period last year+2.35 %

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.

Firebug
Demand Trend

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

Firebug Demand Trend

Firebug
Daily Rate Trend

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

Firebug Daily Rate Trend

Firebug
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Firebug 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 Firebug.

115 (88.24 %)HTML
212 (70.59 %)JavaScript
212 (70.59 %)PHP
212 (70.59 %)CSS
311 (64.71 %)JSP
311 (64.71 %)Ruby on Rails
311 (64.71 %)Web 2.0
311 (64.71 %)YUI
44 (23.53 %)Selenium
44 (23.53 %)Flash
44 (23.53 %)Scrum
53 (17.65 %)ISEB
53 (17.65 %)JUnit
53 (17.65 %)Unit Testing
62 (11.76 %)Shell Script
62 (11.76 %)Software Testing
62 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
62 (11.76 %)TDD
62 (11.76 %)Ruby
71 (5.882 %)Education
71 (5.882 %)Internet
71 (5.882 %)ASP
71 (5.882 %)MS Excel
71 (5.882 %)Microsoft
71 (5.882 %)AJAX
71 (5.882 %)Degree
71 (5.882 %)Graphic Design
71 (5.882 %)Web Testing
71 (5.882 %)Test Scripting

Firebug
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Firebug 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 Firebug. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (88.24 %)HTML
212 (70.59 %)CSS
311 (64.71 %)JSP
311 (64.71 %)Ruby on Rails
311 (64.71 %)YUI
41 (5.882 %)AJAX
41 (5.882 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.882 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (23.53 %)Flash
14 (23.53 %)Selenium
23 (17.65 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.882 %)Education
11 (5.882 %)Graphic Design
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (64.71 %)Web Designer
23 (17.65 %)Tester
32 (11.76 %)Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Test Analyst
32 (11.76 %)Web Tester
41 (5.882 %)Website Designer
41 (5.882 %)Systems Tester
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (64.71 %)Web 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)Scrum
23 (17.65 %)Unit Testing
32 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
32 (11.76 %)TDD
32 (11.76 %)Software Testing
41 (5.882 %)Web Testing
41 (5.882 %)Test Scripting
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (70.59 %)JavaScript
112 (70.59 %)PHP
22 (11.76 %)Shell Script
22 (11.76 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (17.65 %)ISEB
21 (5.882 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft