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This section looks at the demand for Fusebox 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 Fusebox over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFusebox
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank541612
Rank change on same period last yearUp+71
Matching contract IT job ads3111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.163 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£243-
Average daily rate£243-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£243-
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.50
Average hourly rate-£35.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% 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.

Fusebox
Demand Trend

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

Fusebox Demand Trend

Fusebox
Daily Rate Trend

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

Fusebox Daily Rate Trend

Fusebox
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Fusebox Daily Rate Histogram

Fusebox
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Fusebox Hourly Rate Trend

Fusebox
Top 11 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fusebox 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+6031£243-
2LondonUp+4921£243-
3South EastUp+468--
4CobhamNew entry-4--
4BuckinghamshireNo change04--
4SurreyNew entry-4--
5City of LondonDown-242£230-
6North EastNew entry-1--
6CoventryNew entry-1--
6MarlowDown-51--
6West MidlandsNew entry-1--

Fusebox
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

172 (98.63 %)ColdFusion
255 (75.34 %)JavaScript
351 (69.86 %)SQL Server
351 (69.86 %)SQL
437 (50.68 %)Transact-SQL
437 (50.68 %)HTML
534 (46.58 %)ColdFusion MX
632 (43.84 %)CSS
729 (39.73 %)SQL Server 2000
826 (35.62 %)SQL Server 2005
925 (34.25 %)Java
1024 (32.88 %)SQL Server 7
1122 (30.14 %)IIS
1221 (28.77 %)XML
1221 (28.77 %)Windows
1320 (27.40 %)Flash
1419 (26.03 %)ActionScript
1516 (21.92 %)VSS/SourceSafe
169 (12.33 %)Back Office
178 (10.96 %)Web Development
178 (10.96 %)Adobe Flex
186 (8.219 %)AJAX
186 (8.219 %)CMS
195 (6.849 %)Subversion
195 (6.849 %)Fireworks
195 (6.849 %)Internet
195 (6.849 %)Dreamweaver
195 (6.849 %)WebServices
195 (6.849 %)Linux
195 (6.849 %)Unix

Fusebox
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
137 (50.68 %)HTML
232 (43.84 %)CSS
321 (28.77 %)XML
48 (10.96 %)Adobe Flex
56 (8.219 %)AJAX
65 (6.849 %).NET
65 (6.849 %)WebServices
74 (5.479 %)ASP
83 (4.110 %)XHTML
92 (2.740 %)Ruby on Rails
92 (2.740 %)Flex 2
92 (2.740 %)Mach-II
101 (1.370 %)CakePHP
101 (1.370 %)Adobe AIR
101 (1.370 %)MonoRail
101 (1.370 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
172 (98.63 %)ColdFusion
234 (46.58 %)ColdFusion MX
322 (30.14 %)IIS
46 (8.219 %)CMS
Applications
15 (6.849 %)Fireworks
Communications & Networking
15 (6.849 %)Internet
23 (4.110 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
151 (69.86 %)SQL Server
229 (39.73 %)SQL Server 2000
326 (35.62 %)SQL Server 2005
424 (32.88 %)SQL Server 7
52 (2.740 %)MySQL
Development Applications
120 (27.40 %)Flash
216 (21.92 %)VSS/SourceSafe
35 (6.849 %)Dreamweaver
35 (6.849 %)Subversion
41 (1.370 %)JIRA
General
19 (12.33 %)Back Office
24 (5.479 %)Games
24 (5.479 %)Marketing
24 (5.479 %)Online Games
32 (2.740 %)Multimedia
41 (1.370 %)Telecoms
41 (1.370 %)Finance
41 (1.370 %)Government
41 (1.370 %)Advertising
Job Titles
171 (97.26 %)Developer
261 (83.56 %)ColdFusion Developer
39 (12.33 %)Web Developer
42 (2.740 %)Technical Lead
51 (1.370 %)Junior
51 (1.370 %)HTML Developer
51 (1.370 %)Applications Developer
51 (1.370 %)Lead Developer
51 (1.370 %)Internet Developer
51 (1.370 %)SQL Developer
51 (1.370 %)Junior Developer
Operating Systems
121 (28.77 %)Windows
25 (6.849 %)Linux
25 (6.849 %)Unix
32 (2.740 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
18 (10.96 %)Web Development
23 (4.110 %)System Testing
23 (4.110 %)Critical Path Analysis
23 (4.110 %)Project Planning
32 (2.740 %)CRM
32 (2.740 %)MVC
32 (2.740 %)SEO
Programming Languages
155 (75.34 %)JavaScript
251 (69.86 %)SQL
337 (50.68 %)Transact-SQL
425 (34.25 %)Java
519 (26.03 %)ActionScript
64 (5.479 %)DHTML
72 (2.740 %)PHP
72 (2.740 %)Ruby
81 (1.370 %)C#
Vendors
12 (2.740 %)Atlassian
21 (1.370 %)Microsoft
21 (1.370 %)Adobe
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