Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the prevalence of the term Marketing in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Marketing over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkMarketing
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank8495
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads6071335
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.767 %1.734 %
As % of the General category3.645 %3.624 %
Daily rates quoted194412
Average daily rate£313£323
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.100 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£150£160
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£334
% change on same period last year-10.11 %
Hourly rates quoted3583
Average hourly rate£11.75£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-41.25 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£12.00£20.00
% change on same period last year-40.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1665336836
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK48.48 %47.84 %
Daily rates quoted704713533
Average daily rate£450£450
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£245£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£400
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted8092174
Average hourly rate£22.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.170 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£25.00

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.

Marketing
Demand Trend

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

Marketing Demand Trend

Marketing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Marketing Daily Rate Trend

Marketing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Marketing within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Marketing Daily Rate Histogram

Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Marketing Hourly Rate Trend

Marketing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Marketing within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Marketing Hourly Rate Histogram

Marketing
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 Marketing within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+12592£313-3.84 %
LondonDown-2258£325+6.55 %
South EastDown-1147£241-19.58 %
BerkshireDown-1652£200-20.00 %
City of LondonDown-1049£323-0.76 %
East of EnglandUp+4548£425+49.12 %
North WestUp+4039£325-19.75 %
HertfordshireUp+4138£425+57.40 %
YorkshireUp+4232£261+86.60 %
South WestUp+1330£219-43.54 %
West MidlandsUp+5327£250-47.36 %
HampshireUp+2026£390+15.55 %
West YorkshireUp+4324£261-
LeedsUp+4120£260-
SurreyDown-720£168-48.46 %
CheshireUp+3616£318-29.44 %
ReadingUp+1614£200-1.23 %
OxfordshireUp+513£275-38.88 %
WatfordUp+1812£475+100.00 %
CoventryUp+2810£356+278.98 %
WiltshireUp+2410£125-71.42 %
BracknellUp+1610--
East MidlandsUp+299£270-43.15 %
ScotlandUp+418£135+3.84 %
ManchesterUp+268£400-11.11 %
EdinburghUp+208£135-
BirminghamUp+198--
ChesterUp+138£110-72.83 %
BuckinghamshireUp+427£196-39.61 %
KentUp+217£200-20.00 %

Marketing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Marketing 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 Marketing.

1175 (15.03 %)CRM
2172 (14.78 %)Finance
3151 (12.97 %)Project Management
4145 (12.46 %)SQL
5141 (12.11 %)HTML
6137 (11.77 %)CSS
7113 (9.708 %)E-Commerce
8103 (8.849 %).NET
9100 (8.591 %)JavaScript
1098 (8.419 %)Telecoms
1187 (7.474 %)Internet Marketing
1286 (7.388 %)Microsoft
1381 (6.959 %)SEO
1476 (6.529 %)SQL Server
1573 (6.271 %)Internet
1672 (6.186 %)Photoshop
1672 (6.186 %)Degree
1770 (6.014 %)Content Management
1868 (5.842 %)Flash
1967 (5.756 %)SAS
2066 (5.670 %)MS Excel
2066 (5.670 %)PHP
2163 (5.412 %)SAP
2163 (5.412 %)ASP.NET
2261 (5.241 %)Government
2360 (5.155 %)Advertising
2360 (5.155 %)XML
2457 (4.897 %)C#
2556 (4.811 %)CMS
2654 (4.639 %)Direct Marketing

Marketing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Marketing 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 Marketing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1141 (12.11 %)HTML
2137 (11.77 %)CSS
3103 (8.849 %).NET
468 (5.842 %)Flash
563 (5.412 %)ASP.NET
660 (5.155 %)XML
754 (4.639 %)AJAX
853 (4.553 %)XHTML
928 (2.405 %).NET Framework
1026 (2.234 %)Silverlight
1120 (1.718 %)WebServices
1216 (1.375 %)Middleware
1315 (1.289 %)ASP
1414 (1.203 %)DHTML
1414 (1.203 %)Web Dynpro
1513 (1.117 %)jQuery
1611 (0.945 %)LAMP
179 (0.773 %)JSP
179 (0.773 %)XSLT
187 (0.601 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
167 (5.756 %)SAS
256 (4.811 %)CMS
325 (2.148 %)Joomla!
418 (1.546 %)SharePoint
57 (0.601 %)IIS
57 (0.601 %)SharePoint Server 2007
66 (0.515 %)Apache
66 (0.515 %)WordPress
66 (0.515 %)Drupal
74 (0.344 %)Tomcat
83 (0.258 %)WebLogic
83 (0.258 %)Content Management Server
92 (0.172 %)TeamSite
92 (0.172 %)DotNetNuke
92 (0.172 %)Liferay
101 (0.086 %)Moodle
101 (0.086 %)Blackboard Learning System
101 (0.086 %)Umbraco
101 (0.086 %)EPiServer
101 (0.086 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (6.186 %)Photoshop
266 (5.670 %)MS Excel
335 (3.007 %)MS Office
426 (2.234 %)MS Project
522 (1.890 %)MS Visio
621 (1.804 %)MS PowerPoint
719 (1.632 %)Adobe Illustrator
814 (1.203 %)SPSS
913 (1.117 %)Spreadsheet
109 (0.773 %)Fireworks
115 (0.430 %)Acrobat
122 (0.172 %)QuarkXPress
122 (0.172 %)FreeHand
122 (0.172 %)Shockwave
131 (0.086 %)Paint Shop Pro
131 (0.086 %)FastStats
131 (0.086 %)InDesign
131 (0.086 %)ImageReady
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
137 (3.179 %)SAP CRM
217 (1.460 %)Dynamics CRM
315 (1.289 %)WebTrends
411 (0.945 %)Singl.eView
510 (0.859 %)Unica Affinium
68 (0.687 %)Endur
76 (0.515 %)Findur
76 (0.515 %)SAP SD
85 (0.430 %)Google Analytics
85 (0.430 %)Oracle Applications
94 (0.344 %)Oracle EBS R12
94 (0.344 %)Murex MxG2000
94 (0.344 %)GoldMine
94 (0.344 %)BidBuddy
103 (0.258 %)SAP FI/CO
103 (0.258 %)SAP CO
103 (0.258 %)SAP FI
112 (0.172 %)Oracle EBS
112 (0.172 %)Microsoft CRM
112 (0.172 %)Oracle 11i
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
173 (6.271 %)Internet
225 (2.148 %)Intranet
312 (1.031 %)LTE
49 (0.773 %)Extranet
49 (0.773 %)3G
49 (0.773 %)UTRAN
58 (0.687 %)Broadband
67 (0.601 %)SMS
67 (0.601 %)Wireless
76 (0.515 %)PBX
84 (0.344 %)LAN
84 (0.344 %)VoIP
93 (0.258 %)Bluetooth
93 (0.258 %)CDMA2000
93 (0.258 %)WiMAX
93 (0.258 %)HSPA
102 (0.172 %)SSH
102 (0.172 %)FTP
111 (0.086 %)TCP/IP
111 (0.086 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
176 (6.529 %)SQL Server
245 (3.866 %)MySQL
326 (2.234 %)SQL Server 2005
422 (1.890 %)Datawarehouse
517 (1.460 %)Data Mining
517 (1.460 %)BusinessObjects
614 (1.203 %)Database Marketing
713 (1.117 %)SQL Server 2000
812 (1.031 %)ETL
812 (1.031 %)MS Access
99 (0.773 %)DTS
99 (0.773 %)Base SAS
107 (0.601 %)GIS
107 (0.601 %)DB2
107 (0.601 %)Crystal Reports
115 (0.430 %)SQL Server Integration Services
124 (0.344 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
124 (0.344 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
124 (0.344 %)Data Cleansing
133 (0.258 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (3.265 %)Dreamweaver
211 (0.945 %)Visual Studio
37 (0.601 %)Subversion
45 (0.430 %)Xcode
54 (0.344 %)LSMW
54 (0.344 %)TestDirector
63 (0.258 %)VSS/SourceSafe
63 (0.258 %)FrontPage
72 (0.172 %)ProC
81 (0.086 %)JUnit
81 (0.086 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.086 %)RequisitePro
81 (0.086 %)HttpUnit
81 (0.086 %)Selenium
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1172 (14.78 %)Finance
298 (8.419 %)Telecoms
361 (5.241 %)Government
460 (5.155 %)Advertising
552 (4.467 %)Banking
552 (4.467 %)Retail
645 (3.866 %)Health
736 (3.093 %)Publishing
832 (2.749 %)Education
929 (2.491 %)Legal
1028 (2.405 %)Pharmaceutical
1122 (1.890 %)Billing
1217 (1.460 %)Insurance
1217 (1.460 %)Multimedia
1217 (1.460 %)Games
1314 (1.203 %)Retail Banking
1413 (1.117 %)Graphic Design
1512 (1.031 %)Investment Banking
169 (0.773 %)Local Government
178 (0.687 %)Chemicals
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1213 (18.30 %)Developer
2184 (15.81 %)Analyst
3115 (9.880 %)Project Manager
489 (7.646 %)Consultant
583 (7.131 %)Business Analyst
656 (4.811 %)Marketing Manager
749 (4.210 %).NET Developer
846 (3.952 %)Web Developer
942 (3.608 %)Communications Manager
1034 (2.921 %)PHP Developer
1133 (2.835 %)Web Manager
1230 (2.577 %)Marketing Analyst
1327 (2.320 %)Web Editor
1327 (2.320 %)Product Manager
1426 (2.234 %)C# Developer
1525 (2.148 %)Data Analyst
1624 (2.062 %)Web Designer
1624 (2.062 %)Business Manager
1624 (2.062 %)SAS Analyst
1722 (1.890 %)CRM Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (3.093 %)NHS
226 (2.234 %)Statistics
317 (1.460 %)Copywriting
414 (1.203 %)Derivative
414 (1.203 %)W3C
513 (1.117 %)Informatics
612 (1.031 %)Mathematics
612 (1.031 %)Social Network
711 (0.945 %)FMCG
810 (0.859 %)Management Information System
99 (0.773 %)Computer Science
99 (0.773 %)Web 2.0
99 (0.773 %)Credit Risk
99 (0.773 %)German Language
107 (0.601 %)DTV
107 (0.601 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
116 (0.515 %)Data Integration
125 (0.430 %)iPhone
125 (0.430 %)Blog
125 (0.430 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (2.663 %)Windows
216 (1.375 %)Linux
313 (1.117 %)UNIX
49 (0.773 %)Mac OS X
56 (0.515 %)MVS
64 (0.344 %)Windows Vista
73 (0.258 %)Red Hat Linux
73 (0.258 %)Windows XP
73 (0.258 %)SUSE
73 (0.258 %)Fedora
73 (0.258 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.086 %)VxWorks
81 (0.086 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.086 %)Windows NT
81 (0.086 %)Solaris
81 (0.086 %)OS/2
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1175 (15.03 %)CRM
2151 (12.97 %)Project Management
3113 (9.708 %)E-Commerce
487 (7.474 %)Internet Marketing
581 (6.959 %)SEO
670 (6.014 %)Content Management
754 (4.639 %)Direct Marketing
847 (4.038 %)Business Analysis
945 (3.866 %)Web Development
1042 (3.608 %)Digital Marketing
1042 (3.608 %)PRINCE2
1141 (3.522 %)Web Design
1238 (3.265 %)Stakeholder Management
1336 (3.093 %)Business Intelligence
1431 (2.663 %)Migration
1431 (2.663 %)Web Analytics
1530 (2.577 %)Data Analysis
1627 (2.320 %)User Acceptance Testing
1726 (2.234 %)Email Marketing
1726 (2.234 %)Pay per click
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1145 (12.46 %)SQL
2100 (8.591 %)JavaScript
366 (5.670 %)PHP
457 (4.897 %)C#
528 (2.405 %)C
627 (2.320 %)Java
726 (2.234 %)ABAP
825 (2.148 %)T-SQL
922 (1.890 %)ActionScript
1015 (1.289 %)VB.NET
1112 (1.031 %)VB
1112 (1.031 %)C++
129 (0.773 %)Embedded C
129 (0.773 %)Embedded C++
138 (0.687 %)PHP5
145 (0.430 %)Objective-C
145 (0.430 %)Perl
154 (0.344 %)VBA
163 (0.258 %)PHP4
163 (0.258 %)SAS Macro
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
172 (6.186 %)Degree
225 (2.148 %)Security Cleared
38 (0.687 %)PRINCE2 Certification
44 (0.344 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
44 (0.344 %)ISEB
44 (0.344 %)BC Cleared
44 (0.344 %)CTC Cleared
53 (0.258 %)SC Cleared
62 (0.172 %)ISEB Practitioner
62 (0.172 %)PhD
62 (0.172 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.172 %)PMI Certification
62 (0.172 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (0.086 %)SSCP
71 (0.086 %)Security+ Certification
71 (0.086 %)CCVP
71 (0.086 %)GCIA
71 (0.086 %)GCIH
71 (0.086 %)GCFA
71 (0.086 %)CCIE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (2.062 %)SLA
215 (1.289 %)QA
33 (0.258 %)WCAG
41 (0.086 %)COBIT
41 (0.086 %)GCP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.172 %)VMware ESX
12 (0.172 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.086 %)Active Directory
21 (0.086 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.086 %)CiscoWorks
11 (0.086 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
186 (7.388 %)Microsoft
263 (5.412 %)SAP
330 (2.577 %)Adobe
429 (2.491 %)Google
526 (2.234 %)Omniture
526 (2.234 %)Oracle
623 (1.976 %)Siebel
717 (1.460 %)Business Objects
814 (1.203 %)Alterian
913 (1.117 %)Yahoo!
1011 (0.945 %)Cognos
1110 (0.859 %)Teradata
128 (0.687 %)OpenLink
136 (0.515 %)Murex
145 (0.430 %)salesforce.com
145 (0.430 %)Macromedia
145 (0.430 %)Coremetrics
154 (0.344 %)Netezza
163 (0.258 %)Epiphany
163 (0.258 %)Unica