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The table below looks at the demand for Model-View-Controller (MVC) 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 MVC over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkModel-View-Controller (MVC)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank273403
Rank change on same period last yearUp+130
Matching contract IT job ads319261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.506 %0.278 %
As % of the category below2.284 %1.151 %
Daily rates quoted141119
Average minimum daily rate£333£366
Average daily rate£353£394
% change on same period last year-10.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£320
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Hourly rates quoted63
Average minimum hourly rate£27.83£36.67
Average hourly rate£31.58£37.50
% change on same period last year-15.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.33£38.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.25£40.00
% change on same period last year-19.37 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1396722684
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled22.15 %24.15 %
Daily rates quoted45517107
Average minimum daily rate£337£361
Average daily rate£362£383
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Hourly rates quoted9131312
Average minimum hourly rate£26.94£29.93
Average hourly rate£29.12£32.17
% change on same period last year-9.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.30£34.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.72£31.64
% change on same period last year-9.21 %

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.

MVC
Demand Trend

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

MVC Demand Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Trend

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

MVC Daily Rate Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MVC within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

MVC Daily Rate Histogram

MVC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MVC Hourly Rate Trend

MVC
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MVC within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

MVC Hourly Rate Histogram

MVC
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 MVC within the UK over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+118295£356-10.56 %
LondonUp+110192£371-13.53 %
South EastUp+6550£274-6.94 %
City of LondonUp+2929£356-20.97 %
SurreyUp+4617£281+14.83 %
South WestUp+4317£338-
North WestUp+2310£339-38.40 %
BristolNew entry-9£358-
County AntrimNew entry-8--
BelfastNew entry-8--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-8£210-
Northern IrelandNew entry-8--
OxfordshireNew entry-8£270-
HampshireUp+127£237-29.00 %
East MidlandsUp+267£383-10.33 %
YorkshireUp+307£475+33.42 %
ScotlandUp+217£280-18.46 %
BerkshireUp+227£320+1.05 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-6--
West MidlandsUp+236£425+53.84 %
East of EnglandUp+246£326+15.48 %
LeicestershireNew entry-5£400-
ManchesterUp+35£425-
FarnhamNew entry-5£240-
OxfordNew entry-4--
South YorkshireNew entry-4--
EssexNew entry-4£326-
WalesUp+114£293-
South WalesUp+63£290-
West YorkshireUp+63£475+61.93 %

MVC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MVC 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 MVC.

1359 (51.80 %)Java
2323 (46.61 %)Spring
3254 (36.65 %)Hibernate
4204 (29.44 %)J2EE
5178 (25.69 %)Spring MVC
6170 (24.53 %)SQL
6170 (24.53 %)JavaScript
7169 (24.39 %)XML
8160 (23.09 %)HTML
9151 (21.79 %)Agile Software Development
10147 (21.21 %)AJAX
11142 (20.49 %)OO
12141 (20.35 %)CSS
12141 (20.35 %).NET
13139 (20.06 %)Oracle
14116 (16.74 %)C#
15111 (16.02 %)Scrum
16110 (15.87 %)TDD
16110 (15.87 %)PHP
16110 (15.87 %)Struts
17107 (15.44 %)Tomcat
18104 (15.01 %)JSP
18104 (15.01 %)MySQL
19101 (14.57 %)SQL Server
2094 (13.56 %)WebServices
2187 (12.55 %)Linux
2187 (12.55 %)Web Development
2285 (12.27 %)Subversion
2380 (11.54 %)XHTML
2477 (11.11 %)JUnit

MVC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MVC 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 MVC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1323 (46.61 %)Spring
2254 (36.65 %)Hibernate
3204 (29.44 %)J2EE
4178 (25.69 %)Spring MVC
5169 (24.39 %)XML
6160 (23.09 %)HTML
7147 (21.21 %)AJAX
8141 (20.35 %).NET
8141 (20.35 %)CSS
9110 (15.87 %)Struts
10104 (15.01 %)JSP
1194 (13.56 %)WebServices
1280 (11.54 %)XHTML
1368 (9.812 %)ASP.NET
1461 (8.802 %)XSLT
1554 (7.792 %).NET Framework
1652 (7.504 %)JSTL
1652 (7.504 %)JDBC
1749 (7.071 %)Adobe Flex
1843 (6.205 %)Servlets
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1107 (15.44 %)Tomcat
272 (10.39 %)Apache
347 (6.782 %)JBoss
444 (6.349 %)WebLogic
543 (6.205 %)CMS
635 (5.051 %)ColdFusion
724 (3.463 %)IIS
88 (1.154 %)WebSphere Application Server
95 (0.722 %)MQSeries
95 (0.722 %)Oracle Application Server
104 (0.577 %)Oracle 10gAS
104 (0.577 %)SharePoint
104 (0.577 %)Lotus Notes
104 (0.577 %)Lotus Domino
113 (0.433 %)Oracle Workflow
113 (0.433 %)ESB
122 (0.289 %)Rendezvous
122 (0.289 %)Documentum
131 (0.144 %)ATG Dynamo
131 (0.144 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (1.299 %)MS Excel
28 (1.154 %)MS Visio
36 (0.866 %)Photoshop
41 (0.144 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (0.866 %)Algo Collateral
22 (0.289 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.144 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.144 %)Bond Adapt
31 (0.144 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (3.896 %)Internet
215 (2.165 %)HTTP
33 (0.433 %)Intranet
33 (0.433 %)LDAP
42 (0.289 %)SMTP
42 (0.289 %)FTP
42 (0.289 %)SSH
51 (0.144 %)SMS
51 (0.144 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1104 (15.01 %)MySQL
2101 (14.57 %)SQL Server
332 (4.618 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (2.742 %)Oracle 10g
517 (2.453 %)SQL Server 2000
68 (1.154 %)PostgreSQL
77 (1.010 %)DB2
85 (0.722 %)Oracle 9i
85 (0.722 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (0.722 %)SQL Server Integration Services
85 (0.722 %)RDBMS
94 (0.577 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
94 (0.577 %)JasperReports
94 (0.577 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.433 %)TOAD
112 (0.289 %)Oracle Reports
121 (0.144 %)Data Mining
121 (0.144 %)GIS
121 (0.144 %)Reference Data
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
185 (12.27 %)Subversion
277 (11.11 %)JUnit
371 (10.25 %)NUnit
470 (10.10 %)Flash
569 (9.957 %)Eclipse
644 (6.349 %)Ant
739 (5.628 %)Visual Studio
819 (2.742 %)IntelliJ
912 (1.732 %)CruiseControl
108 (1.154 %)Log4j
116 (0.866 %)Log4Net
116 (0.866 %)JDeveloper
125 (0.722 %)Dreamweaver
125 (0.722 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
134 (0.577 %)JBuilder
134 (0.577 %)Visual Studio Team System
143 (0.433 %)Bugzilla
152 (0.289 %)ProC
152 (0.289 %)Expression Blend
152 (0.289 %)Selenium
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
166 (9.524 %)Finance
249 (7.071 %)Banking
337 (5.339 %)Investment Banking
430 (4.329 %)Marketing
518 (2.597 %)Telecoms
614 (2.020 %)Games
711 (1.587 %)Animation
88 (1.154 %)Government
97 (1.010 %)Publishing
106 (0.866 %)Insurance
115 (0.722 %)Flash Games
124 (0.577 %)Online Games
133 (0.433 %)Retail
133 (0.433 %)Construction
133 (0.433 %)Education
133 (0.433 %)Pharmaceutical
133 (0.433 %)Front Office
142 (0.289 %)Multimedia
142 (0.289 %)Advertising
142 (0.289 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1601 (86.72 %)Developer
2213 (30.74 %)Java Developer
394 (13.56 %)C# Developer
485 (12.27 %)PHP Developer
568 (9.812 %)J2EE Developer
667 (9.668 %)Senior Developer
759 (8.514 %).NET Developer
854 (7.792 %)Web Developer
947 (6.782 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1030 (4.329 %)Flash Developer
1127 (3.896 %)Flex Developer
1226 (3.752 %)Senior Java Developer
1325 (3.608 %)ActionScript Developer
1424 (3.463 %)Java Web Developer
1522 (3.175 %)Senior C# Developer
1522 (3.175 %)ColdFusion Developer
1621 (3.030 %)Software Developer
1716 (2.309 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1815 (2.165 %)ASP.NET Developer
1914 (2.020 %)Senior J2EE Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (2.742 %)Web 2.0
211 (1.587 %)Social Network
39 (1.299 %)Fixed Income
48 (1.154 %)W3C
48 (1.154 %)RIA
56 (0.866 %)Computer Science
64 (0.577 %)Equities
64 (0.577 %)N-Tier
73 (0.433 %)NHS
73 (0.433 %)Data Integration
82 (0.289 %)Client/Server
82 (0.289 %)Life Science
82 (0.289 %)Blog
82 (0.289 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.144 %)Market Risk
91 (0.144 %)PKI
91 (0.144 %)IPTV
91 (0.144 %)Derivative
91 (0.144 %)Mathematics
91 (0.144 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
187 (12.55 %)Linux
272 (10.39 %)Windows
370 (10.10 %)UNIX
47 (1.010 %)Solaris
56 (0.866 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (0.433 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.144 %)Mac OS X
71 (0.144 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1151 (21.79 %)Agile Software Development
2142 (20.49 %)OO
3111 (16.02 %)Scrum
4110 (15.87 %)TDD
587 (12.55 %)Web Development
663 (9.091 %)OOP
761 (8.802 %)E-Commerce
839 (5.628 %)Unit Testing
933 (4.762 %)UML
1024 (3.463 %)OOD
1122 (3.175 %)Continuous Integration
1216 (2.309 %)Security Cleared
1216 (2.309 %)OOA/OOD
1312 (1.732 %)SOA
1312 (1.732 %)Configuration Management
1312 (1.732 %)AOP
149 (1.299 %)Change Management
149 (1.299 %)Workflow
158 (1.154 %)Extreme Programming
158 (1.154 %)Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1359 (51.80 %)Java
2170 (24.53 %)JavaScript
2170 (24.53 %)SQL
3116 (16.74 %)C#
4110 (15.87 %)PHP
572 (10.39 %)ActionScript
653 (7.648 %)PHP5
735 (5.051 %)PL/SQL
825 (3.608 %)Ruby
924 (3.463 %)PHP4
1017 (2.453 %)Shell Script
1017 (2.453 %)Perl
1115 (2.165 %)Python
1211 (1.587 %)XPath
139 (1.299 %)Transact-SQL
146 (0.866 %)DHTML
153 (0.433 %)C
153 (0.433 %)C++
153 (0.433 %)VB
162 (0.289 %)VB.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (4.618 %)Degree
26 (0.866 %)Sun Certification
32 (0.289 %)SCJP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.722 %)QA
22 (0.289 %)WCAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.289 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.144 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1139 (20.06 %)Oracle
237 (5.339 %)Adobe
328 (4.040 %)Zend
427 (3.896 %)Sybase
523 (3.319 %)Microsoft
617 (2.453 %)Motorola
617 (2.453 %)Cisco
711 (1.587 %)BEA
810 (1.443 %)Sun
98 (1.154 %)IBM
107 (1.010 %)Macromedia
116 (0.866 %)Red Hat
124 (0.577 %)Lotus
132 (0.289 %)ILOG
132 (0.289 %)Interwoven
132 (0.289 %)PeopleSoft
132 (0.289 %)TIBCO
132 (0.289 %)Google
141 (0.144 %)Yolus
141 (0.144 %)Sony