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This section looks at the demand for Taxonomy skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Taxonomies over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTaxonomy
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank520607
Rank change on same period last yearUp+87
Matching contract IT job ads6842
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.090 %0.045 %
As % of the category below0.411 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted177
Average minimum daily rate£388£439
Average daily rate£410£473
% change on same period last year-13.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£507
UK excluding London average daily rate£413£550
% change on same period last year-24.87 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£38.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£42.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.75-
% change on same period last year-
Miscellaneous UKMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1655620948
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.83 %22.22 %
Daily rates quoted59807531
Average minimum daily rate£443£473
Average daily rate£476£508
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£509£543
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£350
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted13931388
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.51
Average hourly rate£24.00£28.29
% change on same period last year-15.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£30.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.27£28.32
% change on same period last year-14.29 %

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.

Taxonomies
Demand Trend

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

Taxonomies Demand Trend

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Trend

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

Taxonomies Daily Rate Trend

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Taxonomies within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Taxonomies Daily Rate Histogram

Taxonomies
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Taxonomies Hourly Rate Trend

Taxonomies
Top 29 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Taxonomies within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 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+7761£401-15.22 %
LondonUp+6928£395-10.73 %
South EastUp+3614£414-17.16 %
BerkshireUp+4012£414-17.16 %
ReadingNo change07£422-
East MidlandsNew entry-7£450-
City of LondonDown-186£393-11.54 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-6£450-
NottinghamNew entry-4£450-
ScotlandNew entry-4£325-
WalesNew entry-4£477-
CambridgeshireNew entry-4--
West MidlandsUp+54£323-
East of EnglandNew entry-4--
CoventryNew entry-3£323-
CardiffNew entry-3£477-
South WalesNew entry-3£477-
RenfrewshireNew entry-2--
GlasgowNew entry-2£325-
YorkshireNew entry-1--
South WestNew entry-1--
WarwickshireNew entry-1--
GloucestershireNew entry-1--
North WestDown-111--
StainesNew entry-1--
North YorkshireNew entry-1--
CheshireNew entry-1--
SurreyNew entry-1--
Thames ValleyNew entry-1--

Taxonomies
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Taxonomies 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 Taxonomies.

146 (40.35 %)Content Management
224 (21.05 %)SharePoint
322 (19.30 %)Web 2.0
419 (16.67 %)Internet
518 (15.79 %)SharePoint Server 2007
617 (14.91 %)EDRMS
714 (12.28 %)Stakeholder Management
714 (12.28 %)Knowledge Management
813 (11.40 %)PRINCE2
912 (10.53 %)Project Management
1011 (9.649 %)Agile Software Development
1110 (8.772 %)Government
1110 (8.772 %)WebServices
129 (7.895 %)XML
129 (7.895 %)UML
129 (7.895 %)Microsoft
129 (7.895 %)Active Directory
129 (7.895 %)CMS
129 (7.895 %)Finance
129 (7.895 %)Information Management
129 (7.895 %)Document Management
129 (7.895 %)E-Learning
137 (6.140 %)Construction
137 (6.140 %)GAP Analysis
137 (6.140 %)Management Information System
137 (6.140 %)Intranet
137 (6.140 %)ISEB
137 (6.140 %)PRINCE2 Certification
137 (6.140 %)RAD
137 (6.140 %)SAP

Taxonomies
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Taxonomies 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 Taxonomies. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
110 (8.772 %)WebServices
29 (7.895 %)XML
36 (5.263 %).NET
45 (4.386 %)CSS
45 (4.386 %)Windows SharePoint Services
54 (3.509 %)HTML
54 (3.509 %)RSS
63 (2.632 %)CAML
72 (1.754 %)WF
72 (1.754 %)Web Dynpro
72 (1.754 %)LAMP
72 (1.754 %)AJAX
81 (0.877 %)ASP
81 (0.877 %)ASP.NET
81 (0.877 %)Drupal
81 (0.877 %).NET Framework
81 (0.877 %)XSLT
Application Platforms
124 (21.05 %)SharePoint
218 (15.79 %)SharePoint Server 2007
39 (7.895 %)CMS
46 (5.263 %)Documentum
55 (4.386 %)NetWeaver
64 (3.509 %)eRoom
64 (3.509 %)Apache
73 (2.632 %)Office Project Server
82 (1.754 %)Morello
82 (1.754 %)SharePoint Portal Server
82 (1.754 %)WebLogic
91 (0.877 %)IIS
91 (0.877 %)SAP EP
Applications
15 (4.386 %)MS Office
24 (3.509 %)MS Excel
32 (1.754 %)InDesign
41 (0.877 %)Photoshop
41 (0.877 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
11 (0.877 %)WebTrends
Communications & Networking
119 (16.67 %)Internet
27 (6.140 %)Intranet
32 (1.754 %)BIG-IP
32 (1.754 %)LDAP
41 (0.877 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
117 (14.91 %)EDRMS
24 (3.509 %)SQL Server
33 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (1.754 %)MySQL
42 (1.754 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.877 %)GIS
51 (0.877 %)MS Access
51 (0.877 %)Oracle Discoverer
51 (0.877 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.877 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.877 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
14 (3.509 %)Visual Studio
23 (2.632 %)FrontPage
31 (0.877 %)Synon
General
110 (8.772 %)Government
29 (7.895 %)Finance
37 (6.140 %)Construction
45 (4.386 %)Marketing
54 (3.509 %)Local Government
63 (2.632 %)Publishing
63 (2.632 %)Retail
72 (1.754 %)Insurance
72 (1.754 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.877 %)Electronics
81 (0.877 %)Aerospace
81 (0.877 %)Health
81 (0.877 %)Legal
81 (0.877 %)Advertising
Job Titles
141 (35.96 %)Architect
235 (30.70 %)Information Architect
327 (23.68 %)Consultant
418 (15.79 %)Project Manager
511 (9.649 %)Analyst
610 (8.772 %)Web Architect
79 (7.895 %)Business Analyst
88 (7.018 %)SharePoint Consultant
96 (5.263 %)Developer
96 (5.263 %)SAP Consultant
105 (4.386 %)Administrator
105 (4.386 %)SAP Portals Consultant
114 (3.509 %)Information Manager
114 (3.509 %)Documentum Administrator
123 (2.632 %)Data Manager
132 (1.754 %)UML Business Analyst
132 (1.754 %)SharePoint Developer
132 (1.754 %)Solutions Architect
132 (1.754 %)Management Consultant
141 (0.877 %)Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
122 (19.30 %)Web 2.0
29 (7.895 %)E-Learning
37 (6.140 %)Management Information System
43 (2.632 %)N-Tier
52 (1.754 %)NHS
61 (0.877 %)Biometrics
61 (0.877 %)Replication
61 (0.877 %)Clustering
61 (0.877 %)Ontologies
61 (0.877 %)Informatics
61 (0.877 %)Wiki
61 (0.877 %)Blog
61 (0.877 %)Neural Network
Operating Systems
16 (5.263 %)Windows
22 (1.754 %)Solaris
22 (1.754 %)Linux
31 (0.877 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
146 (40.35 %)Content Management
214 (12.28 %)Stakeholder Management
214 (12.28 %)Knowledge Management
313 (11.40 %)PRINCE2
412 (10.53 %)Project Management
511 (9.649 %)Agile Software Development
69 (7.895 %)Information Management
69 (7.895 %)Document Management
69 (7.895 %)UML
77 (6.140 %)RAD
77 (6.140 %)GAP Analysis
85 (4.386 %)SEO
85 (4.386 %)Workflow
85 (4.386 %)RUP
85 (4.386 %)Data Management
94 (3.509 %)SAP Implementation
94 (3.509 %)BCP
94 (3.509 %)Migration
94 (3.509 %)E-Commerce
103 (2.632 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
15 (4.386 %)JavaScript
15 (4.386 %)SQL
24 (3.509 %)C#
33 (2.632 %)Java
33 (2.632 %)Transact-SQL
42 (1.754 %)ABAP
42 (1.754 %)PHP
51 (0.877 %)Perl
Qualifications
17 (6.140 %)ISEB
17 (6.140 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (0.877 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.632 %)SLA
22 (1.754 %)QA
System Software
19 (7.895 %)Active Directory
22 (1.754 %)ClearTrust
31 (0.877 %)Oracle RAC
Vendors
19 (7.895 %)Microsoft
27 (6.140 %)SAP
35 (4.386 %)Oracle
42 (1.754 %)Adobe
42 (1.754 %)FileNet
42 (1.754 %)Vignette
42 (1.754 %)Google
51 (0.877 %)Yahoo!
51 (0.877 %)Business Objects
51 (0.877 %)Trillium
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