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This section looks at the demand for Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) 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 W3C over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWorldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank306332
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads333373
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.439 %0.396 %
As % of the category below2.011 %1.781 %
Daily rates quoted132127
Average minimum daily rate£289£259
Average daily rate£312£288
% change on same period last year+8.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£284
% change on same period last year+19.76 %
Hourly rates quoted1510
Average minimum hourly rate£18.75£20.00
Average hourly rate£21.13£23.33
% change on same period last year-9.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.50£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.64£25.00
% change on same period last year-13.45 %
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.

W3C
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing W3C within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

W3C Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C within the UK.

W3C Daily Rate Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing W3C within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

W3C Daily Rate Histogram

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C within the UK.

W3C Hourly Rate Trend

W3C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing W3C within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

W3C Hourly Rate Histogram

W3C
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing W3C 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+24327£312+8.48 %
LondonUp+9150£292+1.08 %
East of EnglandUp+2346£370+17.38 %
HertfordshireUp+2142£373+18.30 %
West MidlandsUp+3242£316-
South EastUp+1734£309+22.02 %
South WestUp+3617£265-
North WestDown-3317--
CoventryDown-616£313-
SurreyUp+1116£221+17.77 %
City of LondonDown-2214£327+14.56 %
ManchesterDown-2413--
YorkshireUp+1611--
MidlandsUp+910£360-
WatfordNew entry-10£295-
BristolUp+1210£265-
Docklands, LondonUp+217£312+37.04 %
BerkshireUp+256£575+109.09 %
WarwickshireUp+86£360-
North YorkshireNew entry-5--
WokingNew entry-5£188-
BirminghamUp+154£275-
WorcestershireNew entry-4£225-
NewcastleUp+73£225-
North EastUp+103£225-
NorfolkNew entry-3£280-
ScotlandUp+283--
NorwichNew entry-3£280-
West YorkshireUp+23--
Tyne and WearUp+63£225-

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing W3C 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 W3C.

1600 (84.03 %)CSS
2467 (65.41 %)HTML
3452 (63.31 %)JavaScript
4402 (56.30 %)XHTML
5263 (36.83 %)XML
6189 (26.47 %)AJAX
7165 (23.11 %).NET
8151 (21.15 %)Flash
9131 (18.35 %)Photoshop
10107 (14.99 %)ASP.NET
1193 (13.03 %)PHP
1289 (12.46 %)C#
1387 (12.18 %)ActionScript
1387 (12.18 %)E-Commerce
1486 (12.04 %)DHTML
1582 (11.48 %)OO
1582 (11.48 %)WCAG
1681 (11.34 %)WAI
1681 (11.34 %)SQL
1681 (11.34 %)Internet
1776 (10.64 %)DOM
1776 (10.64 %)XSL
1874 (10.36 %)Content Management
1970 (9.804 %)XSLT
2066 (9.244 %)SQL Server
2165 (9.104 %)ASP
2165 (9.104 %)Dreamweaver
2264 (8.964 %)Web Development
2363 (8.824 %)WebServices
2363 (8.824 %)CMS

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing W3C 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 W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1600 (84.03 %)CSS
2467 (65.41 %)HTML
3402 (56.30 %)XHTML
4263 (36.83 %)XML
5189 (26.47 %)AJAX
6165 (23.11 %).NET
7107 (14.99 %)ASP.NET
876 (10.64 %)DOM
876 (10.64 %)XSL
970 (9.804 %)XSLT
1065 (9.104 %)ASP
1163 (8.824 %)WebServices
1251 (7.143 %)Velocity
1342 (5.882 %)JSP
1435 (4.902 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1531 (4.342 %)SOAP
1628 (3.922 %)J2EE
1719 (2.661 %).NET Framework
1815 (2.101 %)jQuery
1914 (1.961 %)Struts
Application Platforms
163 (8.824 %)CMS
242 (5.882 %)Apache
329 (4.062 %)IIS
423 (3.221 %)SharePoint
516 (2.241 %)SharePoint Server 2007
610 (1.401 %)Tomcat
610 (1.401 %)WebLogic
79 (1.261 %)ColdFusion
85 (0.700 %)TeamSite
85 (0.700 %)Oracle HTTP Server
94 (0.560 %)Documentum
94 (0.560 %)OpenCms
94 (0.560 %)Movable Type
94 (0.560 %)Mambo
94 (0.560 %)WebLogic Portal
102 (0.280 %)TIBCO EMS
102 (0.280 %)LiveLink
102 (0.280 %)Content Management Server
111 (0.140 %)ColdFusion MX
111 (0.140 %)JBoss
Applications
1131 (18.35 %)Photoshop
261 (8.543 %)Adobe Illustrator
336 (5.042 %)Fireworks
422 (3.081 %)MS Excel
511 (1.541 %)MS Project
67 (0.980 %)FreeHand
76 (0.840 %)MS Office
76 (0.840 %)Acrobat
84 (0.560 %)MS Visio
84 (0.560 %)ImageReady
93 (0.420 %)InDesign
102 (0.280 %)Adobe Premiere
111 (0.140 %)Adobe After Effects
111 (0.140 %)Quicktime
111 (0.140 %)QuarkXPress
Business Applications
13 (0.420 %)Google Analytics
22 (0.280 %)WebTrends
22 (0.280 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.140 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
181 (11.34 %)Internet
218 (2.521 %)TCP/IP
316 (2.241 %)Intranet
414 (1.961 %)HTTP
512 (1.681 %)FTP
69 (1.261 %)SSL
77 (0.980 %)IIOP
85 (0.700 %)HTTPS
94 (0.560 %)SMTP
94 (0.560 %)SSH
94 (0.560 %)X.509
103 (0.420 %)Firewall
103 (0.420 %)WEP
103 (0.420 %)WINS
112 (0.280 %)LDAP
121 (0.140 %)SMS
121 (0.140 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
166 (9.244 %)SQL Server
244 (6.162 %)MySQL
314 (1.961 %)Oracle 10g
411 (1.541 %)Oracle 9i
411 (1.541 %)SQL Server 2005
510 (1.401 %)RDBMS
69 (1.261 %)TOAD
78 (1.120 %)SQL Server 7
78 (1.120 %)SQL Server 2000
87 (0.980 %)MS Access
95 (0.700 %)SQLPlus
95 (0.700 %)Oracle 11g
103 (0.420 %)Oracle Reports
112 (0.280 %)Reference Data
121 (0.140 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1151 (21.15 %)Flash
265 (9.104 %)Dreamweaver
336 (5.042 %)Visual Studio
418 (2.521 %)Subversion
511 (1.541 %)Eclipse
67 (0.980 %)PowerBuilder
76 (0.840 %)XMLSpy
85 (0.700 %)FrontPage
85 (0.700 %)Selenium
93 (0.420 %)RequisitePro
93 (0.420 %)NUnit
93 (0.420 %)Rational Rose
102 (0.280 %)ClearCase
102 (0.280 %)CruiseControl
102 (0.280 %)ClearQuest
111 (0.140 %)JDeveloper
111 (0.140 %)VSS/SourceSafe
111 (0.140 %)Ant
111 (0.140 %)JUnit
111 (0.140 %)Aptana Studio
General
143 (6.022 %)Retail
228 (3.922 %)Finance
325 (3.501 %)Marketing
420 (2.801 %)Graphic Design
420 (2.801 %)Games
517 (2.381 %)Government
615 (2.101 %)Advertising
713 (1.821 %)Publishing
812 (1.681 %)Multimedia
910 (1.401 %)Education
109 (1.261 %)Banking
118 (1.120 %)Music
118 (1.120 %)Health
125 (0.700 %)Online Games
134 (0.560 %)Insurance
134 (0.560 %)Financial Institution
143 (0.420 %)Investment Banking
143 (0.420 %)Interactive Media
143 (0.420 %)Animation
152 (0.280 %)Front Office
Job Titles
1519 (72.69 %)Developer
2229 (32.07 %)Web Developer
380 (11.20 %)Web Designer
437 (5.182 %).NET Developer
531 (4.342 %)PHP Developer
625 (3.501 %)HTML Developer
722 (3.081 %)Team Leader
820 (2.801 %)ASP.NET Developer
919 (2.661 %)JavaScript Developer
1018 (2.521 %)C# Developer
1018 (2.521 %)Senior Developer
1018 (2.521 %)Project Manager
1114 (1.961 %)Graphic Designer
1213 (1.821 %).NET Web Developer
1213 (1.821 %)Web Team Leader
1312 (1.681 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1411 (1.541 %)Flash Developer
1510 (1.401 %)Analyst
1510 (1.401 %)Photoshop Designer
169 (1.261 %)C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
141 (5.742 %)Web 2.0
236 (5.042 %)iDTV
318 (2.521 %)NHS
45 (0.700 %)SCORM
45 (0.700 %)Wiki
45 (0.700 %)Blog
54 (0.560 %)Social Network
54 (0.560 %)BBC
54 (0.560 %)Streaming Video
63 (0.420 %)PDA
63 (0.420 %)E-Learning
72 (0.280 %)N-Tier
72 (0.280 %)Streaming Media
72 (0.280 %)RIA
72 (0.280 %)Derivative
72 (0.280 %)Replication
72 (0.280 %)Clustering
72 (0.280 %)Management Information System
81 (0.140 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81 (0.140 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
127 (3.782 %)Windows
216 (2.241 %)Linux
35 (0.700 %)Unix
42 (0.280 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.280 %)Debian
51 (0.140 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
187 (12.18 %)E-Commerce
282 (11.48 %)OO
374 (10.36 %)Content Management
464 (8.964 %)Web Development
562 (8.683 %)Agile Software Development
661 (8.543 %)Web Design
750 (7.003 %)SEO
825 (3.501 %)Usability Testing
923 (3.221 %)Project Management
1022 (3.081 %)UML
1120 (2.801 %)Scrum
1216 (2.241 %)OOP
1314 (1.961 %)Change Management
1413 (1.821 %)RAD
1512 (1.681 %)RUP
1610 (1.401 %)OOA/OOD
1610 (1.401 %)CAD
1610 (1.401 %)Enterprise Architecture
178 (1.120 %)Unit Testing
187 (0.980 %)OOD
Programming Languages
1452 (63.31 %)JavaScript
293 (13.03 %)PHP
389 (12.46 %)C#
487 (12.18 %)ActionScript
586 (12.04 %)DHTML
681 (11.34 %)SQL
747 (6.583 %)Java
826 (3.641 %)C
917 (2.381 %)C++
917 (2.381 %)VB
1016 (2.241 %)PL/SQL
1016 (2.241 %)XPath
1115 (2.101 %)Perl
1115 (2.101 %)VB.NET
1212 (1.681 %)VBA
1311 (1.541 %)PHP5
1410 (1.401 %)VBScript
159 (1.261 %)VB6
166 (0.840 %)Ruby
175 (0.700 %)PHP4
Qualifications
110 (1.401 %)Degree
21 (0.140 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (0.140 %)MCSD
21 (0.140 %)Postgraduate
21 (0.140 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.140 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
182 (11.48 %)WCAG
281 (11.34 %)WAI
39 (1.261 %)ISO9001
44 (0.560 %)PAS 78
52 (0.280 %)QA
System Software
11 (0.140 %)MSMQ
Systems Management
11 (0.140 %)Legato
11 (0.140 %)WSUS
11 (0.140 %)EMC NetWorker
Vendors
160 (8.403 %)Microsoft
246 (6.443 %)Adobe
329 (4.062 %)Oracle
418 (2.521 %)Macromedia
512 (1.681 %)Altova
68 (1.120 %)Perforce
77 (0.980 %)Mercator
85 (0.700 %)Interwoven
85 (0.700 %)SAP
94 (0.560 %)FatWire
94 (0.560 %)Google
103 (0.420 %)RedDot
103 (0.420 %)BEA
112 (0.280 %)IBM
112 (0.280 %)TIBCO
112 (0.280 %)Zend
121 (0.140 %)Yahoo!
121 (0.140 %)McAfee Security
121 (0.140 %)Sony
121 (0.140 %)Ericsson
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