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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkWorldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank314259318
Rank change year-on-year
Down-55Up+59
Matching contract IT job ads180186332
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.375 %0.470 %0.404 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category1.403 %1.957 %1.899 %
Daily rates quoted9361171
Average daily rate£255£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£171£175£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£375£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£240£275£275
% change year-on-year
-12.72 %-
Hourly rates quoted41314
Average hourly rate£15.75£17.50£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-32.69 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£11.85£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.20£29.40£37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.75£17.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-36.36 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12834950517486
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.74 %24.02 %21.28 %
Daily rates quoted677235156206
Average daily rate£525£425£515
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52 %-17.47 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£225£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£330£350
% change year-on-year
-1.510 %-5.710 %
Hourly rates quoted5888131512
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.46£12.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£40.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.47£22.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
-17.92 %-10.00 %

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.

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 18 March 2010.

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 18 March 2010.

W3C Hourly Rate Histogram

W3C
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 W3C within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-44165£269-10.41 %
LondonDown-6191£300-3.22 %
City of LondonDown-6826£308-5.38 %
South EastNo change023£280-2.60 %
West MidlandsUp+1415£240-20.00 %
ScotlandDown-113£210+27.27 %
GlasgowDown-413£210+27.27 %
South WestDown-311£275-54.16 %
East of EnglandDown-411£240+1.05 %
SurreyDown-68£295-
BirminghamUp+107£225-25.00 %
WarwickshireDown-16£255-
North WestDown-46£140-
HertfordshireUp+35£300-11.11 %
ManchesterDown-165£140-
KentUp+14£280+60.00 %
GloucestershireNo change04£275-54.16 %
YorkshireDown-44£213-
West YorkshireDown-134£213-
CambridgeshireUp+63£110-42.10 %
CambridgeUp+53£110-26.66 %
EssexUp+33£238+2.70 %
WatfordDown-103£300+9.09 %
East MidlandsNew entry-3£263-
HampshireUp+52--
BerkshireUp+52£270-
WorcesterDown-12--
GloucesterDown-22£275-
WorcestershireDown-22--
LeedsDown-32£225-

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

1318 (89.08 %)CSS
2244 (68.35 %)XHTML
3241 (67.51 %)JavaScript
4201 (56.30 %)HTML
5103 (28.85 %)Photoshop
6101 (28.29 %)AJAX
795 (26.61 %)XML
892 (25.77 %)PHP
984 (23.53 %)Flash
1067 (18.77 %).NET
1165 (18.21 %)E-Commerce
1254 (15.13 %)Java
1254 (15.13 %)SEO
1353 (14.85 %)Web Development
1452 (14.57 %)Web Design
1551 (14.29 %)ActionScript
1650 (14.01 %)Content Management
1650 (14.01 %)jQuery
1744 (12.32 %)Internet
1843 (12.04 %)OO
1941 (11.48 %)ASP.NET
1941 (11.48 %)CMS
2038 (10.64 %)Dreamweaver
2137 (10.36 %)Web Accessibility
2137 (10.36 %)Information Architecture
2235 (9.804 %)XSLT
2235 (9.804 %)Adobe Illustrator
2334 (9.524 %)JSP
2432 (8.964 %)MySQL
2531 (8.683 %)C#

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1318 (89.08 %)CSS
2244 (68.35 %)XHTML
3201 (56.30 %)HTML
4101 (28.29 %)AJAX
595 (26.61 %)XML
684 (23.53 %)Flash
767 (18.77 %).NET
850 (14.01 %)jQuery
941 (11.48 %)ASP.NET
1035 (9.804 %)XSLT
1134 (9.524 %)JSP
1225 (7.003 %)ASP
1321 (5.882 %)DHTML
1420 (5.602 %)Web Services
1516 (4.482 %)DOM
1614 (3.922 %)Adobe Flex
1711 (3.081 %).NET Framework
1810 (2.801 %)Spring
199 (2.521 %)XSL
207 (1.961 %)Struts
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
141 (11.48 %)CMS
215 (4.202 %)Apache
310 (2.801 %)Drupal
49 (2.521 %)SharePoint
49 (2.521 %)WordPress
58 (2.241 %)Joomla!
66 (1.681 %)Movable Type
66 (1.681 %)IIS
74 (1.120 %)ColdFusion
74 (1.120 %)TYPO3
83 (0.840 %)EPiServer
92 (0.560 %)WebLogic
92 (0.560 %)TeamSite
92 (0.560 %)SharePoint Server 2007
101 (0.280 %)Commerce Server
101 (0.280 %)WebSphere MQ
101 (0.280 %)Moodle
101 (0.280 %)Magento
101 (0.280 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1103 (28.85 %)Photoshop
235 (9.804 %)Adobe Illustrator
319 (5.322 %)Fireworks
45 (1.401 %)MS Office
53 (0.840 %)Acrobat
62 (0.560 %)MS Visio
62 (0.560 %)ImageReady
71 (0.280 %)Adobe Captivate
71 (0.280 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.280 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.560 %)Google Analytics
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
144 (12.32 %)Internet
223 (6.443 %)Intranet
36 (1.681 %)FTP
45 (1.401 %)Extranet
53 (0.840 %)SSH
53 (0.840 %)SSL
53 (0.840 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.280 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (8.964 %)MySQL
220 (5.602 %)SQL Server
36 (1.681 %)RDBMS
45 (1.401 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (1.401 %)SQL Server 2008
52 (0.560 %)TOAD
52 (0.560 %)Datawarehouse
52 (0.560 %)DTS
52 (0.560 %)ETL
52 (0.560 %)Oracle 10g
52 (0.560 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.280 %)GIS
61 (0.280 %)DB2
61 (0.280 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.280 %)Oracle 11g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
138 (10.64 %)Dreamweaver
229 (8.123 %)Subversion
319 (5.322 %)Visual Studio
417 (4.762 %)Eclipse
512 (3.361 %)Ant
512 (3.361 %)VSS/SourceSafe
66 (1.681 %)Selenium
74 (1.120 %)JUnit
82 (0.560 %)WATIR
82 (0.560 %)jMock
82 (0.560 %)WebDriver
82 (0.560 %)JIRA
91 (0.280 %)Maven
91 (0.280 %)JDeveloper
91 (0.280 %)Rational Rose
91 (0.280 %)JMeter
91 (0.280 %)ClearCase
91 (0.280 %)PEAR
91 (0.280 %)TestNG
91 (0.280 %)Aptana Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (5.602 %)Marketing
219 (5.322 %)Finance
318 (5.042 %)Retail
414 (3.922 %)Graphic Design
512 (3.361 %)Insurance
610 (2.801 %)Telecoms
78 (2.241 %)Government
87 (1.961 %)Games
96 (1.681 %)Education
96 (1.681 %)Publishing
105 (1.401 %)Online Games
114 (1.120 %)Banking
123 (0.840 %)Multimedia
123 (0.840 %)Music
132 (0.560 %)Local Government
132 (0.560 %)Health
141 (0.280 %)Home Office
141 (0.280 %)Legal
141 (0.280 %)Advertising
141 (0.280 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1225 (63.03 %)Developer
295 (26.61 %)Designer
386 (24.09 %)Web Developer
472 (20.17 %)Front-End Developer
571 (19.89 %)Web Designer
628 (7.843 %)Front-End Web Developer
720 (5.602 %)PHP Developer
818 (5.042 %)UI Designer
917 (4.762 %).NET Developer
1013 (3.641 %)C# Developer
1013 (3.641 %)Senior Developer
1013 (3.641 %)CSS Developer
1111 (3.081 %)Flash Developer
1111 (3.081 %)ASP.NET Developer
1210 (2.801 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
139 (2.521 %)Analyst
148 (2.241 %)UI Developer
157 (1.961 %)Interface Designer
157 (1.961 %)HTML Developer
157 (1.961 %)JavaScript Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (3.361 %)Open Source
210 (2.801 %)Multithreading
210 (2.801 %)N-Tier
38 (2.241 %)NHS
45 (1.401 %)Web 2.0
53 (0.840 %)E-Learning
53 (0.840 %)Photography
53 (0.840 %)iPhone
62 (0.560 %)Credit Risk
62 (0.560 %)RIA
62 (0.560 %)FMCG
62 (0.560 %)Taxonomies
71 (0.280 %)SCORM
71 (0.280 %)Handset
71 (0.280 %)BBC
71 (0.280 %)Statistics
71 (0.280 %)German Language
71 (0.280 %)Japanese Language
71 (0.280 %)Wiki
71 (0.280 %)Ontologies
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (3.081 %)Windows
25 (1.401 %)Linux
34 (1.120 %)UNIX
34 (1.120 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.560 %)Android
42 (0.560 %)Windows 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
165 (18.21 %)E-Commerce
254 (15.13 %)SEO
353 (14.85 %)Web Development
452 (14.57 %)Web Design
550 (14.01 %)Content Management
643 (12.04 %)OO
737 (10.36 %)Web Accessibility
737 (10.36 %)Information Architecture
830 (8.403 %)Agile Software Development
925 (7.003 %)Scrum
1019 (5.322 %)Automated Testing
1113 (3.641 %)User Experience Design
1211 (3.081 %)Web Usability
138 (2.241 %)MVC
147 (1.961 %)Usability Testing
147 (1.961 %)Unit Testing
156 (1.681 %)Validation
164 (1.120 %)Use Case
164 (1.120 %)Online Marketing
164 (1.120 %)CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1241 (67.51 %)JavaScript
292 (25.77 %)PHP
354 (15.13 %)Java
451 (14.29 %)ActionScript
531 (8.683 %)C#
630 (8.403 %)SQL
715 (4.202 %)PHP5
812 (3.361 %)Perl
911 (3.081 %)T-SQL
1010 (2.801 %)ActionScript 3.0
1010 (2.801 %)C
1010 (2.801 %)Python
119 (2.521 %)PHP4
128 (2.241 %)PL/SQL
134 (1.120 %)ActionScript 2.0
134 (1.120 %)Ruby
142 (0.560 %)VBScript
142 (0.560 %)XAML
151 (0.280 %)Lingo
151 (0.280 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (1.120 %)Degree
23 (0.840 %)ISEB
32 (0.560 %)SC Cleared
32 (0.560 %)Security Cleared
41 (0.280 %)ISTQB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (7.283 %)WAI
217 (4.762 %)WCAG
35 (1.401 %)QA
42 (0.560 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.280 %)SLA
51 (0.280 %)Dublin Core
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.560 %)Active Directory
21 (0.280 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
131 (8.683 %)Adobe
218 (5.042 %)Oracle
38 (2.241 %)Microsoft
47 (1.961 %)Google
54 (1.120 %)IBM
62 (0.560 %)Vignette
62 (0.560 %)Salesforce.com
62 (0.560 %)Apple
71 (0.280 %)Stellent
71 (0.280 %)Macromedia
71 (0.280 %)BEA
71 (0.280 %)Red Hat
71 (0.280 %)Wall Street Systems