The first 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 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Rank 388 433 397
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -36
Contract jobs citing W3C 154 132 197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.332% 0.226% 0.317%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.254% 0.922% 1.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 66 117
Average daily rate £300 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £248 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £458 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £307 £335 £250
% change year-on-year
-8.50% +34.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 11
Average hourly rate £15.00 £34.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.52% +38.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-57.14% +40.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12277 14313 17463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.50% 24.52% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7372 8397 10373
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 533 663 738
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.25 £45.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%

W3C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

W3C Jobs Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing W3C within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

W3C Daily Rate Histogram

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
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 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +62 140 £300 -14.28%
London +54 92 £288 -17.85%
South East +28 24 £313 +4.16%
Scotland -8 13 £325 +39.78%
City of London +19 11 £215 -36.29%
Berkshire +25 9 £388 -
Reading - 8 £388 -
East of England +12 7 £310 -20.00%
Edinburgh +10 7 £338 +45.16%
West Midlands +11 6 £288 -34.60%
Hampshire +3 6 £225 -35.71%
Yorkshire +3 6 £293 -
Surrey +16 5 - -
Stirling - 5 £238 -
Basingstoke - 5 £225 -
Manchester +4 4 £263 -17.96%
North West +3 4 £263 -17.96%
Cambridgeshire +13 3 £310 +3.33%
Cambridge - 3 £310 -
North Yorkshire - 3 - -
Oxfordshire +10 2 - -
Bedfordshire +9 2 £400 +33.33%
Hertfordshire +7 2 £200 -
Worcester - 2 £243 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £260 -
Worcestershire - 2 £243 -
Watford +9 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +5 1 £313 +4.16%
West Yorkshire +1 1 £325 -
Kent 0 1 - -

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 266 (91.72%) CSS
2 231 (79.66%) HTML
3 185 (63.79%) JavaScript
4 136 (46.90%) jQuery
5 129 (44.48%) XML
6 98 (33.79%) XHTML
7 92 (31.72%) HTML5
8 78 (26.90%) XSLT
9 65 (22.41%) CSS3
10 63 (21.72%) .NET
11 62 (21.38%) Web Services
12 61 (21.03%) ASP.NET
13 57 (19.66%) Photoshop
14 56 (19.31%) Ajax
14 56 (19.31%) Degree
15 49 (16.90%) SQL Server
15 49 (16.90%) C#
16 48 (16.55%) JSP
17 47 (16.21%) Java
17 47 (16.21%) Publishing
18 46 (15.86%) Content Management
18 46 (15.86%) E-Commerce
19 43 (14.83%) Agile Software Development
20 42 (14.48%) CMS
21 41 (14.14%) PHP
22 40 (13.79%) XSD
23 38 (13.10%) OO
24 35 (12.07%) Data Conversion
25 34 (11.72%) Apache
25 34 (11.72%) SQL

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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
1 266 (91.72%) CSS
2 231 (79.66%) HTML
3 136 (46.90%) jQuery
4 129 (44.48%) XML
5 98 (33.79%) XHTML
6 92 (31.72%) HTML5
7 78 (26.90%) XSLT
8 65 (22.41%) CSS3
9 63 (21.72%) .NET
10 62 (21.38%) Web Services
11 61 (21.03%) ASP.NET
12 56 (19.31%) Ajax
13 48 (16.55%) JSP
14 40 (13.79%) XSD
15 28 (9.655%) .NET Framework
16 18 (6.207%) SOAP
17 17 (5.862%) Flash
18 15 (5.172%) Spring
18 15 (5.172%) JSON
18 15 (5.172%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 42 (14.48%) CMS
2 34 (11.72%) Apache
3 26 (8.966%) SharePoint
4 14 (4.828%) IIS
5 13 (4.483%) Drupal
6 12 (4.138%) nginx
7 10 (3.448%) WebLogic
7 10 (3.448%) Tomcat
7 10 (3.448%) Oracle Workflow
8 8 (2.759%) SharePoint 2010
9 6 (2.069%) WordPress
10 5 (1.724%) Joomla!
10 5 (1.724%) MSMQ
11 4 (1.379%) Confluence
12 3 (1.034%) Magento
12 3 (1.034%) SharePoint 2013
12 3 (1.034%) TeamSite
13 2 (0.690%) Lotus Notes
13 2 (0.690%) Liferay
13 2 (0.690%) Alfresco
Applications
1 57 (19.66%) Photoshop
2 11 (3.793%) MS Excel
3 9 (3.103%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (2.759%) GIMP
5 7 (2.414%) MS Office
6 3 (1.034%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.345%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.345%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.345%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.345%) SiteCatalyst
1 1 (0.345%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.828%) Intranet
2 9 (3.103%) HTTP
3 7 (2.414%) Internet
3 7 (2.414%) FTP
4 1 (0.345%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.345%) SMS
4 1 (0.345%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.345%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (16.90%) SQL Server
2 33 (11.38%) MySQL
3 19 (6.552%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (4.483%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (4.483%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.724%) SQL Server 2012
5 5 (1.724%) SSDT
5 5 (1.724%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.724%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (1.379%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (0.690%) Big Data
8 1 (0.345%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.345%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 31 (10.69%) Dreamweaver
2 30 (10.34%) Subversion
3 26 (8.966%) Visual Studio
4 20 (6.897%) Maven
5 19 (6.552%) Git (software)
6 15 (5.172%) JIRA
7 8 (2.759%) JUnit
7 8 (2.759%) Selenium
8 7 (2.414%) Eclipse
9 6 (2.069%) Ant
9 6 (2.069%) VisualAge
9 6 (2.069%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (2.069%) Jasmine
9 6 (2.069%) Jenkins
10 5 (1.724%) Rhino Mocks
10 5 (1.724%) NUnit
11 4 (1.379%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (1.379%) StyleCop
12 3 (1.034%) MSBuild
13 2 (0.690%) Axure RP
General
1 47 (16.21%) Publishing
2 24 (8.276%) Finance
3 19 (6.552%) Retail
4 18 (6.207%) Marketing
5 16 (5.517%) Games
6 13 (4.483%) Legal
7 11 (3.793%) Banking
8 6 (2.069%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.069%) Japanese Language
8 6 (2.069%) Korean Language
9 5 (1.724%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.034%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.034%) Advertising
11 2 (0.690%) Automotive
11 2 (0.690%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.345%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.345%) Interactive Media
12 1 (0.345%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.345%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.345%) German Language
Job Titles
1 230 (79.31%) Developer
2 62 (21.38%) Web Developer
3 59 (20.34%) Front-End Developer
4 22 (7.586%) Architect
5 18 (6.207%) UI Developer
5 18 (6.207%) .NET Developer
6 17 (5.862%) SharePoint Developer
6 17 (5.862%) Designer
7 16 (5.517%) UI Programmer
8 12 (4.138%) Web Designer
9 11 (3.793%) Ruby on Rails Developer
10 10 (3.448%) HTML Developer
11 8 (2.759%) Consultant
11 8 (2.759%) Data Architect
11 8 (2.759%) ASP.NET Developer
11 8 (2.759%) XML Developer
12 7 (2.414%) Drupal Developer
12 7 (2.414%) PHP Developer
12 7 (2.414%) JavaScript Developer
12 7 (2.414%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.07%) Data Conversion
2 16 (5.517%) Computer Science
3 11 (3.793%) Online Games
4 10 (3.448%) Blackberry
4 10 (3.448%) iPhone
5 7 (2.414%) Semantic Web
5 7 (2.414%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.069%) iPad
6 6 (2.069%) Social Media
7 5 (1.724%) Digital Media
7 5 (1.724%) Open Source
7 5 (1.724%) Animation
8 4 (1.379%) Web 2.0
9 3 (1.034%) Copywriting
9 3 (1.034%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.034%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (1.034%) Statistics
9 3 (1.034%) Mathematics
9 3 (1.034%) Freedom of Information Act
10 2 (0.690%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.897%) Linux
2 7 (2.414%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.414%) Windows
3 6 (2.069%) UNIX
4 5 (1.724%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.724%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.034%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.86%) Content Management
1 46 (15.86%) E-Commerce
2 43 (14.83%) Agile Software Development
3 38 (13.10%) OO
4 34 (11.72%) TDD
5 26 (8.966%) Web Development
6 24 (8.276%) Continuous Integration
7 23 (7.931%) MVC
8 20 (6.897%) SEO
8 20 (6.897%) Web Design
9 18 (6.207%) Validation
10 17 (5.862%) Analytics
11 14 (4.828%) Scrum
12 13 (4.483%) Unit Testing
12 13 (4.483%) Supplier Management
13 12 (4.138%) Web Analytics
13 12 (4.138%) Requirements Analysis
13 12 (4.138%) Workflow
14 11 (3.793%) UML
15 10 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 185 (63.79%) JavaScript
2 49 (16.90%) C#
3 47 (16.21%) Java
4 41 (14.14%) PHP
5 34 (11.72%) SQL
6 24 (8.276%) Python
7 23 (7.931%) XQuery
8 18 (6.207%) Ruby
9 13 (4.483%) T-SQL
10 10 (3.448%) ActionScript
10 10 (3.448%) PHP5
11 9 (3.103%) Perl
12 6 (2.069%) SPARQL
13 5 (1.724%) ActionScript 3.0
13 5 (1.724%) XAML
13 5 (1.724%) VB6
13 5 (1.724%) VBScript
13 5 (1.724%) VB
14 4 (1.379%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.379%) XPath
Qualifications
1 56 (19.31%) Degree
2 8 (2.759%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.034%) MCP
4 2 (0.690%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.345%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (0.345%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.310%) WAI
2 17 (5.862%) WCAG
3 2 (0.690%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.690%) QA
4 1 (0.345%) Section 508
4 1 (0.345%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.345%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.138%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 1 (0.345%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (11.72%) Adobe
2 24 (8.276%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.862%) Oracle
4 10 (3.448%) FatWire
5 6 (2.069%) IBM
5 6 (2.069%) Atlassian
5 6 (2.069%) Twitter
6 5 (1.724%) Google
6 5 (1.724%) Mercator
7 4 (1.379%) Omniture
8 3 (1.034%) RedDot
9 2 (0.690%) HP
9 2 (0.690%) Progress
9 2 (0.690%) Lotus
9 2 (0.690%) Stellent
9 2 (0.690%) Facebook
9 2 (0.690%) Zend
10 1 (0.345%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.345%) VMware
10 1 (0.345%) Interwoven
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