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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Web Design skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Design over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkWeb Design
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank296291302
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+11
Matching contract IT job ads217153356
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.449 %0.388 %0.433 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.763 %0.731 %0.870 %
Daily rates quoted835395
Average daily rate£281£225£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-35.71 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£198£152£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£380£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£238£200£400
% change year-on-year
+18.75 %-50.00 %
Hourly rates quoted82130
Average hourly rate£20.00£13.00£21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84 %-39.53 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.55£8.00£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.75£20.00£42.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£12.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
+66.66 %-52.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

Web Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web Design within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Web Design Demand Trend

Web Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

Web Design Daily Rate Trend

Web Design
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Design within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Web Design Daily Rate Histogram

Web Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Web Design Hourly Rate Trend

Web Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Design within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Web Design Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Design
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 Web Design within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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
EnglandNo change0189£300+21.21 %
LondonDown-15123£319+15.90 %
South EastUp+431£275+30.95 %
City of LondonDown-7015£420+13.89 %
ScotlandDown-1014£325+106.34 %
GlasgowDown-310£325+72.18 %
BelfastNew entry-10£225-
County AntrimNew entry-10£225-
Northern IrelandNew entry-10£225-
BerkshireUp+119£368+33.63 %
North WestDown-39£204+1.87 %
YorkshireUp+77£250-
West YorkshireDown-67£250-
NewburyNew entry-7£325-
LeedsUp+96--
West MidlandsUp+56£120-
OxfordUp+46£198-
OxfordshireUp+16£198-
Home CountiesNew entry-6--
ManchesterDown-35£168-
HampshireDown-34£340+126.66 %
LutonNew entry-4£375-
MidlandsNew entry-4--
East of EnglandUp+93--
South WalesUp+83£210+5.00 %
WalesUp+73£210+5.00 %
East MidlandsDown-43--
South WestDown-83£250+11.11 %
CheshireDown-113£245-
EdinburghDown-183--

Web Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Web Design 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 Web Design.

1205 (52.84 %)CSS
2177 (45.62 %)HTML
3167 (43.04 %)JavaScript
4121 (31.19 %)XHTML
5104 (26.80 %)Photoshop
682 (21.13 %)Flash
682 (21.13 %)Web Development
772 (18.56 %)AJAX
870 (18.04 %)XML
967 (17.27 %).NET
1064 (16.49 %)PHP
1152 (13.40 %)W3C
1251 (13.14 %)Adobe Illustrator
1349 (12.63 %)CMS
1445 (11.60 %)ASP.NET
1540 (10.31 %)MySQL
1639 (10.05 %)Dreamweaver
1737 (9.536 %)OO
1836 (9.278 %)Java
1836 (9.278 %)C#
1934 (8.763 %)E-Commerce
1934 (8.763 %)Adobe
1934 (8.763 %)MVC
1934 (8.763 %)Subversion
1934 (8.763 %)Content Management
2032 (8.247 %)Marketing
2131 (7.990 %)SQL Server
2229 (7.474 %)Project Management
2327 (6.959 %)SQL
2327 (6.959 %)Symfony

Web Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Web Design 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 Web Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1205 (52.84 %)CSS
2177 (45.62 %)HTML
3121 (31.19 %)XHTML
482 (21.13 %)Flash
572 (18.56 %)AJAX
670 (18.04 %)XML
767 (17.27 %).NET
845 (11.60 %)ASP.NET
927 (6.959 %)Symfony
1023 (5.928 %)Web Services
1023 (5.928 %)XSLT
1120 (5.155 %)YUI
1120 (5.155 %)jQuery
1213 (3.351 %)ASP
1312 (3.093 %)WAP
149 (2.320 %)JSP
149 (2.320 %)SOAP
158 (2.062 %)J2EE
158 (2.062 %)Spring
167 (1.804 %)DHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
149 (12.63 %)CMS
227 (6.959 %)Drupal
323 (5.928 %)SharePoint
414 (3.608 %)SharePoint Server 2007
511 (2.835 %)Apache
67 (1.804 %)Joomla!
67 (1.804 %)IIS
75 (1.289 %)WordPress
75 (1.289 %)EPiServer
83 (0.773 %)SAS
83 (0.773 %)ColdFusion
92 (0.515 %)WebLogic
92 (0.515 %)TeamSite
92 (0.515 %)Oracle Application Server
92 (0.515 %)Liferay
101 (0.258 %)Sitecore CMS
101 (0.258 %)Moodle
101 (0.258 %)Force.com
101 (0.258 %)Magento
101 (0.258 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1104 (26.80 %)Photoshop
251 (13.14 %)Adobe Illustrator
321 (5.412 %)Fireworks
321 (5.412 %)MS Visio
415 (3.866 %)FreeHand
513 (3.351 %)MS Office
65 (1.289 %)Acrobat
65 (1.289 %)MS Excel
74 (1.031 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (0.515 %)3ds Max
82 (0.515 %)LightWave 3D
82 (0.515 %)InfoPath
91 (0.258 %)ImageReady
91 (0.258 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (1.031 %)Google Analytics
22 (0.515 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (6.186 %)Intranet
214 (3.608 %)Internet
36 (1.546 %)HTTP
44 (1.031 %)HTTPS
53 (0.773 %)TCP/IP
53 (0.773 %)FTP
62 (0.515 %)Extranet
62 (0.515 %)LDAP
62 (0.515 %)DNS
62 (0.515 %)Firewall
62 (0.515 %)IMAP
71 (0.258 %)SSH
71 (0.258 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
140 (10.31 %)MySQL
231 (7.990 %)SQL Server
310 (2.577 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (0.773 %)SQL Server Integration Services
43 (0.773 %)DTS
52 (0.515 %)Crystal Reports
52 (0.515 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
52 (0.515 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (0.515 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
52 (0.515 %)SQL Server 2008
52 (0.515 %)Xcelsius
61 (0.258 %)IDOL
61 (0.258 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (10.05 %)Dreamweaver
234 (8.763 %)Subversion
312 (3.093 %)Visual Studio
45 (1.289 %)Team Foundation Server
45 (1.289 %)Expression Blend
53 (0.773 %)Expression Web
53 (0.773 %)Selenium
62 (0.515 %)PVCS
62 (0.515 %)OpenDeploy
62 (0.515 %)LoadRunner
62 (0.515 %)Eclipse
62 (0.515 %)MyEclipse
71 (0.258 %)Expression Studio
71 (0.258 %)ReSharper
71 (0.258 %)NUnit
71 (0.258 %)JMeter
71 (0.258 %)TestDirector
71 (0.258 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.258 %)JUnit
71 (0.258 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
132 (8.247 %)Marketing
225 (6.443 %)Telecoms
324 (6.186 %)Finance
421 (5.412 %)Graphic Design
518 (4.639 %)Government
610 (2.577 %)Banking
610 (2.577 %)Retail
78 (2.062 %)Health
86 (1.546 %)Education
86 (1.546 %)Publishing
86 (1.546 %)Multimedia
95 (1.289 %)Animation
95 (1.289 %)Investment Banking
95 (1.289 %)Automotive
104 (1.031 %)Interactive Media
104 (1.031 %)Social Media
113 (0.773 %)Local Government
113 (0.773 %)Front Office
122 (0.515 %)Legal
122 (0.515 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1187 (48.20 %)Developer
2149 (38.40 %)Designer
3119 (30.67 %)Web Designer
476 (19.59 %)Web Developer
522 (5.670 %)PHP Developer
619 (4.897 %)Front-End Developer
619 (4.897 %)Project Manager
718 (4.639 %)UI Designer
816 (4.124 %)JavaScript Developer
912 (3.093 %).NET Developer
912 (3.093 %)Web Manager
912 (3.093 %)Front-End Web Developer
1011 (2.835 %)CSS Developer
1011 (2.835 %)Graphic Designer
1110 (2.577 %)Analyst
1110 (2.577 %)C# Developer
1110 (2.577 %)SharePoint Developer
129 (2.320 %)Photoshop Designer
129 (2.320 %)Interface Designer
129 (2.320 %)Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
152 (13.40 %)W3C
214 (3.608 %)NHS
310 (2.577 %)Handset
49 (2.320 %)E-Learning
58 (2.062 %)Management Information System
58 (2.062 %)Social Network
67 (1.804 %)Interactive TV
76 (1.546 %)Open Source
85 (1.289 %)Pocket PC
85 (1.289 %)Web 2.0
93 (0.773 %)iPhone
93 (0.773 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
102 (0.515 %)N-Tier
102 (0.515 %)Fixed Income
102 (0.515 %)IPTV
102 (0.515 %)Copywriting
111 (0.258 %)Video on Demand
111 (0.258 %)IBM Mainframe
111 (0.258 %)FMCG
111 (0.258 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (3.093 %)Windows
25 (1.289 %)Linux
33 (0.773 %)Android
42 (0.515 %)UNIX
42 (0.515 %)Debian
42 (0.515 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.515 %)Ubuntu
42 (0.515 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (0.515 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
182 (21.13 %)Web Development
237 (9.536 %)OO
334 (8.763 %)E-Commerce
334 (8.763 %)MVC
334 (8.763 %)Content Management
429 (7.474 %)Project Management
524 (6.186 %)SEO
619 (4.897 %)Web Accessibility
715 (3.866 %)Information Architecture
812 (3.093 %)Usability Testing
911 (2.835 %)Stakeholder Management
1010 (2.577 %)Agile Software Development
119 (2.320 %)Migration
128 (2.062 %)CRM
128 (2.062 %)Online Marketing
137 (1.804 %)Knowledge Management
137 (1.804 %)TDD
137 (1.804 %)Workflow
146 (1.546 %)UML
146 (1.546 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1167 (43.04 %)JavaScript
264 (16.49 %)PHP
336 (9.278 %)Java
336 (9.278 %)C#
427 (6.959 %)SQL
515 (3.866 %)Perl
612 (3.093 %)C
612 (3.093 %)T-SQL
612 (3.093 %)XPath
710 (2.577 %)VB.NET
710 (2.577 %)ActionScript
87 (1.804 %)Python
96 (1.546 %)XQuery
105 (1.289 %)PHP5
114 (1.031 %)ActionScript 3.0
123 (0.773 %)VB
123 (0.773 %)VBA
132 (0.515 %)Shell Script
141 (0.258 %)PHP4
141 (0.258 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
124 (6.186 %)Degree
23 (0.773 %)Security Cleared
32 (0.515 %)HND
32 (0.515 %)IBM Certification
41 (0.258 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.258 %)CTC Cleared
41 (0.258 %)MOS
41 (0.258 %)ISEB
41 (0.258 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.577 %)WCAG
28 (2.062 %)WAI
34 (1.031 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.258 %)OpenLDAP
11 (0.258 %)Postfix
11 (0.258 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
134 (8.763 %)Adobe
221 (5.412 %)Microsoft
317 (4.381 %)Oracle
415 (3.866 %)Mercator
56 (1.546 %)IBM
65 (1.289 %)Google
65 (1.289 %)Quark
72 (0.515 %)Interwoven
72 (0.515 %)Reuters
72 (0.515 %)Bloomberg
72 (0.515 %)Sun
72 (0.515 %)RedDot
72 (0.515 %)Caplin
72 (0.515 %)Tradeweb
81 (0.258 %)Sitecore
81 (0.258 %)Salesforce.com
81 (0.258 %)Progress
81 (0.258 %)Tridion
81 (0.258 %)Macromedia
81 (0.258 %)HP