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The table below looks at the demand for the Web Developer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Developer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7779
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads13441855
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.915 %1.918 %
As % of the category below2.162 %2.101 %
Daily rates quoted395537
Average minimum daily rate£276£279
Average daily rate£297£297
% change on same period last year-0.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£316
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£273
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted188225
Average minimum hourly rate£24.68£25.99
Average hourly rate£26.57£28.06
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.46£30.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.08£28.32
% change on same period last year-11.44 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6217088312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.60 %91.33 %
Daily rates quoted2007426422
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-4.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted57327812
Average minimum hourly rate£22.72£23.70
Average hourly rate£24.20£25.26
% change on same period last year-4.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.69£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %

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.

Web Developer
Demand Trend

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

Web Developer Demand Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Web Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Web Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Developer
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 Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 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+41300£298+0.28 %
LondonUp+12614£313+0.48 %
South EastDown-17201£282+3.25 %
North WestUp+24125£252-16.67 %
South WestUp+4115£266+15.20 %
City of LondonUp+6108£309-10.05 %
BerkshireUp+4180£274-7.41 %
West MidlandsDown-471£314+5.41 %
YorkshireDown-1669£232-24.71 %
East of EnglandDown-1554£265+10.97 %
West YorkshireDown-1250£238-24.79 %
ManchesterUp+550£245+36.11 %
East MidlandsUp+2038£351+0.23 %
LeedsDown-1437£233-26.21 %
SurreyDown-1131£242-14.55 %
ReadingUp+1130£280+0.29 %
HampshireDown-1429£270+8.28 %
LancashireUp+1628£204-
WiltshireDown-226£267-23.70 %
CheshireUp+1023£325+62.50 %
HertfordshireUp+1022£313+18.60 %
BristolUp+1822£302+69.94 %
SwindonUp+1321£251-
SomersetUp+219£177-19.54 %
BathNo change019£177-11.50 %
ScotlandDown-619£222-30.92 %
StaffordshireDown-118£393-
WalesNo change016£277-
South WalesUp+215£277-
EssexUp+1214£182-36.31 %

Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Web Developer in their job title 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 with Web Developer in their job title.

11502 (52.65 %)CSS
21377 (48.26 %)HTML
31340 (46.97 %)JavaScript
41310 (45.92 %).NET
5929 (32.56 %)ASP.NET
6832 (29.16 %)C#
7830 (29.09 %)XML
8776 (27.20 %)XHTML
9739 (25.90 %)SQL Server
10701 (24.57 %)SQL
11655 (22.96 %)AJAX
12502 (17.60 %)PHP
13461 (16.16 %)ASP
14458 (16.05 %)Web Development
15376 (13.18 %)Java
16368 (12.90 %)Flash
17367 (12.86 %)Photoshop
18323 (11.32 %)MySQL
19303 (10.62 %)SQL Server 2005
20294 (10.30 %)JSP
21281 (9.849 %)VB.NET
22280 (9.814 %)OO
23270 (9.464 %)WebServices
24263 (9.218 %)CMS
25259 (9.078 %)XSLT
26250 (8.763 %)Content Management
27208 (7.291 %)Oracle
28207 (7.256 %)Dreamweaver
28207 (7.256 %)Finance
29205 (7.185 %)Visual Studio

Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Web Developer in their job title 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 with Web Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11502 (52.65 %)CSS
21377 (48.26 %)HTML
31310 (45.92 %).NET
4929 (32.56 %)ASP.NET
5830 (29.09 %)XML
6776 (27.20 %)XHTML
7655 (22.96 %)AJAX
8461 (16.16 %)ASP
9294 (10.30 %)JSP
10270 (9.464 %)WebServices
11259 (9.078 %)XSLT
12182 (6.379 %)J2EE
13161 (5.643 %)XSL
14112 (3.926 %).NET Framework
15110 (3.856 %)ASP.NET 2.0
16100 (3.505 %)LAMP
1789 (3.120 %)SOAP
1882 (2.874 %)Spring
1980 (2.804 %)Struts
2072 (2.524 %)Hibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1263 (9.218 %)CMS
2140 (4.907 %)Apache
3126 (4.416 %)IIS
4120 (4.206 %)WebLogic
592 (3.225 %)SharePoint
657 (1.998 %)Tomcat
754 (1.893 %)ColdFusion
850 (1.753 %)JBoss
940 (1.402 %)TeamSite
1030 (1.052 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1116 (0.561 %)Content Management Server
1116 (0.561 %)EPiServer
1210 (0.351 %)BizTalk Server
138 (0.280 %)Sitecore CMS
147 (0.245 %)Morello
156 (0.210 %)Joomla!
156 (0.210 %)Immediacy CMS
156 (0.210 %)Lotus Notes
156 (0.210 %)WebLogic Portal
156 (0.210 %)LiveLink
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1367 (12.86 %)Photoshop
269 (2.419 %)MS Excel
355 (1.928 %)Fireworks
449 (1.717 %)Adobe Illustrator
524 (0.841 %)MS Visio
614 (0.491 %)MS Office
713 (0.456 %)ImageReady
89 (0.315 %)MS PowerPoint
98 (0.280 %)InDesign
105 (0.175 %)Acrobat
114 (0.140 %)FreeHand
114 (0.140 %)Spreadsheet
123 (0.105 %)QuarkXPress
123 (0.105 %)MATLAB
132 (0.070 %)Paint Shop Pro
132 (0.070 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.386 %)SAP CRM
28 (0.280 %)SAP SRM
34 (0.140 %)Summit
41 (0.035 %)GoldMine
41 (0.035 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.035 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1184 (6.449 %)Internet
2165 (5.783 %)Intranet
329 (1.016 %)FTP
423 (0.806 %)HTTP
515 (0.526 %)Extranet
610 (0.351 %)SSL
77 (0.245 %)TCP/IP
86 (0.210 %)SMTP
94 (0.140 %)DNS
94 (0.140 %)HTTPS
94 (0.140 %)SMS
102 (0.070 %)VoIP
102 (0.070 %)GPRS
102 (0.070 %)LAN
102 (0.070 %)SMPP
111 (0.035 %)Wireless
111 (0.035 %)SSH
111 (0.035 %)IMAP
111 (0.035 %)Reverse Proxy
111 (0.035 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1739 (25.90 %)SQL Server
2323 (11.32 %)MySQL
3303 (10.62 %)SQL Server 2005
4170 (5.959 %)SQL Server 2000
533 (1.157 %)Oracle 10g
624 (0.841 %)MS Access
624 (0.841 %)Crystal Reports
720 (0.701 %)Oracle Reports
819 (0.666 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
917 (0.596 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1011 (0.386 %)RDBMS
1110 (0.351 %)Oracle 8/8i
128 (0.280 %)OLTP
137 (0.245 %)SAP BI
137 (0.245 %)GIS
137 (0.245 %)DB2
137 (0.245 %)DB2 UDB
146 (0.210 %)Oracle 9i
155 (0.175 %)DTS
155 (0.175 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1368 (12.90 %)Flash
2207 (7.256 %)Dreamweaver
3205 (7.185 %)Visual Studio
474 (2.594 %)Subversion
544 (1.542 %)Ant
626 (0.911 %)Oracle Designer 10g
725 (0.876 %)Eclipse
824 (0.841 %)VSS/SourceSafe
917 (0.596 %)NUnit
1011 (0.386 %)JUnit
1110 (0.351 %)InterDev
128 (0.280 %)FrontPage
128 (0.280 %)XMLSpy
137 (0.245 %)Paros
137 (0.245 %)Fiddler
146 (0.210 %)Selenium
153 (0.105 %)IntelliJ
162 (0.070 %)WebLogic Workshop
162 (0.070 %)CruiseControl
162 (0.070 %)jMock
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1207 (7.256 %)Finance
2124 (4.346 %)Marketing
384 (2.944 %)Banking
470 (2.454 %)Government
559 (2.068 %)Retail
646 (1.612 %)Games
741 (1.437 %)Publishing
840 (1.402 %)Investment Banking
937 (1.297 %)Health
937 (1.297 %)Graphic Design
1036 (1.262 %)Insurance
1128 (0.981 %)Multimedia
1128 (0.981 %)Construction
1226 (0.911 %)Education
1226 (0.911 %)Telecoms
1320 (0.701 %)Advertising
1416 (0.561 %)Animation
1515 (0.526 %)Online Games
1515 (0.526 %)Local Government
1614 (0.491 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1176 (6.169 %)W3C
296 (3.365 %)Web 2.0
364 (2.243 %)N-Tier
440 (1.402 %)NHS
522 (0.771 %)Mathematics
617 (0.596 %)Derivative
716 (0.561 %)E-Learning
815 (0.526 %)Computer Science
910 (0.351 %)Social Network
108 (0.280 %)Blog
108 (0.280 %)Credit Derivative
108 (0.280 %)IPTV
117 (0.245 %)Wiki
117 (0.245 %)German Language
126 (0.210 %)Blackberry
135 (0.175 %)Client/Server
135 (0.175 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
135 (0.175 %)Streaming Video
135 (0.175 %)Equities
135 (0.175 %)PDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1129 (4.522 %)Linux
2118 (4.136 %)Windows
374 (2.594 %)UNIX
432 (1.122 %)Windows Server 2003
530 (1.052 %)Solaris
622 (0.771 %)Red Hat Linux
710 (0.351 %)Windows 2000
86 (0.210 %)Windows Mobile
94 (0.140 %)Windows XP
101 (0.035 %)Mac OS X Server
101 (0.035 %)FreeBSD
101 (0.035 %)AIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1458 (16.05 %)Web Development
2280 (9.814 %)OO
3250 (8.763 %)Content Management
4170 (5.959 %)E-Commerce
5126 (4.416 %)Agile Software Development
6115 (4.031 %)UML
7113 (3.961 %)Web Design
889 (3.120 %)SEO
981 (2.839 %)OOP
1072 (2.524 %)Security Cleared
1159 (2.068 %)Scrum
1242 (1.472 %)OOD
1242 (1.472 %)CRM
1341 (1.437 %)Migration
1440 (1.402 %)SC Cleared
1535 (1.227 %)Time Management
1630 (1.052 %)Investment Management
1630 (1.052 %)Unit Testing
1729 (1.016 %)TDD
1729 (1.016 %)Software Engineering
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11340 (46.97 %)JavaScript
2832 (29.16 %)C#
3701 (24.57 %)SQL
4502 (17.60 %)PHP
5376 (13.18 %)Java
6281 (9.849 %)VB.NET
7190 (6.660 %)DHTML
8154 (5.398 %)ActionScript
9115 (4.031 %)VBScript
1097 (3.400 %)Perl
1193 (3.260 %)Transact-SQL
1292 (3.225 %)VB
1387 (3.049 %)PHP5
1444 (1.542 %)C
1543 (1.507 %)PL/SQL
1642 (1.472 %)C++
1725 (0.876 %)Python
1822 (0.771 %)Shell Script
1822 (0.771 %)Ruby
1920 (0.701 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
166 (2.313 %)Degree
216 (0.561 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (0.315 %)MCSD
48 (0.280 %)MCP
48 (0.280 %)MCAD
57 (0.245 %)Sun Certification
66 (0.210 %)ISEB
73 (0.105 %)MySQL Certification
82 (0.070 %)Postgraduate
82 (0.070 %)MCTS
82 (0.070 %)MCPD
91 (0.035 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (1.332 %)WAI
217 (0.596 %)WCAG
310 (0.351 %)QA
42 (0.070 %)SLA
51 (0.035 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.035 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (0.280 %)Active Directory
24 (0.140 %)MSMQ
33 (0.105 %)AquaLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.245 %)Tivoli
17 (0.245 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
21 (0.035 %)CA SiteMinder
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1208 (7.291 %)Oracle
2187 (6.555 %)Microsoft
373 (2.559 %)Adobe
433 (1.157 %)Zend
529 (1.016 %)Sybase
628 (0.981 %)Mediasurface
725 (0.876 %)Macromedia
823 (0.806 %)Red Hat
921 (0.736 %)BEA
1019 (0.666 %)IBM
1115 (0.526 %)RedDot
1214 (0.491 %)Google
1313 (0.456 %)SAP
1411 (0.386 %)TIBCO
159 (0.315 %)Tridion
159 (0.315 %)Sitecore
168 (0.280 %)Interwoven
176 (0.210 %)Lotus
176 (0.210 %)Symbian
184 (0.140 %)Sun