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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Web Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkWeb Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank977976
Rank change year-on-year
Down-18Down-3
Matching contract IT job ads8077261592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.671 %1.840 %1.937 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.826 %2.010 %2.082 %
Daily rates quoted334230512
Average daily rate£265£275£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.630 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£175£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£375£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£238£263£275
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-4.540 %
Hourly rates quoted5492157
Average hourly rate£21.50£20.00£27.83
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.500 %-28.13 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.28£10.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£32.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
--27.27 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
441973611776460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.56 %93.02 %
Daily rates quoted201431156723643
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted252830286720
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.67£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %

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 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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010.

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 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
EnglandDown-21753£270-1.81 %
LondonDown-27358£300-
South EastDown-2119£244-2.50 %
City of LondonDown-5171£300+3.36 %
East of EnglandUp+762£250-9.09 %
South WestUp+560£225-3.22 %
West MidlandsUp+1248£250-28.57 %
North WestDown-2447£200-2.43 %
ScotlandDown-943£225-
ManchesterDown-137£200-2.43 %
YorkshireUp+2035£225-18.18 %
BerkshireUp+726£225-20.35 %
SurreyDown-1523£325+30.00 %
GlasgowDown-721£238+5.55 %
HampshireUp+319£256+28.12 %
West YorkshireNo change019£213-
BristolDown-218£225+12.50 %
East MidlandsDown-117£240+41.17 %
CambridgeshireDown-116£180-25.00 %
LeedsUp+1415£270-
EssexUp+915£258-6.36 %
EdinburghDown-1315£185-
North YorkshireUp+1414£225-
HertfordshireUp+1314£288-11.53 %
Home CountiesNew entry-14--
BirminghamUp+313£250-9.09 %
CambridgeDown-512£150-49.15 %
StaffordshireUp+810£375+7.14 %
WarwickshireUp+410£188-
West SussexDown-410£273+9.00 %

Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1926 (61.86 %)CSS
2862 (57.58 %)JavaScript
3787 (52.57 %)HTML
4607 (40.55 %).NET
5477 (31.86 %)ASP.NET
6428 (28.59 %)AJAX
7418 (27.92 %)XHTML
8389 (25.99 %)C#
9373 (24.92 %)SQL Server
10363 (24.25 %)XML
11342 (22.85 %)PHP
12301 (20.11 %)Web Development
13262 (17.50 %)SQL
14261 (17.43 %)MySQL
15249 (16.63 %)jQuery
16215 (14.36 %)Java
17188 (12.56 %)Web Services
18167 (11.16 %)CMS
19165 (11.02 %)Flash
20155 (10.35 %)XSLT
21151 (10.09 %)SQL Server 2005
22141 (9.419 %)Photoshop
23129 (8.617 %)OO
24127 (8.484 %)E-Commerce
25120 (8.016 %)VB.NET
26116 (7.749 %)Visual Studio
27108 (7.214 %)Agile Software Development
28106 (7.081 %)Linux
29104 (6.947 %)Finance
30103 (6.880 %)ASP

Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1926 (61.86 %)CSS
2787 (52.57 %)HTML
3607 (40.55 %).NET
4477 (31.86 %)ASP.NET
5428 (28.59 %)AJAX
6418 (27.92 %)XHTML
7363 (24.25 %)XML
8249 (16.63 %)jQuery
9188 (12.56 %)Web Services
10165 (11.02 %)Flash
11155 (10.35 %)XSLT
12103 (6.880 %)ASP
1386 (5.745 %)JSP
1481 (5.411 %)DHTML
1571 (4.743 %)Spring
1668 (4.542 %).NET Framework
1758 (3.874 %)WCF
1854 (3.607 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1942 (2.806 %)LAMP
1942 (2.806 %)J2EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1167 (11.16 %)CMS
270 (4.676 %)Apache
364 (4.275 %)IIS
462 (4.142 %)Tomcat
462 (4.142 %)SharePoint
546 (3.073 %)Drupal
621 (1.403 %)Joomla!
720 (1.336 %)WordPress
818 (1.202 %)ColdFusion
913 (0.868 %)Magento
1012 (0.802 %)Umbraco
1110 (0.668 %)DotNetNuke
1110 (0.668 %)Sitecore CMS
1110 (0.668 %)EPiServer
128 (0.534 %)WebLogic
128 (0.534 %)SharePoint Server 2007
137 (0.468 %)TeamSite
145 (0.334 %)Immediacy CMS
145 (0.334 %)Movable Type
154 (0.267 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1141 (9.419 %)Photoshop
228 (1.870 %)Adobe Illustrator
327 (1.804 %)Fireworks
425 (1.670 %)MS Excel
512 (0.802 %)MS Office
68 (0.534 %)InfoPath
77 (0.468 %)MS Visio
85 (0.334 %)Acrobat
93 (0.200 %)InDesign
102 (0.134 %)ImageReady
102 (0.134 %)Adobe Captivate
111 (0.067 %)Spreadsheet
111 (0.067 %)MS PowerPoint
111 (0.067 %)MS Project
111 (0.067 %)FreeHand
111 (0.067 %)QuarkXPress
111 (0.067 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (0.401 %)Google Analytics
23 (0.200 %)Oracle iStore
32 (0.134 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.134 %)WebTrends
32 (0.134 %)Summit
41 (0.067 %)Oracle BPM
41 (0.067 %)Oracle HRMS
41 (0.067 %)Pivotal CRM
41 (0.067 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
199 (6.613 %)Internet
255 (3.674 %)Intranet
347 (3.140 %)HTTP
420 (1.336 %)Extranet
514 (0.935 %)FTP
514 (0.935 %)DNS
613 (0.868 %)LDAP
710 (0.668 %)TCP/IP
87 (0.468 %)Firewall
95 (0.334 %)SSL
104 (0.267 %)HTTPS
104 (0.267 %)DHCP
104 (0.267 %)LAN
104 (0.267 %)Broadband
104 (0.267 %)WAN
113 (0.200 %)SMTP
122 (0.134 %)SMS
122 (0.134 %)GSM
131 (0.067 %)VPN
131 (0.067 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1373 (24.92 %)SQL Server
2261 (17.43 %)MySQL
3151 (10.09 %)SQL Server 2005
453 (3.540 %)SQL Server 2008
538 (2.538 %)SQL Server 2000
616 (1.069 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
712 (0.802 %)RDBMS
712 (0.802 %)Oracle 8/8i
810 (0.668 %)Oracle 10g
810 (0.668 %)GIS
810 (0.668 %)SQL Server Integration Services
96 (0.401 %)ETL
96 (0.401 %)Crystal Reports
96 (0.401 %)PostgreSQL
105 (0.334 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
113 (0.200 %)Oracle 11g
122 (0.134 %)EDRMS
122 (0.134 %)TOAD
122 (0.134 %)DTS
122 (0.134 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1116 (7.749 %)Visual Studio
269 (4.609 %)Dreamweaver
359 (3.941 %)Subversion
424 (1.603 %)Eclipse
520 (1.336 %)Ant
618 (1.202 %)FrontPage
712 (0.802 %)Maven
89 (0.601 %)NUnit
97 (0.468 %)Selenium
97 (0.468 %)VSS/SourceSafe
106 (0.401 %)ClearCase
115 (0.334 %)Team Foundation Server
115 (0.334 %)JUnit
124 (0.267 %)Expression Blend
133 (0.200 %)TeamCity
133 (0.200 %)Expression Web
142 (0.134 %)JMeter
142 (0.134 %)JIRA
142 (0.134 %)ReSharper
142 (0.134 %)NCover
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1104 (6.947 %)Finance
274 (4.943 %)Banking
357 (3.808 %)Marketing
447 (3.140 %)Investment Banking
542 (2.806 %)Government
639 (2.605 %)Games
727 (1.804 %)Telecoms
820 (1.336 %)Health
820 (1.336 %)Retail
919 (1.269 %)Education
1017 (1.136 %)Publishing
1115 (1.002 %)Graphic Design
1115 (1.002 %)Advertising
1214 (0.935 %)Multimedia
1313 (0.868 %)Online Games
1313 (0.868 %)Retail Banking
1410 (0.668 %)Insurance
158 (0.534 %)Animation
158 (0.534 %)Social Media
166 (0.401 %)Front Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
187 (5.812 %)W3C
234 (2.271 %)Web 2.0
331 (2.071 %)Open Source
429 (1.937 %)NHS
517 (1.136 %)Social Network
612 (0.802 %)N-Tier
612 (0.802 %)E-Learning
710 (0.668 %)RIA
89 (0.601 %)Blog
89 (0.601 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
98 (0.534 %)Computer Science
107 (0.468 %)Fixed Income
116 (0.401 %)Derivative
125 (0.334 %)Dependency Injection
125 (0.334 %)Management Information System
134 (0.267 %)Multithreading
134 (0.267 %)Amazon EC2
143 (0.200 %)Windows Azure
143 (0.200 %)iPhone
143 (0.200 %)Wiki
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1106 (7.081 %)Linux
262 (4.142 %)Windows
354 (3.607 %)UNIX
412 (0.802 %)Solaris
510 (0.668 %)Red Hat Linux
69 (0.601 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (0.334 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (0.267 %)Debian
93 (0.200 %)Windows XP
102 (0.134 %)Mac OS X
102 (0.134 %)CentOS
111 (0.067 %)Mac OS
111 (0.067 %)Mac OS X Server
111 (0.067 %)Android
111 (0.067 %)Ubuntu
111 (0.067 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.067 %)Windows Vista
111 (0.067 %)VMS
111 (0.067 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1301 (20.11 %)Web Development
2129 (8.617 %)OO
3127 (8.484 %)E-Commerce
4108 (7.214 %)Agile Software Development
593 (6.212 %)Content Management
676 (5.077 %)Web Design
768 (4.542 %)SEO
862 (4.142 %)MVC
946 (3.073 %)Scrum
1041 (2.739 %)TDD
1139 (2.605 %)Unit Testing
1229 (1.937 %)UML
1327 (1.804 %)Continuous Integration
1420 (1.336 %)ITIL
1420 (1.336 %)OOP
1420 (1.336 %)Change Management
1519 (1.269 %)CRM
1618 (1.202 %)Project Management
1717 (1.136 %)SOA
1717 (1.136 %)Web Accessibility
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1862 (57.58 %)JavaScript
2389 (25.99 %)C#
3342 (22.85 %)PHP
4262 (17.50 %)SQL
5215 (14.36 %)Java
6120 (8.016 %)VB.NET
763 (4.208 %)ActionScript
861 (4.075 %)Perl
956 (3.741 %)C
1051 (3.407 %)Python
1150 (3.340 %)VB
1247 (3.140 %)PHP5
1341 (2.739 %)Ruby
1440 (2.672 %)T-SQL
1524 (1.603 %)VBScript
1621 (1.403 %)PL/SQL
1719 (1.269 %)VB6
1818 (1.202 %)C++
1916 (1.069 %)ActionScript 3.0
2014 (0.935 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
161 (4.075 %)Security Cleared
240 (2.672 %)SC Cleared
338 (2.538 %)Degree
47 (0.468 %)CTC Cleared
47 (0.468 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (0.200 %)MCAD
53 (0.200 %)Sun Certification
62 (0.134 %)IBM Certification
62 (0.134 %)MCSD
62 (0.134 %)HND
62 (0.134 %)MCTS
71 (0.067 %)MCP
71 (0.067 %)Postgraduate
71 (0.067 %)MCSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (1.670 %)WCAG
220 (1.336 %)WAI
313 (0.868 %)SLA
47 (0.468 %)QA
52 (0.134 %)GAMP
52 (0.134 %)ISO9001
52 (0.134 %)GxP
61 (0.067 %)PAS 78
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (0.868 %)Active Directory
21 (0.067 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.267 %)OpenView
14 (0.267 %)OVSD
22 (0.134 %)MSI
31 (0.067 %)Plesk
31 (0.067 %)SCCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1103 (6.880 %)Oracle
285 (5.678 %)Microsoft
365 (4.342 %)Adobe
425 (1.670 %)Zend
520 (1.336 %)Google
614 (0.935 %)Sitecore
712 (0.802 %)Sybase
810 (0.668 %)Red Hat
99 (0.601 %)Caplin
99 (0.601 %)IBM
108 (0.534 %)Interwoven
117 (0.468 %)RedDot
117 (0.468 %)JBoss
126 (0.401 %)Mercator
126 (0.401 %)Apple
134 (0.267 %)ESRI
134 (0.267 %)Sun
134 (0.267 %)HP
134 (0.267 %)Informatica
134 (0.267 %)Salesforce.com