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The table below looks at the demand for Web Development skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Development over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Development
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank112134
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads9821191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.383 %1.204 %
As % of the category below2.552 %2.407 %
Daily rates quoted327399
Average minimum daily rate£303£314
Average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£312
% change on same period last year-7.29 %
Hourly rates quoted64107
Average minimum hourly rate£24.81£27.23
Average hourly rate£26.63£29.36
% change on same period last year-9.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.45£31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.31£29.83
% change on same period last year-11.77 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3848049480
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.18 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted1360216291
Average minimum daily rate£383£385
Average daily rate£411£409
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted26033282
Average minimum hourly rate£27.58£28.10
Average hourly rate£29.34£29.92
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.11£31.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %

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 Development
Demand Trend

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

Web Development Demand Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

Web Development Daily Rate Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Development within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Web Development Daily Rate Histogram

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Web Development Hourly Rate Trend

Web Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Development within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Web Development Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Development
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 Development within the UK over the 3 months to 10 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+22944£331-1.53 %
LondonUp+16446£358+1.58 %
South EastUp+9174£300-2.40 %
City of LondonDown-688£372-9.03 %
West MidlandsUp+2973£310+1.64 %
South WestUp+2462£295+20.62 %
BerkshireUp+5756£324-17.30 %
North WestUp+4054£221-26.22 %
East of EnglandDown-747£254-19.07 %
YorkshireUp+644£321-16.23 %
HampshireNo change035£356+29.02 %
SurreyUp+2232£245-26.70 %
ReadingUp+2229£341-15.45 %
East MidlandsDown-428£250-21.38 %
West YorkshireUp+1024£271-3.21 %
HerefordshireUp+1223£170-43.33 %
BristolUp+2219£234+75.78 %
OxfordshireDown-217£225-9.85 %
ManchesterDown-117£281-
LeedsUp+216£235-16.07 %
DevonUp+2415£312-
ScotlandDown-914£310-2.92 %
CheshireUp+1113£148-
HertfordshireUp+713£281-21.54 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1011--
WalesUp+811£316-
ExeterUp+2011£294-
MidlandsUp+910£402+11.18 %
WiltshireDown-610£392-5.61 %
Thames ValleyUp+109£315-42.72 %

Web Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Web Development 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 Development.

1729 (38.80 %)HTML
2699 (37.20 %)JavaScript
3690 (36.72 %).NET
4653 (34.75 %)CSS
5504 (26.82 %)XML
6465 (24.75 %)SQL
7445 (23.68 %)C#
8441 (23.47 %)SQL Server
9436 (23.20 %)ASP.NET
10383 (20.38 %)Java
11333 (17.72 %)XHTML
12327 (17.40 %)AJAX
13240 (12.77 %)PHP
14219 (11.66 %)OO
15215 (11.44 %)ASP
16191 (10.16 %)Oracle
17177 (9.420 %)J2EE
18174 (9.260 %)MySQL
19171 (9.101 %)Microsoft
20166 (8.834 %)VB.NET
21157 (8.356 %)E-Commerce
22154 (8.196 %)Flash
23152 (8.089 %)Finance
24150 (7.983 %)Content Management
25149 (7.930 %)CMS
25149 (7.930 %)Photoshop
26146 (7.770 %)WebServices
27139 (7.398 %)JSP
28137 (7.291 %)Agile Software Development
29135 (7.185 %)Linux

Web Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Web Development 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 Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1729 (38.80 %)HTML
2690 (36.72 %).NET
3653 (34.75 %)CSS
4504 (26.82 %)XML
5436 (23.20 %)ASP.NET
6333 (17.72 %)XHTML
7327 (17.40 %)AJAX
8215 (11.44 %)ASP
9177 (9.420 %)J2EE
10146 (7.770 %)WebServices
11139 (7.398 %)JSP
12127 (6.759 %)XSL
13123 (6.546 %)Hibernate
1495 (5.056 %)XSLT
1594 (5.003 %)Spring
1693 (4.949 %)MVC
1693 (4.949 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1783 (4.417 %)Struts
1859 (3.140 %)jQuery
1953 (2.821 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1149 (7.930 %)CMS
2123 (6.546 %)SharePoint
378 (4.151 %)Apache
468 (3.619 %)WebLogic
559 (3.140 %)Tomcat
653 (2.821 %)IIS
747 (2.501 %)SharePoint Server 2007
836 (1.916 %)JBoss
930 (1.597 %)Lotus Notes
1029 (1.543 %)ColdFusion
1029 (1.543 %)TeamSite
1127 (1.437 %)Lotus Domino
1219 (1.011 %)WebLogic Portal
1316 (0.852 %)TIBCO EMS
1411 (0.585 %)MS Exchange
159 (0.479 %)Oracle Application Server
159 (0.479 %)Joomla!
167 (0.373 %)LiveLink
167 (0.373 %)Documentum
176 (0.319 %)BizTalk Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1149 (7.930 %)Photoshop
2109 (5.801 %)MS Excel
331 (1.650 %)MS Project
426 (1.384 %)MS Office
426 (1.384 %)MS Visio
523 (1.224 %)Adobe Illustrator
620 (1.064 %)Fireworks
76 (0.319 %)3ds Max
84 (0.213 %)Adobe Premiere
93 (0.160 %)MS PowerPoint
93 (0.160 %)InfoPath
102 (0.106 %)Acrobat
102 (0.106 %)QuarkXPress
111 (0.053 %)FreeHand
111 (0.053 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.053 %)Shockwave
111 (0.053 %)CA Clarity
111 (0.053 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (0.426 %)Algo Collateral
27 (0.373 %)WebTrends
34 (0.213 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.106 %)SAP CRM
42 (0.106 %)Oracle Financials
42 (0.106 %)SAP PLM
42 (0.106 %)Google Analytics
51 (0.053 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.053 %)Summit
51 (0.053 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1126 (6.706 %)Internet
274 (3.938 %)Intranet
342 (2.235 %)HTTP
412 (0.639 %)TCP/IP
56 (0.319 %)FTP
56 (0.319 %)Extranet
56 (0.319 %)Firewall
65 (0.266 %)DNS
74 (0.213 %)HTTPS
74 (0.213 %)SMTP
74 (0.213 %)VLAN
83 (0.160 %)TELNET
83 (0.160 %)iSCSI
83 (0.160 %)LDAP
83 (0.160 %)SAN
92 (0.106 %)SSL
92 (0.106 %)Kerberos
92 (0.106 %)LAN
92 (0.106 %)WAN
92 (0.106 %)SMPP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1441 (23.47 %)SQL Server
2174 (9.260 %)MySQL
3118 (6.280 %)SQL Server 2005
4100 (5.322 %)SQL Server 2000
540 (2.129 %)Oracle 10g
618 (0.958 %)MS Access
717 (0.905 %)Datawarehouse
815 (0.798 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
815 (0.798 %)Reference Data
912 (0.639 %)RDBMS
1011 (0.585 %)Oracle 9i
1011 (0.585 %)GIS
119 (0.479 %)Data Cleansing
119 (0.479 %)OLAP
128 (0.426 %)Oracle Reports
128 (0.426 %)DTS
137 (0.373 %)Crystal Reports
146 (0.319 %)DB2
155 (0.266 %)Oracle OWB
164 (0.213 %)Oracle Discoverer
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1154 (8.196 %)Flash
2114 (6.067 %)Visual Studio
396 (5.109 %)Dreamweaver
462 (3.300 %)JUnit
558 (3.087 %)Subversion
635 (1.863 %)Eclipse
720 (1.064 %)Selenium
819 (1.011 %)Rational Rose
819 (1.011 %)IntelliJ
917 (0.905 %)Ant
917 (0.905 %)RequisitePro
1015 (0.798 %)OpenDeploy
1114 (0.745 %)FitNesse
1212 (0.639 %)NUnit
1311 (0.585 %)VSS/SourceSafe
149 (0.479 %)CruiseControl
158 (0.426 %)FrontPage
164 (0.213 %)jMock
164 (0.213 %)JDeveloper
173 (0.160 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1152 (8.089 %)Finance
288 (4.683 %)Banking
385 (4.524 %)Marketing
446 (2.448 %)Investment Banking
446 (2.448 %)Government
541 (2.182 %)Publishing
639 (2.076 %)Telecoms
737 (1.969 %)Insurance
829 (1.543 %)Retail
927 (1.437 %)Games
927 (1.437 %)Health
1021 (1.118 %)Front Office
1119 (1.011 %)Education
1216 (0.852 %)Graphic Design
1314 (0.745 %)Multimedia
1413 (0.692 %)Advertising
1413 (0.692 %)Financial Institution
1511 (0.585 %)Online Banking
1610 (0.532 %)Online Games
1610 (0.532 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11232 (65.57 %)Developer
2468 (24.91 %)Web Developer
3266 (14.16 %).NET Developer
4155 (8.249 %)Project Manager
5152 (8.089 %)Java Developer
6129 (6.865 %)Analyst
7120 (6.386 %)C# Developer
897 (5.162 %)ASP.NET Developer
984 (4.470 %)Web Manager
1083 (4.417 %).NET Web Developer
1172 (3.832 %)PHP Developer
1268 (3.619 %)Senior Developer
1367 (3.566 %)SharePoint Developer
1462 (3.300 %)VB.NET Developer
1550 (2.661 %)SQL Developer
1649 (2.608 %)Business Analyst
1747 (2.501 %)Web Project Manager
1845 (2.395 %)Web Designer
1942 (2.235 %)J2EE Developer
2036 (1.916 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
163 (3.353 %)W3C
249 (2.608 %)NHS
347 (2.501 %)Web 2.0
430 (1.597 %)N-Tier
516 (0.852 %)Derivative
615 (0.798 %)Computer Science
714 (0.745 %)E-Learning
812 (0.639 %)Social Network
911 (0.585 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1010 (0.532 %)Fixed Income
1010 (0.532 %)Multithreading
119 (0.479 %)Replication
128 (0.426 %)Equities
136 (0.319 %)Streaming Media
136 (0.319 %)Podcast
145 (0.266 %)RIA
145 (0.266 %)Credit Risk
145 (0.266 %)Wiki
145 (0.266 %)Statistics
154 (0.213 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1135 (7.185 %)Linux
2115 (6.120 %)Windows
3107 (5.695 %)UNIX
431 (1.650 %)Windows Server 2003
523 (1.224 %)Solaris
614 (0.745 %)Windows 2000
710 (0.532 %)Windows XP
89 (0.479 %)Windows Vista
89 (0.479 %)Windows Server 2008
95 (0.266 %)Red Hat Linux
104 (0.213 %)FreeBSD
113 (0.160 %)Windows 2000 Server
122 (0.106 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.053 %)Ubuntu
131 (0.053 %)Windows NT
131 (0.053 %)AIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1219 (11.66 %)OO
2157 (8.356 %)E-Commerce
3150 (7.983 %)Content Management
4137 (7.291 %)Agile Software Development
5121 (6.440 %)UML
6104 (5.535 %)Project Management
797 (5.162 %)Web Design
896 (5.109 %)PRINCE2
966 (3.513 %)OOP
1059 (3.140 %)Security Cleared
1156 (2.980 %)Scrum
1250 (2.661 %)TDD
1344 (2.342 %)Workflow
1442 (2.235 %)CRM
1539 (2.076 %)Unit Testing
1637 (1.969 %)SC Cleared
1736 (1.916 %)SEO
1832 (1.703 %)Use Case
1929 (1.543 %)SOA
2028 (1.490 %)RAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1699 (37.20 %)JavaScript
2465 (24.75 %)SQL
3445 (23.68 %)C#
4383 (20.38 %)Java
5240 (12.77 %)PHP
6166 (8.834 %)VB.NET
7101 (5.375 %)DHTML
891 (4.843 %)VB
975 (3.991 %)Perl
1060 (3.193 %)Transact-SQL
1151 (2.714 %)ActionScript
1247 (2.501 %)PL/SQL
1247 (2.501 %)C++
1344 (2.342 %)Ruby
1443 (2.288 %)VB6
1443 (2.288 %)PHP5
1542 (2.235 %)VBScript
1625 (1.330 %)XPath
1723 (1.224 %)Shell Script
1817 (0.905 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
152 (2.767 %)Degree
218 (0.958 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
316 (0.852 %)PRINCE2 Certification
414 (0.745 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (0.266 %)MCSD
55 (0.266 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.106 %)MCSE
71 (0.053 %)ISEB
71 (0.053 %)HND
71 (0.053 %)OCP
71 (0.053 %)Oracle Certification
71 (0.053 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.053 %)MCTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
141 (2.182 %)QA
221 (1.118 %)WAI
37 (0.373 %)SLA
42 (0.106 %)MiFID
51 (0.053 %)WCAG
51 (0.053 %)HL7
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (0.426 %)Active Directory
27 (0.373 %)MSMQ
27 (0.373 %)MailMarshal
34 (0.213 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (0.160 %)NFS
52 (0.106 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.053 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.053 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.160 %)SCOM
21 (0.053 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (0.053 %)Tivoli
21 (0.053 %)CONTROL-M
21 (0.053 %)Foglight
21 (0.053 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1191 (10.16 %)Oracle
2171 (9.101 %)Microsoft
355 (2.927 %)Adobe
452 (2.767 %)Sybase
531 (1.650 %)Macromedia
630 (1.597 %)Lotus
722 (1.171 %)Proxima
722 (1.171 %)Interwoven
821 (1.118 %)Google
920 (1.064 %)IBM
1019 (1.011 %)TIBCO
1116 (0.852 %)Tridion
1116 (0.852 %)Zend
1214 (0.745 %)VMware
1312 (0.639 %)SAP
1411 (0.585 %)CA
159 (0.479 %)BEA
159 (0.479 %)RedDot
159 (0.479 %)Perforce
168 (0.426 %)HP