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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Online Games' in contract IT jobs within the Watford region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Online Games over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOnline Game
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2332
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.740 %4.098 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£283
% change on same period last year+3.73 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.04-
% change on same period last year-
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Watford
Matching contract IT job ads73122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.099 %0.120 %
Daily rates quoted2273
Average minimum daily rate£310£333
Average daily rate£331£342
% change on same period last year-3.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£17.95£9.00
Average hourly rate£17.95£10.13
% change on same period last year+77.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.95£11.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Online Games HertfordshireOnline Games
Hertfordshire

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.

Online Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Online Games across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Watford Online Games Demand Trend

Online Games
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Online Games across the Watford region.

Watford Online Games Daily Rate Trend

Online Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Online Games 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 Online Games.

110 (100.00 %)Games
23 (30.00 %)SQL
23 (30.00 %)AIX
23 (30.00 %)PRINCE2
32 (20.00 %)UNIX
32 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (20.00 %)IBM
32 (20.00 %)PMI
32 (20.00 %)Internet
32 (20.00 %)J2EE
32 (20.00 %)DB2
32 (20.00 %)MS Office
32 (20.00 %)EJB
32 (20.00 %)JDBC
32 (20.00 %)Workflow
32 (20.00 %)JNDI
32 (20.00 %)WebSphere
32 (20.00 %)QA
41 (10.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (10.00 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
41 (10.00 %)Project Planning
41 (10.00 %)BODI
41 (10.00 %)Finance
41 (10.00 %)WebServices
41 (10.00 %)Crystal Reports
41 (10.00 %)Solaris
41 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (10.00 %)MS Excel
41 (10.00 %)Windows XP
41 (10.00 %)MS Visio

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Online Games 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 Online Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)J2EE
12 (20.00 %)EJB
12 (20.00 %)JDBC
12 (20.00 %)JNDI
12 (20.00 %)WebSphere
21 (10.00 %)WebServices
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (10.00 %)MS Excel
21 (10.00 %)MS Visio
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)Internet
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)DB2
21 (10.00 %)Crystal Reports
21 (10.00 %)BusinessObjects
21 (10.00 %)BODI
21 (10.00 %)BusinessObjects XI
21 (10.00 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (100.00 %)Games
21 (10.00 %)Finance
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (20.00 %)Analyst
12 (20.00 %)Test Analyst
12 (20.00 %)Consultant
21 (10.00 %)Information Architect
21 (10.00 %)WebSphere Consultant
21 (10.00 %)Senior Information Architect
21 (10.00 %)Architect
21 (10.00 %)Project Manager
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)PMI
21 (10.00 %)HACMP
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)AIX
22 (20.00 %)UNIX
31 (10.00 %)Windows
31 (10.00 %)Solaris
31 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (10.00 %)Windows XP
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (20.00 %)Workflow
31 (10.00 %)Project Planning
31 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)SQL
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (20.00 %)QA
21 (10.00 %)ISO9001
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)IBM
21 (10.00 %)HP
21 (10.00 %)Intel
21 (10.00 %)Business Objects