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This section looks at the demand for Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) skills within the Watford region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWorldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2035
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below38.46 %2.941 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£275£280
Average daily rate£295£280
% change on same period last year+5.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£247
% change on same period last year+26.68 %
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£27.91£36.88
% change on same period last year-24.31 %
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Watford
Matching contract IT job ads1368
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.068 %
Daily rates quoted453
Average minimum daily rate£245£325
Average daily rate£268£335
% change on same period last year-20.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£290£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£353
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50-
Average hourly rate£23.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£24.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£28.53
% change on same period last year-12.34 %
W3C HertfordshireW3C
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.

W3C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Watford W3C Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C across the Watford region.

Watford W3C Daily Rate Trend

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Watford region.

Watford W3C Hourly Rate Trend

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing W3C 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 W3C.

116 (88.89 %)CSS
116 (88.89 %)XHTML
211 (61.11 %)JavaScript
310 (55.56 %)HTML
49 (50.00 %)JSP
58 (44.44 %)E-Commerce
67 (38.89 %)XML
67 (38.89 %)DHTML
74 (22.22 %)iDTV
74 (22.22 %)Internet
74 (22.22 %)WCAG
83 (16.67 %)Retail
83 (16.67 %)Finance
83 (16.67 %)Insurance
83 (16.67 %)AJAX
92 (11.11 %)ActionScript
92 (11.11 %)Flash
101 (5.556 %)Photoshop
101 (5.556 %)C++
101 (5.556 %)XQuery
101 (5.556 %)ImageReady
101 (5.556 %)Multimedia
101 (5.556 %)Interactive TV
101 (5.556 %)Animation
101 (5.556 %)JSTL
101 (5.556 %)Use Case
101 (5.556 %)Microformats
101 (5.556 %)XPath
101 (5.556 %)Advertising
101 (5.556 %)Games

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing W3C 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 W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (88.89 %)XHTML
116 (88.89 %)CSS
210 (55.56 %)HTML
39 (50.00 %)JSP
47 (38.89 %)XML
53 (16.67 %)AJAX
61 (5.556 %)Microformats
61 (5.556 %)JSTL
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)Photoshop
11 (5.556 %)ImageReady
11 (5.556 %)Adobe Illustrator
11 (5.556 %)Adobe Premiere
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (22.22 %)Internet
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.11 %)Flash
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Finance
13 (16.67 %)Retail
13 (16.67 %)Insurance
21 (5.556 %)Animation
21 (5.556 %)Multimedia
21 (5.556 %)Advertising
21 (5.556 %)Games
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (88.89 %)Developer
22 (11.11 %)Web Developer
22 (11.11 %)UI Developer
31 (5.556 %)Software Engineer
31 (5.556 %)Lead Developer
31 (5.556 %)Team Leader
31 (5.556 %)Web Team Leader
31 (5.556 %)Multimedia Designer
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (22.22 %)iDTV
21 (5.556 %)Interactive TV
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (44.44 %)E-Commerce
21 (5.556 %)Use Case
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (61.11 %)JavaScript
27 (38.89 %)DHTML
32 (11.11 %)ActionScript
41 (5.556 %)XQuery
41 (5.556 %)XPath
41 (5.556 %)C++
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (22.22 %)WCAG