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This section looks at the demand for Adobe ColdFusion skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ColdFusion over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe ColdFusion
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank119114
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads512
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.147 %2.490 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£367
Average daily rate-£383
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£350
% change on same period last year-18.64 %
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£30.70£25.00
% change on same period last year+22.80 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads436482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.581 %0.481 %
Daily rates quoted8773
Average minimum daily rate£326£313
Average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted4699
Average minimum hourly rate£18.17£19.87
Average hourly rate£19.35£20.81
% change on same period last year-7.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.52£21.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£24.75
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
ColdFusion EnglandColdFusion
England

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.

ColdFusion
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ColdFusion across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

West Midlands ColdFusion Demand Trend

ColdFusion
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ColdFusion Daily Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ColdFusion Hourly Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ColdFusion within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
CoventryDown-93--
ColdFusion EnglandColdFusion
England

ColdFusion
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion.

112 (100.00 %)HTML
112 (100.00 %)XML
29 (75.00 %)CSS
38 (66.67 %)MySQL
38 (66.67 %)JavaScript
38 (66.67 %)PHP
38 (66.67 %)XHTML
38 (66.67 %)CMS
47 (58.33 %)SQL Server
56 (50.00 %)Subversion
64 (33.33 %)FTP
64 (33.33 %)WebServices
64 (33.33 %).NET
72 (16.67 %).NET Framework
72 (16.67 %)WAI
81 (8.333 %)Education
81 (8.333 %)Government

ColdFusion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (100.00 %)HTML
112 (100.00 %)XML
29 (75.00 %)CSS
38 (66.67 %)XHTML
44 (33.33 %)WebServices
44 (33.33 %).NET
52 (16.67 %).NET Framework
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (66.67 %)CMS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (33.33 %)FTP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (66.67 %)MySQL
27 (58.33 %)SQL Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (50.00 %)Subversion
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Education
11 (8.333 %)Government
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (100.00 %)Developer
26 (50.00 %)Web Developer
34 (33.33 %)ColdFusion Developer
42 (16.67 %)PHP Developer
51 (8.333 %)MySQL Developer
51 (8.333 %).NET Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (66.67 %)JavaScript
18 (66.67 %)PHP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (16.67 %)WAI