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The table below looks at the demand for Model-View-Controller (MVC) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MVC over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkModel-View-Controller (MVC)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank110122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.420 %0.688 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£254
Average daily rate-£283
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£306
% change on same period last year+10.90 %
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-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads715872
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.999 %0.876 %
Daily rates quoted171172
Average minimum daily rate£289£299
Average daily rate£307£320
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted3773
Average minimum hourly rate£26.30£25.67
Average hourly rate£28.57£28.67
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.83£31.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
MVC EnglandMVC
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.

MVC
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands MVC Demand Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands MVC Daily Rate Trend

MVC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands MVC Hourly Rate Trend

MVC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVC within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 6 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
WorcestershireUp+31--
MVC EnglandMVC
England

MVC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing MVC 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 MVC.

13 (50.00 %)JavaScript
13 (50.00 %)MySQL
13 (50.00 %)XML
13 (50.00 %)CSS
22 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (33.33 %)XHTML
22 (33.33 %)Java
22 (33.33 %)AJAX
22 (33.33 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)PHP
22 (33.33 %)C#
22 (33.33 %).NET
22 (33.33 %)J2EE
22 (33.33 %)SOA
31 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
31 (16.67 %)JDeveloper
31 (16.67 %)PMP
31 (16.67 %)PMI Certification
31 (16.67 %)Internet
31 (16.67 %)Middleware
31 (16.67 %)Project Management
31 (16.67 %)Oracle ADF
31 (16.67 %)Hibernate
31 (16.67 %)Web Design
31 (16.67 %)DHTML
31 (16.67 %)HTML
31 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
31 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)SQL Server
31 (16.67 %)ASP.NET

MVC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %)CSS
13 (50.00 %)XML
22 (33.33 %).NET
22 (33.33 %)J2EE
22 (33.33 %)XHTML
22 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)Ruby on Rails
31 (16.67 %)WebSphere
31 (16.67 %)Fusebox
31 (16.67 %)Middleware
31 (16.67 %)Oracle ADF
31 (16.67 %)Hibernate
31 (16.67 %)Spring
31 (16.67 %)JSF
31 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
31 (16.67 %)EJB
31 (16.67 %)XSLT
31 (16.67 %)WebServices
31 (16.67 %)HTML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)Oracle Application Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)MySQL
22 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
31 (16.67 %)SQL Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)JDeveloper
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Developer
22 (33.33 %)PHP Developer
31 (16.67 %)Technical Manager
31 (16.67 %)J2EE Architect
31 (16.67 %)J2EE Solutions Architect
31 (16.67 %)Web Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Web Manager
31 (16.67 %)Java Architect
31 (16.67 %)Junior PHP Developer
31 (16.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (16.67 %)Technical Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Solutions Architect
31 (16.67 %)Applications Developer
31 (16.67 %)Internet Developer
31 (16.67 %)Java Developer
31 (16.67 %)Oracle Developer
31 (16.67 %)J2EE Developer
31 (16.67 %)Junior Developer
31 (16.67 %)Architect
31 (16.67 %)Project Manager
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)N-Tier
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)SOA
21 (16.67 %)Project Management
21 (16.67 %)Web Design
21 (16.67 %)BPEL
21 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
21 (16.67 %)CRAMM
21 (16.67 %)PRINCE2
21 (16.67 %)OO
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (33.33 %)PHP
22 (33.33 %)C#
22 (33.33 %)Java
31 (16.67 %)DHTML
31 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
31 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)Ruby
31 (16.67 %)PHP5
31 (16.67 %)PHP4
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)PMP
11 (16.67 %)PMI Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle