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This section looks at the demand for Electronic Business (eBusiness) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-business over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Business (eBusiness)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8794
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.372 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£600-
Average daily rate£700-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£800-
UK excluding London average daily rate£466£376
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
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£36.75£34.43
% change on same period last year+6.74 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads1074999
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.417 %0.995 %
Daily rates quoted332198
Average minimum daily rate£339£340
Average daily rate£362£364
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted3360
Average minimum hourly rate£22.48£24.11
Average hourly rate£25.00£25.31
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.53£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
E-business YorkshireE-business
Yorkshire

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.

E-business
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Yorkshire E-business Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire E-business Hourly Rate Trend

E-business
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-business within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
HalifaxDown-92--
E-business YorkshireE-business
Yorkshire

E-business
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing E-business 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 E-business.

13 (75.00 %)SQL
13 (75.00 %)VBScript
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)IIS
13 (75.00 %)XML
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory
13 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
13 (75.00 %)Windows Vista
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
13 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2008
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
22 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (50.00 %)Retail
22 (50.00 %)VMware
22 (50.00 %)Finance
22 (50.00 %)Commerce Server
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)BPR
31 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
31 (25.00 %)Site Server
31 (25.00 %)MTS
31 (25.00 %)Oracle
31 (25.00 %)Change Management
31 (25.00 %)Oracle ERP
31 (25.00 %)ERP
31 (25.00 %)Banking
31 (25.00 %)Systems Analysis

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %).NET
13 (75.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %).NET Framework
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)IIS
22 (50.00 %)Commerce Server
31 (25.00 %)Site Server
31 (25.00 %)MTS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Oracle ERP
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Retail
12 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Banking
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Architect
21 (25.00 %)Solutions Architect
21 (25.00 %)Lead Developer
21 (25.00 %)Design Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Business Architect
21 (25.00 %)Server Engineer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
13 (75.00 %)Windows Vista
13 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2008
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)BPR
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (25.00 %)Change Management
21 (25.00 %)ERP
21 (25.00 %)Systems Analysis
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)SQL
13 (75.00 %)VBScript
21 (25.00 %)Java
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
22 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)VMware
31 (25.00 %)Oracle