Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Wolverhampton region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank10-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below33.33 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£324
% change on same period last year+10.59 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£12.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.37£24.60
% change on same period last year-21.24 %
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Wolverhampton
Matching contract IT job ads1511
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted48
Average minimum daily rate£300£167
Average daily rate£306£174
% change on same period last year+76.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£180
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£336
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted73
Average minimum hourly rate£11.90£20.60
Average hourly rate£12.53£21.61
% change on same period last year-42.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.15£22.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£28.33
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
Internet West MidlandsInternet
West Midlands

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Wolverhampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Wolverhampton Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wolverhampton Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Wolverhampton region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Wolverhampton Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wolverhampton Internet Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing Internet 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 Internet.

13 (42.86 %)CMS
13 (42.86 %)Content Management
22 (28.57 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)Umbraco
22 (28.57 %)Intranet
22 (28.57 %)ISA Server
22 (28.57 %)Active Directory
22 (28.57 %).NET
22 (28.57 %)CSS
22 (28.57 %)XHTML
22 (28.57 %)DNS
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft
31 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
31 (14.29 %)Windows
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server
31 (14.29 %)Photoshop
31 (14.29 %)SAN
31 (14.29 %)Fireworks
31 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)HTML
31 (14.29 %)Clustering
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2007

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (28.57 %).NET
12 (28.57 %)CSS
12 (28.57 %)XHTML
21 (14.29 %)HTML
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (42.86 %)CMS
22 (28.57 %)Umbraco
31 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2007
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)Photoshop
11 (14.29 %)Fireworks
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)DNS
12 (28.57 %)Intranet
21 (14.29 %)SAN
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Finance
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Developer
22 (28.57 %)Website Developer
31 (14.29 %)Trainer
31 (14.29 %)3rd Line Support
31 (14.29 %)Web Editor
31 (14.29 %)Web Content Editor
31 (14.29 %)Content Editor
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Clustering
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Content Management
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)Active Directory
12 (28.57 %)ISA Server
Wolverhampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft