Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Worcester 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
Rank5-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£324
% change on same period last year+10.59 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.37£24.60
% change on same period last year-21.24 %
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Worcester
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£336
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£26.00
% change on same period last year+34.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£28.33
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
Internet WorcestershireInternet
Worcestershire

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 Worcester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcester Internet Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcester 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.

14 (100.00 %)C#
14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)JavaScript
14 (100.00 %)SQL
14 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
14 (100.00 %)VB
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)ASP
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)CSS
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)MS Excel
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft
14 (100.00 %)Intranet
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (100.00 %)Retail
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcester 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.

Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)ASP
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)CSS
14 (100.00 %)XML
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)Intranet
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (100.00 %)Retail
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %).NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)C# Developer
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C#
14 (100.00 %)JavaScript
14 (100.00 %)SQL
14 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
14 (100.00 %)VB
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft