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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADO over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank103138
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.530 %0.219 %
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£402£370
% change on same period last year+8.55 %
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£24.00£33.67
% change on same period last year-28.71 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads566912
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.914 %0.995 %
Daily rates quoted115216
Average minimum daily rate£302£315
Average daily rate£325£329
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Hourly rates quoted5856
Average minimum hourly rate£26.17£25.65
Average hourly rate£28.45£27.49
% change on same period last year+3.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.74£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.54
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
ADO EnglandADO
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.

ADO
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire ADO Demand Trend

ADO
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire ADO Daily Rate Trend

ADO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire ADO Hourly Rate Trend

ADO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADO within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 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
West YorkshireNew entry-3--
ADO EnglandADO
England

ADO
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

19 (100.00 %)VB
19 (100.00 %)SQL Server
27 (77.78 %)ADO.NET
27 (77.78 %).NET
27 (77.78 %)C#
27 (77.78 %)ASP.NET
36 (66.67 %)COM+
36 (66.67 %)XML
36 (66.67 %)HTML
36 (66.67 %)ASP
36 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
43 (33.33 %)VB6
43 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (22.22 %)ERP
52 (22.22 %)VBScript
52 (22.22 %)ActiveX
61 (11.11 %)MS Excel
61 (11.11 %)UML
61 (11.11 %)DCOM
61 (11.11 %)WebServices
61 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
61 (11.11 %)SQL
61 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (11.11 %).NET Framework
61 (11.11 %)Microsoft
61 (11.11 %)Middleware
61 (11.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (11.11 %)ERD

ADO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (77.78 %)ASP.NET
17 (77.78 %).NET
17 (77.78 %)ADO.NET
26 (66.67 %)ASP
26 (66.67 %)HTML
26 (66.67 %)COM+
26 (66.67 %)XML
32 (22.22 %)ActiveX
41 (11.11 %)Middleware
41 (11.11 %).NET Framework
41 (11.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (11.11 %)DCOM
41 (11.11 %)WebServices
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (100.00 %)SQL Server
23 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Developer
25 (55.56 %).NET Developer
34 (44.44 %)C# Developer
34 (44.44 %)ASP.NET Developer
34 (44.44 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
42 (22.22 %)VB6 Developer
42 (22.22 %)SQL Developer
42 (22.22 %)VB Developer
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server Developer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
22 (22.22 %)ERP
31 (11.11 %)UML
31 (11.11 %)ERD
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)VB
27 (77.78 %)C#
33 (33.33 %)VB6
42 (22.22 %)VBScript
51 (11.11 %)SQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft