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Contractor UK Market Report: Rates surge back from the brink
Average rates up one fifth, as PMs lead the way with 57% rise.
Oct 7, 2009
Contractor UK Market Report - Rates take sharp and sudden drop
After months of gentle decline, contractor rates took a significant dip in June.
Jul 1, 2009
Contractor UK Market Report - Rates fare better than expected
Average rates confirm belt tightening, but not disaster.
Apr 7, 2009
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Get your head in the clouds if you want to stay in work
To survive the recession, the jobbing contractor has to beef up his skillset – and according to experts, cloud computing is the next skill to add to the CV.
Oct 9, 2009
IT sector leads the way out of recession
'As the recession nears its end, business people in the IT sector are the best placed.'
Aug 26, 2009
Recession depresses retailers' IT budgets
Gloomy retailers pass the pinch on to their IT departments.
Aug 6, 2009
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It should be noted that these figures are derived from contracts advertised on job boards and is best used as a good indicator of the overall health of the contract market, since many ads do not include contract rates. Job Data supplied by ITJobsWatch
Top Ten Contracting Skills |
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Top Ten Operating Systems for Contracting |
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Top Ten Programming Languages for Contracting |
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| Rank | IT Skill | IT Jobs
Proportion | Average
Hourly Rates | Average
Daily Rates |
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| 1 | SQL | 13.90 % | £26.50 | £400 | | 2 | Java | 11.07 % | £35.00 | £500 | | 3 | C# | 9.23 % | £30.50 | £475 | | 4 | C | 4.59 % | £26.50 | £350 | | 5 | JavaScript | 4.18 % | £29.50 | £300 | | 6 | C++ | 3.95 % | £36.00 | £525 | | 7 | PL/SQL | 2.35 % | £38.75 | £400 | | 8 | Perl | 1.89 % | £33.00 | £425 | | 9 | PHP | 1.83 % | £22.00 | £263 | | 10 | VBA | 1.75 % | £19.25 | £500 |
Top Ten Communication and Networking Skills for Contracting |
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| Rank | IT Skill | IT Jobs
Proportion | Average
Hourly Rates | Average
Daily Rates |
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| 1 | Internet | 1.90 % | £13.75 | £350 | | 2 | Firewall | 1.56 % | £23.50 | £363 | | 3 | SAN | 1.48 % | £25.00 | £350 | | 4 | 3G | 1.46 % | £19.50 | £280 | | 5 | LAN | 1.34 % | £19.00 | £325 | | 6 | WAN | 1.33 % | £20.00 | £348 | | 7 | TCP/IP | 1.13 % | £19.00 | £340 | | 8 | 2G | 1.03 % | £28.50 | £263 | | 9 | DNS | 0.97 % | £19.25 | £321 | | 10 | Intranet | 0.83 % | £13.75 | £350 |
The last update from ITJobsWatch.co.uk occurred on: 9 February 2010
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