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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
'Retail to lead IT spending downturn'
Software and IT services players warned of a recession in the retail sector.
Mar 31, 2009
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Gloom depresses IT spending plans
Europe's shaky economy is keeping its IT-using outfits in 'wait and see' mode.
Jun 17, 2009
'IT budgets cut deeper than in dotcom crash'
The recession's impact on IT spending looks worse than we thought - analysts.
Apr 2, 2009
Finance roles: What contractors can expect
Recruitment firm foresees the future for IT and related contractors.
Mar 3, 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
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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 | 12.51 % | £25.00 | £375 | | 2 | Java | 8.14 % | £30.00 | £425 | | 3 | C# | 6.92 % | £29.25 | £450 | | 4 | C++ | 4.12 % | £35.00 | £470 | | 5 | JavaScript | 3.75 % | £22.50 | £275 | | 6 | C | 2.93 % | £35.00 | £325 | | 7 | PHP | 2.42 % | £20.25 | £235 | | 8 | VB | 1.96 % | £25.75 | £338 | | 9 | Perl | 1.88 % | £30.00 | £368 | | 10 | PL/SQL | 1.84 % | £37.50 | £400 |
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 | 3G | 2.38 % | £35.00 | £325 | | 2 | Internet | 1.94 % | £15.00 | £350 | | 3 | LAN | 1.92 % | £21.00 | £320 | | 4 | Firewall | 1.69 % | £22.50 | £300 | | 5 | WAN | 1.66 % | £22.50 | £325 | | 6 | TCP/IP | 1.56 % | £17.00 | £300 | | 7 | SAN | 1.49 % | £27.00 | £350 | | 8 | Intranet | 0.98 % | £21.00 | £375 | | 9 | DNS | 0.91 % | £25.00 | £293 | | 10 | Nokia NetAct | 0.84 % | - | - |
The last update from ITJobsWatch.co.uk occurred on: 3 July 2009
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