Careers top permanent and contract skills
Top contract skills
| Skill | Job Adverts | Average Hourly Rate | Average Daily Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 5781 | £26.84 | £364 |
| 2 | .NET | 4244 | £28.77 | £363 |
| 3 | C# | 3279 | £32.85 | £396 |
| 4 | Java | 3266 | £34.04 | £422 |
| 5 | XML | 2534 | £32.71 | £365 |
| 6 | ASP.NET | 2126 | £26.23 | £338 |
| 7 | HTML | 2065 | £24.45 | £297 |
| 8 | JavaScript | 2017 | £25.08 | £310 |
| 9 | CSS | 1950 | £24.07 | £297 |
| 10 | C++ | 1699 | £36.04 | £462 |
| 11 | C | 1400 | £34.27 | £372 |
| 12 | J2EE | 1097 | £37.18 | £399 |
| 13 | PL/SQL | 994 | £34.51 | £384 |
| 14 | PHP | 989 | £26.17 | £275 |
| 15 | VB | 985 | £26.87 | £323 |
| 16 | WebServices | 966 | £33.30 | £367 |
| 17 | AJAX | 910 | £27.59 | £330 |
| 18 | Flash | 905 | £24.17 | £286 |
| 19 | XHTML | 817 | £25.72 | £289 |
| 20 | VBA | 816 | £29.84 | £381 |
Top permanent skills
| Skill | Rank | Job Adverts | Average Salary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 3 | 20497 | £40,005 |
| 1 | .NET | 4 | 20482 | £39,480 |
| 2 | C# | 8 | 16099 | £41,458 |
| 3 | Java | 11 | 11751 | £45,631 |
| 2 | ASP.NET | 13 | 11276 | £37,325 |
| 3 | XML | 14 | 10263 | £39,728 |
| 4 | C++ | 18 | 8792 | £44,061 |
| 4 | HTML | 19 | 8563 | £34,661 |
| 5 | JavaScript | 20 | 8400 | £35,361 |
| 5 | CSS | 23 | 7004 | £34,522 |
| 6 | C | 32 | 5597 | £40,670 |
| 7 | VB.NET | 34 | 5376 | £34,763 |
| 8 | VB | 37 | 5108 | £36,069 |
| 6 | J2EE | 40 | 4980 | £49,568 |
| 7 | AJAX | 45 | 4644 | £37,723 |
| 9 | PHP | 48 | 4370 | £34,667 |
| 8 | WebServices | 51 | 4198 | £41,250 |
| 9 | ASP | 65 | 3413 | £34,484 |
| 10 | XHTML | 78 | 3042 | £34,547 |
| 10 | Transact-SQL | 79 | 2887 | £38,983 |
These figures are provided courtesy of ITJobsWatch.co.uk