About us

Our process

We source data from IT recruitment websites. Our survey is continuous to ensure the information presented is constantly up-to-date.

Average IT contractor rates are calculated directly from figures quoted. No attempt is made to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

IT Jobs Watch provides a unique perspective on today's IT jobs market. Our aim is to present a concise and accurate map of the prevailing UK IT job market conditions.

Our goals include helping you:

  • Determine the level of demand for certain IT skills with a guide to the average salary and contractor rates offered
  • Discover how various IT skills interrelate
  • Determine the IT skills needed by certain Job Titles
  • Determine which IT skills are popular within specific regions and locations

We operate independently to assure you an impartial outlook.

Using this site

The homepage presents permanent IT job skills/job titles ordered by Rank1 over the past 3 months to the date shown in the footer below. You can inspect this information by selecting a category and location and by ordering columns by clicking column headings.

Click the description links to view more in depth information including historical trends dating back to 2004. For the type of information available see the section below.

1Rank is a measure of relative demand and is calculated per region/area/location across all categories.

What information is available

Related IT Skills
Related IT Skills
for example:
Web Developer Related Skills
Demand Trend
Regional Demand Trends
for example:
AJAX Demand Trend in London
Salary Trend
Regional Salary Trends
for example:
ASP.NET Salary Trend for the North West
Related Skills
Regional Related IT Skills
for example:
Java Related Skills in London
Salary Trend
Salary Trends
for example:
PHP Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary Histograms
for example:
SharePoint Developer Salary Histogram
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
Contractor Daily Rate Trends
for example:
Project Manager Daily Rates Trend
Daily Rate Histogram
Contractor Daily Rate Histograms
for example:
J2EE Daily Rate Histogram
Demand Trend
Demand Trends
for example:
CCVP Demand Trend
IT Job Locations
Job Locations
for example:
SAP Job Locations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor Hourly Rate Trends
for example:
Unix Hourly Rates Trend
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
Contractor Hourly Rate Histograms
for example:
Test Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram