UK's top 20 most wanted IT skills for contractors
| Skill | Q4 2008 | Q4 2007 |
| SQL | 3,532 | 7,828 |
| C | 2,222 | 5,413 |
| Oracle | 1,763 | 3,942 |
| SQL server | 1,626 | 3,747 |
| C# | 1,546 | 3,700 |
| Java | 1,445 | 3,968 |
| .NET | 1,358 | 3,238 |
| SAP | 1,271 | 3,047 |
| Microsoft office | 1,248 | 2,531 |
| ASP | 1,184 | 2,748 |
| Unix | 989 | 2,694 |
| Access | 932 | 1,606 |
| HTML | 861 | 2,033 |
| WIN XP | 832 | 2,136 |
| C++ | 772 | 1,773 |
| Microsoft exchange | 767 | 1,522 |
| Javascript | 757 | 1,569 |
| XML | 754 | 2,050 |
| Visual basic | 703 | 1,760 |
| Linux | 669 | 1,321 |
via computerweekly
