The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sitecore over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sitecore.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Sitecore 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.292% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.575% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £550 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £353 £283 £316
% change year-on-year
+24.77% -10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1218 1569 1553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.86% 49.89% 52.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 537 551
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 81 90
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.85 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.80 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sitecore
South East

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sitecore across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Berkshire Sitecore Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sitecore across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Sitecore Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sitecore across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Sitecore Daily Rate Histogram

Sitecore
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sitecore across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Sitecore Hourly Rate Trend

Sitecore
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading - 6 £550 -
Sitecore
South East

Sitecore
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Sitecore also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sitecore.

1 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) Internet
2 5 (50.00%) CMS
2 5 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
3 4 (40.00%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (40.00%) Hummingbird
3 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Citrix
3 4 (40.00%) Intranet
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (30.00%) Umbraco
4 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (30.00%) HTML
5 2 (20.00%) Java
5 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (20.00%) PHP
5 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (20.00%) SOA
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile Commerce
5 2 (20.00%) MVC
5 2 (20.00%) ATG
5 2 (20.00%) Retail
5 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (20.00%) hybris

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Sitecore also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sitecore. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) HTML
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (10.00%) WCF
4 1 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) CMS
1 5 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (30.00%) Umbraco
4 1 (10.00%) Kentico
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
2 4 (40.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Applications Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Web Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Knowledge Management
1 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) SOA
3 2 (20.00%) Mobile Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) PHP
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Hummingbird
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (20.00%) ATG
2 2 (20.00%) hybris
2 2 (20.00%) Venda