The first table below looks at the demand for PhoneGap skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PhoneGap over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Development Applications category for the Birmingham 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhoneGap
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PhoneGap 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.677% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
30 43 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 6.772% 6.804% 8.946%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 31
Average daily rate £425 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% +16.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £37.00 £37.50 £65.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -42.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
PhoneGap
West Midlands

PhoneGap
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PhoneGap across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Birmingham PhoneGap Jobs Demand Trend

PhoneGap
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham PhoneGap Daily Rate Trend

PhoneGap
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap.

1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
2 3 (75.00%) iPhone
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (50.00%) Back Office
3 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (50.00%) CSS3
3 2 (50.00%) Objective-C
3 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
3 2 (50.00%) jQuery
3 2 (50.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) GWT
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (25.00%) Syclo
4 1 (25.00%) Appcelerator
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) iPad
4 1 (25.00%) Sencha
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) Handset

PhoneGap
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
3 2 (50.00%) CSS3
3 2 (50.00%) jQuery
3 2 (50.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (25.00%) GWT
4 1 (25.00%) Web Services
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) NetWeaver
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (25.00%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) iPhone
2 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (25.00%) iPad
3 1 (25.00%) Handset
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Android
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (25.00%) TDD
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (25.00%) Workflow
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (25.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Syclo
1 1 (25.00%) Appcelerator
1 1 (25.00%) Sencha
1 1 (25.00%) Sybase
1 1 (25.00%) SAP