The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol 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 48 63 45
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -18
Contract jobs citing Sitecore 2 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.388% 0.120% 0.774%
As % of the Vendors category 0.971% 0.382% 1.931%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £246 £330 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.37% +6.45%
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
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
206 262 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 39.92% 31.34% 40.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 163 116
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £135 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +21.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sitecore
South West

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Sitecore Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 5 (100.00%) CMS
1 5 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Web Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Omniture
3 2 (40.00%) Google
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) TeamSite
3 2 (40.00%) WebTrends
3 2 (40.00%) Content Management
3 2 (40.00%) Google Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Social Media
3 2 (40.00%) Online Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) C#
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (20.00%) BDD
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
4 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (20.00%) DTV
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (20.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) CMS
1 5 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (40.00%) TeamSite
3 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) WebTrends
1 2 (40.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Web Manager
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) CMS Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Web Marketing Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Content Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ScrumMaster
2 1 (20.00%) Web Content Manager
2 1 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Social Media
2 1 (20.00%) DTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Web Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Content Management
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Online Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) BDD
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Omniture
1 2 (40.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft