The first table below looks at the demand for E-Commerce skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited E-Commerce over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridge 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Rank 29 32 25
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -7
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 10 17 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.976% 4.096% 3.292%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.348% 7.658% 5.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 6
Average daily rate £320 £345 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% -5.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+114.28% -50.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 222 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.65% 53.49% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 109 85
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £274 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 19
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £37.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.20 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
E-Commerce
Cambridgeshire

E-Commerce
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridge E-Commerce Jobs Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridge E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce.

1 5 (41.67%) ISEB
1 5 (41.67%) QA
2 4 (33.33%) CMS
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) PHP
3 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) MySQL
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 3 (25.00%) Drupal
3 3 (25.00%) Magento
3 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Open Source
4 2 (16.67%) Mingle
4 2 (16.67%) Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Web Design
4 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (16.67%) Workflow
4 2 (16.67%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) W3C
4 2 (16.67%) XHTML

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) XHTML
2 1 (8.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) CMS
2 3 (25.00%) Drupal
2 3 (25.00%) Magento
3 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LAN
1 1 (8.333%) VoIP
1 1 (8.333%) WAN
1 1 (8.333%) SNMP
1 1 (8.333%) VPN
1 1 (8.333%) OSPF
1 1 (8.333%) IPsec
1 1 (8.333%) VLAN
1 1 (8.333%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (8.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Software Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Software Test Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) PHP Developer
3 2 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior QA Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Drupal Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) W3C
1 2 (16.67%) Open Source
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) ITIL
1 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (25.00%) Resource Management
1 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) Workflow
2 2 (16.67%) Web Design
2 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) SEO
3 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Content Management
3 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 4 (33.33%) PHP
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) ISEB
2 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) QA
2 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Nagios
1 1 (8.333%) Cacti
1 1 (8.333%) WhatsUp Gold
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle
1 1 (8.333%) SAP
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco
1 1 (8.333%) Salesforce.com