The first table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CMS 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Cambridgeshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management System (CMS)
Rank 41 42 42
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs citing CMS 9 20 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.645% 2.915% 1.701%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.036% 15.63% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 4
Average daily rate £253 £275 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.18% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £198 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £327 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.50 - £9.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £17.51 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.76% -12.45%
All Application Platforms
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
112 128 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 20.48% 18.66% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 48 36
Average daily rate £290 £303 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.13% -10.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £172 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 9
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +191.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £35.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.25 £16.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
CMS
East of England

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CMS across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Cambridgeshire CMS Jobs Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire CMS Daily Rate Histogram

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge +4 7 £225 +5.88%
Peterborough +4 1 - -
CMS
East of England

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing CMS 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 CMS.

1 15 (57.69%) CSS
2 13 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (46.15%) PHP
3 12 (46.15%) HTML
3 12 (46.15%) Drupal
4 9 (34.62%) MySQL
4 9 (34.62%) E-Commerce
5 8 (30.77%) PHP5
6 7 (26.92%) HTML5
6 7 (26.92%) OO
7 6 (23.08%) Subversion
7 6 (23.08%) Git (software)
7 6 (23.08%) jQuery
8 5 (19.23%) WordPress
8 5 (19.23%) CSS3
8 5 (19.23%) Sass
8 5 (19.23%) LESS
8 5 (19.23%) SEO
8 5 (19.23%) XML
8 5 (19.23%) C#
8 5 (19.23%) SQL
9 4 (15.38%) Java
9 4 (15.38%) Linux
9 4 (15.38%) OOP
9 4 (15.38%) SOAP
9 4 (15.38%) Apache
9 4 (15.38%) MVC
9 4 (15.38%) Ajax
9 4 (15.38%) Java EE
9 4 (15.38%) JSON

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (57.69%) CSS
2 12 (46.15%) HTML
3 7 (26.92%) HTML5
4 6 (23.08%) jQuery
5 5 (19.23%) CSS3
5 5 (19.23%) Sass
5 5 (19.23%) LESS
5 5 (19.23%) XML
6 4 (15.38%) SOAP
6 4 (15.38%) Ajax
6 4 (15.38%) Java EE
6 4 (15.38%) JSON
6 4 (15.38%) RESTful
6 4 (15.38%) Memcached
6 4 (15.38%) Node.js
7 3 (11.54%) Symfony
7 3 (11.54%) CodeIgniter
8 2 (7.692%) XHTML
9 1 (3.846%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 12 (46.15%) Drupal
2 5 (19.23%) WordPress
3 4 (15.38%) Apache
3 4 (15.38%) concrete5
4 2 (7.692%) Magento
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) XMetaL
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) VoIP
2 2 (7.692%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) MySQL
2 4 (15.38%) Redis
2 4 (15.38%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Subversion
1 6 (23.08%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.846%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (7.692%) Marketing
2 1 (3.846%) Electronics
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Developer
2 6 (23.08%) PHP Developer
3 4 (15.38%) C# Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Telephony Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Trainer
5 2 (7.692%) Author
5 2 (7.692%) Technical Author
5 2 (7.692%) Drupal Developer
5 2 (7.692%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (3.846%) UI Designer
6 1 (3.846%) Designer
6 1 (3.846%) Data Centre Technician
6 1 (3.846%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (3.846%) PHP Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) Web Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Open Source
2 2 (7.692%) W3C
3 1 (3.846%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.846%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.846%) Animation
3 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.846%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) E-Commerce
2 7 (26.92%) OO
3 5 (19.23%) SEO
4 4 (15.38%) OOP
4 4 (15.38%) MVC
5 2 (7.692%) OOD
5 2 (7.692%) Project Management
5 2 (7.692%) Web Design
5 2 (7.692%) Content Management
5 2 (7.692%) Information Architecture
6 1 (3.846%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (3.846%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.846%) TDD
6 1 (3.846%) Web Development
6 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 12 (46.15%) PHP
3 8 (30.77%) PHP5
4 5 (19.23%) C#
4 5 (19.23%) SQL
5 4 (15.38%) Java
6 1 (3.846%) Python
6 1 (3.846%) Assembly Language
6 1 (3.846%) C++
6 1 (3.846%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) Avaya Certification
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Zend
1 3 (11.54%) Avaya
2 1 (3.846%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle
2 1 (3.846%) SAP