The first table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 Chester 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 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing CMS 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.719% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.762% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £17.51 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.76% -12.45%
All Application Platforms
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
21 16 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 15.11% 13.68% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 14
Average daily rate £313 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £258 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £415 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.57% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
CMS
Cheshire

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 6 (66.67%) CSS
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (55.56%) HTML
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Intranet
2 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 5 (55.56%) Digital Media
3 4 (44.44%) C#
3 4 (44.44%) MVC
3 4 (44.44%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 3 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (33.33%) Sitecore
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 6 (66.67%) CSS
2 5 (55.56%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) .NET
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
1 5 (55.56%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Content Editor
2 4 (44.44%) Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Web Editor
3 3 (33.33%) Web Content Editor
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) C#
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Sitecore