The first table below looks at the demand for Adobe CQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe CQ 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 City of London 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
Adobe CQ (formerly Day CQ Communiqué CQ5)
Rank 181 209 243
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +34
Contract jobs citing Adobe CQ 22 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.345% 0.114% 0.020%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.022% 0.754% 0.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 1
Average daily rate £375 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +9.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £275 £500
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -45.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £41.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 - -
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1088 1193 1435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.06% 15.17% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 808 1010
Average daily rate £405 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £253 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 35 63
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.20 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Adobe CQ
London

Adobe CQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Adobe CQ Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe CQ
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe CQ across the City of London region.

City of London Adobe CQ Daily Rate Trend

Adobe CQ
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Adobe CQ Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe CQ
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Adobe CQ across the City of London region.

City of London Adobe CQ Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe CQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Adobe CQ 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 Adobe CQ.

1 35 (72.92%) Adobe
2 22 (45.83%) CMS
3 18 (37.50%) E-Commerce
4 17 (35.42%) Java
5 13 (27.08%) HTML
6 12 (25.00%) Telecoms
7 9 (18.75%) Flash
8 8 (16.67%) MS Visio
8 8 (16.67%) Photoshop
8 8 (16.67%) Marketing
8 8 (16.67%) Degree
9 7 (14.58%) WebSphere
9 7 (14.58%) Misys Equation
9 7 (14.58%) Misys Midas
9 7 (14.58%) Private Banking
9 7 (14.58%) Online Banking
9 7 (14.58%) Banking
9 7 (14.58%) Content Management
9 7 (14.58%) iSeries
9 7 (14.58%) IBM
9 7 (14.58%) Web Design
9 7 (14.58%) Legal
9 7 (14.58%) Publishing
9 7 (14.58%) AS400
9 7 (14.58%) IIS
9 7 (14.58%) RPG
9 7 (14.58%) MSMQ
9 7 (14.58%) Misys
9 7 (14.58%) WebSphere MQ
10 6 (12.50%) CSS

Adobe CQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Adobe CQ 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 Adobe CQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (27.08%) HTML
2 9 (18.75%) Flash
3 7 (14.58%) WebSphere
4 6 (12.50%) CSS
4 6 (12.50%) Hibernate
4 6 (12.50%) Spring
5 4 (8.333%) jQuery
6 3 (6.250%) J2EE
6 3 (6.250%) Web Services
6 3 (6.250%) XML
7 2 (4.167%) JSP
7 2 (4.167%) SOAP
7 2 (4.167%) Apache Sling
7 2 (4.167%) REST
7 2 (4.167%) Java EE
8 1 (2.083%) Ajax
8 1 (2.083%) JSTL
8 1 (2.083%) JPA
8 1 (2.083%) RESTful
8 1 (2.083%) Struts2
Application Platforms
1 22 (45.83%) CMS
2 7 (14.58%) IIS
2 7 (14.58%) MSMQ
2 7 (14.58%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (4.167%) Apache
4 1 (2.083%) Joomla!
4 1 (2.083%) CoreMedia CMS
4 1 (2.083%) Drupal
4 1 (2.083%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.083%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 8 (16.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Misys Equation
1 7 (14.58%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.167%) Internet
1 2 (4.167%) HTTP
2 1 (2.083%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Selenium
2 4 (8.333%) JIRA
3 3 (6.250%) JUnit
4 1 (2.083%) Subversion
4 1 (2.083%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (2.083%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.083%) Git (software)
4 1 (2.083%) JBehave
4 1 (2.083%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.083%) Mockito
4 1 (2.083%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.083%) Hudson
General
1 12 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (16.67%) Marketing
3 7 (14.58%) Private Banking
3 7 (14.58%) Banking
3 7 (14.58%) Legal
3 7 (14.58%) Publishing
4 6 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (2.083%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (2.083%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (54.17%) Developer
2 8 (16.67%) Java Developer
2 8 (16.67%) Web Producer
3 7 (14.58%) Programmer
4 4 (8.333%) Architect
4 4 (8.333%) Tester
5 3 (6.250%) Functional Tester
5 3 (6.250%) Consultant
5 3 (6.250%) Senior Tester
6 2 (4.167%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (4.167%) CMS Developer
7 1 (2.083%) Designer
7 1 (2.083%) Senior Architect
7 1 (2.083%) Content Manager
7 1 (2.083%) Technical Developer
7 1 (2.083%) Interaction Designer
7 1 (2.083%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (2.083%) Senior Technical Architect
7 1 (2.083%) J2EE Developer
7 1 (2.083%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Online Banking
1 7 (14.58%) iSeries
1 7 (14.58%) AS400
2 3 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.083%) Statistics
3 1 (2.083%) Open Source
3 1 (2.083%) Social Media
3 1 (2.083%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.167%) Apple iOS
1 2 (4.167%) Android
2 1 (2.083%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) E-Commerce
2 7 (14.58%) Content Management
2 7 (14.58%) Web Design
3 6 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (12.50%) TDD
4 5 (10.42%) Migration
5 4 (8.333%) Project Management
5 4 (8.333%) Test Automation
5 4 (8.333%) BDD
5 4 (8.333%) Test Management
5 4 (8.333%) Automated Testing
6 3 (6.250%) Web Development
6 3 (6.250%) Test Scripting
6 3 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (6.250%) Validation
7 2 (4.167%) SOA
8 1 (2.083%) Web Analytics
8 1 (2.083%) Customer Insight
8 1 (2.083%) Analytics
8 1 (2.083%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 17 (35.42%) Java
2 7 (14.58%) RPG
3 4 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.167%) Scala
4 2 (4.167%) Ruby
5 1 (2.083%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 35 (72.92%) Adobe
2 7 (14.58%) IBM
2 7 (14.58%) Misys
3 5 (10.42%) hybris
4 2 (4.167%) FatWire
4 2 (4.167%) Endeca
5 1 (2.083%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.083%) SAP
5 1 (2.083%) Open Text
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