The first table below looks at the demand for CMS 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 CMS over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management System (CMS)
Rank 121 125 137
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +12
Contract jobs citing CMS 83 91 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.319% 1.170% 1.148%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.594% 7.758% 7.809%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 49 86
Average daily rate £325 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £266 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £618 £505 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
Average hourly rate £25.00 £68.25 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.36% +313.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £19.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-13.15% -2.56%
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1093 1173 1447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.36% 15.08% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 770 788 1031
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 35 63
Average hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -3.38%
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 £48.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
CMS
London

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London CMS Hourly Rate Histogram

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 91 (42.52%) HTML
2 80 (37.38%) CSS
3 58 (27.10%) Content Management
4 53 (24.77%) JavaScript
5 51 (23.83%) E-Commerce
6 41 (19.16%) .NET
7 39 (18.22%) jQuery
8 38 (17.76%) Finance
9 35 (16.36%) Java
10 33 (15.42%) Agile Software Development
11 31 (14.49%) C#
12 30 (14.02%) SQL
12 30 (14.02%) Banking
12 30 (14.02%) Sitecore CMS
12 30 (14.02%) Sitecore
13 28 (13.08%) ASP.NET
14 26 (12.15%) XML
14 26 (12.15%) Publishing
14 26 (12.15%) Marketing
15 24 (11.21%) Scrum
15 24 (11.21%) Adobe
16 23 (10.75%) MVC
17 22 (10.28%) TDD
17 22 (10.28%) PHP
17 22 (10.28%) HTML5
18 21 (9.813%) Adobe CQ
19 20 (9.346%) BDD
20 19 (8.879%) Web Development
20 19 (8.879%) Microsoft
21 18 (8.411%) SQL Server

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 91 (42.52%) HTML
2 80 (37.38%) CSS
3 41 (19.16%) .NET
4 39 (18.22%) jQuery
5 28 (13.08%) ASP.NET
6 26 (12.15%) XML
7 22 (10.28%) HTML5
8 18 (8.411%) Ajax
9 17 (7.944%) Web Services
10 16 (7.477%) XHTML
11 14 (6.542%) .NET Framework
11 14 (6.542%) J2EE
12 13 (6.075%) CSS3
13 11 (5.140%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (5.140%) Flash
14 9 (4.206%) JSP
14 9 (4.206%) JSON
14 9 (4.206%) RESTful
15 8 (3.738%) Spring
15 8 (3.738%) REST
Application Platforms
1 30 (14.02%) Sitecore CMS
2 21 (9.813%) Adobe CQ
3 18 (8.411%) Umbraco
4 16 (7.477%) Drupal
5 15 (7.009%) SharePoint
6 9 (4.206%) Apache
6 9 (4.206%) Documentum
7 6 (2.804%) DotNetNuke
7 6 (2.804%) Kentico
8 5 (2.336%) EPiServer CMS
8 5 (2.336%) Lync
8 5 (2.336%) WordPress
8 5 (2.336%) Tomcat
8 5 (2.336%) IIS
8 5 (2.336%) Lotus Domino
9 4 (1.869%) Joomla!
9 4 (1.869%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (1.402%) Sitefinity
10 3 (1.402%) WebLogic Portal
10 3 (1.402%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (7.944%) Photoshop
2 11 (5.140%) MS Excel
3 10 (4.673%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.738%) MS Office
5 2 (0.935%) Fireworks
5 2 (0.935%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.935%) MS Project
5 2 (0.935%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.467%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.467%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.467%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.467%) Tridion
1 1 (0.467%) WebTrends
1 1 (0.467%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (0.467%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.467%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.542%) HTTP
2 11 (5.140%) Intranet
3 8 (3.738%) VoIP
4 6 (2.804%) WAN
4 6 (2.804%) Internet
5 5 (2.336%) Ethernet
5 5 (2.336%) LAN
6 4 (1.869%) PSTN
6 4 (1.869%) WLAN
6 4 (1.869%) IPv6
6 4 (1.869%) Firewall
6 4 (1.869%) Wireless
6 4 (1.869%) Wireshark
6 4 (1.869%) OmniPeek
7 1 (0.467%) Broadband
7 1 (0.467%) Extranet
7 1 (0.467%) FTP
7 1 (0.467%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.411%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.673%) MySQL
3 6 (2.804%) MarkLogic
4 4 (1.869%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (1.869%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.935%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.935%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.935%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.467%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.467%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.467%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.467%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 10 (4.673%) Subversion
2 9 (4.206%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.738%) Git (software)
4 7 (3.271%) SpecFlow
4 7 (3.271%) JIRA
5 4 (1.869%) Maven
5 4 (1.869%) JUnit
5 4 (1.869%) ClearQuest
6 3 (1.402%) NUnit
7 2 (0.935%) CruiseControl
7 2 (0.935%) Ant
7 2 (0.935%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.935%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.467%) HttpUnit
8 1 (0.467%) Selenium
8 1 (0.467%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.467%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.467%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.467%) JMeter
8 1 (0.467%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (17.76%) Finance
2 30 (14.02%) Banking
3 26 (12.15%) Marketing
3 26 (12.15%) Publishing
4 17 (7.944%) Telecoms
5 14 (6.542%) Retail
6 9 (4.206%) Legal
7 6 (2.804%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.804%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.402%) Games
8 3 (1.402%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.935%) Advertising
9 2 (0.935%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.467%) Cantonese Language
10 1 (0.467%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.467%) Law
Job Titles
1 94 (43.93%) Developer
2 21 (9.813%) Architect
3 18 (8.411%) Project Manager
3 18 (8.411%) .NET Developer
4 14 (6.542%) Analyst
4 14 (6.542%) Web Developer
5 13 (6.075%) Java Developer
6 12 (5.607%) Web Producer
7 11 (5.140%) Content Manager
8 9 (4.206%) Front-End Developer
8 9 (4.206%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.206%) Senior Developer
9 8 (3.738%) PHP Developer
9 8 (3.738%) Drupal Developer
10 7 (3.271%) Web Manager
10 7 (3.271%) Technical Architect
11 6 (2.804%) ASP.NET Developer
11 6 (2.804%) Digital Project Manager
11 6 (2.804%) Designer
12 5 (2.336%) Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.140%) FMCG
1 11 (5.140%) Open Source
2 8 (3.738%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.271%) W3C
4 6 (2.804%) Social Media
5 5 (2.336%) Graphic Design
6 4 (1.869%) PKI
6 4 (1.869%) Copywriting
6 4 (1.869%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.869%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.402%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.402%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.935%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.935%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.935%) Statistics
8 2 (0.935%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.467%) CMDB
9 1 (0.467%) Blog
9 1 (0.467%) iPhone
9 1 (0.467%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.607%) Windows
2 11 (5.140%) Apple iOS
3 8 (3.738%) Android
4 7 (3.271%) Linux
5 4 (1.869%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.935%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (0.935%) Solaris
6 2 (0.935%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.467%) UNIX
7 1 (0.467%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.10%) Content Management
2 51 (23.83%) E-Commerce
3 33 (15.42%) Agile Software Development
4 24 (11.21%) Scrum
5 23 (10.75%) MVC
6 22 (10.28%) TDD
7 20 (9.346%) BDD
8 19 (8.879%) Web Development
9 18 (8.411%) CRM
10 16 (7.477%) Migration
10 16 (7.477%) Project Management
10 16 (7.477%) Analytics
11 15 (7.009%) Web Analytics
12 14 (6.542%) OO
13 13 (6.075%) Web Design
14 12 (5.607%) B2C
15 11 (5.140%) SOA
15 11 (5.140%) B2B
16 10 (4.673%) Unit Testing
17 8 (3.738%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (24.77%) JavaScript
2 35 (16.36%) Java
3 31 (14.49%) C#
4 30 (14.02%) SQL
5 22 (10.28%) PHP
6 8 (3.738%) VB.NET
7 5 (2.336%) XQuery
8 3 (1.402%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.402%) PowerHouse
8 3 (1.402%) PHP5
8 3 (1.402%) ActionScript
8 3 (1.402%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.402%) Bash shell
9 2 (0.935%) C
9 2 (0.935%) Scala
9 2 (0.935%) LotusScript
9 2 (0.935%) Ruby
9 2 (0.935%) XPath
10 1 (0.467%) ActionScript 3.0
10 1 (0.467%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 13 (6.075%) Degree
2 2 (0.935%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.467%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.402%) QA
2 1 (0.467%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (0.467%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.467%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.467%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (2.804%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.869%) OpenView
2 2 (0.935%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.467%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (14.02%) Sitecore
2 24 (11.21%) Adobe
3 19 (8.879%) Microsoft
4 14 (6.542%) hybris
5 13 (6.075%) EPiServer
6 8 (3.738%) HP
7 7 (3.271%) Avaya
7 7 (3.271%) Cisco
7 7 (3.271%) Oracle
7 7 (3.271%) FatWire
8 5 (2.336%) Lotus
8 5 (2.336%) Verint
9 4 (1.869%) Zend
9 4 (1.869%) Ektron
9 4 (1.869%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.869%) Infovista
9 4 (1.869%) Juniper
9 4 (1.869%) EMC
10 3 (1.402%) Nortel
10 3 (1.402%) IBM
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