The first table below looks at the demand for Mason 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 Mason 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 Development 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
Mason
Rank 186 198 237
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +39
Contract jobs citing Mason 17 20 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.266% 0.254% 0.082%
As % of the Application Development category 0.934% 0.992% 0.292%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 8
Average daily rate £500 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £423 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £528 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £335 £425
% change year-on-year
+34.32% -21.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1821 2016 2741
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.55% 25.63% 27.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1439 1499 2137
Average daily rate £405 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 28 22
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -42.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.00 £45.00 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Mason
London

Mason
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Mason Jobs Demand Trend

Mason
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Mason Daily Rate Trend

Mason
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 27 (93.10%) Salesforce.com
2 17 (58.62%) Visualforce
2 17 (58.62%) Apex Code
3 9 (31.03%) Project Management
4 8 (27.59%) Business Analysis
4 8 (27.59%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (24.14%) Force.com
5 7 (24.14%) Java
5 7 (24.14%) CRM
6 6 (20.69%) Finance
7 5 (17.24%) SaaS
8 4 (13.79%) Marketing
9 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
9 2 (6.897%) Banking
9 2 (6.897%) Migration
9 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
9 2 (6.897%) FMCG
10 1 (3.448%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (3.448%) Guidewire
10 1 (3.448%) Heroku
10 1 (3.448%) Amazon AWS
10 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
10 1 (3.448%) Oracle
10 1 (3.448%) Web Services
10 1 (3.448%) Back Office
10 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (3.448%) Retail
10 1 (3.448%) Asset Management
10 1 (3.448%) Online Gambling

Mason
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (58.62%) Visualforce
2 1 (3.448%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (24.14%) Force.com
2 1 (3.448%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Marketing
3 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.897%) Banking
4 1 (3.448%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.448%) Back Office
4 1 (3.448%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Salesforce.com Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Technical Architect
2 7 (24.14%) Architect
2 7 (24.14%) Developer
3 6 (20.69%) Business Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Consultant
4 5 (17.24%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Implementation Consultant
5 2 (6.897%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Salesforce.com Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Salesforce.com Administrator
6 1 (3.448%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Administrator
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (17.24%) SaaS
3 2 (6.897%) FMCG
4 1 (3.448%) Heroku
4 1 (3.448%) Online Gambling
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Project Management
2 8 (27.59%) Business Analysis
3 7 (24.14%) CRM
4 2 (6.897%) Migration
4 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
5 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.448%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.448%) Test Management
5 1 (3.448%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Apex Code
2 7 (24.14%) Java
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (3.448%) Guidewire
2 1 (3.448%) Oracle