The first table below looks at the demand for Visualforce 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 Visualforce over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Salesforce.com Visualforce
Rank 177 193 234
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +41
Contract jobs citing Visualforce 22 26 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.346% 0.330% 0.110%
As % of the Application Development category 1.215% 1.288% 0.394%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 7
Average daily rate £475 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1810 2018 2793
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.49% 25.64% 28.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1434 1499 2176
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -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 27 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 £45.50 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Visualforce
London

Visualforce
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Visualforce Jobs Demand Trend

Visualforce
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Visualforce Daily Rate Trend

Visualforce
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visualforce across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Visualforce Daily Rate Histogram

Visualforce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Visualforce 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 Visualforce.

1 29 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
1 29 (100.00%) Apex Code
2 17 (58.62%) Mason
3 14 (48.28%) Force.com
4 10 (34.48%) Java
5 8 (27.59%) CRM
5 8 (27.59%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (17.24%) Project Management
6 5 (17.24%) Marketing
6 5 (17.24%) Finance
6 5 (17.24%) SaaS
7 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
7 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
8 3 (10.34%) REST
9 2 (6.897%) SQL
9 2 (6.897%) .NET
9 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
9 2 (6.897%) HTTP
9 2 (6.897%) SOAP
9 2 (6.897%) Billing
9 2 (6.897%) Migration
9 2 (6.897%) FMCG
10 1 (3.448%) Web Development
10 1 (3.448%) .NET Remoting
10 1 (3.448%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (3.448%) Online Gambling
10 1 (3.448%) Data Migration
10 1 (3.448%) Data Integration
10 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (3.448%) Banking

Visualforce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Visualforce 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 Visualforce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (58.62%) Mason
2 3 (10.34%) REST
3 2 (6.897%) .NET
3 2 (6.897%) SOAP
4 1 (3.448%) .NET Remoting
4 1 (3.448%) HTML
4 1 (3.448%) Ajax
4 1 (3.448%) Web Services
4 1 (3.448%) DOM
4 1 (3.448%) CSS
4 1 (3.448%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 14 (48.28%) Force.com
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (17.24%) Marketing
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Billing
3 1 (3.448%) Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Retail
3 1 (3.448%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Back Office
3 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Salesforce.com Developer
1 18 (62.07%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Architect
3 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.897%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.448%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (17.24%) SaaS
3 2 (6.897%) FMCG
4 1 (3.448%) Online Gambling
4 1 (3.448%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) CRM
2 5 (17.24%) Project Management
3 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
4 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
4 2 (6.897%) Migration
5 1 (3.448%) Web Development
5 1 (3.448%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.448%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) Apex Code
2 10 (34.48%) Java
3 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.897%) SQL
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (3.448%) Oracle
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