The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sitecore 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 Vendors for the East of England 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sitecore.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Sitecore 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.094% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.208% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £353 £283 £316
% change year-on-year
+24.77% -10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
960 1300 1250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 44.88% 43.99% 47.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 571 487
Average daily rate £340 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 124 181
Average hourly rate £21.50 £27.50 £23.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.81% +14.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sitecore
England

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sitecore across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East of England Sitecore Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sitecore across the East of England region.

East of England Sitecore Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedfordshire - 1 £325 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Sitecore
England

Sitecore
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Sitecore 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 Sitecore.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 2 (66.67%) CMS
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (33.33%) Sitefinity
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (33.33%) Ektron
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Kentico
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Ajax
3 1 (33.33%) DotNetNuke
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
3 1 (33.33%) EPiServer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Ajax
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
1 2 (66.67%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (33.33%) Sitefinity
2 1 (33.33%) Kentico
2 1 (33.33%) DotNetNuke
2 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Web Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Architect
2 1 (33.33%) C# Web Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ektron
1 1 (33.33%) EPiServer
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft