The first table below looks at the demand for Apex Code skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apex Code 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 Programming Languages category for the 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Force.com Apex Code
Rank 447 425 470
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +45
Contract jobs citing Apex Code 66 134 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.159% 0.251% 0.180%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.425% 0.709% 0.470%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 99 52
Average daily rate £463 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £310 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Programming Languages
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
15538 18900 21502
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 37.37% 35.43% 38.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9795 11399 12698
Average daily rate £400 £383 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.57% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 684 872
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.50 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Apex Code
UK

Apex Code
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Apex Code across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England Apex Code Jobs Demand Trend

Apex Code
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Apex Code Daily Rate Trend

Apex Code
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apex Code across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Apex Code Daily Rate Histogram

Apex Code
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Apex Code across the England region.

England Apex Code Hourly Rate Trend

Apex Code
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apex Code within the 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
London -23 48 £475 +5.55%
South East +3 7 £450 -7.69%
South West - 3 £350 -
East of England +19 2 £550 +64.17%
Yorkshire - 2 £500 -
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
West Midlands - 1 £425 -
Apex Code
UK

Apex Code
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Apex Code 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 Apex Code.

1 152 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 117 (76.97%) Visualforce
3 71 (46.71%) Force.com
4 47 (30.92%) Mason
5 44 (28.95%) Java
6 39 (25.66%) CRM
7 37 (24.34%) SaaS
8 27 (17.76%) JavaScript
9 26 (17.11%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (15.13%) Agile Software Development
11 19 (12.50%) .NET
12 18 (11.84%) Project Management
12 18 (11.84%) Scrum
13 17 (11.18%) SQL
13 17 (11.18%) Web Services
13 17 (11.18%) Marketing
14 16 (10.53%) SAP
14 16 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (9.868%) Migration
15 15 (9.868%) REST
16 14 (9.211%) Data Migration
17 13 (8.553%) Web Development
17 13 (8.553%) CSS
17 13 (8.553%) HTML
17 13 (8.553%) Eclipse
18 12 (7.895%) SOAP
19 11 (7.237%) Continuous Improvement
19 11 (7.237%) Finance
20 10 (6.579%) Informatica
20 10 (6.579%) SAP CRM

Apex Code
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 117 (76.97%) Visualforce
2 47 (30.92%) Mason
3 19 (12.50%) .NET
4 17 (11.18%) Web Services
5 15 (9.868%) REST
6 13 (8.553%) CSS
6 13 (8.553%) HTML
7 12 (7.895%) SOAP
8 8 (5.263%) Ajax
8 8 (5.263%) jQuery
8 8 (5.263%) ASP.NET
9 5 (3.289%) ASP
10 3 (1.974%) XML
11 2 (1.316%) soapUI
12 1 (0.658%) OAuth
12 1 (0.658%) JPA
12 1 (0.658%) Apache Flex
12 1 (0.658%) .NET Remoting
12 1 (0.658%) Spring
12 1 (0.658%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 71 (46.71%) Force.com
2 1 (0.658%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.579%) SAP CRM
2 3 (1.974%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.974%) HTTP
2 2 (1.316%) Internet
3 1 (0.658%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.316%) RDBMS
1 2 (1.316%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.658%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 13 (8.553%) Eclipse
2 6 (3.947%) Subversion
3 5 (3.289%) Ant
4 2 (1.316%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.658%) JIRA
General
1 17 (11.18%) Marketing
2 11 (7.237%) Finance
3 8 (5.263%) Publishing
4 5 (3.289%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.974%) Billing
5 3 (1.974%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.316%) Banking
6 2 (1.316%) German Language
7 1 (0.658%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (0.658%) Retail
7 1 (0.658%) Law
7 1 (0.658%) Back Office
7 1 (0.658%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (56.58%) Developer
2 85 (55.92%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 24 (15.79%) Architect
4 15 (9.868%) Analyst
5 12 (7.895%) Consultant
5 12 (7.895%) Salesforce.com Consultant
6 9 (5.921%) Technical Architect
7 8 (5.263%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.605%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.947%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
9 6 (3.947%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
9 6 (3.947%) Salesforce.com Administrator
9 6 (3.947%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.947%) Senior Developer
9 6 (3.947%) Administrator
10 5 (3.289%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.632%) Technical Leader
12 3 (1.974%) Senior .NET Developer
12 3 (1.974%) .NET Developer
13 2 (1.316%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (24.34%) SaaS
2 26 (17.11%) Cloud Computing
3 16 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.632%) FMCG
5 2 (1.316%) Web 2.0
5 2 (1.316%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.658%) Heroku
6 1 (0.658%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.658%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.66%) CRM
2 23 (15.13%) Agile Software Development
3 18 (11.84%) Project Management
3 18 (11.84%) Scrum
4 15 (9.868%) Migration
5 14 (9.211%) Data Migration
6 13 (8.553%) Web Development
7 11 (7.237%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (5.921%) TDD
9 8 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (4.605%) Business Analysis
11 6 (3.947%) Asset Management
12 5 (3.289%) ETL
12 5 (3.289%) Data Analysis
13 4 (2.632%) Technical Architecture
13 4 (2.632%) Data Management
13 4 (2.632%) Data Transformation
14 3 (1.974%) E-Commerce
14 3 (1.974%) ERP
15 2 (1.316%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 44 (28.95%) Java
2 27 (17.76%) JavaScript
3 17 (11.18%) SQL
4 5 (3.289%) C#
5 1 (0.658%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.316%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.658%) SCOM
Vendors
1 152 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 16 (10.53%) SAP
3 10 (6.579%) Informatica
3 10 (6.579%) Siebel
4 3 (1.974%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.316%) IBM
5 2 (1.316%) Oracle
5 2 (1.316%) Google
5 2 (1.316%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.658%) Twitter
6 1 (0.658%) Microsoft
Bristol, Avon
Experience working in an Agile development environment would be advantageous, as would any Salesforce certifications (DEV401, DEV501) This is a great opportunity to work with a rapidly growing...
ISL
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Salesforce Developer - 3 Month Contract - City of London - £ Excellent RateSalesforce Developer required to assist the client in the design and delivery of their technical Salesforce solution... Pioneer Consulting...
Pioneer Consulting
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will be tasked with working with the business analysts to transfer technical specifications into code for a high profile and urgent project.
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Opus have been engaged to appoint a Contract Salesforce Developer to assist a rapidly growing Application Development Consultancy with an ever expanding client base-We require a Software...
OPUS
Rate: GBP300 to GBP400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Opus have been engaged to appoint a Salesforce Developer to assist a rapidly growing Application Development Consultancy. Strong Java/Click Developer skills, exposure to Salesforce in a client...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will initially be tasked with analysing the business needs and working with the business analysts to produce both technical and functional specifications.
Mason Frank International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
An innovative media business based in London are looking to build out their team of Salesforce.com professionals and as such are actively recruiting for a Technical Architect...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
Salesforce Developer (GERMAN SPEAKING) - 6 Month Contract - City of London - £ Excellent RateSalesforce Developer required to work on behalf of our client who are a leading Publishing House in...
Pioneer Consulting
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Upon completion, your focus will switch to the delivery of the selected partner. The contract will last for an initial 6 months but as this is a greenfield...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
A market leading business based in Berkshire requires an experienced Salesforce.com Business Analyst to join their high profile deployment. This is one of the premier projects in...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
They are currently recruiting for an Eloqua/Salesforce Consultant to complete a project with a large shipping and logistics business based in London. The initial contract length will...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
You will be working alongside an experienced project team to help facilitate two key projects for the business... The second will be to design an add on to...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £425 - £475 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013