The first table below looks at the demand for Balsamiq Mockups 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 Balsamiq Mockups 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 Development Applications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Balsamiq Mockups
Rank 481 510 564
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +54
Contract jobs citing Balsamiq Mockups 29 48 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.070% 0.090% 0.014%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.629% 0.952% 0.133%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 41 3
Average daily rate £425 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £375 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4612 5040 6025
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.10% 9.447% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2954 3058 3462
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 200 317
Average hourly rate £37.80 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £23.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Balsamiq Mockups
UK

Balsamiq Mockups
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Balsamiq Mockups across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England Balsamiq Mockups Jobs Demand Trend

Balsamiq Mockups
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Balsamiq Mockups Daily Rate Trend

Balsamiq Mockups
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Balsamiq Mockups across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Balsamiq Mockups Daily Rate Histogram

Balsamiq Mockups
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Balsamiq Mockups within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +1 27 £425 +13.33%
East of England - 2 - -
Balsamiq Mockups
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Balsamiq Mockups
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Balsamiq Mockups 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 Balsamiq Mockups.

1 26 (45.61%) Java
2 16 (28.07%) JavaScript
2 16 (28.07%) CSS
2 16 (28.07%) MS Visio
3 15 (26.32%) HTML
3 15 (26.32%) TDD
3 15 (26.32%) jQuery
3 15 (26.32%) Unit Testing
4 14 (24.56%) Continuous Integration
4 14 (24.56%) Ajax
4 14 (24.56%) Axure RP
4 14 (24.56%) Jasmine
5 13 (22.81%) Open Source
5 13 (22.81%) E-Commerce
6 12 (21.05%) Photoshop
6 12 (21.05%) UNIX
6 12 (21.05%) Linux
6 12 (21.05%) Objective-C
6 12 (21.05%) MVC
6 12 (21.05%) OmniGraffle
6 12 (21.05%) Spring
6 12 (21.05%) Spring MVC
7 11 (19.30%) Graphic Design
7 11 (19.30%) JSON
7 11 (19.30%) Multithreading
7 11 (19.30%) Apple iOS
7 11 (19.30%) REST
7 11 (19.30%) Mercurial
7 11 (19.30%) Android
7 11 (19.30%) Git (software)

Balsamiq Mockups
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Balsamiq Mockups 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 Balsamiq Mockups. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (28.07%) CSS
2 15 (26.32%) HTML
2 15 (26.32%) jQuery
3 14 (24.56%) Ajax
4 12 (21.05%) Spring MVC
4 12 (21.05%) Spring
5 11 (19.30%) Web Services
5 11 (19.30%) JSON
5 11 (19.30%) REST
6 8 (14.04%) iOS SDK
7 2 (3.509%) HTML5
7 2 (3.509%) CSS3
8 1 (1.754%) UIKit
8 1 (1.754%) Smarty
8 1 (1.754%) CodeIgniter
8 1 (1.754%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.754%) IIS
1 1 (1.754%) Apache
1 1 (1.754%) WordPress
1 1 (1.754%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (28.07%) MS Visio
2 12 (21.05%) Photoshop
2 12 (21.05%) OmniGraffle
3 3 (5.263%) MS Office
3 3 (5.263%) Fireworks
4 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
5 1 (1.754%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.754%) InDesign
5 1 (1.754%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.263%) Summit
2 1 (1.754%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.509%) TOAD
2 1 (1.754%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Axure RP
1 14 (24.56%) Jasmine
2 11 (19.30%) GitHub
2 11 (19.30%) Trac
2 11 (19.30%) Xcode
2 11 (19.30%) Subversion
2 11 (19.30%) Git (software)
2 11 (19.30%) Mercurial
3 2 (3.509%) ERwin
4 1 (1.754%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (7.018%) Retail
1 4 (7.018%) Marketing
2 3 (5.263%) Finance
3 2 (3.509%) Legal
3 2 (3.509%) Investment Banking
3 2 (3.509%) Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 30 (52.63%) Developer
2 11 (19.30%) Designer
2 11 (19.30%) iOS Developer
3 10 (17.54%) User Experience Designer
3 10 (17.54%) Web Developer
4 7 (12.28%) Product Manager
5 6 (10.53%) Senior Developer
6 5 (8.772%) Senior Web Developer
7 4 (7.018%) JavaScript Developer
7 4 (7.018%) Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) Architect
7 4 (7.018%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) Information Architect
8 3 (5.263%) Front-End Developer
8 3 (5.263%) UI Designer
8 3 (5.263%) User Experience Consultant
8 3 (5.263%) Consultant
9 2 (3.509%) User Experience Developer
9 2 (3.509%) UI Developer
9 2 (3.509%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Open Source
2 11 (19.30%) Graphic Design
3 4 (7.018%) Digital Media
4 3 (5.263%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.263%) Reference Data
5 2 (3.509%) Computer Science
5 2 (3.509%) Credit Risk
5 2 (3.509%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.754%) Social Media
6 1 (1.754%) iPad
6 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.754%) Economics
6 1 (1.754%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) UNIX
1 12 (21.05%) Linux
2 11 (19.30%) Android
2 11 (19.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) TDD
1 15 (26.32%) Unit Testing
2 14 (24.56%) Continuous Integration
3 13 (22.81%) E-Commerce
4 12 (21.05%) MVC
5 11 (19.30%) Multithreading
6 10 (17.54%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (14.04%) OOP
7 8 (14.04%) OO
7 8 (14.04%) OOD
7 8 (14.04%) Time Management
7 8 (14.04%) Information Architecture
8 6 (10.53%) Use Case
8 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (8.772%) Programme Management
10 4 (7.018%) Product Management
10 4 (7.018%) Rapid Prototyping
11 3 (5.263%) Usability Testing
11 3 (5.263%) Business Development
11 3 (5.263%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 26 (45.61%) Java
2 16 (28.07%) JavaScript
3 12 (21.05%) Objective-C
4 11 (19.30%) Python
4 11 (19.30%) C++
5 2 (3.509%) SQL
6 1 (1.754%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (3.509%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.509%) Basel II
2 1 (1.754%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (15.79%) Adobe
2 3 (5.263%) iRise
3 2 (3.509%) ClickTale
3 2 (3.509%) Omniture
4 1 (1.754%) Google
4 1 (1.754%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (1.754%) Facebook
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