The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Computing in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cloud Computing 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Cloud Computing
Rank 387 416 448
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +32
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 123 142 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.296% 0.266% 0.220%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.104% 1.053% 0.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 101 91
Average daily rate £425 £475 £490
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -3.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £568 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £458
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -18.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £33.50 - £12.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 - £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.90 - £14.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11144 13491 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.81% 25.29% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6882 8110 9959
Average daily rate £443 £430 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -18.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 619 691
Average hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Cloud Computing Jobs Demand Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Cloud Computing Daily Rate Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Cloud Computing Daily Rate Histogram

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Cloud Computing Hourly Rate Trend

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Cloud Computing Hourly Rate Histogram

Cloud Computing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing 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 -12 67 £425 -10.52%
South East +48 35 £400 -5.88%
Yorkshire +6 9 £425 +47.82%
East of England +15 4 £550 +64.17%
West Midlands +3 2 £425 +54.54%
East Midlands - 2 - -
South West +16 1 - -
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 54 (22.04%) Java
2 48 (19.59%) C#
3 46 (18.78%) VMware
4 45 (18.37%) Linux
5 42 (17.14%) SaaS
6 40 (16.33%) Windows Azure
7 37 (15.10%) SQL
8 36 (14.69%) SQL Server
8 36 (14.69%) VMware Infrastructure
9 35 (14.29%) ITIL
9 35 (14.29%) Microsoft
9 35 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
10 34 (13.88%) Windows
11 33 (13.47%) Games
12 32 (13.06%) Visual Studio
13 30 (12.24%) Web Services
13 30 (12.24%) Salesforce.com
13 30 (12.24%) Scrum
13 30 (12.24%) Finance
14 29 (11.84%) .NET
15 28 (11.43%) Degree
16 27 (11.02%) Mason
16 27 (11.02%) Visualforce
16 27 (11.02%) Apex Code
16 27 (11.02%) OO
17 25 (10.20%) TDD
17 25 (10.20%) Google
18 24 (9.796%) Git (software)
18 24 (9.796%) Team Foundation Server
18 24 (9.796%) MySQL

Cloud Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 30 (12.24%) Web Services
2 29 (11.84%) .NET
3 27 (11.02%) Mason
3 27 (11.02%) Visualforce
4 22 (8.980%) jQuery
5 19 (7.755%) HTML
6 18 (7.347%) XML
7 17 (6.939%) J2EE
8 16 (6.531%) CSS
9 14 (5.714%) JSON
9 14 (5.714%) WebSphere
10 13 (5.306%) WCF
11 12 (4.898%) XML Schema
12 11 (4.490%) ASP.NET
12 11 (4.490%) REST
13 10 (4.082%) RESTful
14 9 (3.673%) Ajax
15 8 (3.265%) Ruby on Rails
15 8 (3.265%) LINQ
15 8 (3.265%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 40 (16.33%) Windows Azure
2 22 (8.980%) Force.com
3 16 (6.531%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (5.714%) Google App Engine
5 13 (5.306%) Apache
6 11 (4.490%) MS Exchange
6 11 (4.490%) Amazon AWS
6 11 (4.490%) OpenStack
7 8 (3.265%) CloudStack
7 8 (3.265%) WebLogic
8 7 (2.857%) Tomcat
9 6 (2.449%) IIS
9 6 (2.449%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (2.449%) ActiveMQ
10 5 (2.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (1.633%) Exchange Server 2003
11 4 (1.633%) Lync
11 4 (1.633%) SharePoint
12 3 (1.224%) Drupal
13 2 (0.816%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.265%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.449%) MS Office
3 2 (0.816%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.408%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.408%) Office 365
4 1 (0.408%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.224%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.714%) Firewall
2 10 (4.082%) LAN
2 10 (4.082%) WAN
2 10 (4.082%) SAN
3 9 (3.673%) Internet
3 9 (3.673%) VPN
4 7 (2.857%) DNS
4 7 (2.857%) Ethernet
4 7 (2.857%) HTTP
5 6 (2.449%) VoIP
6 5 (2.041%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.633%) SNMP
7 4 (1.633%) Wireless
7 4 (1.633%) IPsec
8 3 (1.224%) NAS
9 2 (0.816%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (0.816%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.816%) SMTP
9 2 (0.816%) DHCP
9 2 (0.816%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (14.69%) SQL Server
2 24 (9.796%) MySQL
3 15 (6.122%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.490%) MongoDB
5 10 (4.082%) Hadoop
6 8 (3.265%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (3.265%) SQL Server 2000
6 8 (3.265%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (3.265%) Big Data
7 6 (2.449%) Riak
7 6 (2.449%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (1.633%) Redis
9 3 (1.224%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.816%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.816%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (0.816%) DB2
10 2 (0.816%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (0.816%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (0.816%) HBase
10 2 (0.816%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 32 (13.06%) Visual Studio
2 24 (9.796%) Git (software)
2 24 (9.796%) Team Foundation Server
3 18 (7.347%) MSBuild
4 16 (6.531%) Subversion
5 8 (3.265%) ReSharper
5 8 (3.265%) Selenium
5 8 (3.265%) SpecFlow
6 6 (2.449%) Jenkins
6 6 (2.449%) Ant
6 6 (2.449%) JUnit
6 6 (2.449%) Maven
6 6 (2.449%) Mercurial
7 5 (2.041%) JIRA
7 5 (2.041%) Gerrit
7 5 (2.041%) AnthillPro
7 5 (2.041%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.041%) FishEye
8 3 (1.224%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.816%) RSpec
General
1 33 (13.47%) Games
2 30 (12.24%) Finance
3 14 (5.714%) Telecoms
3 14 (5.714%) Marketing
4 7 (2.857%) Retail
5 3 (1.224%) Banking
5 3 (1.224%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.816%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.408%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.408%) German Language
7 1 (0.408%) Back Office
7 1 (0.408%) Electronics
7 1 (0.408%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.408%) Automotive
7 1 (0.408%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.408%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (22.86%) Developer
2 47 (19.18%) Architect
3 18 (7.347%) Technical Architect
4 16 (6.531%) Solutions Architect
4 16 (6.531%) Software Engineer
4 16 (6.531%) Java Developer
5 15 (6.122%) Project Manager
5 15 (6.122%) Analyst
5 15 (6.122%) Build Engineer
6 14 (5.714%) .NET Developer
7 13 (5.306%) Infrastructure Architect
8 11 (4.490%) Consultant
9 10 (4.082%) C# Developer
9 10 (4.082%) Software Development Engineer
9 10 (4.082%) Development Engineer
10 9 (3.673%) Agile .NET Developer
10 9 (3.673%) Transition Manager
10 9 (3.673%) Service Manager
10 9 (3.673%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.265%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.14%) SaaS
2 20 (8.163%) PaaS
2 20 (8.163%) Computer Science
3 19 (7.755%) IaaS
4 13 (5.306%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.490%) Mobile App
5 11 (4.490%) Digital Media
5 11 (4.490%) Open Source
6 7 (2.857%) Social Media
6 7 (2.857%) Social Network
7 6 (2.449%) VHDL
7 6 (2.449%) Verilog
7 6 (2.449%) Device Driver
7 6 (2.449%) New Media
8 5 (2.041%) Grid Computing
8 5 (2.041%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.041%) Online Games
9 4 (1.633%) Heroku
10 3 (1.224%) PKI
10 3 (1.224%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 45 (18.37%) Linux
2 34 (13.88%) Windows
3 22 (8.980%) UNIX
4 11 (4.490%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (2.857%) Debian
6 6 (2.449%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (2.041%) Android
7 5 (2.041%) CentOS
7 5 (2.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.633%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.633%) Solaris
9 3 (1.224%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.224%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.224%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.816%) Fedora
10 2 (0.816%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.816%) AIX
10 2 (0.816%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.816%) VMS
11 1 (0.408%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (14.29%) ITIL
1 35 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 30 (12.24%) Scrum
3 27 (11.02%) OO
4 25 (10.20%) TDD
5 24 (9.796%) Project Management
6 23 (9.388%) PRINCE2
7 20 (8.163%) Service Management
8 18 (7.347%) Kanban
9 16 (6.531%) Game Development
9 16 (6.531%) TOGAF
10 15 (6.122%) Migration
11 14 (5.714%) MVC
11 14 (5.714%) E-Commerce
11 14 (5.714%) ITIL V3
11 14 (5.714%) BDD
12 13 (5.306%) Test Automation
13 11 (4.490%) CRM
14 10 (4.082%) Service Delivery
15 9 (3.673%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (22.04%) Java
2 48 (19.59%) C#
3 37 (15.10%) SQL
4 27 (11.02%) Apex Code
5 24 (9.796%) C++
6 20 (8.163%) JavaScript
6 20 (8.163%) C
7 18 (7.347%) Lua
8 13 (5.306%) Ruby
9 8 (3.265%) Bash shell
9 8 (3.265%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.857%) PHP
10 7 (2.857%) Haskell
11 6 (2.449%) Erlang
11 6 (2.449%) Groovy
11 6 (2.449%) Python
11 6 (2.449%) Clojure
12 5 (2.041%) Objective-C
12 5 (2.041%) PowerShell
12 5 (2.041%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (11.43%) Degree
2 17 (6.939%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.082%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.265%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 7 (2.857%) ISTQB
5 7 (2.857%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.633%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.633%) MCTS
6 4 (1.633%) MCITP
6 4 (1.633%) MCP
6 4 (1.633%) MCSE
7 2 (0.816%) CCIE
7 2 (0.816%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.816%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.816%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.408%) CCNA
8 1 (0.408%) ISEB
8 1 (0.408%) CISSP
8 1 (0.408%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.408%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.490%) QA
2 6 (2.449%) JTAG
3 3 (1.224%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.816%) WAI
4 2 (0.816%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (14.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.531%) Hyper-V
3 15 (6.122%) Xen
4 7 (2.857%) vSphere
5 6 (2.449%) Active Directory
5 6 (2.449%) vCloud
6 4 (1.633%) UAG
7 3 (1.224%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (1.224%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.408%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 9 (3.673%) Puppet
2 8 (3.265%) SCOM
3 4 (1.633%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.408%) BladeLogic
4 1 (0.408%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.408%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.408%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.408%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 46 (18.78%) VMware
2 35 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 30 (12.24%) Salesforce.com
4 25 (10.20%) Google
5 18 (7.347%) Oracle
6 16 (6.531%) Citrix
7 6 (2.449%) Cisco
7 6 (2.449%) Twitter
8 5 (2.041%) Facebook
9 4 (1.633%) F5
9 4 (1.633%) IBM
9 4 (1.633%) JBoss
9 4 (1.633%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.224%) HP
10 3 (1.224%) EMC
11 2 (0.816%) Siebel
11 2 (0.816%) SAP
11 2 (0.816%) Sage
12 1 (0.408%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.408%) Eloqua
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