The first table below looks at the demand for DOM 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 DOM 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 Application Development 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
Document Object Model (DOM)
Rank 465 478 461
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -17
Contract jobs citing DOM 48 81 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.115% 0.152% 0.196%
As % of the Application Development category 0.423% 0.581% 0.694%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 52 72
Average daily rate £400 £375 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £291 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £713 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £625 £255
% change year-on-year
-44.00% +145.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 3
Average hourly rate £41.25 £19.52 £50.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+111.32% -61.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £19.10 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.30 £43.80 £52.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £19.26 -
% change year-on-year
+107.68% -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11342 13944 15844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.28% 26.14% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7269 8358 9412
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 366 550
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
DOM
UK

DOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England DOM Jobs Demand Trend

DOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England DOM Daily Rate Trend

DOM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England DOM Daily Rate Histogram

DOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England DOM Hourly Rate Trend

DOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DOM 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 +25 30 £420 +12.00%
South East +14 10 £400 +30.61%
North West +13 4 £375 +36.36%
South West +12 2 - -
East of England +17 1 - -
West Midlands +7 1 - -
DOM
UK

DOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 89 (84.76%) JavaScript
1 89 (84.76%) CSS
2 69 (65.71%) HTML
3 51 (48.57%) jQuery
4 48 (45.71%) Ajax
5 35 (33.33%) XML
6 27 (25.71%) Finance
7 26 (24.76%) Agile Software Development
8 24 (22.86%) SQL
9 23 (21.90%) OO
9 23 (21.90%) Web Development
10 22 (20.95%) Java
10 22 (20.95%) CSS3
11 21 (20.00%) HTML5
12 19 (18.10%) XSLT
12 19 (18.10%) Web Services
13 17 (16.19%) XHTML
13 17 (16.19%) .NET
13 17 (16.19%) Photoshop
14 16 (15.24%) Animation
15 15 (14.29%) Spring
15 15 (14.29%) ASP.NET
15 15 (14.29%) MVC
16 14 (13.33%) CMS
16 14 (13.33%) JSON
17 13 (12.38%) Dojo
17 13 (12.38%) Banking
17 13 (12.38%) Windows
18 12 (11.43%) Hibernate
18 12 (11.43%) TDD

DOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 89 (84.76%) CSS
2 69 (65.71%) HTML
3 51 (48.57%) jQuery
4 48 (45.71%) Ajax
5 35 (33.33%) XML
6 22 (20.95%) CSS3
7 21 (20.00%) HTML5
8 19 (18.10%) XSLT
8 19 (18.10%) Web Services
9 17 (16.19%) XHTML
9 17 (16.19%) .NET
10 15 (14.29%) Spring
10 15 (14.29%) ASP.NET
11 14 (13.33%) JSON
12 13 (12.38%) Dojo
13 12 (11.43%) Hibernate
13 12 (11.43%) KnockoutJS
14 11 (10.48%) SOAP
15 10 (9.524%) J2EE
15 10 (9.524%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 14 (13.33%) CMS
2 10 (9.524%) IIS
3 9 (8.571%) Apache
4 7 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (6.667%) SharePoint
5 4 (3.810%) WebLogic Portal
5 4 (3.810%) Tomcat
5 4 (3.810%) WebLogic
5 4 (3.810%) Liferay
6 1 (0.952%) ESB
6 1 (0.952%) Mule
6 1 (0.952%) Force.com
6 1 (0.952%) Google App Engine
6 1 (0.952%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 17 (16.19%) Photoshop
2 8 (7.619%) GIMP
Business Applications
1 1 (0.952%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.952%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.952%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.524%) HTTP
2 4 (3.810%) Internet
2 4 (3.810%) DVB
3 1 (0.952%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.619%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.905%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (1.905%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.905%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.952%) MySQL
4 1 (0.952%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (7.619%) Dreamweaver
2 7 (6.667%) Eclipse
3 6 (5.714%) Git (software)
3 6 (5.714%) Selenium
3 6 (5.714%) Subversion
4 5 (4.762%) JUnit
4 5 (4.762%) ClearCase
5 4 (3.810%) GitHub
5 4 (3.810%) QUnit
5 4 (3.810%) ClearQuest
5 4 (3.810%) Maven
6 3 (2.857%) JIRA
6 3 (2.857%) TeamCity
6 3 (2.857%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.905%) NetAdvantage
7 2 (1.905%) MSI
7 2 (1.905%) Moq
7 2 (1.905%) ReSharper
8 1 (0.952%) Talend Open Studio
8 1 (0.952%) Mockito
General
1 27 (25.71%) Finance
2 13 (12.38%) Banking
3 12 (11.43%) Marketing
4 10 (9.524%) Telecoms
5 9 (8.571%) Retail
5 9 (8.571%) Games
5 9 (8.571%) Electronics
6 3 (2.857%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.905%) Automotive
8 1 (0.952%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.952%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 79 (75.24%) Developer
2 21 (20.00%) Web Developer
3 19 (18.10%) Front-End Developer
4 15 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
5 11 (10.48%) UI Developer
6 10 (9.524%) Java Developer
7 9 (8.571%) HTML Developer
7 9 (8.571%) Software Engineer
8 8 (7.619%) UI Programmer
9 6 (5.714%) Senior Developer
10 5 (4.762%) Software Integration Engineer
10 5 (4.762%) Integration Engineer
11 4 (3.810%) Architect
12 3 (2.857%) Designer
12 3 (2.857%) SQL Developer
12 3 (2.857%) .NET Developer
13 2 (1.905%) WPF Developer
13 2 (1.905%) C++ Developer
13 2 (1.905%) C# Developer
13 2 (1.905%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.24%) Animation
2 12 (11.43%) Video on Demand
3 11 (10.48%) W3C
4 10 (9.524%) NHS
4 10 (9.524%) STB
4 10 (9.524%) Digital Media
5 9 (8.571%) IPTV
5 9 (8.571%) FMCG
6 7 (6.667%) DTV
6 7 (6.667%) E-Learning
7 6 (5.714%) Streaming Video
8 4 (3.810%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.810%) Web 2.0
9 3 (2.857%) Computer Science
9 3 (2.857%) Learning Management System
9 3 (2.857%) RIA
9 3 (2.857%) Social Media
9 3 (2.857%) N-Tier
9 3 (2.857%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (2.857%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.38%) Windows
2 5 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (4.762%) Windows 7
2 5 (4.762%) Linux
3 1 (0.952%) Android
3 1 (0.952%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.952%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.76%) Agile Software Development
2 23 (21.90%) OO
2 23 (21.90%) Web Development
3 15 (14.29%) MVC
4 12 (11.43%) TDD
4 12 (11.43%) Product Management
5 10 (9.524%) Validation
6 9 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (8.571%) OOP
7 8 (7.619%) Waterfall
8 7 (6.667%) SEO
9 6 (5.714%) Data Modelling
9 6 (5.714%) BDD
9 6 (5.714%) Unit Testing
9 6 (5.714%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (5.714%) Content Management
10 5 (4.762%) Software Architecture
10 5 (4.762%) UML
11 4 (3.810%) MVVM
12 3 (2.857%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 89 (84.76%) JavaScript
2 24 (22.86%) SQL
3 22 (20.95%) Java
4 11 (10.48%) PL/SQL
4 11 (10.48%) C#
5 9 (8.571%) XPath
5 9 (8.571%) Clojure
6 7 (6.667%) VBScript
7 5 (4.762%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.810%) VB.NET
9 3 (2.857%) VB
9 3 (2.857%) C++
9 3 (2.857%) Python
10 2 (1.905%) VC++
10 2 (1.905%) C
10 2 (1.905%) PHP
10 2 (1.905%) ActionScript
10 2 (1.905%) Ruby
11 1 (0.952%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.952%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (3.810%) Degree
2 2 (1.905%) MBA
3 1 (0.952%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.571%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.762%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.857%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.762%) WMI
Vendors
1 10 (9.524%) Oracle
2 9 (8.571%) Adobe
3 5 (4.762%) IBM
3 5 (4.762%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.762%) VMware
4 4 (3.810%) Perforce
4 4 (3.810%) Caplin
5 3 (2.857%) Facebook
5 3 (2.857%) Twitter
6 2 (1.905%) Infragistics
6 2 (1.905%) SAP
6 2 (1.905%) Google
7 1 (0.952%) Omniture
7 1 (0.952%) Endeca
7 1 (0.952%) Sybase
7 1 (0.952%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.952%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.952%) Talend
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