The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of EPiServer products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPiServer over the 3 months to 21 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 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 EPiServer.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EPiServer
Rank 460 500 470
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -30
Contract jobs citing EPiServer 52 57 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.123% 0.107% 0.153%
As % of the Vendors category 0.264% 0.230% 0.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 40 58
Average daily rate £363 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £378 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £400
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19712 24757 25541
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.59% 46.27% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10815 13100 13150
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1143 1239 1486
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.64 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
EPiServer
UK

EPiServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England EPiServer Jobs Demand Trend

EPiServer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England EPiServer Daily Rate Trend

EPiServer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPiServer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England EPiServer Daily Rate Histogram

EPiServer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England EPiServer Hourly Rate Trend

EPiServer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPiServer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +2 24 £373 +6.42%
Yorkshire +11 13 £325 +18.18%
North West +22 12 £338 -
South East +23 3 £300 -38.46%
West Midlands - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
EPiServer
UK

EPiServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer.

1 109 (85.83%) .NET
2 104 (81.89%) C#
3 99 (77.95%) CMS
4 88 (69.29%) CSS
5 84 (66.14%) ASP.NET
6 81 (63.78%) HTML
7 79 (62.20%) JavaScript
8 70 (55.12%) SQL Server
9 58 (45.67%) jQuery
10 46 (36.22%) MVC
11 39 (30.71%) EPiServer CMS
12 35 (27.56%) Sitecore CMS
12 35 (27.56%) Sitecore
13 33 (25.98%) Umbraco
13 33 (25.98%) ASP.NET MVC
14 32 (25.20%) E-Commerce
15 29 (22.83%) Ajax
16 25 (19.69%) SQL
17 24 (18.90%) Visual Studio
17 24 (18.90%) ASP.NET MVC 3
18 21 (16.54%) Content Management
19 19 (14.96%) XML
20 18 (14.17%) SharePoint
20 18 (14.17%) Microsoft
21 17 (13.39%) Razor View Engine
22 16 (12.60%) SQL Server 2008
22 16 (12.60%) Agile Software Development
22 16 (12.60%) TDD
23 14 (11.02%) WCF
24 12 (9.449%) ASP.NET MVC 2

EPiServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 109 (85.83%) .NET
2 88 (69.29%) CSS
3 84 (66.14%) ASP.NET
4 81 (63.78%) HTML
5 58 (45.67%) jQuery
6 33 (25.98%) ASP.NET MVC
7 29 (22.83%) Ajax
8 24 (18.90%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 19 (14.96%) XML
10 17 (13.39%) Razor View Engine
11 14 (11.02%) WCF
12 12 (9.449%) ASP.NET MVC 2
12 12 (9.449%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 12 (9.449%) .NET Framework
13 10 (7.874%) XHTML
14 9 (7.087%) ADO.NET
15 8 (6.299%) HTML5
16 4 (3.150%) JSON
17 3 (2.362%) Web Services
17 3 (2.362%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 99 (77.95%) CMS
2 39 (30.71%) EPiServer CMS
3 35 (27.56%) Sitecore CMS
4 33 (25.98%) Umbraco
5 18 (14.17%) SharePoint
6 10 (7.874%) DotNetNuke
6 10 (7.874%) Drupal
7 9 (7.087%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (6.299%) Kentico
9 4 (3.150%) Sitefinity
10 2 (1.575%) Immediacy CMS
11 1 (0.787%) Content Management Server
11 1 (0.787%) IIS
11 1 (0.787%) Joomla!
Applications
1 5 (3.937%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.787%) Fireworks
2 1 (0.787%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.787%) MS Project
2 1 (0.787%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.937%) HTTP
2 2 (1.575%) Internet
3 1 (0.787%) DSL
3 1 (0.787%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.787%) GSM
3 1 (0.787%) LAN
3 1 (0.787%) VoIP
3 1 (0.787%) FTP
3 1 (0.787%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (55.12%) SQL Server
2 16 (12.60%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (3.937%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (3.937%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (3.937%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (3.150%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (1.575%) MySQL
6 1 (0.787%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 24 (18.90%) Visual Studio
2 8 (6.299%) Subversion
3 5 (3.937%) Git (software)
4 4 (3.150%) NUnit
5 3 (2.362%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.787%) Selenium
6 1 (0.787%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (0.787%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.787%) Mercurial
General
1 3 (2.362%) Marketing
1 3 (2.362%) Retail
2 2 (1.575%) Finance
2 2 (1.575%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (0.787%) Banking
3 1 (0.787%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.787%) Billing
3 1 (0.787%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 116 (91.34%) Developer
2 56 (44.09%) .NET Developer
3 19 (14.96%) Web Developer
3 19 (14.96%) C# Developer
3 19 (14.96%) ASP.NET Developer
4 17 (13.39%) C# .NET Developer
5 11 (8.661%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 11 (8.661%) CMS Developer
5 11 (8.661%) Front-End Developer
6 10 (7.874%) Front-End Web Developer
7 4 (3.150%) Project Manager
8 3 (2.362%) Senior Developer
9 2 (1.575%) Digital Project Manager
9 2 (1.575%) Lead .NET Developer
9 2 (1.575%) Umbraco Developer
9 2 (1.575%) C# Web Developer
9 2 (1.575%) Lead Developer
9 2 (1.575%) Senior .NET Developer
9 2 (1.575%) .NET Web Developer
9 2 (1.575%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.937%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.575%) Social Media
2 2 (1.575%) NHS
3 1 (0.787%) W3C
3 1 (0.787%) IVR
3 1 (0.787%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.787%) Photography
3 1 (0.787%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.787%) iPad
3 1 (0.787%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.575%) Windows
2 1 (0.787%) VMS
2 1 (0.787%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.787%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (36.22%) MVC
2 32 (25.20%) E-Commerce
3 21 (16.54%) Content Management
4 16 (12.60%) Agile Software Development
4 16 (12.60%) TDD
5 12 (9.449%) Scrum
6 11 (8.661%) Web Development
7 9 (7.087%) Unit Testing
7 9 (7.087%) Continuous Integration
8 8 (6.299%) BDD
9 4 (3.150%) Web Application Development
9 4 (3.150%) CRM
9 4 (3.150%) OO
10 3 (2.362%) Workflow
10 3 (2.362%) Test Scripting
10 3 (2.362%) Release Management
11 2 (1.575%) Kanban
11 2 (1.575%) CQRS
11 2 (1.575%) Validation
11 2 (1.575%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 104 (81.89%) C#
2 79 (62.20%) JavaScript
3 25 (19.69%) SQL
4 12 (9.449%) VB.NET
5 7 (5.512%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.362%) C
7 2 (1.575%) Java
8 1 (0.787%) VB
8 1 (0.787%) XAML
8 1 (0.787%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (3.150%) Degree
2 1 (0.787%) MCTS
2 1 (0.787%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.362%) QA
2 1 (0.787%) SLA
2 1 (0.787%) WCAG
2 1 (0.787%) WAI
Vendors
1 35 (27.56%) Sitecore
2 18 (14.17%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.874%) RedDot
4 2 (1.575%) Open Text
4 2 (1.575%) Oracle
5 1 (0.787%) Adobe
5 1 (0.787%) Sony
5 1 (0.787%) StreamServe
5 1 (0.787%) Omniture
5 1 (0.787%) Google
5 1 (0.787%) Twitter
5 1 (0.787%) Panasonic
5 1 (0.787%) Ektron
5 1 (0.787%) Cerillion
North West England
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of C# ASP.NET along with SQL server, EPI Server and eCommerce / commerce... No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
EPiServer Developer - 12 month contractOpus Recruitment Solutions has a long term 12 month contract requirement for a talented ASP-Net Developer with EPiServer CMS experience-This is an...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Ideally you will have experience with Umbraco, however I'm keen to hear from and speak to anyone who is a solid .NET/CMS developer in all CMS'...
Computer Futures
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
EPiSERVER, C#, ASP.NET, .NET, MVC, MVC 2, MVC 3, MVC4, MVC Razor, API, CMS, Visual Studio, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript, XML, HTML, SQL, SQL Server, VB.Net, ADO...
ITHR
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
C#, ASP.NET, .NET, MVC, MVC 2, MVC 3, MVC4, MVC Razor, API, CMS, Visual Studio, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript, XML, HTML, SQL, SQL Server, VB.Net, ADO.Net,...
ITHR
Rate: £300 - £425 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013