The first table below looks at the demand for Graceful Degradation 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 Graceful Degradation 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
Graceful Degradation
Rank 491 555 571
Rank change year-on-year
+64 +16
Contract jobs citing Graceful Degradation 19 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.046% 0.006% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.008% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 0
Average daily rate £375 £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £41.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29662 36423 38448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.36% 68.27% 68.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18133 21396 22256
Average daily rate £425 £410 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.53% -8.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 1186 1394
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.99 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Graceful Degradation
UK

Graceful Degradation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Graceful Degradation across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Graceful Degradation Jobs Demand Trend

Graceful Degradation
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Graceful Degradation Daily Rate Trend

Graceful Degradation
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Graceful Degradation Daily Rate Histogram

Graceful Degradation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graceful Degradation 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 +32 14 £375 -
West Midlands - 3 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
Graceful Degradation
UK

Graceful Degradation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 30 (90.91%) JavaScript
2 27 (81.82%) CSS
2 27 (81.82%) CSS3
3 26 (78.79%) HTML5
3 26 (78.79%) jQuery
4 23 (69.70%) Progressive Enhancement
5 22 (66.67%) HTML
6 16 (48.48%) Semantic HTML
7 15 (45.45%) Ajax
8 11 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (33.33%) OOP
9 10 (30.30%) MVC
10 9 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (27.27%) MySQL
10 9 (27.27%) SQL
11 7 (21.21%) .NET
11 7 (21.21%) XML
11 7 (21.21%) OO
11 7 (21.21%) Games
11 7 (21.21%) Subversion
11 7 (21.21%) JSON
12 6 (18.18%) Dojo
12 6 (18.18%) Test Scripting
12 6 (18.18%) Web Services
12 6 (18.18%) C#
12 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET
12 6 (18.18%) Photoshop
13 5 (15.15%) Unit Testing
14 4 (12.12%) YUI
14 4 (12.12%) Android

Graceful Degradation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 27 (81.82%) CSS
1 27 (81.82%) CSS3
2 26 (78.79%) jQuery
2 26 (78.79%) HTML5
3 22 (66.67%) HTML
4 16 (48.48%) Semantic HTML
5 15 (45.45%) Ajax
6 7 (21.21%) JSON
6 7 (21.21%) .NET
6 7 (21.21%) XML
7 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET
7 6 (18.18%) Dojo
7 6 (18.18%) Web Services
8 4 (12.12%) .NET Framework
8 4 (12.12%) XHTML
8 4 (12.12%) YUI
8 4 (12.12%) Sass
8 4 (12.12%) LESS
9 3 (9.091%) RESTful
9 3 (9.091%) Sinatra
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) CMS
1 3 (9.091%) WordPress
2 2 (6.061%) Drupal
3 1 (3.030%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Photoshop
2 4 (12.12%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (6.061%) GIMP
4 1 (3.030%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (6.061%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.061%) HTTP
2 1 (3.030%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (27.27%) MySQL
1 9 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Subversion
2 4 (12.12%) Git (software)
3 3 (9.091%) Selenium
3 3 (9.091%) Firebug
3 3 (9.091%) Mercurial
3 3 (9.091%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.030%) QUnit
4 1 (3.030%) Jasmine
4 1 (3.030%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (21.21%) Games
2 3 (9.091%) Marketing
2 3 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.091%) Finance
3 2 (6.061%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.061%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 29 (87.88%) Developer
2 22 (66.67%) Front-End Developer
3 7 (21.21%) JavaScript Developer
4 6 (18.18%) Senior Developer
4 6 (18.18%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 5 (15.15%) .NET Developer
6 4 (12.12%) C# Developer
6 4 (12.12%) Web Developer
6 4 (12.12%) Front-End Web Developer
7 3 (9.091%) Designer
7 3 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (9.091%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (9.091%) ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (6.061%) Microsoft Developer
9 1 (3.030%) Interactive Designer
9 1 (3.030%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.091%) iPhone
3 2 (6.061%) DTV
3 2 (6.061%) Graphic Design
4 1 (3.030%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.030%) Semantic Web
4 1 (3.030%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Progressive Enhancement
2 11 (33.33%) OOP
2 11 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (30.30%) MVC
4 7 (21.21%) OO
5 6 (18.18%) Test Scripting
6 5 (15.15%) Unit Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Analytics
7 4 (12.12%) Web Analytics
8 3 (9.091%) Scrum
8 3 (9.091%) Mobile Application Development
9 2 (6.061%) Time Management
9 2 (6.061%) Web Usability
9 2 (6.061%) CRM
9 2 (6.061%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (6.061%) Web Development
9 2 (6.061%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (6.061%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (6.061%) Programme Management
10 1 (3.030%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 30 (90.91%) JavaScript
2 9 (27.27%) SQL
3 6 (18.18%) C#
4 3 (9.091%) Java
4 3 (9.091%) Ruby
5 1 (3.030%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) Degree
2 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (9.091%) Adobe
1 3 (9.091%) Facebook
1 3 (9.091%) Twitter
2 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.061%) SAP
3 1 (3.030%) JBoss
3 1 (3.030%) Apple
3 1 (3.030%) RedDot
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