The first table below looks at the demand for Magento 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 Magento over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Platforms 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Magento
Rank 421 404 524
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +120
Contract jobs citing Magento 114 146 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.260% 0.275% 0.096%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.470% 1.674% 0.590%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 108 31
Average daily rate £313 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £210 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £449 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £185
% change year-on-year
- +62.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £18.00 £125.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -85.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7756 8722 9323
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.72% 16.45% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4447 5033 5123
Average daily rate £363 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 410 429 534
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.75 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
Magento
UK

Magento
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Magento Jobs Demand Trend

Magento
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Magento Daily Rate Trend

Magento
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Magento across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Magento Daily Rate Histogram

Magento
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Magento Hourly Rate Trend

Magento
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Magento within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -6 57 £350 +7.69% 27
North West +19 21 £250 -19.35% 12
Yorkshire -9 10 £285 +1.78% 10
South East +7 9 £300 - 9
South West +31 8 £350 +55.55% 12
West Midlands +9 5 £315 +96.87% 3
East Midlands -5 4 £338 +12.50% 3
East of England +15 2 - - 2
Magento
UK

Magento
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Magento 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 Magento.

1 155 (76.73%) PHP
2 102 (50.50%) E-Commerce
3 95 (47.03%) CSS
4 89 (44.06%) MySQL
5 72 (35.64%) HTML
6 60 (29.70%) JavaScript
7 56 (27.72%) Zend
8 54 (26.73%) jQuery
9 46 (22.77%) PHP5
9 46 (22.77%) OO
10 44 (21.78%) HTML5
11 37 (18.32%) Retail
12 29 (14.36%) CSS3
13 27 (13.37%) LAMP
14 26 (12.87%) CMS
15 23 (11.39%) MVC
15 23 (11.39%) Subversion
16 22 (10.89%) Drupal
17 20 (9.901%) Git (software)
17 20 (9.901%) Linux
18 18 (8.911%) OOP
18 18 (8.911%) Agile Software Development
18 18 (8.911%) Zend Framework
19 17 (8.416%) WordPress
20 16 (7.921%) Digital Media
20 16 (7.921%) XHTML
20 16 (7.921%) Web Services
21 15 (7.426%) RESTful
22 14 (6.931%) Symfony
23 13 (6.436%) Marketing

Magento
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Magento 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 Magento. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 95 (47.03%) CSS
2 72 (35.64%) HTML
3 54 (26.73%) jQuery
4 44 (21.78%) HTML5
5 29 (14.36%) CSS3
6 27 (13.37%) LAMP
7 18 (8.911%) Zend Framework
8 16 (7.921%) Web Services
8 16 (7.921%) XHTML
9 15 (7.426%) RESTful
10 14 (6.931%) Symfony
11 11 (5.446%) SOAP
12 9 (4.455%) Ajax
13 8 (3.960%) XML
14 6 (2.970%) CodeIgniter
15 5 (2.475%) ActiveMQ
15 5 (2.475%) Spring
15 5 (2.475%) .NET
16 3 (1.485%) CakePHP
17 2 (0.990%) Django
Application Platforms
1 26 (12.87%) CMS
2 22 (10.89%) Drupal
3 17 (8.416%) WordPress
4 10 (4.950%) Apache
5 6 (2.970%) Joomla!
6 5 (2.475%) Amazon AWS
6 5 (2.475%) Shopify
7 4 (1.980%) nginx
8 2 (0.990%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.990%) TeamSite
8 2 (0.990%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.495%) PrestaShop
9 1 (0.495%) IIS
9 1 (0.495%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.495%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.495%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.495%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.495%) osCommerce
9 1 (0.495%) Rackspace Cloud
9 1 (0.495%) concrete5
Applications
1 9 (4.455%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.990%) Google Analytics
1 2 (0.990%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.495%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.960%) Internet
2 2 (0.990%) Intranet
3 1 (0.495%) SMS
3 1 (0.495%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (44.06%) MySQL
2 10 (4.950%) RDBMS
3 5 (2.475%) Hazelcast
4 4 (1.980%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.990%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.990%) Redis
6 1 (0.495%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (11.39%) Subversion
2 20 (9.901%) Git (software)
3 2 (0.990%) Ant
3 2 (0.990%) Xcode
4 1 (0.495%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (0.495%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.495%) Behat
General
1 37 (18.32%) Retail
2 13 (6.436%) Marketing
3 4 (1.980%) Publishing
3 4 (1.980%) Back Office
3 4 (1.980%) Finance
4 2 (0.990%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.495%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.495%) Banking
5 1 (0.495%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 167 (82.67%) Developer
2 89 (44.06%) PHP Developer
3 15 (7.426%) Web Developer
4 14 (6.931%) PHP Web Developer
5 13 (6.436%) Senior Developer
6 12 (5.941%) Senior PHP Developer
7 10 (4.950%) Front-End Developer
8 9 (4.455%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.455%) Lead Developer
9 8 (3.960%) Lead PHP Developer
10 7 (3.465%) PHP MySQL Developer
10 7 (3.465%) Analyst
11 6 (2.970%) Business Analyst
11 6 (2.970%) E-Commerce Project Manager
11 6 (2.970%) E-Commerce Manager
12 5 (2.475%) Technical Leader
12 5 (2.475%) Drupal Developer
12 5 (2.475%) Technical Developer
12 5 (2.475%) Programmer
13 4 (1.980%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.921%) Digital Media
2 4 (1.980%) Open Source
3 3 (1.485%) SaaS
3 3 (1.485%) iPad
3 3 (1.485%) Computer Science
4 2 (0.990%) W3C
4 2 (0.990%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.495%) BBC
5 1 (0.495%) FMCG
5 1 (0.495%) iPhone
5 1 (0.495%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.901%) Linux
2 8 (3.960%) UNIX
3 2 (0.990%) Windows
3 2 (0.990%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.990%) Debian
4 1 (0.495%) Android
4 1 (0.495%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.495%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (50.50%) E-Commerce
2 46 (22.77%) OO
3 23 (11.39%) MVC
4 18 (8.911%) OOP
4 18 (8.911%) Agile Software Development
5 12 (5.941%) Unit Testing
6 11 (5.446%) Web Design
7 10 (4.950%) Scrum
7 10 (4.950%) Migration
8 8 (3.960%) Project Management
8 8 (3.960%) Content Management
8 8 (3.960%) Web Development
9 7 (3.465%) ERP
10 6 (2.970%) B2C
10 6 (2.970%) Integration Testing
11 5 (2.475%) Logistics
11 5 (2.475%) B2B
11 5 (2.475%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (2.475%) SEO
12 4 (1.980%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 155 (76.73%) PHP
2 60 (29.70%) JavaScript
3 46 (22.77%) PHP5
4 9 (4.455%) SQL
5 5 (2.475%) Python
5 5 (2.475%) Java
6 4 (1.980%) PHP4
7 2 (0.990%) Bash shell
7 2 (0.990%) C#
7 2 (0.990%) C++
7 2 (0.990%) Objective-C
7 2 (0.990%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.495%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (6.436%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.485%) QA
2 1 (0.495%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.990%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 1 (0.495%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 56 (27.72%) Zend
2 7 (3.465%) Adobe
3 4 (1.980%) Google
4 3 (1.485%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.485%) Sage
5 2 (0.990%) ATG
5 2 (0.990%) VMware
5 2 (0.990%) Demandware
6 1 (0.495%) Rackspace
6 1 (0.495%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.495%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.495%) HP
6 1 (0.495%) EMC
6 1 (0.495%) SAP
6 1 (0.495%) Cisco
6 1 (0.495%) Microsoft
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OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP380 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Pudsey, West Yorkshire
PHP Wordpress Developer - Leeds . My client requires an experienced PHP developer who has either Wordpress or Magento experience. This work starts immediately, usual skill set of HTML, CSS,...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Magento/PHP Developer -Manchester- £200 - £230 per day (Magento, PHP, MySQL) My client based in the city centre ofManchesterand is a highly respected digital agency. They provide web...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
Web Open technologies such as PHP, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Git, Zend The Magento Developer will need to have good written and verbal communication skills as regular client contact...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Essential Experience Experience with technologies such as CSS, HTML 5, JavaScript (jQuery and OOJS) and some grasp of PHP. Experience in developing e-commerce solutions on Magento will...
Engage PSG
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Purple Consultancy
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £225 - £300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £350 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £250 - £350 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Engage PSG
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £300 - £425 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Parham Consulting
Rate: Up to £350 per day Maximum £350 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Devon
Computer People
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
North West England
Computer Futures
Rate: £220 - £270 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
North West England
Computer Futures
Rate: £201 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
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