The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Semantic Web in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Semantic Web 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Semantic Web
Rank 491 545 565
Rank change year-on-year
+54 +20
Contract jobs citing Semantic Web 22 14 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.053% 0.026% 0.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.196% 0.104% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 4
Average daily rate £375 £425 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £416 -
% change year-on-year
+8.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Semantic Web
UK

Semantic Web
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Semantic Web Jobs Demand Trend

Semantic Web
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Semantic Web Daily Rate Trend

Semantic Web
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Semantic Web Daily Rate Histogram

Semantic Web
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Semantic Web Hourly Rate Trend

Semantic Web
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Semantic Web 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 +44 18 £375 -11.76%
South East +14 1 £525 +26.12%
West Midlands - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £450 -
North West - 1 £323 -
Semantic Web
UK

Semantic Web
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 34 (69.39%) CSS
2 32 (65.31%) RDF
3 28 (57.14%) XML
4 24 (48.98%) HTML
4 24 (48.98%) Publishing
5 23 (46.94%) XSLT
6 18 (36.73%) JavaScript
6 18 (36.73%) XQuery
6 18 (36.73%) TDD
6 18 (36.73%) SPARQL
7 17 (34.69%) MarkLogic
7 17 (34.69%) Java
8 15 (30.61%) Web Services
8 15 (30.61%) jQuery
9 14 (28.57%) RESTful
10 13 (26.53%) Apache
11 12 (24.49%) J2EE
11 12 (24.49%) Spring
12 10 (20.41%) Agile Software Development
12 10 (20.41%) MVC
13 9 (18.37%) JMS
13 9 (18.37%) MySQL
13 9 (18.37%) Struts
13 9 (18.37%) Knowledge Management
13 9 (18.37%) Ontologies
13 9 (18.37%) BDD
14 8 (16.33%) Linked Data
14 8 (16.33%) Data Conversion
14 8 (16.33%) JSON
14 8 (16.33%) JSTL

Semantic Web
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 34 (69.39%) CSS
2 28 (57.14%) XML
3 24 (48.98%) HTML
4 23 (46.94%) XSLT
5 15 (30.61%) Web Services
5 15 (30.61%) jQuery
6 14 (28.57%) RESTful
7 12 (24.49%) J2EE
7 12 (24.49%) Spring
8 9 (18.37%) JMS
8 9 (18.37%) Struts
9 8 (16.33%) JSON
9 8 (16.33%) JSTL
9 8 (16.33%) Spring MVC
9 8 (16.33%) XSD
9 8 (16.33%) XHTML
9 8 (16.33%) JSP
10 7 (14.29%) .NET
10 7 (14.29%) HTML5
11 6 (12.24%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 13 (26.53%) Apache
2 3 (6.122%) Jetty
2 3 (6.122%) Drupal
3 2 (4.082%) CMS
4 1 (2.041%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (8.163%) XMetaL
1 4 (8.163%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.041%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (34.69%) MarkLogic
2 9 (18.37%) MySQL
3 8 (16.33%) SQL Server
4 4 (8.163%) NoSQL
5 2 (4.082%) CouchDB
5 2 (4.082%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) PowerDesigner
2 4 (8.163%) Firebug
3 3 (6.122%) JUnit
3 3 (6.122%) Subversion
3 3 (6.122%) Cucumber
3 3 (6.122%) QUnit
3 3 (6.122%) Git (software)
3 3 (6.122%) Mockito
4 2 (4.082%) PHPUnit
4 2 (4.082%) Selenium
4 2 (4.082%) Ant
5 1 (2.041%) Xcode
5 1 (2.041%) Log4j
5 1 (2.041%) CruiseControl
5 1 (2.041%) JIRA
5 1 (2.041%) Maven
5 1 (2.041%) Robotium
5 1 (2.041%) Hudson
5 1 (2.041%) Jasmine
5 1 (2.041%) Mercurial
General
1 24 (48.98%) Publishing
2 3 (6.122%) Games
3 2 (4.082%) Marketing
4 1 (2.041%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.041%) Automotive
4 1 (2.041%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (63.27%) Developer
2 10 (20.41%) Java Developer
2 10 (20.41%) Architect
3 7 (14.29%) XML Developer
4 5 (10.20%) Front-End Developer
5 4 (8.163%) Web Developer
6 3 (6.122%) PHP Developer
7 2 (4.082%) Drupal Developer
7 2 (4.082%) PHP Drupal Developer
7 2 (4.082%) Android Developer
7 2 (4.082%) Senior Java Software Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.082%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.041%) Programmer
8 1 (2.041%) Lead Developer
8 1 (2.041%) Consultant
8 1 (2.041%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Ontologies
2 8 (16.33%) Linked Data
2 8 (16.33%) Data Conversion
3 7 (14.29%) W3C
4 3 (6.122%) iDTV
4 3 (6.122%) Interactive TV
5 2 (4.082%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.082%) Smartphone
5 2 (4.082%) Streaming Video
5 2 (4.082%) BBC
6 1 (2.041%) Blackberry
6 1 (2.041%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.041%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.122%) Apple iOS
1 3 (6.122%) Android
2 2 (4.082%) Linux
3 1 (2.041%) UNIX
3 1 (2.041%) Windows
3 1 (2.041%) Mac OS X
3 1 (2.041%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (2.041%) CentOS
3 1 (2.041%) bada
3 1 (2.041%) Maemo
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (65.31%) RDF
2 18 (36.73%) TDD
3 10 (20.41%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (20.41%) MVC
4 9 (18.37%) Knowledge Management
4 9 (18.37%) BDD
5 8 (16.33%) Content Management
5 8 (16.33%) OO
6 6 (12.24%) Web Development
7 5 (10.20%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.163%) Progressive Enhancement
8 4 (8.163%) Scrum
9 3 (6.122%) Unit Testing
9 3 (6.122%) Business Analysis
9 3 (6.122%) Enterprise Architecture
9 3 (6.122%) ATDD
9 3 (6.122%) Web Accessibility
9 3 (6.122%) Test Automation
9 3 (6.122%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.73%) JavaScript
1 18 (36.73%) XQuery
1 18 (36.73%) SPARQL
2 17 (34.69%) Java
3 6 (12.24%) PHP
3 6 (12.24%) Python
4 5 (10.20%) Ruby
5 4 (8.163%) VBA
5 4 (8.163%) C#
5 4 (8.163%) C++
6 3 (6.122%) XPath
7 2 (4.082%) Scala
7 2 (4.082%) Objective-C
7 2 (4.082%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) CIPD
2 4 (8.163%) Degree
3 2 (4.082%) Sun Certification
4 1 (2.041%) HND
4 1 (2.041%) ISEB
4 1 (2.041%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.041%) APMP
System Software
1 7 (14.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 1 (2.041%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (6.122%) Zend
2 2 (4.082%) Google
2 2 (4.082%) Apple
3 1 (2.041%) Mercator
3 1 (2.041%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.041%) Symbian