The first table below looks at the demand for Sitecore CMS 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 Sitecore CMS over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore CMS
Rank 424 526 537
Rank change year-on-year
+102 +11
Contract jobs citing Sitecore CMS 79 40 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.189% 0.075% 0.060%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.034% 0.456% 0.352%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 27 14
Average daily rate £375 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £255 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £435 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7641 8780 9370
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.32% 16.45% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 4380 4962 5059
Average daily rate £360 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 430 398 526
Average hourly rate £21.75 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.75% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Sitecore CMS
UK

Sitecore CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Sitecore CMS Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sitecore CMS across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Histogram

Sitecore CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Sitecore CMS Hourly Rate Trend

Sitecore CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore CMS within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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 +41 50 £375 +7.14%
South East +33 15 £425 +36.00%
North West +19 4 £313 +13.63%
West Midlands - 4 £296 -
South West +25 3 £230 +40.24%
Yorkshire - 2 £300 -
East of England - 1 - -
Sitecore CMS
UK

Sitecore CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sitecore CMS 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 Sitecore CMS.

1 171 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 163 (95.32%) CMS
3 128 (74.85%) .NET
4 102 (59.65%) C#
5 92 (53.80%) ASP.NET
6 67 (39.18%) CSS
7 61 (35.67%) MVC
8 55 (32.16%) HTML
9 53 (30.99%) JavaScript
9 53 (30.99%) SQL Server
9 53 (30.99%) ASP.NET MVC
10 45 (26.32%) jQuery
10 45 (26.32%) Umbraco
11 41 (23.98%) E-Commerce
12 39 (22.81%) Scrum
13 35 (20.47%) EPiServer
14 33 (19.30%) TDD
15 31 (18.13%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 30 (17.54%) SQL
17 27 (15.79%) Content Management
17 27 (15.79%) Microsoft
18 25 (14.62%) Agile Software Development
19 24 (14.04%) Ajax
20 23 (13.45%) BDD
21 22 (12.87%) Continuous Integration
22 21 (12.28%) Visual Studio
22 21 (12.28%) XML
23 20 (11.70%) .NET Framework
24 19 (11.11%) Marketing
25 18 (10.53%) SharePoint

Sitecore CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 128 (74.85%) .NET
2 92 (53.80%) ASP.NET
3 67 (39.18%) CSS
4 55 (32.16%) HTML
5 53 (30.99%) ASP.NET MVC
6 45 (26.32%) jQuery
7 31 (18.13%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 24 (14.04%) Ajax
9 21 (12.28%) XML
10 20 (11.70%) .NET Framework
11 17 (9.942%) XHTML
11 17 (9.942%) Razor View Engine
12 16 (9.357%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 16 (9.357%) WCF
12 16 (9.357%) HTML5
13 11 (6.433%) RESTful
14 10 (5.848%) ASP.NET MVC 2
14 10 (5.848%) Web Services
15 9 (5.263%) ADO.NET
15 9 (5.263%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 163 (95.32%) CMS
2 45 (26.32%) Umbraco
3 18 (10.53%) SharePoint
4 10 (5.848%) DotNetNuke
5 9 (5.263%) Kentico
6 6 (3.509%) EPiServer CMS
7 4 (2.339%) Sitefinity
7 4 (2.339%) TeamSite
8 3 (1.754%) IIS
8 3 (1.754%) Apache
8 3 (1.754%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (1.170%) Drupal
9 2 (1.170%) Documentum
9 2 (1.170%) Content Management Server
9 2 (1.170%) Adobe CQ
9 2 (1.170%) Alfresco
9 2 (1.170%) Immediacy CMS
9 2 (1.170%) Liferay
10 1 (0.585%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.585%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (3.509%) Photoshop
1 6 (3.509%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.170%) MS Project
3 1 (0.585%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 3 (1.754%) Google Analytics
2 2 (1.170%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.585%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.018%) HTTP
2 3 (1.754%) Internet
3 1 (0.585%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (30.99%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.678%) MarkLogic
3 4 (2.339%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (2.339%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (1.754%) MySQL
4 3 (1.754%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.585%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.585%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.585%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 21 (12.28%) Visual Studio
2 17 (9.942%) Subversion
3 12 (7.018%) NUnit
4 8 (4.678%) Git (software)
5 6 (3.509%) JIRA
6 5 (2.924%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (2.924%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.339%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.754%) FitNesse
8 3 (1.754%) Rhino Mocks
9 2 (1.170%) Selenium
9 2 (1.170%) Maven
9 2 (1.170%) CruiseControl
9 2 (1.170%) Eclipse
9 2 (1.170%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.585%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.585%) Moq
10 1 (0.585%) Appcelerator Titanium
10 1 (0.585%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.585%) WebDriver
General
1 19 (11.11%) Marketing
2 14 (8.187%) Finance
3 12 (7.018%) Publishing
4 8 (4.678%) Back Office
5 6 (3.509%) Retail
6 4 (2.339%) Banking
7 2 (1.170%) Automotive
7 2 (1.170%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.170%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.585%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.585%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.585%) Advertising
8 1 (0.585%) Electronics
8 1 (0.585%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 117 (68.42%) Developer
2 55 (32.16%) .NET Developer
3 29 (16.96%) Architect
4 18 (10.53%) Web Developer
4 18 (10.53%) ASP.NET Developer
5 16 (9.357%) C# Developer
6 12 (7.018%) C# .NET Developer
7 11 (6.433%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 9 (5.263%) Technical Architect
9 8 (4.678%) CMS Developer
10 7 (4.094%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.094%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.509%) Analyst
11 6 (3.509%) Senior .NET Developer
12 5 (2.924%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.924%) Front-End Developer
13 4 (2.339%) Agile Project Manager
13 4 (2.339%) Umbraco Developer
13 4 (2.339%) .NET Web Developer
13 4 (2.339%) .NET Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.433%) FMCG
2 6 (3.509%) Digital Media
3 4 (2.339%) Mathematics
3 4 (2.339%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.754%) Data Integration
5 2 (1.170%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.170%) Social Media
6 1 (0.585%) iPad
6 1 (0.585%) iPhone
6 1 (0.585%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.585%) W3C
6 1 (0.585%) DTV
6 1 (0.585%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.585%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.170%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.585%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (35.67%) MVC
2 41 (23.98%) E-Commerce
3 39 (22.81%) Scrum
4 33 (19.30%) TDD
5 27 (15.79%) Content Management
6 25 (14.62%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (13.45%) BDD
8 22 (12.87%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (10.53%) Analytics
10 17 (9.942%) Web Analytics
10 17 (9.942%) CRM
11 16 (9.357%) Web Development
12 13 (7.602%) B2C
13 11 (6.433%) B2B
13 11 (6.433%) Workflow
14 9 (5.263%) Web Application Development
15 8 (4.678%) Domain-Driven Design
16 6 (3.509%) SEO
17 5 (2.924%) Business Intelligence
17 5 (2.924%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 102 (59.65%) C#
2 53 (30.99%) JavaScript
3 30 (17.54%) SQL
4 11 (6.433%) Java
5 9 (5.263%) VB.NET
6 7 (4.094%) XQuery
6 7 (4.094%) XPath
7 5 (2.924%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.339%) PHP
9 2 (1.170%) C
10 1 (0.585%) XAML
Qualifications
1 8 (4.678%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.924%) Degree
3 4 (2.339%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (1.754%) ISEB
4 3 (1.754%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.585%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.339%) QA
Vendors
1 171 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 35 (20.47%) EPiServer
3 27 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 14 (8.187%) hybris
5 10 (5.848%) Google
6 4 (2.339%) Facebook
6 4 (2.339%) RedDot
7 3 (1.754%) ATG
8 2 (1.170%) Omniture
9 1 (0.585%) Ektron
9 1 (0.585%) Venda
9 1 (0.585%) Appcelerator
9 1 (0.585%) Open Text
9 1 (0.585%) Alterian
9 1 (0.585%) Adobe
9 1 (0.585%) Mercator
9 1 (0.585%) Oracle
9 1 (0.585%) SAP
9 1 (0.585%) Siebel
City, London
My Client is a Microsoft Gold Partner based in the heart of the city and they are actively looking for .NET developers with excellent working knowledge of Sitecore...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £500 per day + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Sitecore Architect / DeveloperA leading NMA Top 25 Digital Agency is looking for Senior Sitecore Developer / Architect for an upcoming Sitecore build-Due to the complexity of the projects...
OPUS
Rate: GBP400 to GBP500 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
The successful Developer will have strong skills in both ASP.Net and Sitecore development. Key Skills: Expert ASP.NET 3.5/4.0. Advanced Sitecore development experience. Expert...
ComputAppoint
Rate: £350 - £360 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
UK Central London
net cms umbraco sitecoreMy client a TOP 10 NMA is in need of a senior .net Sitecore and Umbraco developer.You must experience of both of these CMS'...
Premier Group
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
A leading publishing house based in London is looking for Senior -Net Developer / Sitecore Developer for an immediate start-This is a fantastic opportunity to join a talented...
OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
My leading client based in the West Midlands is looking for a talented Umbraco / .Net Web Developer for an initial 3 month requirement. You will be working in...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £225 to £300 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Umbraco Developer - Urgent 3 month contractMy leading client based in the West Midlands is looking for a talented Umbraco / -Net Web Developer for an initial 3 month requirement-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP225 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 15 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
London
net cms umbraco sitecore My client a TOP 10 NMA is in need of a senior .net Sitecore and Umbraco developer. You must experience of both of these...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
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ITHR
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013