Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Sitecore CMS skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sitecore CMS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSitecore CMS
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank502615
Rank change on same period last yearUp+113
Matching contract IT job ads1710
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.216 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted124
Average minimum daily rate£292£338
Average daily rate£322£356
% change on same period last year-9.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£233-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£13.67
Average hourly rate£32.50£16.33
% change on same period last year+98.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching contract IT job ads788711781
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.42 %12.62 %
Daily rates quoted25473246
Average minimum daily rate£348£347
Average daily rate£370£369
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted7501195
Average minimum hourly rate£21.88£22.27
Average hourly rate£23.37£23.78
% change on same period last year-1.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.85£25.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.01£23.80
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
Sitecore CMS UKSitecore CMS
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Sitecore CMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sitecore CMS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Histogram

Sitecore CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+9412£352-1.28 %
South WestNew entry-3£250-
South EastNew entry-1--
East of EnglandNew entry-1£200-
Sitecore CMS UKSitecore CMS
UK

Sitecore CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

130 (100.00 %)CMS
130 (100.00 %)Sitecore
228 (93.33 %).NET
324 (80.00 %)SQL Server
420 (66.67 %)C#
420 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
420 (66.67 %)CSS
515 (50.00 %)Content Management
614 (46.67 %)JavaScript
713 (43.33 %)XHTML
811 (36.67 %)SQL
910 (33.33 %)HTML
910 (33.33 %)XML
108 (26.67 %)XSLT
117 (23.33 %)Microsoft
117 (23.33 %)W3C
117 (23.33 %)AJAX
126 (20.00 %)Government
126 (20.00 %)ASP
135 (16.67 %)Workflow
135 (16.67 %)Intranet
135 (16.67 %)OO
135 (16.67 %)e-GIF
135 (16.67 %)Google
144 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
153 (10.00 %)Content Management Server
153 (10.00 %)Internet
153 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
162 (6.667 %)Mathematics
162 (6.667 %)Computer Science

Sitecore CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (93.33 %).NET
220 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
220 (66.67 %)CSS
313 (43.33 %)XHTML
410 (33.33 %)XML
410 (33.33 %)HTML
58 (26.67 %)XSLT
67 (23.33 %)AJAX
76 (20.00 %)ASP
82 (6.667 %)XSD
82 (6.667 %)LINQ
82 (6.667 %)jQuery
91 (3.333 %).NET Framework
91 (3.333 %)SOAP
91 (3.333 %)ADO.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
130 (100.00 %)CMS
23 (10.00 %)Content Management Server
31 (3.333 %)IIS
31 (3.333 %)SharePoint
31 (3.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (3.333 %)DotNetNuke
31 (3.333 %)EPiServer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (16.67 %)Intranet
23 (10.00 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (80.00 %)SQL Server
23 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
22 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (20.00 %)Government
21 (3.333 %)Marketing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (93.33 %)Developer
213 (43.33 %).NET Developer
39 (30.00 %)C# Developer
47 (23.33 %)ASP.NET Developer
56 (20.00 %)Web Developer
56 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
63 (10.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
63 (10.00 %)CMS Developer
72 (6.667 %).NET Web Developer
72 (6.667 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
81 (3.333 %)Project Manager
81 (3.333 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
81 (3.333 %)Web Project Manager
81 (3.333 %)SharePoint Developer
81 (3.333 %)Web Manager
81 (3.333 %)ASP Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (23.33 %)W3C
22 (6.667 %)Mathematics
22 (6.667 %)Computer Science
31 (3.333 %)N-Tier
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (6.667 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (50.00 %)Content Management
25 (16.67 %)OO
25 (16.67 %)e-GIF
25 (16.67 %)Workflow
32 (6.667 %)Scrum
32 (6.667 %)Web Design
32 (6.667 %)Web Development
41 (3.333 %)Document Management
41 (3.333 %)UML
41 (3.333 %)OOP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (66.67 %)C#
214 (46.67 %)JavaScript
311 (36.67 %)SQL
42 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
51 (3.333 %)Java
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (6.667 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (6.667 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (100.00 %)Sitecore
27 (23.33 %)Microsoft
35 (16.67 %)Google