The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sony products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sony over the 3 months to 19 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Sony Corporation.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sony
Rank 517 529 560
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +31
Contract jobs citing Sony 15 16 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.035% 0.030% 0.035%
As % of the Vendors category 0.074% 0.065% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 7
Average daily rate £315 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £450 £175
% change year-on-year
-50.00% +157.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20241 24494 26701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.78% 46.25% 46.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11110 12869 13881
Average daily rate £400 £395 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.26% -4.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1142 1229 1552
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -4.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.37 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Sony
UK

Sony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Sony Jobs Demand Trend

Sony
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Sony Daily Rate Trend

Sony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Sony Hourly Rate Trend

Sony
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sony within the England region over the 3 months to 19 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 +24 13 £320 +6.66% 4
South East - 1 - -
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
Sony
UK

Sony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sony 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 Sony.

1 16 (76.19%) QA
2 15 (71.43%) Java
3 11 (52.38%) CSS
3 11 (52.38%) HTML
3 11 (52.38%) E-Commerce
4 10 (47.62%) Struts
4 10 (47.62%) XML
4 10 (47.62%) XSLT
4 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
4 10 (47.62%) J2EE
4 10 (47.62%) Oracle
4 10 (47.62%) JUnit
4 10 (47.62%) JSP
4 10 (47.62%) JSON
4 10 (47.62%) Intershop
4 10 (47.62%) EJB
4 10 (47.62%) MVC
4 10 (47.62%) TDD
4 10 (47.62%) Unit Testing
4 10 (47.62%) Kindle
4 10 (47.62%) REST
5 5 (23.81%) soapUI
5 5 (23.81%) Final Cut Pro
5 5 (23.81%) ISTQB
5 5 (23.81%) SOAP
5 5 (23.81%) ISEB
5 5 (23.81%) Software AG
6 4 (19.05%) IBM
6 4 (19.05%) WebSphere
6 4 (19.05%) Software Testing

Sony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sony 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 Sony. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (52.38%) CSS
1 11 (52.38%) HTML
2 10 (47.62%) Struts
2 10 (47.62%) XML
2 10 (47.62%) XSLT
2 10 (47.62%) J2EE
2 10 (47.62%) JSP
2 10 (47.62%) JSON
2 10 (47.62%) EJB
2 10 (47.62%) REST
3 5 (23.81%) soapUI
3 5 (23.81%) SOAP
4 4 (19.05%) WebSphere
5 1 (4.762%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (4.762%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (47.62%) JUnit
General
1 2 (9.524%) Games
1 2 (9.524%) Marketing
2 1 (4.762%) Retail
2 1 (4.762%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Developer
2 10 (47.62%) Java Developer
3 5 (23.81%) QA Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (4.762%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Senior IT Programme Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Web Project Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Microstrategy Developer
4 1 (4.762%) Web Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Project Planner
4 1 (4.762%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Kindle
2 2 (9.524%) BBC
3 1 (4.762%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) E-Commerce
2 10 (47.62%) MVC
2 10 (47.62%) TDD
2 10 (47.62%) Unit Testing
3 4 (19.05%) Software Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 3 (14.29%) ETL
4 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.762%) Dimensional Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) Content Management
5 1 (4.762%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) SEO
5 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) CRM
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) Java
2 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
3 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (4.762%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) ISTQB
1 5 (23.81%) ISEB
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (76.19%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Oracle
1 10 (47.62%) Intershop
2 5 (23.81%) Software AG
3 4 (19.05%) IBM
3 4 (19.05%) ATG
3 4 (19.05%) hybris
4 3 (14.29%) Netezza
4 3 (14.29%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (4.762%) EPiServer
5 1 (4.762%) Panasonic
5 1 (4.762%) Yahoo!
5 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
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