The first table below looks at the demand for JSON skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JSON over the 3 months to 22 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 Development category for the Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JSON
Rank 38 45 50
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Contract jobs citing JSON 9 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.179% 0.484% 0.253%
As % of the Application Development category 8.036% 2.500% 1.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £215 - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £325 £290
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +12.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.66 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-43.35% -
All Application Development
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
112 80 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 27.12% 19.37% 24.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 39 50
Average daily rate £246 £270 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.79% -32.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £408 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 10
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.25 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% +21.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.22 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JSON
East of England

JSON
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex JSON Jobs Demand Trend

JSON
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex JSON Daily Rate Trend

JSON
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex JSON Hourly Rate Trend

JSON
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Chelmsford -1 3 £215 -
Brentwood -9 3 - -
Witham - 3 £220 -
JSON
East of England

JSON
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing JSON 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 JSON.

1 8 (72.73%) Ajax
1 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 6 (54.55%) CSS
2 6 (54.55%) jQuery
3 4 (36.36%) HTML5
3 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) CSS3
4 3 (27.27%) Facebook
4 3 (27.27%) Facebook Platform
4 3 (27.27%) Twitter
4 3 (27.27%) Cocoa Touch
4 3 (27.27%) UIKit
4 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
4 3 (27.27%) PHP
4 3 (27.27%) Web Services
4 3 (27.27%) OO
4 3 (27.27%) Apple
4 3 (27.27%) Cocoa
4 3 (27.27%) Xcode
4 3 (27.27%) Objective-C
4 3 (27.27%) iPad
4 3 (27.27%) Multithreading
4 3 (27.27%) Android
4 3 (27.27%) iPhone
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server

JSON
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing JSON 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 JSON. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (72.73%) Ajax
2 6 (54.55%) CSS
2 6 (54.55%) jQuery
3 4 (36.36%) HTML5
3 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) CSS3
4 3 (27.27%) Cocoa Touch
4 3 (27.27%) UIKit
4 3 (27.27%) Web Services
4 3 (27.27%) Cocoa
5 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Facebook Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Xcode
2 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (54.55%) Web Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Front-End Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Front-End Web Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (18.18%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
5 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
5 2 (18.18%) iOS Developer
6 1 (9.091%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) iPad
1 3 (27.27%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
1 3 (27.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) OO
1 3 (27.27%) Multithreading
2 2 (18.18%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 3 (27.27%) PHP
2 3 (27.27%) Objective-C
3 2 (18.18%) C#
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Facebook
1 3 (27.27%) Twitter
1 3 (27.27%) Apple
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