The first table below looks at the demand for JSON skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JSON 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 of the Application Development category for the Hounslow 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
JSON
Rank 10 12 14
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +2
Contract jobs citing JSON 8 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 13.33% 3.896% 1.429%
As % of the Application Development category 29.63% 10.34% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
Average daily rate £400 £330 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £325 £290
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +12.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-43.35% -
All Application Development
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
27 29 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 45.00% 37.66% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 12
Average daily rate £450 £330 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £225 £118
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JSON
London

JSON
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow JSON Daily Rate Trend

JSON
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 13 (86.67%) SQL
1 13 (86.67%) XML
1 13 (86.67%) TDD
1 13 (86.67%) Continuous Integration
1 13 (86.67%) RESTful
2 12 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (80.00%) Java
2 12 (80.00%) HTTP
3 11 (73.33%) Pair Programming
4 10 (66.67%) OO
5 8 (53.33%) Web Services
6 7 (46.67%) HTML
6 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
6 7 (46.67%) Scrum
6 7 (46.67%) Subversion
6 7 (46.67%) BDD
6 7 (46.67%) Test Automation
7 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
7 6 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
7 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
7 6 (40.00%) SQLite
7 6 (40.00%) Multithreading
7 6 (40.00%) Android
7 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
7 6 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
7 6 (40.00%) MVC
8 5 (33.33%) Ruby
8 5 (33.33%) Cucumber
9 4 (26.67%) HTML5
9 4 (26.67%) Jenkins

JSON
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 13 (86.67%) XML
1 13 (86.67%) RESTful
2 8 (53.33%) Web Services
3 7 (46.67%) HTML
4 4 (26.67%) HTML5
4 4 (26.67%) CSS
5 3 (20.00%) SOAP
5 3 (20.00%) XSLT
5 3 (20.00%) jQuery
6 2 (13.33%) Node.js
6 2 (13.33%) CSS3
7 1 (6.667%) Middleware
7 1 (6.667%) Hibernate
7 1 (6.667%) Spring
7 1 (6.667%) Grails
7 1 (6.667%) REST
Communications & Networking
1 12 (80.00%) HTTP
2 1 (6.667%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) SQLite
2 2 (13.33%) MongoDB
2 2 (13.33%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (13.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Subversion
2 5 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 4 (26.67%) Jenkins
4 3 (20.00%) WATIR
4 3 (20.00%) Selenium
4 3 (20.00%) CruiseControl
4 3 (20.00%) Git (software)
4 3 (20.00%) TeamCity
4 3 (20.00%) WebDriver
5 1 (6.667%) JUnit
5 1 (6.667%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (6.667%) QUnit
5 1 (6.667%) Jasmine
5 1 (6.667%) Mockito
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Android Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Software Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Tester
4 3 (20.00%) Automation Tester
5 2 (13.33%) Agile Tester
6 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (6.667%) DBA
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Administrator
6 1 (6.667%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (20.00%) Open Source
3 2 (13.33%) Video on Demand
4 1 (6.667%) DTV
4 1 (6.667%) STB
4 1 (6.667%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Android
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) TDD
1 13 (86.67%) Continuous Integration
2 12 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (73.33%) Pair Programming
4 10 (66.67%) OO
5 7 (46.67%) Scrum
5 7 (46.67%) BDD
5 7 (46.67%) Test Automation
6 6 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
6 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
6 6 (40.00%) Multithreading
6 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
6 6 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
6 6 (40.00%) MVC
7 3 (20.00%) OOP
7 3 (20.00%) Kanban
8 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (13.33%) Release Management
9 1 (6.667%) ETL
9 1 (6.667%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) SQL
2 12 (80.00%) Java
3 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (33.33%) Ruby
5 3 (20.00%) Shell Script
6 2 (13.33%) Python
7 1 (6.667%) C
7 1 (6.667%) C++
7 1 (6.667%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle
1 1 (6.667%) Red Hat