The first table below looks at the demand for JSON skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 33 - 39
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JSON 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.045% - 0.331%
As % of the Application Development category 4.688% - 1.351%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £200
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
64 62 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 22.30% 23.48% 24.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 47
Average daily rate £298 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JSON
South East

JSON
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent JSON Daily Rate Trend

JSON
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (85.71%) MVC
1 6 (85.71%) Ruby
1 6 (85.71%) Ruby on Rails
1 6 (85.71%) Metaprogramming
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
1 6 (85.71%) NoSQL
1 6 (85.71%) Redis
1 6 (85.71%) Big Data
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) Blackberry

JSON
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (85.71%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) NoSQL
1 6 (85.71%) Redis
1 6 (85.71%) Big Data
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Developer
2 6 (85.71%) Ruby Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) MVC
1 6 (85.71%) Metaprogramming
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Ruby
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript