The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Computing in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cloud Computing 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Leeds 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cloud Computing
Rank 76 - 59
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.253% - 0.442%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.170% - 1.887%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £90 - £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £10.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
171 167 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 21.59% 16.52% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 85 74
Average daily rate £286 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.92% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £182 £275 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 12
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -62.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £13.10 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Cloud Computing
West Yorkshire

Cloud Computing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cloud Computing across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leeds Cloud Computing Jobs Demand Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Cloud Computing Daily Rate Trend

Cloud Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing.

1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) PHP
2 3 (60.00%) MySQL
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Ruby
3 2 (40.00%) Apache
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) nginx
3 2 (40.00%) Bash shell
3 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
3 2 (40.00%) Node.js
3 2 (40.00%) Web Development
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) WAI
4 1 (20.00%) JSON
4 1 (20.00%) Drupal
4 1 (20.00%) jQuery
4 1 (20.00%) WordPress
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange

Cloud Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) Node.js
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) jQuery
2 1 (20.00%) LAMP
2 1 (20.00%) Ajax
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
1 2 (40.00%) nginx
2 1 (20.00%) Drupal
2 1 (20.00%) WordPress
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Grid Computing
1 1 (20.00%) Beowulf
1 1 (20.00%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) UML
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Sun
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) VMware