The first table below looks at the demand for HTML5 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTML5 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 Leicester 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
HTML5
Rank 16 15 23
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Contract jobs citing HTML5 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 4.000% 2.247% 0.962%
As % of the Application Development category 12.90% 7.692% 1.563%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+0.16% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Application Development
Leicester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
31 26 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 31.00% 29.21% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 11
Average daily rate £290 £275 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% +14.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £345 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 18
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
HTML5
Leicestershire

HTML5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HTML5 across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Leicester HTML5 Jobs Demand Trend

HTML5
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HTML5 across the Leicester region.

Leicester HTML5 Daily Rate Trend

HTML5
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HTML5 across the Leicester region.

Leicester HTML5 Hourly Rate Trend

HTML5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region citing HTML5 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 HTML5.

1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
1 9 (100.00%) jQuery
1 9 (100.00%) CSS3
2 6 (66.67%) HTML
3 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
3 5 (55.56%) MVC
3 5 (55.56%) Web Services
3 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 5 (55.56%) Ajax
4 4 (44.44%) Web Development
4 4 (44.44%) MySQL
4 4 (44.44%) PHP
5 3 (33.33%) Linux
5 3 (33.33%) Subversion
5 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 3 (33.33%) Git (software)
5 3 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
6 1 (11.11%) Market Research
6 1 (11.11%) CoffeeScript
6 1 (11.11%) Backbone.js
6 1 (11.11%) Sass
6 1 (11.11%) TDD
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management

HTML5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region citing HTML5 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 HTML5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
1 9 (100.00%) jQuery
1 9 (100.00%) CSS3
2 6 (66.67%) HTML
3 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 5 (55.56%) Web Services
3 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 5 (55.56%) Ajax
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 3 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (11.11%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (11.11%) Backbone.js
5 1 (11.11%) Sass
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Subversion
1 3 (33.33%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Web Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
1 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
1 5 (55.56%) MVC
2 4 (44.44%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Market Research
3 1 (11.11%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) PHP
3 1 (11.11%) CoffeeScript
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree