The first table below looks at the demand for ColdFusion skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ColdFusion over the 3 months to 17 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 Platforms category for the London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe ColdFusion
Rank 380 403 422
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +19
Contract jobs citing ColdFusion 5 3 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.011% 0.048%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.124% 0.070% 0.287%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 7
Average daily rate £275 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £200 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-38.46% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £16.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.90 -
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4017 4309 5220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.60% 16.09% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2587 2679 3212
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 124 176
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +3.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.35 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
ColdFusion
England

ColdFusion
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London ColdFusion Jobs Demand Trend

ColdFusion
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ColdFusion Daily Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ColdFusion Hourly Rate Trend

ColdFusion
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ColdFusion within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
Canary Wharf - 3 £275 -
City of London - 1 - -
ColdFusion
England

ColdFusion
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion.

1 12 (60.00%) HTML
1 12 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 12 (60.00%) CSS
2 7 (35.00%) SQL
2 7 (35.00%) Scrum
3 6 (30.00%) MVC
3 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (30.00%) UNIX
3 6 (30.00%) OO
3 6 (30.00%) jQuery
3 6 (30.00%) HTML5
4 5 (25.00%) XML
4 5 (25.00%) MySQL
5 4 (20.00%) ActionScript
5 4 (20.00%) .NET
5 4 (20.00%) Perl
5 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 4 (20.00%) RDBMS
5 4 (20.00%) Linux
5 4 (20.00%) Web Services
5 4 (20.00%) Ruby
5 4 (20.00%) Ajax
5 4 (20.00%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (20.00%) TDD
5 4 (20.00%) BDD
5 4 (20.00%) Kanban
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (15.00%) Online Marketing
6 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC

ColdFusion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (60.00%) HTML
1 12 (60.00%) CSS
2 6 (30.00%) jQuery
2 6 (30.00%) HTML5
3 5 (25.00%) XML
4 4 (20.00%) .NET
4 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (20.00%) Ajax
4 4 (20.00%) Ruby on Rails
4 4 (20.00%) Web Services
5 3 (15.00%) MDX
5 3 (15.00%) WCF
5 3 (15.00%) LINQ
5 3 (15.00%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (15.00%) Flash
5 3 (15.00%) WSDL
5 3 (15.00%) XML Schema
6 1 (5.000%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Project
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) MySQL
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (20.00%) RDBMS
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (15.00%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) PhoneGap
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
1 3 (15.00%) Marketing
2 1 (5.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) ColdFusion Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Front-End Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Agile .NET Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Agile C# Developer
3 3 (15.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (15.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (15.00%) C# Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Junior
4 2 (10.00%) Web Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Applications Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Junior Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Junior Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Business Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) E-Learning
2 1 (5.000%) iPhone
2 1 (5.000%) SaaS
2 1 (5.000%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) UNIX
2 4 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Scrum
2 6 (30.00%) OO
2 6 (30.00%) MVC
3 4 (20.00%) TDD
3 4 (20.00%) Kanban
3 4 (20.00%) BDD
4 3 (15.00%) Change Control
4 3 (15.00%) Online Marketing
4 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) Process Management
4 3 (15.00%) Change Management
4 3 (15.00%) OOP
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL
5 1 (5.000%) Project Management
5 1 (5.000%) Service Management
5 1 (5.000%) ITSM
5 1 (5.000%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (35.00%) SQL
3 4 (20.00%) Perl
3 4 (20.00%) ActionScript
3 4 (20.00%) Ruby
4 3 (15.00%) C#
4 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle