The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of EPiServer products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPiServer over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within EPiServer.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EPiServer
Rank 354 372 373
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +1
Contract jobs citing EPiServer 23 38 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.106% 0.141% 0.196%
As % of the Vendors category 0.236% 0.317% 0.433%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 22 46
Average daily rate £373 £338 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.37% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £301 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £400
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9754 11998 14306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.08% 44.55% 45.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6142 7276 8648
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £265 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 296 409
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.73 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
EPiServer
England

EPiServer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London EPiServer Jobs Demand Trend

EPiServer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London EPiServer Daily Rate Trend

EPiServer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EPiServer across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London EPiServer Daily Rate Histogram

EPiServer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London EPiServer Hourly Rate Trend

EPiServer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPiServer within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +17 5 £400 +14.28%
EPiServer
England

EPiServer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer.

1 50 (80.65%) CMS
2 49 (79.03%) CSS
3 47 (75.81%) .NET
4 44 (70.97%) C#
5 43 (69.35%) HTML
6 42 (67.74%) JavaScript
7 37 (59.68%) ASP.NET
7 37 (59.68%) jQuery
8 34 (54.84%) SQL Server
9 33 (53.23%) MVC
10 26 (41.94%) Sitecore CMS
10 26 (41.94%) Sitecore
11 24 (38.71%) ASP.NET MVC
12 22 (35.48%) E-Commerce
13 20 (32.26%) Ajax
14 18 (29.03%) Umbraco
15 17 (27.42%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 15 (24.19%) XML
17 14 (22.58%) Visual Studio
17 14 (22.58%) SQL
17 14 (22.58%) TDD
17 14 (22.58%) EPiServer CMS
18 12 (19.35%) Razor View Engine
18 12 (19.35%) Agile Software Development
18 12 (19.35%) Content Management
18 12 (19.35%) WCF
19 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
20 10 (16.13%) Scrum
20 10 (16.13%) Drupal
20 10 (16.13%) ASP.NET MVC 4

EPiServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 49 (79.03%) CSS
2 47 (75.81%) .NET
3 43 (69.35%) HTML
4 37 (59.68%) ASP.NET
4 37 (59.68%) jQuery
5 24 (38.71%) ASP.NET MVC
6 20 (32.26%) Ajax
7 17 (27.42%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 15 (24.19%) XML
9 12 (19.35%) Razor View Engine
9 12 (19.35%) WCF
10 10 (16.13%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 9 (14.52%) ASP.NET MVC 2
12 8 (12.90%) .NET Framework
13 7 (11.29%) ADO.NET
14 6 (9.677%) XHTML
14 6 (9.677%) HTML5
15 3 (4.839%) MooTools
15 3 (4.839%) LINQ
16 2 (3.226%) REST
Application Platforms
1 50 (80.65%) CMS
2 26 (41.94%) Sitecore CMS
3 18 (29.03%) Umbraco
4 14 (22.58%) EPiServer CMS
5 10 (16.13%) Drupal
6 9 (14.52%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (12.90%) SharePoint
8 7 (11.29%) DotNetNuke
8 7 (11.29%) Kentico
9 3 (4.839%) Sitefinity
10 2 (3.226%) Immediacy CMS
11 1 (1.613%) Joomla!
11 1 (1.613%) Content Management Server
Applications
1 3 (4.839%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.613%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.065%) HTTP
2 1 (1.613%) GSM
2 1 (1.613%) LAN
2 1 (1.613%) VoIP
2 1 (1.613%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.613%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.613%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (54.84%) SQL Server
2 7 (11.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.065%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (8.065%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.839%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.613%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (22.58%) Visual Studio
2 7 (11.29%) Subversion
3 4 (6.452%) NUnit
3 4 (6.452%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.613%) Mercurial
4 1 (1.613%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (1.613%) Selenium
4 1 (1.613%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (3.226%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.613%) Retail
2 1 (1.613%) Billing
2 1 (1.613%) Marketing
2 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (87.10%) Developer
2 21 (33.87%) .NET Developer
3 12 (19.35%) Web Developer
4 10 (16.13%) Front-End Developer
5 9 (14.52%) Front-End Web Developer
5 9 (14.52%) ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (9.677%) C# Developer
7 5 (8.065%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (3.226%) Umbraco Developer
8 2 (3.226%) Analyst
8 2 (3.226%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.226%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.226%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (3.226%) Senior .NET Developer
8 2 (3.226%) CMS Developer
9 1 (1.613%) Digital Project Manager
9 1 (1.613%) Lead .NET Developer
9 1 (1.613%) Web Analyst
9 1 (1.613%) Senior IT Programme Manager
9 1 (1.613%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.613%) iPad
2 1 (1.613%) iPhone
2 1 (1.613%) Photography
2 1 (1.613%) IVR
2 1 (1.613%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.613%) Android
1 1 (1.613%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (53.23%) MVC
2 22 (35.48%) E-Commerce
3 14 (22.58%) TDD
4 12 (19.35%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (19.35%) Content Management
5 10 (16.13%) Scrum
6 8 (12.90%) BDD
7 7 (11.29%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (9.677%) Unit Testing
9 4 (6.452%) CRM
9 4 (6.452%) OO
10 3 (4.839%) Release Management
10 3 (4.839%) Workflow
11 2 (3.226%) Web Application Development
11 2 (3.226%) Validation
11 2 (3.226%) OOD
11 2 (3.226%) SOA
11 2 (3.226%) Kanban
12 1 (1.613%) Waterfall
12 1 (1.613%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 44 (70.97%) C#
2 42 (67.74%) JavaScript
3 14 (22.58%) SQL
4 7 (11.29%) VB.NET
5 4 (6.452%) T-SQL
6 3 (4.839%) C
7 2 (3.226%) Java
8 1 (1.613%) VB6
8 1 (1.613%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.226%) QA
2 1 (1.613%) SLA
Vendors
1 26 (41.94%) Sitecore
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.226%) Oracle
4 1 (1.613%) Panasonic
4 1 (1.613%) Cerillion
4 1 (1.613%) Google
4 1 (1.613%) StreamServe
4 1 (1.613%) Sony
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