The first table below looks at the demand for Escenic 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 Escenic 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
Escenic CMS
Rank 384 404 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing Escenic 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.007% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.025% 0.046% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £105 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-72.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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% -
Escenic
England

Escenic
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Escenic Jobs Demand Trend

Escenic
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Escenic Daily Rate Trend

Escenic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (85.71%) CMS
2 9 (64.29%) Android
2 9 (64.29%) Apple iOS
3 8 (57.14%) Windows 8
3 8 (57.14%) Waterfall
3 8 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 8 (57.14%) Windows
3 8 (57.14%) PMI
3 8 (57.14%) PMI Certification
3 8 (57.14%) Project Management
3 8 (57.14%) Web Development
4 2 (14.29%) Scrum
4 2 (14.29%) Publishing
5 1 (7.143%) Open Text
5 1 (7.143%) SaaS
5 1 (7.143%) PaaS
5 1 (7.143%) Information Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) iPad
5 1 (7.143%) IaaS
5 1 (7.143%) REST
5 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
5 1 (7.143%) Billing
5 1 (7.143%) Content Management
5 1 (7.143%) Ruby
5 1 (7.143%) DoubleClick
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Degree
5 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
5 1 (7.143%) ERD
5 1 (7.143%) Management Information System

Escenic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) SOAP
1 1 (7.143%) CORBA
1 1 (7.143%) Middleware
1 1 (7.143%) REST
Application Platforms
1 12 (85.71%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) OLTP
General
1 2 (14.29%) Publishing
2 1 (7.143%) Billing
2 1 (7.143%) Back Office
2 1 (7.143%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Project Manager
1 8 (57.14%) Digital Project Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) PMI
2 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
2 1 (7.143%) SaaS
2 1 (7.143%) PaaS
2 1 (7.143%) iPad
2 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
2 1 (7.143%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Android
1 9 (64.29%) Apple iOS
2 8 (57.14%) Windows 8
2 8 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Project Management
1 8 (57.14%) PRINCE2
1 8 (57.14%) Web Development
1 8 (57.14%) Waterfall
2 2 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (7.143%) Content Management
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (7.143%) ERD
3 1 (7.143%) Information Architecture
3 1 (7.143%) SOA
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C
1 1 (7.143%) C#
1 1 (7.143%) C++
1 1 (7.143%) Java
1 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.143%) Python
1 1 (7.143%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Open Text
1 1 (7.143%) DoubleClick