The first table below looks at the demand for Force.com 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 Force.com 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Salesforce.com Force.com
Rank 345 367 403
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +36
Contract jobs citing Force.com 32 48 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.148% 0.178% 0.126%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.798% 1.101% 0.758%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 39 22
Average daily rate £450 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £395 £332
10% offered a daily rate of more than £531 £555 £511
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4012 4358 5145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.53% 16.18% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2559 2703 3152
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 £239 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 128 175
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Force.com
England

Force.com
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Force.com Jobs Demand Trend

Force.com
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Force.com Daily Rate Trend

Force.com
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Force.com across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Force.com Daily Rate Histogram

Force.com
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Force.com Hourly Rate Trend

Force.com
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Force.com within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 +13 15 £450 -5.26%
Force.com
England

Force.com
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Force.com 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 Force.com.

1 57 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 50 (87.72%) Apex Code
3 43 (75.44%) Visualforce
4 27 (47.37%) Java
5 25 (43.86%) JavaScript
6 15 (26.32%) Mason
6 15 (26.32%) REST
7 14 (24.56%) SaaS
8 13 (22.81%) CRM
9 12 (21.05%) HTML
9 12 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
9 12 (21.05%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (19.30%) Web Services
11 9 (15.79%) CSS
11 9 (15.79%) SOAP
11 9 (15.79%) .NET
11 9 (15.79%) Marketing
11 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (14.04%) jQuery
12 8 (14.04%) SQL
13 7 (12.28%) Ajax
13 7 (12.28%) Degree
14 6 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
14 6 (10.53%) Finance
14 6 (10.53%) Publishing
15 5 (8.772%) Business Analysis
16 4 (7.018%) Migration
16 4 (7.018%) Web Development
16 4 (7.018%) Project Management
16 4 (7.018%) Eclipse

Force.com
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 43 (75.44%) Visualforce
2 15 (26.32%) Mason
2 15 (26.32%) REST
3 12 (21.05%) HTML
4 11 (19.30%) Web Services
5 9 (15.79%) CSS
5 9 (15.79%) SOAP
5 9 (15.79%) .NET
6 8 (14.04%) jQuery
7 7 (12.28%) Ajax
8 1 (1.754%) soapUI
8 1 (1.754%) J2EE
8 1 (1.754%) XML
8 1 (1.754%) DOM
8 1 (1.754%) .NET Remoting
8 1 (1.754%) Apache Flex
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.263%) Internet
2 2 (3.509%) HTTP
3 1 (1.754%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.754%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (7.018%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.754%) Oracle APEX
General
1 9 (15.79%) Marketing
2 6 (10.53%) Finance
2 6 (10.53%) Publishing
3 3 (5.263%) Billing
4 1 (1.754%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.754%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.754%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (54.39%) Developer
2 30 (52.63%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 6 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 6 (10.53%) Analyst
4 5 (8.772%) Administrator
4 5 (8.772%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
4 5 (8.772%) Salesforce.com Administrator
5 4 (7.018%) Technical Leader
6 3 (5.263%) Architect
6 3 (5.263%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.509%) Consultant
7 2 (3.509%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.509%) Salesforce.com Consultant
7 2 (3.509%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
8 1 (1.754%) Technical Developer
8 1 (1.754%) Trainer
8 1 (1.754%) Senior Developer
8 1 (1.754%) Lead Developer
8 1 (1.754%) VBA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) SaaS
2 12 (21.05%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.509%) Smartphone
3 2 (3.509%) PaaS
3 2 (3.509%) Heroku
4 1 (1.754%) Online Gambling
4 1 (1.754%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.81%) CRM
2 12 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (8.772%) Business Analysis
6 4 (7.018%) Migration
6 4 (7.018%) Web Development
6 4 (7.018%) Project Management
7 2 (3.509%) Asset Management
7 2 (3.509%) Scrum
7 2 (3.509%) Quality Management
7 2 (3.509%) Data Migration
8 1 (1.754%) E-Commerce
8 1 (1.754%) Time Management
8 1 (1.754%) Business Development
8 1 (1.754%) Change Management
8 1 (1.754%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.754%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 50 (87.72%) Apex Code
2 27 (47.37%) Java
3 25 (43.86%) JavaScript
4 8 (14.04%) SQL
5 1 (1.754%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.754%) VBA
5 1 (1.754%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (12.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) QA
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (3.509%) Google
2 2 (3.509%) SAP
2 2 (3.509%) Informatica
3 1 (1.754%) Eloqua
3 1 (1.754%) Twitter
3 1 (1.754%) BMC
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle
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