The first table below looks at the demand for JSON 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 JSON over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JSON
Rank 127 199 248
Rank change year-on-year
+72 +49
Contract jobs citing JSON 350 233 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.589% 0.864% 0.629%
As % of the Application Development category 5.479% 3.081% 2.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 161 147
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £290 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £559 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £42.00 - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-43.35% -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6388 7563 9347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.00% 28.03% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4622 4989 6271
Average daily rate £406 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 106 133
Average hourly rate £41.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.45 £17.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JSON
England

JSON
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London JSON Jobs Demand Trend

JSON
Daily Rate Trend

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

London JSON Daily Rate Trend

JSON
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JSON across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London JSON Daily Rate Histogram

JSON
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London JSON Hourly Rate Trend

JSON
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +60 90 £375 -
Hounslow +2 8 £400 +21.21%
Docklands, London +3 3 £469 -1.31%
Canary Wharf -3 3 - -
Westminster - 2 £500 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £275 -
Surbiton - 1 £275 -
Hammersmith - 1 £200 -
Brentford - 1 £415 -
JSON
England

JSON
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing JSON 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 JSON.

1 348 (56.04%) JavaScript
2 293 (47.18%) CSS
3 284 (45.73%) XML
4 258 (41.55%) Java
5 250 (40.26%) jQuery
6 243 (39.13%) HTML
7 238 (38.33%) Web Services
8 212 (34.14%) OO
9 198 (31.88%) MVC
10 197 (31.72%) Ajax
10 197 (31.72%) REST
11 174 (28.02%) Agile Software Development
12 172 (27.70%) TDD
13 171 (27.54%) HTML5
14 154 (24.80%) SQL
15 149 (23.99%) Apple iOS
16 141 (22.71%) Scrum
17 126 (20.29%) SOAP
17 126 (20.29%) RESTful
18 115 (18.52%) .NET
19 113 (18.20%) Android
20 112 (18.04%) SQL Server
21 109 (17.55%) C#
22 106 (17.07%) Subversion
23 102 (16.43%) CSS3
24 101 (16.26%) Git (software)
25 95 (15.30%) Finance
26 92 (14.81%) BDD
27 91 (14.65%) Objective-C
27 91 (14.65%) Continuous Integration

JSON
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing JSON 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 JSON. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 293 (47.18%) CSS
2 284 (45.73%) XML
3 250 (40.26%) jQuery
4 243 (39.13%) HTML
5 238 (38.33%) Web Services
6 197 (31.72%) Ajax
6 197 (31.72%) REST
7 171 (27.54%) HTML5
8 126 (20.29%) SOAP
8 126 (20.29%) RESTful
9 115 (18.52%) .NET
10 102 (16.43%) CSS3
11 86 (13.85%) ASP.NET
11 86 (13.85%) Spring
12 63 (10.14%) WCF
13 58 (9.340%) J2EE
14 51 (8.213%) Hibernate
15 49 (7.890%) KnockoutJS
15 49 (7.890%) XSLT
15 49 (7.890%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 51 (8.213%) Apache
2 41 (6.602%) CMS
3 25 (4.026%) Tomcat
4 18 (2.899%) IIS
5 17 (2.738%) Amazon AWS
6 12 (1.932%) Drupal
6 12 (1.932%) ESB
7 11 (1.771%) SharePoint
7 11 (1.771%) Umbraco
8 10 (1.610%) Mule
8 10 (1.610%) nginx
9 9 (1.449%) ActiveMQ
9 9 (1.449%) Apache Solr
9 9 (1.449%) WordPress
9 9 (1.449%) Alfresco
9 9 (1.449%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (1.449%) Kentico
9 9 (1.449%) Sitefinity
10 8 (1.288%) Windows Azure
11 7 (1.127%) GlassFish
Applications
1 27 (4.348%) Photoshop
1 27 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.288%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (0.966%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.644%) Fireworks
5 2 (0.322%) GIMP
5 2 (0.322%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.288%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.966%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.805%) RMDS
3 5 (0.805%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.322%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 89 (14.33%) HTTP
2 33 (5.314%) Internet
3 8 (1.288%) SSL
4 7 (1.127%) Intranet
5 6 (0.966%) DNS
6 4 (0.644%) LDAP
7 3 (0.483%) Firewall
7 3 (0.483%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.483%) SSH
7 3 (0.483%) NFC
8 2 (0.322%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.322%) SMS
9 1 (0.161%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.161%) 3G
9 1 (0.161%) DVB
9 1 (0.161%) DMZ
9 1 (0.161%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.161%) Network Security
9 1 (0.161%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (18.04%) SQL Server
2 61 (9.823%) MySQL
3 46 (7.407%) MongoDB
4 41 (6.602%) NoSQL
5 33 (5.314%) SQL Server 2008
6 24 (3.865%) SQL Server 2005
7 23 (3.704%) Redis
7 23 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (3.382%) SQLite
9 16 (2.576%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (2.093%) SQL Server 2000
11 9 (1.449%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.288%) Big Data
13 7 (1.127%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.127%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.127%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.966%) Riak
15 5 (0.805%) DB2
15 5 (0.805%) InterSystems Cache
15 5 (0.805%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 106 (17.07%) Subversion
2 101 (16.26%) Git (software)
3 71 (11.43%) JUnit
4 54 (8.696%) Jenkins
5 45 (7.246%) Hudson
6 44 (7.085%) Xcode
6 44 (7.085%) Selenium
7 38 (6.119%) Eclipse
8 35 (5.636%) Maven
9 30 (4.831%) Cucumber
10 28 (4.509%) Visual Studio
11 24 (3.865%) Mercurial
12 19 (3.060%) WebDriver
13 17 (2.738%) PhoneGap
13 17 (2.738%) GitHub
14 15 (2.415%) Trac
14 15 (2.415%) Mockito
15 14 (2.254%) TeamCity
15 14 (2.254%) JIRA
16 12 (1.932%) NUnit
General
1 95 (15.30%) Finance
2 56 (9.018%) Banking
3 37 (5.958%) Games
4 23 (3.704%) Publishing
5 14 (2.254%) Front Office
6 12 (1.932%) Investment Banking
7 7 (1.127%) Online Betting
8 6 (0.966%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (0.805%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.805%) Retail
10 4 (0.644%) Multimedia
10 4 (0.644%) Music
11 3 (0.483%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.483%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.483%) Marketing
11 3 (0.483%) Billing
12 1 (0.161%) Automotive
12 1 (0.161%) Legal
12 1 (0.161%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.161%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 539 (86.80%) Developer
2 88 (14.17%) Java Developer
3 80 (12.88%) iOS Developer
4 79 (12.72%) Senior Developer
5 69 (11.11%) Web Developer
6 59 (9.501%) Front-End Developer
7 52 (8.374%) .NET Developer
8 48 (7.729%) Android Developer
9 45 (7.246%) Mobile Developer
10 41 (6.602%) UI Developer
11 33 (5.314%) JavaScript Developer
11 33 (5.314%) UI Programmer
12 25 (4.026%) Java/J2EE Developer
13 22 (3.543%) C# Developer
14 19 (3.060%) Architect
14 19 (3.060%) C# .NET Developer
15 17 (2.738%) Senior Java Developer
15 17 (2.738%) Senior .NET Developer
16 16 (2.576%) Software Developer
16 16 (2.576%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 87 (14.01%) Mobile App
2 59 (9.501%) iPhone
3 51 (8.213%) iPad
4 47 (7.568%) Open Source
5 37 (5.958%) Computer Science
6 23 (3.704%) Social Media
7 19 (3.060%) Blackberry
8 12 (1.932%) New Media
8 12 (1.932%) RIA
8 12 (1.932%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (1.932%) Graphic Design
8 12 (1.932%) N-Tier
9 10 (1.610%) Kindle
9 10 (1.610%) Digital Media
9 10 (1.610%) PKI
9 10 (1.610%) W3C
10 9 (1.449%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.288%) Inversion of Control
11 8 (1.288%) 3D Graphics
11 8 (1.288%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 149 (23.99%) Apple iOS
2 113 (18.20%) Android
3 56 (9.018%) Windows
4 54 (8.696%) Linux
5 19 (3.060%) UNIX
6 12 (1.932%) Windows Mobile
7 7 (1.127%) Mac OS X
8 5 (0.805%) Gentoo
8 5 (0.805%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.644%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.483%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.483%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.483%) Windows Phone
10 3 (0.483%) Windows Phone 7
11 2 (0.322%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.322%) bada
11 2 (0.322%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.322%) Windows Phone 8
12 1 (0.161%) AIX
12 1 (0.161%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (34.14%) OO
2 198 (31.88%) MVC
3 174 (28.02%) Agile Software Development
4 172 (27.70%) TDD
5 141 (22.71%) Scrum
6 92 (14.81%) BDD
7 91 (14.65%) Continuous Integration
8 68 (10.95%) Web Development
9 65 (10.47%) E-Commerce
10 62 (9.984%) Unit Testing
11 57 (9.179%) OOP
12 45 (7.246%) SOA
13 43 (6.924%) OOD
14 41 (6.602%) Kanban
15 39 (6.280%) Data Modelling
16 38 (6.119%) Multithreading
17 33 (5.314%) Pair Programming
17 33 (5.314%) MVVM
18 30 (4.831%) Test Automation
19 24 (3.865%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 348 (56.04%) JavaScript
2 258 (41.55%) Java
3 154 (24.80%) SQL
4 109 (17.55%) C#
5 91 (14.65%) Objective-C
6 74 (11.92%) Ruby
7 63 (10.14%) C++
8 48 (7.729%) PHP
9 39 (6.280%) Groovy
10 32 (5.153%) T-SQL
11 27 (4.348%) C
11 27 (4.348%) Python
12 13 (2.093%) Scala
13 12 (1.932%) Perl
14 10 (1.610%) Clojure
15 8 (1.288%) XPath
15 8 (1.288%) Shell Script
16 7 (1.127%) VBScript
16 7 (1.127%) VB
16 7 (1.127%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 29 (4.670%) Degree
2 6 (0.966%) CTC Cleared
2 6 (0.966%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.322%) Sun Certification
4 1 (0.161%) GIAC
4 1 (0.161%) SSCP
4 1 (0.161%) CISSP
4 1 (0.161%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.992%) QA
2 3 (0.483%) Dublin Core
3 1 (0.161%) WCAG
3 1 (0.161%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (2.093%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.805%) Varnish
3 2 (0.322%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.161%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 4 (0.644%) Puppet
2 3 (0.483%) Nagios
3 1 (0.161%) CA SiteMinder
3 1 (0.161%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 79 (12.72%) Oracle
2 59 (9.501%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.831%) Google
4 23 (3.704%) Facebook
5 20 (3.221%) Twitter
6 17 (2.738%) Sencha
7 16 (2.576%) IBM
8 11 (1.771%) Adobe
8 11 (1.771%) Intershop
8 11 (1.771%) Zend
9 10 (1.610%) Apple
9 10 (1.610%) Sony
10 8 (1.288%) JBoss
11 6 (0.966%) Percona
11 6 (0.966%) Sybase
12 5 (0.805%) TIBCO
12 5 (0.805%) Reuters
12 5 (0.805%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.805%) 29West
13 4 (0.644%) hybris
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