The first table below looks at the demand for Sitecore CMS 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 Sitecore CMS 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
Sitecore CMS
Rank 327 388 427
Rank change year-on-year
+61 +39
Contract jobs citing Sitecore CMS 50 27 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.231% 0.100% 0.048%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.246% 0.620% 0.292%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 18 8
Average daily rate £359 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £325 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
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%
Sitecore CMS
England

Sitecore CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Sitecore CMS Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Histogram

Sitecore CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Sitecore CMS Hourly Rate Trend

Sitecore CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore CMS 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 +19 12 £425 -5.55%
Sitecore CMS
England

Sitecore CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 105 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 99 (94.29%) CMS
3 73 (69.52%) .NET
4 59 (56.19%) C#
5 52 (49.52%) ASP.NET
6 41 (39.05%) CSS
7 37 (35.24%) HTML
8 36 (34.29%) E-Commerce
9 34 (32.38%) SQL Server
10 33 (31.43%) MVC
11 30 (28.57%) JavaScript
11 30 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
12 26 (24.76%) EPiServer
13 24 (22.86%) Scrum
13 24 (22.86%) TDD
13 24 (22.86%) jQuery
14 23 (21.90%) Agile Software Development
15 22 (20.95%) Umbraco
15 22 (20.95%) BDD
16 20 (19.05%) Ajax
17 19 (18.10%) ASP.NET MVC 3
18 18 (17.14%) Visual Studio
19 17 (16.19%) XML
19 17 (16.19%) CRM
19 17 (16.19%) Microsoft
19 17 (16.19%) Content Management
20 16 (15.24%) Web Analytics
20 16 (15.24%) Analytics
21 15 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
21 15 (14.29%) SharePoint

Sitecore CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 73 (69.52%) .NET
2 52 (49.52%) ASP.NET
3 41 (39.05%) CSS
4 37 (35.24%) HTML
5 30 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
6 24 (22.86%) jQuery
7 20 (19.05%) Ajax
8 19 (18.10%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 17 (16.19%) XML
10 14 (13.33%) .NET Framework
10 14 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 14 (13.33%) Razor View Engine
11 13 (12.38%) WCF
12 9 (8.571%) RESTful
13 8 (7.619%) HTML5
14 7 (6.667%) ADO.NET
14 7 (6.667%) XML Schema
14 7 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC 2
15 6 (5.714%) REST
15 6 (5.714%) MooTools
Application Platforms
1 99 (94.29%) CMS
2 22 (20.95%) Umbraco
3 15 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 7 (6.667%) DotNetNuke
4 7 (6.667%) Kentico
5 5 (4.762%) EPiServer CMS
6 3 (2.857%) IIS
6 3 (2.857%) Apache
6 3 (2.857%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (2.857%) Sitefinity
7 2 (1.905%) Alfresco
7 2 (1.905%) Immediacy CMS
7 2 (1.905%) Liferay
7 2 (1.905%) Documentum
7 2 (1.905%) TeamSite
7 2 (1.905%) Content Management Server
7 2 (1.905%) Drupal
8 1 (0.952%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (0.952%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.952%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 5 (4.762%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.905%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.43%) HTTP
2 3 (2.857%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (32.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.619%) MarkLogic
3 4 (3.810%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (3.810%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.905%) MySQL
5 1 (0.952%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.952%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.952%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (17.14%) Visual Studio
2 10 (9.524%) Subversion
3 8 (7.619%) Git (software)
4 6 (5.714%) JIRA
5 5 (4.762%) NUnit
6 4 (3.810%) SpecFlow
6 4 (3.810%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.905%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.905%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.905%) Rhino Mocks
7 2 (1.905%) Eclipse
7 2 (1.905%) Selenium
7 2 (1.905%) Maven
7 2 (1.905%) CruiseControl
8 1 (0.952%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.952%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.952%) Moq
General
1 13 (12.38%) Marketing
1 13 (12.38%) Finance
1 13 (12.38%) Publishing
2 4 (3.810%) Banking
2 4 (3.810%) Retail
3 2 (1.905%) Multimedia
3 2 (1.905%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (0.952%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (60.95%) Developer
2 35 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 25 (23.81%) Architect
4 12 (11.43%) ASP.NET Developer
5 9 (8.571%) Technical Architect
6 6 (5.714%) Web Developer
6 6 (5.714%) Analyst
6 6 (5.714%) C# Developer
7 5 (4.762%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.762%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.762%) CMS Developer
8 4 (3.810%) Agile Project Manager
8 4 (3.810%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 3 (2.857%) Web Editor
9 3 (2.857%) Web Content Editor
9 3 (2.857%) Content Editor
9 3 (2.857%) Website Editor
9 3 (2.857%) Senior Developer
10 2 (1.905%) C# .NET Developer
10 2 (1.905%) Umbraco Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.48%) FMCG
2 7 (6.667%) Digital Media
3 5 (4.762%) Mathematics
3 5 (4.762%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.952%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.952%) iPad
4 1 (0.952%) iPhone
4 1 (0.952%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.952%) Android
1 1 (0.952%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (34.29%) E-Commerce
2 33 (31.43%) MVC
3 24 (22.86%) Scrum
3 24 (22.86%) TDD
4 23 (21.90%) Agile Software Development
5 22 (20.95%) BDD
6 17 (16.19%) CRM
6 17 (16.19%) Content Management
7 16 (15.24%) Web Analytics
7 16 (15.24%) Analytics
8 15 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
9 13 (12.38%) B2C
10 11 (10.48%) B2B
11 9 (8.571%) Web Application Development
12 8 (7.619%) Domain-Driven Design
12 8 (7.619%) Workflow
12 8 (7.619%) Web Development
13 5 (4.762%) Release Management
14 4 (3.810%) DSDM
14 4 (3.810%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 59 (56.19%) C#
2 30 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 13 (12.38%) SQL
4 9 (8.571%) Java
5 7 (6.667%) XPath
5 7 (6.667%) VB.NET
5 7 (6.667%) XQuery
6 4 (3.810%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.905%) C
7 2 (1.905%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (4.762%) Degree
2 4 (3.810%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.952%) QA
Vendors
1 105 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 26 (24.76%) EPiServer
3 17 (16.19%) Microsoft
4 13 (12.38%) hybris
5 2 (1.905%) ATG
6 1 (0.952%) Open Text
6 1 (0.952%) Mercator
6 1 (0.952%) Adobe
6 1 (0.952%) Siebel
6 1 (0.952%) Oracle
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