The first table below looks at the demand for WebSockets 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 WebSockets over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSockets
Rank 370 384 430
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +46
Contract jobs citing WebSockets 11 18 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.051% 0.067% 0.013%
As % of the Application Development category 0.175% 0.240% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 3
Average daily rate £435 £375 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% +2.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £375 £351
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £425 £373
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 Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6292 7507 9363
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.00% 27.96% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4553 4947 6282
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -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 90 103 136
Average hourly rate £41.50 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.05% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.20 £17.40
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%
WebSockets
England

WebSockets
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London WebSockets Jobs Demand Trend

WebSockets
Daily Rate Trend

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

London WebSockets Daily Rate Trend

WebSockets
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSockets across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London WebSockets Daily Rate Histogram

WebSockets
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSockets within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 +21 3 £443 -
Docklands, London - 1 - -
WebSockets
England

WebSockets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WebSockets 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 WebSockets.

1 15 (93.75%) HTML5
2 14 (87.50%) JavaScript
3 13 (81.25%) CSS
4 11 (68.75%) CSS3
5 10 (62.50%) jQuery
6 8 (50.00%) Finance
6 8 (50.00%) HTML
7 7 (43.75%) OO
7 7 (43.75%) MVC
7 7 (43.75%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (43.75%) Node.js
8 6 (37.50%) JSON
8 6 (37.50%) AngularJS
9 5 (31.25%) KnockoutJS
9 5 (31.25%) REST
10 4 (25.00%) MVVM
10 4 (25.00%) Selenium
10 4 (25.00%) Underscore.js
10 4 (25.00%) Caplin
10 4 (25.00%) Web Development
10 4 (25.00%) Internet
10 4 (25.00%) Web Services
10 4 (25.00%) DOM
10 4 (25.00%) HTTP
10 4 (25.00%) Java
11 3 (18.75%) SQL
11 3 (18.75%) .NET
11 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
11 3 (18.75%) DNS
11 3 (18.75%) N-Tier

WebSockets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 15 (93.75%) HTML5
2 13 (81.25%) CSS
3 11 (68.75%) CSS3
4 10 (62.50%) jQuery
5 8 (50.00%) HTML
6 7 (43.75%) Node.js
7 6 (37.50%) JSON
7 6 (37.50%) AngularJS
8 5 (31.25%) REST
8 5 (31.25%) KnockoutJS
9 4 (25.00%) Web Services
9 4 (25.00%) DOM
9 4 (25.00%) Underscore.js
10 3 (18.75%) XML
10 3 (18.75%) .NET
10 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
10 3 (18.75%) Ajax
10 3 (18.75%) RESTful
11 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (12.50%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) IIS
1 1 (6.250%) Windows Azure
1 1 (6.250%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) HTTP
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
2 3 (18.75%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) OLAP
2 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (6.250%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) Subversion
2 2 (12.50%) Git (software)
3 1 (6.250%) Cucumber
3 1 (6.250%) Capybara
3 1 (6.250%) Jenkins
3 1 (6.250%) Maven
3 1 (6.250%) JIRA
3 1 (6.250%) Eclipse
3 1 (6.250%) IntelliJ
3 1 (6.250%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Games
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Front-End Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Development Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Java Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Designer
4 1 (6.250%) UI Programmer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Java Applications Developer
4 1 (6.250%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Lead Architect
4 1 (6.250%) UI Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) N-Tier
2 2 (12.50%) BBC
2 2 (12.50%) Blog
2 2 (12.50%) Open Source
2 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.250%) Derivative
3 1 (6.250%) Taxonomies
3 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) OO
1 7 (43.75%) MVC
1 7 (43.75%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (25.00%) Web Development
2 4 (25.00%) MVVM
3 3 (18.75%) Load Balancing
3 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
4 2 (12.50%) BDD
4 2 (12.50%) User Stories
4 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.250%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (6.250%) Analytics
5 1 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (6.250%) Time Management
5 1 (6.250%) SEO
5 1 (6.250%) Scrum
5 1 (6.250%) TDD
5 1 (6.250%) Pair Programming
5 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 4 (25.00%) Java
3 3 (18.75%) Ruby
3 3 (18.75%) SQL
4 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
4 2 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (12.50%) Objective-C
4 2 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (6.250%) C++
5 1 (6.250%) PHP
5 1 (6.250%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Caplin
2 1 (6.250%) Google
2 1 (6.250%) Atlassian
2 1 (6.250%) Facebook
2 1 (6.250%) Twitter
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Adobe
2 1 (6.250%) TOWER Software