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This section looks at the demand for Content Management System (CMS) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CMS over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContent Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank6860
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads147
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.008 %
As % of the category below7.254 %4.730 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£223-
Average daily rate£248-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£273-
UK excluding London average daily rate£279£316
% change on same period last year-11.49 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00-
Average hourly rate£18.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.84£23.12
% change on same period last year-14.21 %
Application Platforms ManchesterApplication Platforms
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads193148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.248 %0.166 %
Daily rates quoted3930
Average minimum daily rate£344£240
Average daily rate£369£259
% change on same period last year+42.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£277
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£353
% change on same period last year+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted2123
Average minimum hourly rate£16.36£15.35
Average hourly rate£17.96£16.50
% change on same period last year+8.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.55£17.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.73£22.67
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
CMS North WestCMS
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Manchester CMS Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the Manchester region.

Manchester CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the Manchester region.

Manchester CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1Ashton-under-LyneNew entry-1--
1OldhamNew entry-1--
CMS North WestCMS
North West

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Manchester region citing CMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CMS.

111 (45.83 %).NET
29 (37.50 %)Content Management
37 (29.17 %)CSS
46 (25.00 %)SQL Server
46 (25.00 %)C#
55 (20.83 %)ASP.NET
55 (20.83 %)HTML
55 (20.83 %)PHP
55 (20.83 %)MySQL
64 (16.67 %)Flash
64 (16.67 %)Umbraco
73 (12.50 %)XHTML
73 (12.50 %)XML
73 (12.50 %)VoIP
73 (12.50 %)Avaya
73 (12.50 %)VB.NET
73 (12.50 %)ASP
73 (12.50 %)SQL
73 (12.50 %)JavaScript
73 (12.50 %)W3C
73 (12.50 %)Intranet
73 (12.50 %)Internet
82 (8.333 %)E-Learning
82 (8.333 %)SharePoint
82 (8.333 %)CTI
82 (8.333 %)Perl
82 (8.333 %)WebServices
82 (8.333 %)Photoshop
82 (8.333 %)Avaya Certification
82 (8.333 %)Siemens

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Manchester region citing CMS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
111 (45.83 %).NET
27 (29.17 %)CSS
35 (20.83 %)HTML
35 (20.83 %)ASP.NET
43 (12.50 %)ASP
43 (12.50 %)XML
43 (12.50 %)XHTML
52 (8.333 %)XSLT
52 (8.333 %)WebServices
61 (4.167 %)LAMP
61 (4.167 %)AJAX
61 (4.167 %)jQuery
Application Platforms
14 (16.67 %)Umbraco
22 (8.333 %)SharePoint
22 (8.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (4.167 %)Content Management Server
31 (4.167 %)Joomla!
31 (4.167 %)EPiServer
Applications
12 (8.333 %)Photoshop
21 (4.167 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
11 (4.167 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
13 (12.50 %)VoIP
13 (12.50 %)Intranet
13 (12.50 %)Internet
22 (8.333 %)CTI
31 (4.167 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
16 (25.00 %)SQL Server
25 (20.83 %)MySQL
31 (4.167 %)SQL Server 7
31 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
14 (16.67 %)Flash
21 (4.167 %)FrontPage
General
11 (4.167 %)Finance
11 (4.167 %)Banking
11 (4.167 %)Graphic Design
Job Titles
118 (75.00 %)Developer
26 (25.00 %)Web Developer
33 (12.50 %)Lead Developer
33 (12.50 %).NET Developer
42 (8.333 %)SharePoint Developer
42 (8.333 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (4.167 %)SQL Developer
51 (4.167 %)SQL Server Developer
51 (4.167 %)PHP Developer
51 (4.167 %).NET Web Developer
51 (4.167 %)HTML Developer
51 (4.167 %)C# Web Developer
51 (4.167 %)Web Programmer
51 (4.167 %)Tridion Developer
51 (4.167 %)Support Consultant
51 (4.167 %)Administrator
51 (4.167 %)Webmaster
51 (4.167 %)Consultant
51 (4.167 %)Network Engineer
51 (4.167 %)Programmer
Miscellaneous
13 (12.50 %)W3C
22 (8.333 %)E-Learning
22 (8.333 %)IVR
31 (4.167 %)Blackberry
31 (4.167 %)Management Information System
31 (4.167 %)Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
19 (37.50 %)Content Management
21 (4.167 %)Web Development
21 (4.167 %)UML
21 (4.167 %)OOP
21 (4.167 %)Business Intelligence
21 (4.167 %)Web Design
Programming Languages
16 (25.00 %)C#
25 (20.83 %)PHP
33 (12.50 %)SQL
33 (12.50 %)JavaScript
33 (12.50 %)VB.NET
42 (8.333 %)Perl
51 (4.167 %)Java
51 (4.167 %)Transact-SQL
51 (4.167 %)VBScript
51 (4.167 %)PHP5
Qualifications
12 (8.333 %)Avaya Certification
21 (4.167 %)Degree
21 (4.167 %)HND
Vendors
13 (12.50 %)Avaya
22 (8.333 %)Siemens
22 (8.333 %)Tridion
31 (4.167 %)RedDot
31 (4.167 %)Zend
31 (4.167 %)Cognos
31 (4.167 %)Microsoft
31 (4.167 %)Adobe
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