The first table below looks at the demand for Content Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Content Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Manchester 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management
Rank 57 74 58
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -16
Contract jobs citing Content Management 16 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.711% 0.850% 1.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.410% 1.340% 1.597%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 4
Average daily rate £345 £375 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.94% +76.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £315 £151
10% offered a daily rate of more than £457 £400 £274
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £333
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £45.56 £16.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+184.71% +39.13%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.51 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -7.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
664 821 689
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 71.02% 63.45% 65.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 413 316
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 37 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Content Management
North West

Content Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Content Management across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester Content Management Jobs Demand Trend

Content Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Content Management Daily Rate Trend

Content Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Content Management across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester Content Management Daily Rate Histogram

Content Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Content Management Hourly Rate Trend

Content Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Content Management across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester Content Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Content Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Management within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Salford +2 3 £323 -14.00%
Content Management
North West

Content Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Content Management 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 Content Management.

1 27 (64.29%) XML
2 25 (59.52%) HTML
3 23 (54.76%) JavaScript
4 22 (52.38%) Java
5 15 (35.71%) J2EE
5 15 (35.71%) CSS
6 14 (33.33%) OO
7 13 (30.95%) XHTML
7 13 (30.95%) XSLT
7 13 (30.95%) JSP
7 13 (30.95%) SQL
7 13 (30.95%) CMS
8 12 (28.57%) Servlets
8 12 (28.57%) JDBC
8 12 (28.57%) E-Commerce
9 11 (26.19%) JMS
9 11 (26.19%) Linux
9 11 (26.19%) UML
9 11 (26.19%) Struts
9 11 (26.19%) PHP
9 11 (26.19%) Internet
9 11 (26.19%) jQuery
10 10 (23.81%) XPath
10 10 (23.81%) Ajax
10 10 (23.81%) Web 2.0
10 10 (23.81%) Subversion
10 10 (23.81%) Ant
11 9 (21.43%) JUnit
11 9 (21.43%) Perl
11 9 (21.43%) Web Services

Content Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Content Management 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 Content Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (64.29%) XML
2 25 (59.52%) HTML
3 15 (35.71%) J2EE
3 15 (35.71%) CSS
4 13 (30.95%) XHTML
4 13 (30.95%) XSLT
4 13 (30.95%) JSP
5 12 (28.57%) Servlets
5 12 (28.57%) JDBC
6 11 (26.19%) JMS
6 11 (26.19%) Struts
6 11 (26.19%) jQuery
7 10 (23.81%) Ajax
8 9 (21.43%) Web Services
8 9 (21.43%) EJB
8 9 (21.43%) WebSphere
9 8 (19.05%) JSTL
9 8 (19.05%) XMLBeans
10 7 (16.67%) HTML5
11 5 (11.90%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 13 (30.95%) CMS
2 9 (21.43%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (19.05%) MQSeries
4 4 (9.524%) FileNet
4 4 (9.524%) Documentum
5 3 (7.143%) SharePoint
5 3 (7.143%) JCAPS
5 3 (7.143%) Jadu
6 2 (4.762%) Apache
7 1 (2.381%) TeamSite
7 1 (2.381%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (2.381%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (2.381%) MS Office
1 1 (2.381%) Photoshop
1 1 (2.381%) Fireworks
1 1 (2.381%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) Internet
2 3 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) DB2
1 9 (21.43%) RDBMS
2 4 (9.524%) MarkLogic
3 3 (7.143%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.762%) CouchDB
4 2 (4.762%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.381%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Subversion
1 10 (23.81%) Ant
2 9 (21.43%) JUnit
2 9 (21.43%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 9 (21.43%) Eclipse
3 8 (19.05%) Log4j
4 4 (9.524%) Visual Studio
5 3 (7.143%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 3 (7.143%) NetBeans
5 3 (7.143%) QUnit
6 2 (4.762%) Git (software)
6 2 (4.762%) PHPUnit
6 2 (4.762%) Cucumber
General
1 7 (16.67%) Finance
1 7 (16.67%) Publishing
1 7 (16.67%) Games
1 7 (16.67%) Retail
2 5 (11.90%) Marketing
3 4 (9.524%) Banking
4 2 (4.762%) Back Office
5 1 (2.381%) Legal
5 1 (2.381%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Developer
2 8 (19.05%) Java Developer
2 8 (19.05%) J2EE Developer
2 8 (19.05%) Web Developer
3 7 (16.67%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 6 (14.29%) Project Manager
5 5 (11.90%) Analyst
6 3 (7.143%) Android Developer
7 2 (4.762%) Designer
7 2 (4.762%) Engagement Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Web Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Senior Java Software Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.762%) Web Designer
7 2 (4.762%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Architect
7 2 (4.762%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Web 2.0
2 4 (9.524%) Semantic Web
2 4 (9.524%) Social Media
2 4 (9.524%) Interactive TV
2 4 (9.524%) Streaming Video
3 3 (7.143%) NHS
3 3 (7.143%) Replication
3 3 (7.143%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.762%) New Media
4 2 (4.762%) Social Network
4 2 (4.762%) Smartphone
4 2 (4.762%) Linked Data
4 2 (4.762%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.762%) BBC
5 1 (2.381%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Linux
2 9 (21.43%) UNIX
3 8 (19.05%) HPUX
3 8 (19.05%) Solaris
4 4 (9.524%) Windows
5 3 (7.143%) Android
5 3 (7.143%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) OO
2 12 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 11 (26.19%) UML
4 9 (21.43%) RAD
5 8 (19.05%) Project Management
6 7 (16.67%) TDD
6 7 (16.67%) BDD
7 6 (14.29%) Web Development
7 6 (14.29%) Scrum
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (14.29%) MVC
7 6 (14.29%) OOP
8 5 (11.90%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (11.90%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (9.524%) RDF
10 3 (7.143%) PRINCE2
10 3 (7.143%) CRM
10 3 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (7.143%) Web Design
10 3 (7.143%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 23 (54.76%) JavaScript
2 22 (52.38%) Java
3 13 (30.95%) SQL
4 11 (26.19%) PHP
5 10 (23.81%) XPath
6 9 (21.43%) Perl
6 9 (21.43%) Bash shell
7 4 (9.524%) XQuery
7 4 (9.524%) C#
8 3 (7.143%) Objective-C
9 2 (4.762%) SPARQL
9 2 (4.762%) Ruby
10 1 (2.381%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.143%) Sun Certification
1 3 (7.143%) Degree
2 2 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (7.143%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (7.143%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) IBM
1 9 (21.43%) Interwoven
2 8 (19.05%) Elastic Path
2 8 (19.05%) Blue Martini
2 8 (19.05%) ATG
3 4 (9.524%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.524%) Oracle
4 3 (7.143%) Apple
4 3 (7.143%) Zend
5 2 (4.762%) Facebook
5 2 (4.762%) Twitter
5 2 (4.762%) Google
6 1 (2.381%) Adobe
6 1 (2.381%) Sun
6 1 (2.381%) Alterian