The first table below looks at the demand for Magento 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 Magento over the 3 months to 18 June 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Magento
Rank 64 77 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing Magento 5 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.513% 0.487% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.451% 2.586% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 0
Average daily rate £263 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £185
% change year-on-year
- +62.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
204 232 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 20.92% 18.82% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 127 87
Average daily rate £300 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £166 £200 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 12
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.25 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.29% +75.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £12.45 £9.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.70 £25.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
Magento
North West

Magento
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Magento Jobs Demand Trend

Magento
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Magento Daily Rate Trend

Magento
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Magento Hourly Rate Trend

Magento
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Magento within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bolton - - - -
Magento
North West

Magento
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Magento 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 Magento.

1 6 (85.71%) PHP
2 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
3 4 (57.14%) CSS
3 4 (57.14%) HTML
3 4 (57.14%) Zend
4 3 (42.86%) MySQL
4 3 (42.86%) OO
4 3 (42.86%) Retail
5 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (28.57%) Zend Framework
6 1 (14.29%) Drupal
6 1 (14.29%) jQuery
6 1 (14.29%) Sage 200
6 1 (14.29%) Sage
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) BBC
6 1 (14.29%) LAMP

Magento
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Magento 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 Magento. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) Zend Framework
3 1 (14.29%) jQuery
3 1 (14.29%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Sage 200
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MySQL
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) PHP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) PHP Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) BBC
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
2 3 (42.86%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PHP
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Zend
2 1 (14.29%) Sage
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