The first table below looks at the demand for Umbraco 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 Umbraco 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Umbraco
Rank 69 83 68
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs citing Umbraco 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.428% 0.155% 0.094%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.128% 0.778% 0.546%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £300 £338 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £285 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.45% +3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
188 257 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 20.11% 19.86% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 139 93
Average daily rate £295 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.23% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £192 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £439 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 18
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.60 £12.00 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.30 £25.00 £18.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Umbraco
North West

Umbraco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Umbraco Jobs Demand Trend

Umbraco
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Umbraco Daily Rate Trend

Umbraco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Umbraco Hourly Rate Trend

Umbraco
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Umbraco 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
Stockport - 1 £300 -
Umbraco
North West

Umbraco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) C#
3 5 (62.50%) MVC
4 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (50.00%) Sitecore
5 3 (37.50%) CMS
5 3 (37.50%) Digital Media
6 2 (25.00%) CSS
6 2 (25.00%) HTML
6 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (25.00%) SQL
7 1 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (12.50%) Orchard CMS
7 1 (12.50%) Ektron
7 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (12.50%) HTML5
7 1 (12.50%) Kentico
7 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (12.50%) Local Government
7 1 (12.50%) WCF
7 1 (12.50%) jQuery
7 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (12.50%) EPiServer
7 1 (12.50%) WordPress
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (12.50%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (12.50%) PHP
7 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
7 1 (12.50%) IIS

Umbraco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (12.50%) HTML5
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (12.50%) WCF
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
4 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) CMS
2 1 (12.50%) Orchard CMS
2 1 (12.50%) Kentico
2 1 (12.50%) WordPress
2 1 (12.50%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Local Government
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Umbraco Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Media
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) MVC
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (12.50%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Sitecore
2 1 (12.50%) Ektron
2 1 (12.50%) EPiServer
2 1 (12.50%) Facebook
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter
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