The first table below looks at the demand for Magento skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Magento over the 3 months to 17 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 Merseyside 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Magento
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Magento 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.914% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 - - -
All Application Platforms
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
29 60 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 13.88% 23.08% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 25
Average daily rate £425 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £178 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £360 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 5
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.28% -14.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Magento
North West

Magento
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Magento Jobs Demand 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 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
Liverpool - 4 - -
Magento
North West

Magento
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (83.33%) Retail
2 5 (83.33%) Zend
2 5 (83.33%) Zend Framework
2 5 (83.33%) PHP5
2 5 (83.33%) E-Commerce
2 5 (83.33%) RDBMS
2 5 (83.33%) MySQL
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) CSS3
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax

Magento
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (83.33%) Zend Framework
2 1 (16.67%) HTML5
2 1 (16.67%) CSS3
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) Ajax
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) MySQL
1 5 (83.33%) RDBMS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) PHP Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Lead Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Technical Leader
2 5 (83.33%) Lead PHP Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Technical Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (83.33%) PHP5
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Zend
Liverpool, North West
This is an exciting project using the latest technologies. An understanding of Magento is desirable but not essential... No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 11 May 2013