The first table below looks at the demand for MVC 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 MVC over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Model-View-Controller (MVC)
Rank 24 27 28
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing MVC 9 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 4.186% 2.703% 1.600%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.164% 4.516% 2.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £263 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £23.88 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+38.21% -43.82%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
146 155 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 67.91% 59.85% 61.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 84 74
Average daily rate £350 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.66% -3.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 14
Average hourly rate - £21.86 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
MVC
North West

MVC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside MVC Jobs Demand Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside MVC Daily Rate Trend

MVC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside MVC Hourly Rate Trend

MVC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVC within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 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 +5 7 - -
MVC
North West

MVC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing MVC 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 MVC.

1 23 (74.19%) .NET
2 22 (70.97%) C#
3 20 (64.52%) SQL Server
4 19 (61.29%) ASP.NET
4 19 (61.29%) JavaScript
5 18 (58.06%) CSS
6 17 (54.84%) jQuery
7 14 (45.16%) HTML5
8 12 (38.71%) WCF
8 12 (38.71%) PHP
9 11 (35.48%) MySQL
9 11 (35.48%) OO
9 11 (35.48%) Zend
9 11 (35.48%) CodeIgniter
9 11 (35.48%) CSS3
10 9 (29.03%) Git (software)
10 9 (29.03%) Mobile App
10 9 (29.03%) HTML
11 8 (25.81%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (22.58%) Visual Studio
13 6 (19.35%) CMS
13 6 (19.35%) Degree
14 5 (16.13%) Web Development
14 5 (16.13%) Business Development
14 5 (16.13%) CakePHP
14 5 (16.13%) Google
14 5 (16.13%) Google Maps API
14 5 (16.13%) XPath
14 5 (16.13%) Umbraco
14 5 (16.13%) WordPress

MVC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 23 (74.19%) .NET
2 19 (61.29%) ASP.NET
3 18 (58.06%) CSS
4 17 (54.84%) jQuery
5 14 (45.16%) HTML5
6 12 (38.71%) WCF
7 11 (35.48%) CodeIgniter
7 11 (35.48%) CSS3
8 9 (29.03%) HTML
9 8 (25.81%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (16.13%) Google Maps API
10 5 (16.13%) Razor View Engine
10 5 (16.13%) CakePHP
10 5 (16.13%) XML
10 5 (16.13%) XSD
10 5 (16.13%) XSLT
11 4 (12.90%) Ajax
12 3 (9.677%) .NET Framework
12 3 (9.677%) JSON
12 3 (9.677%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) CMS
2 5 (16.13%) Umbraco
2 5 (16.13%) WordPress
3 2 (6.452%) Windows Azure
4 1 (3.226%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (64.52%) SQL Server
2 11 (35.48%) MySQL
3 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (6.452%) MS Access
5 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (3.226%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (3.226%) Pentaho
6 1 (3.226%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Git (software)
2 7 (22.58%) Visual Studio
3 5 (16.13%) NetBeans
4 4 (12.90%) NUnit
5 1 (3.226%) Maven
5 1 (3.226%) InstallShield
5 1 (3.226%) Rhino Mocks
5 1 (3.226%) JUnit
General
1 3 (9.677%) Games
2 1 (3.226%) Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (100.00%) Developer
2 12 (38.71%) .NET Developer
3 9 (29.03%) Software Developer
4 5 (16.13%) Front-End Developer
4 5 (16.13%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (9.677%) Programmer
5 3 (9.677%) Games Developer
5 3 (9.677%) C++ Developer
5 3 (9.677%) C# Developer
5 3 (9.677%) Gameplay Developer
5 3 (9.677%) C++ Games Developer
5 3 (9.677%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (9.677%) C++/C# Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Front-End Web Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Mobile Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Web Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.452%) .NET Programmer
7 1 (3.226%) Java Software Developer
7 1 (3.226%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.677%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (9.677%) Mathematics
2 3 (9.677%) Social Media
3 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.226%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
1 5 (16.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) OO
2 5 (16.13%) OOD
2 5 (16.13%) SEO
2 5 (16.13%) Web Development
2 5 (16.13%) Business Development
3 4 (12.90%) Web Application Development
4 3 (9.677%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (9.677%) OOP
4 3 (9.677%) Kanban
4 3 (9.677%) 3D Modelling
4 3 (9.677%) Game Development
4 3 (9.677%) Scrum
5 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.226%) TDD
6 1 (3.226%) Extreme Programming
6 1 (3.226%) ETL
6 1 (3.226%) Project Management
6 1 (3.226%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.226%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (70.97%) C#
2 19 (61.29%) JavaScript
3 12 (38.71%) PHP
4 5 (16.13%) XPath
4 5 (16.13%) Java
5 3 (9.677%) C
5 3 (9.677%) C++
5 3 (9.677%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (9.677%) MCTS
3 3 (9.677%) MCP
3 3 (9.677%) MCAD
3 3 (9.677%) MCSD
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Zend
2 5 (16.13%) Oracle
2 5 (16.13%) Facebook
2 5 (16.13%) Twitter
2 5 (16.13%) Google
3 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.226%) Endeca
3 1 (3.226%) Sitecore