The first table below looks at the demand for Sitecore CMS 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 Sitecore CMS 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore CMS
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Sitecore CMS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Application Platforms
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
29 60 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 13.49% 23.17% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 24
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 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 5
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.16 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.98% -16.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Sitecore CMS
North West

Sitecore CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Sitecore CMS Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore CMS
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) LINQ
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore
1 1 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks

Sitecore CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) LINQ
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore