The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sitecore.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Sitecore 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £275 £316
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Vendors
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
98 129 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 45.58% 49.81% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 54 60
Average daily rate £363 £300 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -7.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £165 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £462
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 13
Average hourly rate £11.08 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.87% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.41 £11.48
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.80 £21.86 £21.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sitecore
North West

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Sitecore Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Sitecore Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) LINQ
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Intranet
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) LINQ
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rhino Mocks
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft