The first table below looks at the demand for Umbraco 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 Umbraco over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Umbraco
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Umbraco 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.395% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £286 £275
% change year-on-year
+6.98% +4.09%
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
30 68 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 13.95% 25.47% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 31 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 £183 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £355 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 4
Average hourly rate £11.50 £16.82 £21.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.62% -21.63%
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Umbraco Daily 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 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 - 3 - -
Umbraco
North West

Umbraco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) CMS
2 13 (92.86%) Visual Studio
2 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
3 11 (78.57%) XML
3 11 (78.57%) ASP.NET
4 7 (50.00%) CSS
4 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 7 (50.00%) SEO
4 7 (50.00%) jQuery
4 7 (50.00%) HTML5
4 7 (50.00%) CSS3
4 7 (50.00%) Twitter
5 6 (42.86%) MS Access
5 6 (42.86%) SQL
6 5 (35.71%) MVC
6 5 (35.71%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (35.71%) NetBeans
6 5 (35.71%) OOD
6 5 (35.71%) XSD
6 5 (35.71%) XSLT
6 5 (35.71%) Windows
6 5 (35.71%) Linux
6 5 (35.71%) OO
6 5 (35.71%) PHP
6 5 (35.71%) C#
6 5 (35.71%) MySQL
6 5 (35.71%) Oracle
6 5 (35.71%) Razor View Engine
6 5 (35.71%) Facebook

Umbraco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (78.57%) XML
2 11 (78.57%) ASP.NET
3 7 (50.00%) CSS
3 7 (50.00%) jQuery
3 7 (50.00%) HTML5
3 7 (50.00%) CSS3
4 5 (35.71%) XSD
4 5 (35.71%) XSLT
4 5 (35.71%) Razor View Engine
4 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (35.71%) Google Maps API
4 5 (35.71%) CodeIgniter
4 5 (35.71%) CakePHP
5 2 (14.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 2 (14.29%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 14 (100.00%) CMS
2 5 (35.71%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (42.86%) MS Access
3 5 (35.71%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (35.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (92.86%) Visual Studio
2 5 (35.71%) NetBeans
2 5 (35.71%) Git (software)
3 2 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (28.57%) Umbraco Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Front-End Web Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Access Developer
5 2 (14.29%) SQL Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Web Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) SEO
2 5 (35.71%) MVC
2 5 (35.71%) OOD
2 5 (35.71%) OO
2 5 (35.71%) Web Development
2 5 (35.71%) Business Development
3 2 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (14.29%) Web Design
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) PHP
3 5 (35.71%) C#
3 5 (35.71%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Twitter
2 5 (35.71%) Oracle
2 5 (35.71%) Facebook
2 5 (35.71%) Google
2 5 (35.71%) Zend
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Adobe