The first table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CMS over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management System (CMS)
Rank - 31 35
Contract jobs citing CMS 0 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - 0.324% 1.190%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 3.030% 6.897%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £365 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -27.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £17.51 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.76% -12.45%
All Application Platforms
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
27 33 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 13.50% 10.68% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 26
Average daily rate £443 £365 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.23% -18.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £234 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.52 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.03% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
CMS
South East

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex CMS Jobs Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing 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 CMS.

1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Social Network
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (50.00%) Banking

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Content Editor
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
2 1 (50.00%) Social Network
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe