The first table below looks at the demand for Commerce Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Commerce Server over the 3 months to 21 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 Milton Keynes 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Commerce Server
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Commerce Server 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £348 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.10% -7.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
127 127 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 24.24% 17.69% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 55 38
Average daily rate £340 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £350 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 8
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -38.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £13.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Commerce Server
Buckinghamshire

Commerce Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Commerce Server Jobs Demand Trend

Commerce Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Commerce Server across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Commerce Server Daily Rate Trend

Commerce Server
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Commerce Server 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 Commerce Server.

1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) B2C
2 1 (50.00%) C

Commerce Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Commerce Server 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 Commerce Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM