The first table below looks at the demand for EPiServer CMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPiServer CMS over the 3 months to 17 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 North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EPiServer CMS
Rank 115 130 131
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +1
Contract jobs citing EPiServer CMS 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.087% 0.063% 0.032%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.508% 0.329% 0.198%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £375 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £350
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
394 608 505
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.15% 19.20% 16.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 314 268
Average daily rate £313 £318 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.57% -7.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £184 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 39 33
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.75 £10.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
EPiServer CMS
England

EPiServer CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West EPiServer CMS Jobs Demand Trend

EPiServer CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West EPiServer CMS Daily Rate Trend

EPiServer CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPiServer CMS within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire - 2 £375 -
EPiServer CMS
England

EPiServer CMS
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer CMS.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) CMS
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) EPiServer
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) NHS
4 1 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (20.00%) Sitecore
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Twitter
4 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) Ajax
4 1 (20.00%) JSON
4 1 (20.00%) jQuery
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (20.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Migration

EPiServer CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) Ajax
3 1 (20.00%) JSON
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
2 1 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) CMS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) EPiServer
2 1 (20.00%) Sitecore
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter