The first table below looks at the demand for Firebug 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 Firebug over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Development Applications 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firebug
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Firebug 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.083% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.743% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £425 £205
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +107.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
269 256 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 11.11% 8.573% 7.934%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 141 133
Average daily rate £325 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.36% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £394 £400 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -28.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £17.23 £21.82
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £35.00 £32.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
Firebug
England

Firebug
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Firebug across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West Firebug Jobs Demand Trend

Firebug
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Firebug Daily Rate Trend

Firebug
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Firebug 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 Firebug.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Symbian
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Series 60
1 2 (100.00%) Xcode
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 2 (100.00%) bada
1 2 (100.00%) Maemo
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Hudson
1 2 (100.00%) iOS SDK
1 2 (100.00%) Robotium
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Semantic Web

Firebug
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Firebug 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 Firebug. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Series 60
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone SDK
1 2 (100.00%) iOS SDK
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Xcode
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) Hudson
1 2 (100.00%) Robotium
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (100.00%) bada
1 2 (100.00%) Maemo
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Symbian
Manchester, North West
Symbian (S40, S60, 3), iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, OSE, SHP, Bada, Maemo.*Good knowledge of device and app architecture e.g. Android SDK, iPhone SDK, Symbian SDK,...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
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