The first table below looks at the demand for Magento 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 Magento over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Magento
Rank 97 120 124
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +4
Contract jobs citing Magento 20 14 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.838% 0.461% 0.033%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.405% 2.602% 0.229%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 1
Average daily rate £275 £310 £185
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.29% +67.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £243
% change year-on-year
- +23.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 -
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
454 538 436
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.02% 17.71% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 279 261
Average daily rate £310 £306 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.30% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 36 31
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.00 £9.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £36.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Magento
England

Magento
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Magento Jobs Demand Trend

Magento
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Magento Daily Rate Trend

Magento
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Magento Hourly Rate Trend

Magento
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Magento within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Merseyside +14 6 £250 -
Manchester +5 5 £263 -16.00% 7
Cheshire -3 4 £325 +4.83% 2
Lancashire - 2 - - 1
Magento
England

Magento
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Magento 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 Magento.

1 29 (74.36%) PHP
2 26 (66.67%) E-Commerce
3 17 (43.59%) Retail
4 16 (41.03%) MySQL
5 15 (38.46%) OO
5 15 (38.46%) PHP5
6 13 (33.33%) Zend
7 12 (30.77%) CMS
8 10 (25.64%) HTML
8 10 (25.64%) CSS
9 9 (23.08%) SOAP
9 9 (23.08%) Web Services
9 9 (23.08%) Subversion
9 9 (23.08%) RESTful
10 7 (17.95%) Zend Framework
10 7 (17.95%) JavaScript
11 6 (15.38%) jQuery
12 5 (12.82%) RDBMS
13 4 (10.26%) MVC
13 4 (10.26%) HTML5
13 4 (10.26%) Agile Software Development
14 3 (7.692%) Ajax
14 3 (7.692%) Web Development
14 3 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
14 3 (7.692%) Drupal
14 3 (7.692%) WordPress
15 2 (5.128%) Waterfall
15 2 (5.128%) Sage 200
15 2 (5.128%) CSS3
15 2 (5.128%) Web Application Development

Magento
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Magento 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 Magento. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (25.64%) HTML
1 10 (25.64%) CSS
2 9 (23.08%) SOAP
2 9 (23.08%) Web Services
2 9 (23.08%) RESTful
3 7 (17.95%) Zend Framework
4 6 (15.38%) jQuery
5 4 (10.26%) HTML5
6 3 (7.692%) Ajax
7 2 (5.128%) CSS3
7 2 (5.128%) CodeIgniter
8 1 (2.564%) XHTML
8 1 (2.564%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 12 (30.77%) CMS
2 3 (7.692%) Drupal
2 3 (7.692%) WordPress
3 2 (5.128%) Joomla!
Business Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Sage 200
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (41.03%) MySQL
2 5 (12.82%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (23.08%) Subversion
General
1 17 (43.59%) Retail
2 2 (5.128%) Publishing
3 1 (2.564%) Finance
3 1 (2.564%) Front Office
3 1 (2.564%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 31 (79.49%) Developer
2 15 (38.46%) PHP Developer
3 6 (15.38%) Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Technical Leader
4 5 (12.82%) Technical Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Lead PHP Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Lead Developer
5 2 (5.128%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.128%) Web Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Tester
6 1 (2.564%) HTML Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Software Tester
6 1 (2.564%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (2.564%) JavaScript Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Front-End Web Developer
6 1 (2.564%) CSS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.564%) BBC
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 15 (38.46%) OO
3 4 (10.26%) MVC
3 4 (10.26%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (7.692%) Web Development
4 3 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (5.128%) Waterfall
5 2 (5.128%) Web Application Development
5 2 (5.128%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.128%) OOP
6 1 (2.564%) Project Management
6 1 (2.564%) ERP
6 1 (2.564%) SOA
6 1 (2.564%) Content Management
6 1 (2.564%) Information Management
6 1 (2.564%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.564%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 29 (74.36%) PHP
2 15 (38.46%) PHP5
3 7 (17.95%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.128%) QA
2 1 (2.564%) WCAG
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Zend
2 2 (5.128%) Sage
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Posted: 31 May 2013
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Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
North West England
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Computer Futures
Rate: £220 - £270 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Computer Futures
Rate: £201 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
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