The first table below looks at the demand for PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhoneGap
Rank 114 124 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing PhoneGap 4 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.171% 0.160% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.587% 1.931% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
Average daily rate £260 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 -
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
252 259 226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.75% 8.296% 7.288%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 138 118
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.80 £16.30 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.00 £33.32 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
PhoneGap
England

PhoneGap
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West PhoneGap Jobs Demand Trend

PhoneGap
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West PhoneGap Daily Rate Trend

PhoneGap
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhoneGap within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Manchester +12 4 £260 -5.45%
PhoneGap
England

PhoneGap
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap.

1 6 (85.71%) Apple iOS
2 5 (71.43%) Mobile App
2 5 (71.43%) HTML5
2 5 (71.43%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
3 4 (57.14%) Objective-C
3 4 (57.14%) iPad
3 4 (57.14%) Android
3 4 (57.14%) iPhone
4 3 (42.86%) Cocoa
4 3 (42.86%) Web Services
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 2 (28.57%) Apple
5 2 (28.57%) jQuery
5 2 (28.57%) iOS SDK
6 1 (14.29%) CSS3
6 1 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (14.29%) Apache Cordova
6 1 (14.29%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) .NET
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 1 (14.29%) Linux
6 1 (14.29%) Apache
6 1 (14.29%) HTML
6 1 (14.29%) Handset
6 1 (14.29%) TDD

PhoneGap
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) HTML5
1 5 (71.43%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) Cocoa
2 3 (42.86%) Web Services
3 2 (28.57%) jQuery
3 2 (28.57%) iOS SDK
4 1 (14.29%) CSS3
4 1 (14.29%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Mobile Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) iOS Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Mobile App
2 4 (57.14%) iPad
2 4 (57.14%) iPhone
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Apple iOS
2 4 (57.14%) Android
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 4 (57.14%) Objective-C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Apple