The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore products and/or services 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 Sitecore 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sitecore.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore
Rank 112 129 131
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +2
Contract jobs citing Sitecore 5 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.218% 0.095% 0.032%
As % of the Vendors category 0.481% 0.183% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £313 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £275 £316
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1039 1642 1431
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.23% 51.85% 46.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 757 700
Average daily rate £345 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 76 97
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £26.82 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sitecore
England

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Sitecore Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Sitecore Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Sitecore Hourly Rate Trend

Sitecore
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore 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
Manchester - 4 - -
Cheshire - 1 £313 -
Sitecore
England

Sitecore
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (61.11%) MVC
2 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
3 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 9 (50.00%) CMS
4 9 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (33.33%) SQL
6 5 (27.78%) Umbraco
7 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
8 3 (16.67%) CSS
8 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
9 2 (11.11%) WCF
9 2 (11.11%) Marketing
9 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
9 2 (11.11%) HTML
9 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
10 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
10 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
10 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (5.556%) Intranet
10 1 (5.556%) Rhino Mocks
10 1 (5.556%) EPiServer CMS
10 1 (5.556%) jQuery

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
3 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 3 (16.67%) CSS
4 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
5 2 (11.11%) WCF
5 2 (11.11%) HTML
5 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET 2.0
6 1 (5.556%) LINQ
6 1 (5.556%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 9 (50.00%) CMS
1 9 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (27.78%) Umbraco
3 2 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (5.556%) EPiServer CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 2 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (55.56%) .NET Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior .NET Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Developer
4 2 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Umbraco Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) MVC
2 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Web Application Development
3 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.556%) EPiServer