The first table below looks at the demand for Umbraco 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 Umbraco 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
Umbraco
Rank 101 124 130
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +6
Contract jobs citing Umbraco 16 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.697% 0.253% 0.065%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.061% 1.316% 0.396%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 1
Average daily rate £325 £306 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.12% +45.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £280 £275
% change year-on-year
+11.60% +1.81%
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% -
Umbraco
England

Umbraco
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Umbraco Jobs Demand Trend

Umbraco
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Umbraco Daily Rate Trend

Umbraco
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Umbraco Hourly Rate Trend

Umbraco
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Umbraco 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 +14 9 £325 +13.04%
Manchester +11 3 - -
Merseyside - 3 - -
Umbraco
England

Umbraco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 37 (100.00%) .NET
2 27 (72.97%) SQL Server
3 26 (70.27%) C#
3 26 (70.27%) ASP.NET
4 25 (67.57%) CMS
5 21 (56.76%) CSS
6 19 (51.35%) JavaScript
7 17 (45.95%) XML
7 17 (45.95%) jQuery
8 15 (40.54%) HTML
8 15 (40.54%) Visual Studio
9 14 (37.84%) MVC
10 9 (24.32%) EPiServer
10 9 (24.32%) Razor View Engine
11 8 (21.62%) Twitter
11 8 (21.62%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (21.62%) HTML5
11 8 (21.62%) SQL
12 7 (18.92%) SEO
12 7 (18.92%) MS Access
12 7 (18.92%) CSS3
13 6 (16.22%) Facebook
13 6 (16.22%) Mobile App
13 6 (16.22%) XSLT
13 6 (16.22%) Windows
13 6 (16.22%) PHP
13 6 (16.22%) Web Development
13 6 (16.22%) WordPress
13 6 (16.22%) WCF
14 5 (13.51%) Zend

Umbraco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 37 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (70.27%) ASP.NET
3 21 (56.76%) CSS
4 17 (45.95%) XML
4 17 (45.95%) jQuery
5 15 (40.54%) HTML
6 9 (24.32%) Razor View Engine
7 8 (21.62%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (21.62%) HTML5
8 7 (18.92%) CSS3
9 6 (16.22%) WCF
9 6 (16.22%) XSLT
10 5 (13.51%) XSD
10 5 (13.51%) CodeIgniter
10 5 (13.51%) CakePHP
10 5 (13.51%) Google Maps API
11 3 (8.108%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 2 (5.405%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 2 (5.405%) Ajax
13 1 (2.703%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 25 (67.57%) CMS
2 6 (16.22%) WordPress
3 3 (8.108%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.703%) IIS
4 1 (2.703%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.703%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.703%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (72.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (18.92%) MS Access
3 5 (13.51%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (13.51%) MySQL
4 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 15 (40.54%) Visual Studio
2 5 (13.51%) NetBeans
2 5 (13.51%) Git (software)
3 2 (5.405%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (10.81%) Retail
2 1 (2.703%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (97.30%) Developer
2 17 (45.95%) .NET Developer
3 8 (21.62%) Web Developer
3 8 (21.62%) Senior Developer
3 8 (21.62%) ASP.NET Developer
4 7 (18.92%) Umbraco Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Web Developer
6 3 (8.108%) C# Developer
6 3 (8.108%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (8.108%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Microsoft Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Front-End Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Front-End Web Developer
7 2 (5.405%) SQL Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Access Developer
8 1 (2.703%) .NET Web Developer
8 1 (2.703%) Technical Specialist
8 1 (2.703%) Lead .NET Developer
8 1 (2.703%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Mobile App
2 4 (10.81%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Linux
3 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) MVC
2 7 (18.92%) SEO
3 6 (16.22%) Web Development
4 5 (13.51%) Business Development
4 5 (13.51%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (13.51%) OO
4 5 (13.51%) OOD
5 4 (10.81%) Content Management
6 2 (5.405%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (5.405%) Web Design
6 2 (5.405%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.703%) Migration
7 1 (2.703%) Scrum
7 1 (2.703%) Web Application Development
7 1 (2.703%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.703%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (2.703%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 26 (70.27%) C#
2 19 (51.35%) JavaScript
3 8 (21.62%) SQL
4 6 (16.22%) PHP
5 5 (13.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) EPiServer
2 8 (21.62%) Twitter
3 6 (16.22%) Facebook
4 5 (13.51%) Sitecore
4 5 (13.51%) Oracle
4 5 (13.51%) Google
4 5 (13.51%) Zend
5 2 (5.405%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.405%) Adobe