The first table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CMS over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management System (CMS)
Rank 22 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing CMS 14 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 6.087% 2.632% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.21% 12.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 0
Average daily rate £400 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.77% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-5.55% -8.86%
All Application Platforms
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
66 73 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 28.70% 21.35% 19.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 44 17
Average daily rate £340 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 10
Average hourly rate £24.50 £14.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -30.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
CMS
Oxfordshire

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford CMS Jobs Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford CMS Daily Rate Histogram

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing CMS 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 CMS.

1 11 (52.38%) HTML5
2 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
3 8 (38.10%) MySQL
3 8 (38.10%) CSS
4 7 (33.33%) PHP
4 7 (33.33%) CSS3
4 7 (33.33%) jQuery
5 6 (28.57%) Content Management
6 5 (23.81%) XHTML
7 4 (19.05%) C#
7 4 (19.05%) HTML
7 4 (19.05%) .NET
7 4 (19.05%) OOP
7 4 (19.05%) Publishing
7 4 (19.05%) Web Development
8 3 (14.29%) Sencha
8 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
8 3 (14.29%) Umbraco
8 3 (14.29%) Alfresco
8 3 (14.29%) Android
8 3 (14.29%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (14.29%) Sitecore
8 3 (14.29%) Drupal
8 3 (14.29%) Ajax
8 3 (14.29%) Photoshop
8 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
8 3 (14.29%) JSP
8 3 (14.29%) Interwoven
8 3 (14.29%) TeamSite
8 3 (14.29%) Finance

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (52.38%) HTML5
2 8 (38.10%) CSS
3 7 (33.33%) CSS3
3 7 (33.33%) jQuery
4 5 (23.81%) XHTML
5 4 (19.05%) HTML
5 4 (19.05%) .NET
6 3 (14.29%) Ajax
6 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 3 (14.29%) JSP
7 2 (9.524%) Web Services
7 2 (9.524%) XML
7 2 (9.524%) J2EE
7 2 (9.524%) JSON
7 2 (9.524%) iOS SDK
8 1 (4.762%) Apache Flex
8 1 (4.762%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Umbraco
1 3 (14.29%) Alfresco
1 3 (14.29%) Sitecore CMS
1 3 (14.29%) Drupal
1 3 (14.29%) TeamSite
2 2 (9.524%) Documentum
3 1 (4.762%) MODX
3 1 (4.762%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) NAS
2 1 (4.762%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) MySQL
2 2 (9.524%) SQLite
General
1 4 (19.05%) Publishing
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (9.524%) Marketing
4 1 (4.762%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) .NET Developer
2 4 (19.05%) C# Developer
2 4 (19.05%) PHP Developer
2 4 (19.05%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Drupal Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
3 3 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (14.29%) C# Web Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior .NET Web Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Web Developer
3 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (14.29%) .NET Web Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior C# Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Open Source
1 2 (9.524%) Data Conversion
1 2 (9.524%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.762%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
1 3 (14.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Content Management
2 4 (19.05%) OOP
2 4 (19.05%) Web Development
3 2 (9.524%) Workflow
3 2 (9.524%) E-business
3 2 (9.524%) Web Design
3 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (4.762%) Analytics
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.762%) B2B
4 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE
4 1 (4.762%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
2 7 (33.33%) PHP
3 4 (19.05%) C#
4 2 (9.524%) Java
4 2 (9.524%) Objective-C
4 2 (9.524%) PHP4
5 1 (4.762%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (4.762%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (4.762%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Sencha
1 3 (14.29%) Sitecore
1 3 (14.29%) Interwoven
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle
3 1 (4.762%) EPiServer
3 1 (4.762%) Google