The first table below looks at the demand for Firebug 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 Firebug over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firebug
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Firebug 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £225 £205
% change year-on-year
+66.66% +9.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 -
All Development Applications
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
12 22 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 5.128% 6.627% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 18
Average daily rate £335 £300 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.66% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 - £12.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Firebug
Oxfordshire

Firebug
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Firebug Jobs Demand Trend

Firebug
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Firebug 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 Firebug.

1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) RAD
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (100.00%) Fiddler
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Firebug
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Firebug 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 Firebug. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (100.00%) Fiddler
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) RAD
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB