The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 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.

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 - - -
Contract jobs citing Sitecore 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
105 206 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 47.51% 59.54% 46.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 101 31
Average daily rate £340 £431 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.15% +40.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £300 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £550 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 32 14
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.42% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.40 £10.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £20.06 £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sitecore
Oxfordshire

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Sitecore Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (57.14%) Visualforce
2 4 (57.14%) Apex Code
2 4 (57.14%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (42.86%) CMS
3 3 (42.86%) Umbraco
3 3 (42.86%) Sitecore CMS

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (57.14%) Visualforce
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
1 3 (42.86%) Umbraco
1 3 (42.86%) Sitecore CMS
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 7 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 7 (100.00%) Senior .NET Developer
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Web Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# Web Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Senior .NET Web Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Web Developer
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) .NET Web Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Senior C# Developer
4 1 (14.29%) CMS Developer
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) Apex Code
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Salesforce.com