The first table below looks at the demand for Firebug skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firebug over the 3 months to 20 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 Oxfordshire 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
20 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 Oxfordshire - - -
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
39 53 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 8.924% 8.399% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 44
Average daily rate £325 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £29.75 £34.00 £22.39
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +51.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.55 £34.00 £14.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.95 £34.00 £30.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Firebug
South East

Firebug
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Firebug Jobs Demand Trend

Firebug
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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