The first table below looks at the demand for Mobile Commerce skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mobile Commerce 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Reading 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
Mobile Commerce (mCommerce)
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Mobile Commerce 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.120% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.179% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £550 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £438 £275
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +59.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
560 672 706
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 67.47% 63.16% 66.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 261 313
Average daily rate £388 £369 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.01% +5.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 17
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £24.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Mobile Commerce
Berkshire

Mobile Commerce
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mobile Commerce across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reading Mobile Commerce Jobs Demand Trend

Mobile Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Mobile Commerce Daily Rate Trend

Mobile Commerce
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Mobile Commerce 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 Mobile Commerce.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) ATG
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore
1 1 (100.00%) hybris
1 1 (100.00%) Venda
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

Mobile Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Mobile Commerce 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 Mobile Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Web Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ATG
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore
1 1 (100.00%) hybris
1 1 (100.00%) Venda