The first table below looks at the demand for Confluence skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Confluence over the 3 months to 18 June 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 South East 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Confluence
Rank 222 241 249
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +8
Contract jobs citing Confluence 3 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.037% 0.010% 0.047%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.215% 0.066% 0.287%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
Average daily rate £230 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.23% -18.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £230 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
-29.23% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £53.00 - -
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1397 1507 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 17.29% 15.00% 16.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 739 740 777
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 89 149
Average hourly rate £18.50 £21.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.95% +16.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.40 £39.25 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
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England

Confluence
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Confluence Jobs Demand Trend

Confluence
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Confluence Daily Rate Trend

Confluence
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Confluence within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire - 3 £230 - 2
Surrey - - - - 1
West Sussex - - - -
East Sussex - - - -
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England

Confluence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Confluence 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 Confluence.

1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) JIRA
3 4 (57.14%) Wiki
4 3 (42.86%) WCF
4 3 (42.86%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Java EE
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 3 (42.86%) Java
4 3 (42.86%) UML
4 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
4 3 (42.86%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
5 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
5 2 (28.57%) Sybase
5 2 (28.57%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (28.57%) WPF
6 1 (14.29%) jQuery
6 1 (14.29%) MCPD
6 1 (14.29%) APMP
6 1 (14.29%) HTML5
6 1 (14.29%) CSS3
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) MS Project

Confluence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Confluence 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 Confluence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) Java EE
2 3 (42.86%) WCF
3 2 (28.57%) WPF
4 1 (14.29%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) HTML5
4 1 (14.29%) CSS3
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
1 3 (42.86%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
2 2 (28.57%) PowerBuilder
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Author
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Author
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) ScrumMaster
3 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Wiki
2 1 (14.29%) PMI
2 1 (14.29%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) DSDM
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCSD
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCPD
1 1 (14.29%) APMP
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Sybase
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
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Posted: 14 June 2013
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