The first table below looks at the demand for Force.com 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 Force.com over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Salesforce.com Force.com
Rank 218 236 253
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +17
Contract jobs citing Force.com 5 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.064% 0.059% 0.057%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.348% 0.379% 0.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 5
Average daily rate £450 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1435 1584 1800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.44% 15.58% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 771 760
Average daily rate £348 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 81 159
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.35 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Force.com
England

Force.com
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Force.com Jobs Demand Trend

Force.com
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Force.com Daily Rate Trend

Force.com
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Force.com across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Force.com Daily Rate Histogram

Force.com
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Force.com within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Berkshire +19 3 £550 +189.47%
Surrey +17 2 £438 -20.45%
Force.com
England

Force.com
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Force.com 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 Force.com.

1 13 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 10 (76.92%) SaaS
3 9 (69.23%) Visualforce
3 9 (69.23%) Apex Code
4 6 (46.15%) Mason
4 6 (46.15%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
5 4 (30.77%) Quality Management
5 4 (30.77%) Migration
5 4 (30.77%) Scrum
5 4 (30.77%) Java
5 4 (30.77%) PaaS
6 3 (23.08%) Heroku
6 3 (23.08%) SAP
6 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) Project Management
8 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.692%) Eclipse
8 1 (7.692%) Marketing

Force.com
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Force.com 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 Force.com. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (69.23%) Visualforce
2 6 (46.15%) Mason
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (7.692%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Technical Leader
2 3 (23.08%) Salesforce.com Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Salesforce.com Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) SaaS
2 6 (46.15%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (30.77%) PaaS
4 3 (23.08%) Heroku
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
1 4 (30.77%) Quality Management
1 4 (30.77%) Migration
1 4 (30.77%) Scrum
2 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Apex Code
2 4 (30.77%) Java
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 3 (23.08%) SAP
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