The first table below looks at the demand for Google Maps API 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 Google Maps API 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 Application Development 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Maps
Rank 212 240 243
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +3
Contract jobs citing Google Maps API 13 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.166% 0.069% 0.010%
As % of the Application Development category 0.673% 0.303% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 0
Average daily rate £425 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £263 £376
% change year-on-year
+61.90% -30.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1933 2307 2718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.72% 22.81% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1011 1146 1231
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 105 194
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.50 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Google Maps API
England

Google Maps API
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Google Maps API Jobs Demand Trend

Google Maps API
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Google Maps API Daily Rate Trend

Google Maps API
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Maps API within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Sussex - 10 £425 -
Hampshire -6 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Google Maps API
England

Google Maps API
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Google Maps API 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 Google Maps API.

1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 19 (100.00%) CSS
1 19 (100.00%) Google
2 18 (94.74%) MVC
3 16 (84.21%) jQuery
4 15 (78.95%) ASP.NET MVC
4 15 (78.95%) ASP.NET
4 15 (78.95%) .NET
5 14 (73.68%) SQL
5 14 (73.68%) XHTML
5 14 (73.68%) Scrum
5 14 (73.68%) Umbraco
6 13 (68.42%) TDD
6 13 (68.42%) Subversion
6 13 (68.42%) CMS
6 13 (68.42%) Back Office
6 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
6 13 (68.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (63.16%) NUnit
7 12 (63.16%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (63.16%) Bing Maps
8 9 (47.37%) QA
9 7 (36.84%) Sitecore CMS
9 7 (36.84%) Sitecore
10 6 (31.58%) HTML
11 5 (26.32%) HTML5
12 3 (15.79%) Git (software)
12 3 (15.79%) PHP5
12 3 (15.79%) ExpressionEngine
12 3 (15.79%) Digital Media

Google Maps API
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 19 (100.00%) CSS
2 16 (84.21%) jQuery
3 15 (78.95%) ASP.NET MVC
3 15 (78.95%) .NET
3 15 (78.95%) ASP.NET
4 14 (73.68%) XHTML
5 12 (63.16%) Bing Maps
6 6 (31.58%) HTML
7 5 (26.32%) HTML5
8 3 (15.79%) XML
8 3 (15.79%) SOAP
9 2 (10.53%) Web Services
9 2 (10.53%) RESTful
10 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (5.263%) LAMP
10 1 (5.263%) Ajax
10 1 (5.263%) NHibernate
10 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
10 1 (5.263%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 14 (73.68%) Umbraco
2 13 (68.42%) CMS
3 7 (36.84%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (15.79%) ExpressionEngine
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) MySQL
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (68.42%) Subversion
2 12 (63.16%) NUnit
3 3 (15.79%) Git (software)
General
1 13 (68.42%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Developer
2 11 (57.89%) .NET Developer
3 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (26.32%) Web Developer
5 3 (15.79%) PHP Programmer
5 3 (15.79%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 3 (15.79%) PHP Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Programmer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) MVC
2 14 (73.68%) Scrum
3 13 (68.42%) TDD
4 12 (63.16%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (15.79%) OO
6 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.263%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 14 (73.68%) SQL
3 3 (15.79%) PHP5
3 3 (15.79%) PHP
3 3 (15.79%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Google
2 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 7 (36.84%) Sitecore
4 3 (15.79%) Facebook
4 3 (15.79%) Twitter
5 1 (5.263%) SAP