The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Google.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google
Rank 174 199 216
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +17
Contract jobs citing Google 50 40 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.642% 0.394% 0.357%
As % of the Vendors category 1.269% 0.801% 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 12 16
Average daily rate £363 £256 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.46% -25.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £232 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £343 £419
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
Average hourly rate £23.13 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.15% -17.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.46 £16.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
+84.62% -22.35%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Google
England

Google
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Google Jobs Demand Trend

Google
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Google Daily Rate Trend

Google
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Google across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Google Daily Rate Histogram

Google
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Google across the South East region.

South East Google Hourly Rate Trend

Google
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hampshire -2 13 £250 -
Surrey +19 9 £375 -
West Sussex +23 8 £425 -
Oxfordshire +8 8 £165 -47.20%
Berkshire +7 8 £458 +66.36%
Kent - 3 £255 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £165 -
Google
England

Google
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Google 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.

1 40 (43.48%) CSS
2 38 (41.30%) Analytics
3 37 (40.22%) Google Analytics
4 34 (36.96%) JavaScript
5 26 (28.26%) CMS
6 25 (27.17%) jQuery
7 24 (26.09%) HTML
7 24 (26.09%) SQL
8 22 (23.91%) MVC
9 21 (22.83%) Java
10 20 (21.74%) .NET
11 19 (20.65%) ASP.NET
11 19 (20.65%) Microsoft
11 19 (20.65%) Google Maps API
12 18 (19.57%) Web Analytics
13 17 (18.48%) GWT
14 16 (17.39%) Marketing
14 16 (17.39%) SEO
14 16 (17.39%) TDD
15 15 (16.30%) Spring
15 15 (16.30%) Hibernate
15 15 (16.30%) ASP.NET MVC
16 14 (15.22%) Umbraco
16 14 (15.22%) Scrum
16 14 (15.22%) XHTML
17 13 (14.13%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (14.13%) Back Office
17 13 (14.13%) Subversion
18 12 (13.04%) NUnit
18 12 (13.04%) Content Management

Google
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Google 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (43.48%) CSS
2 25 (27.17%) jQuery
3 24 (26.09%) HTML
4 20 (21.74%) .NET
5 19 (20.65%) ASP.NET
5 19 (20.65%) Google Maps API
6 17 (18.48%) GWT
7 15 (16.30%) Spring
7 15 (16.30%) Hibernate
7 15 (16.30%) ASP.NET MVC
8 14 (15.22%) XHTML
9 12 (13.04%) Bing Maps
10 11 (11.96%) XML
11 8 (8.696%) Web Services
12 7 (7.609%) Ajax
13 6 (6.522%) HTML5
14 4 (4.348%) J2EE
15 3 (3.261%) ASP
15 3 (3.261%) SOAP
16 2 (2.174%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 26 (28.26%) CMS
2 14 (15.22%) Umbraco
3 8 (8.696%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (6.522%) SharePoint
5 4 (4.348%) ESB
6 3 (3.261%) ExpressionEngine
7 2 (2.174%) Windows Azure
7 2 (2.174%) Google App Engine
7 2 (2.174%) Mule
7 2 (2.174%) Apache
8 1 (1.087%) MS Exchange
8 1 (1.087%) IIS
8 1 (1.087%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.087%) Kentico
8 1 (1.087%) WordPress
8 1 (1.087%) Joomla!
8 1 (1.087%) DotNetNuke
8 1 (1.087%) Drupal
8 1 (1.087%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (11.96%) Photoshop
2 8 (8.696%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (5.435%) Google Apps
4 3 (3.261%) MS Excel
4 3 (3.261%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (2.174%) MS Office
6 1 (1.087%) Acrobat
6 1 (1.087%) QuarkXPress
6 1 (1.087%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.087%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 37 (40.22%) Google Analytics
2 5 (5.435%) WebTrends
3 3 (3.261%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.087%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.435%) Internet
2 2 (2.174%) Intranet
3 1 (1.087%) DHCP
3 1 (1.087%) NetScreen
3 1 (1.087%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.435%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.261%) MySQL
3 1 (1.087%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.087%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 13 (14.13%) Subversion
2 12 (13.04%) NUnit
3 5 (5.435%) Visual Studio
4 4 (4.348%) Maven
5 3 (3.261%) Eclipse
5 3 (3.261%) Git (software)
6 2 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (2.174%) Jenkins
6 2 (2.174%) TestNG
6 2 (2.174%) DbUnit
6 2 (2.174%) Mockito
6 2 (2.174%) MSBuild
7 1 (1.087%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (1.087%) CruiseControl
7 1 (1.087%) Selenium
General
1 16 (17.39%) Marketing
2 13 (14.13%) Back Office
3 6 (6.522%) French Language
3 6 (6.522%) German Language
4 5 (5.435%) Finance
4 5 (5.435%) Publishing
5 2 (2.174%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.174%) Games
5 2 (2.174%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.087%) Local Government
6 1 (1.087%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (46.74%) Developer
2 17 (18.48%) Java Developer
2 17 (18.48%) Analyst
3 12 (13.04%) Web Analyst
3 12 (13.04%) .NET Developer
4 8 (8.696%) Senior Developer
5 7 (7.609%) Web Manager
6 6 (6.522%) ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (6.522%) Senior Java Developer
7 5 (5.435%) Web Developer
8 3 (3.261%) Web Editor
8 3 (3.261%) PHP Programmer
8 3 (3.261%) SharePoint Developer
8 3 (3.261%) PHP Developer
8 3 (3.261%) Web Designer
8 3 (3.261%) Consultant
8 3 (3.261%) Programmer
8 3 (3.261%) Android Developer
8 3 (3.261%) PHP MySQL Developer
8 3 (3.261%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.522%) Social Media
2 4 (4.348%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.261%) Digital Media
3 3 (3.261%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.174%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.174%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.087%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.087%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.087%) New Media
5 1 (1.087%) Semantic Web
5 1 (1.087%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.96%) Windows
2 6 (6.522%) Android
3 5 (5.435%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.261%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (3.261%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.087%) Linux
5 1 (1.087%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (41.30%) Analytics
2 22 (23.91%) MVC
3 18 (19.57%) Web Analytics
4 16 (17.39%) SEO
4 16 (17.39%) TDD
5 14 (15.22%) Scrum
6 12 (13.04%) Content Management
6 12 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
7 10 (10.87%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (9.783%) Information Architecture
9 8 (8.696%) Project Management
10 7 (7.609%) Online Marketing
11 6 (6.522%) Web Development
11 6 (6.522%) B2B
11 6 (6.522%) E-Commerce
12 5 (5.435%) OO
12 5 (5.435%) SOA
13 4 (4.348%) Digital Marketing
13 4 (4.348%) CRM
13 4 (4.348%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 34 (36.96%) JavaScript
2 24 (26.09%) SQL
3 21 (22.83%) Java
4 10 (10.87%) C#
5 9 (9.783%) PHP
6 3 (3.261%) PHP5
7 2 (2.174%) Lua
7 2 (2.174%) Groovy
7 2 (2.174%) C
7 2 (2.174%) C++
8 1 (1.087%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.087%) VB
8 1 (1.087%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (14.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.04%) QA
2 5 (5.435%) HL7
3 3 (3.261%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.435%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.087%) Splunk
Vendors
1 19 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.696%) Sitecore
2 8 (8.696%) Omniture
3 6 (6.522%) Facebook
3 6 (6.522%) Interwoven
4 4 (4.348%) Twitter
4 4 (4.348%) Adobe
5 3 (3.261%) Coremetrics
6 2 (2.174%) Tealeaf
6 2 (2.174%) Eloqua
6 2 (2.174%) SAP
6 2 (2.174%) Oracle
7 1 (1.087%) Juniper
7 1 (1.087%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (1.087%) Apple
7 1 (1.087%) Quark
7 1 (1.087%) Cisco
7 1 (1.087%) Progress
7 1 (1.087%) Sourcefire
7 1 (1.087%) ArcSight
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