The first table below looks at the demand for Magento 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 Magento 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Magento
Rank 216 220 252
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +32
Contract jobs citing Magento 8 19 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.103% 0.187% 0.010%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.558% 1.198% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 0
Average daily rate £300 £310 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £185
% change year-on-year
- +62.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1433 1586 1768
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.39% 15.63% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 769 750
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 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 83 156
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 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Magento
England

Magento
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Magento Jobs Demand Trend

Magento
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Magento Daily Rate Trend

Magento
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Magento Hourly Rate Trend

Magento
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Magento 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 -5 5 £300 -
East Sussex +7 2 £313 -
Home Counties - 1 £300 -
Magento
England

Magento
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 19 (100.00%) PHP
2 12 (63.16%) CSS
2 12 (63.16%) jQuery
3 11 (57.89%) OOP
4 10 (52.63%) MySQL
4 10 (52.63%) MVC
5 8 (42.11%) Subversion
6 7 (36.84%) HTML5
6 7 (36.84%) CSS3
6 7 (36.84%) PHP5
6 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (36.84%) E-Commerce
7 6 (31.58%) JavaScript
8 5 (26.32%) HTML
9 4 (21.05%) OO
9 4 (21.05%) LAMP
10 3 (15.79%) SQL
11 2 (10.53%) SOAP
11 2 (10.53%) XML
11 2 (10.53%) XSLT
11 2 (10.53%) Web Development
11 2 (10.53%) Zend
11 2 (10.53%) Zend Framework
11 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
12 1 (5.263%) Ajax
12 1 (5.263%) ERP
12 1 (5.263%) TeamSite
12 1 (5.263%) Intranet
12 1 (5.263%) Internet
12 1 (5.263%) PostgreSQL

Magento
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (63.16%) CSS
1 12 (63.16%) jQuery
2 7 (36.84%) HTML5
2 7 (36.84%) CSS3
3 5 (26.32%) HTML
4 4 (21.05%) LAMP
5 2 (10.53%) SOAP
5 2 (10.53%) XML
5 2 (10.53%) XSLT
5 2 (10.53%) Zend Framework
6 1 (5.263%) Ajax
6 1 (5.263%) .NET
6 1 (5.263%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) TeamSite
1 1 (5.263%) CMS
1 1 (5.263%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Intranet
1 1 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) MySQL
2 1 (5.263%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 18 (94.74%) Developer
2 12 (63.16%) PHP Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Web Developer
3 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce Web Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Lead PHP Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Software Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Software Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) OOP
2 10 (52.63%) MVC
3 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (36.84%) E-Commerce
4 4 (21.05%) OO
5 2 (10.53%) Web Development
5 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
6 1 (5.263%) ERP
6 1 (5.263%) Scrum
6 1 (5.263%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) PHP
2 7 (36.84%) PHP5
3 6 (31.58%) JavaScript
4 3 (15.79%) SQL
5 1 (5.263%) Python
5 1 (5.263%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Zend
South East
My client is currently offering an exciting opportunity for a PHP Magento Developer to join their team on a 3 month basis, with very competitive rates. The successful...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Aldershot, Hampshire
Magento PHP Web Developer required for initial 3 month contract to build websites for one of Europe's largest suppliers of office equipment... Currently the sites are in...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £200 - £300 per day + negotiable DOE
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Essential Technical Skills Current performance / volume / load testing experience with HP Loadrunner V11, including script customisation Current security / penetration testing experience using HP Webinspect V9.3 Current regression...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 22 May 2013