The first table below looks at the demand for Mercurial 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 Mercurial 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 Development Applications 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
Mercurial
Rank 219 239 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing Mercurial 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.051% 0.030% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.479% 0.331% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £238 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.48% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £238 £365 £340
% change year-on-year
-34.93% +7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
835 906 1080
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.73% 8.909% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 469 447
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 £272 £250 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 54 117
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Mercurial
England

Mercurial
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Mercurial Jobs Demand Trend

Mercurial
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Mercurial Daily Rate Trend

Mercurial
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Mercurial Hourly Rate Trend

Mercurial
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mercurial 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
Surrey - 2 £250 -
Mercurial
England

Mercurial
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (94.12%) SQL Server
2 10 (58.82%) SQL
3 9 (52.94%) JBoss
3 9 (52.94%) Apache
3 9 (52.94%) ClearCase
3 9 (52.94%) SAS
3 9 (52.94%) DB2
3 9 (52.94%) WebLogic
3 9 (52.94%) Java
3 9 (52.94%) Perforce
3 9 (52.94%) WebSphere
4 8 (47.06%) ASP.NET MVC
4 8 (47.06%) R
4 8 (47.06%) Analytics
4 8 (47.06%) MVC
4 8 (47.06%) Configuration Management
4 8 (47.06%) JavaScript
4 8 (47.06%) C#
4 8 (47.06%) HTML
4 8 (47.06%) Tomcat
4 8 (47.06%) .NET
4 8 (47.06%) Oracle
4 8 (47.06%) ASP.NET
4 8 (47.06%) CSS
5 7 (41.18%) NUnit
5 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (41.18%) FogBugz
5 7 (41.18%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 7 (41.18%) Moq
5 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared

Mercurial
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (52.94%) WebSphere
2 8 (47.06%) ASP.NET MVC
2 8 (47.06%) HTML
2 8 (47.06%) .NET
2 8 (47.06%) ASP.NET
2 8 (47.06%) CSS
3 7 (41.18%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 7 (41.18%) jQuery
4 1 (5.882%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) Apache
1 9 (52.94%) SAS
1 9 (52.94%) WebLogic
2 8 (47.06%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (94.12%) SQL Server
2 9 (52.94%) DB2
3 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) ClearCase
2 7 (41.18%) NUnit
2 7 (41.18%) FogBugz
2 7 (41.18%) Moq
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Developer
2 7 (41.18%) Consultant
2 7 (41.18%) C# Developer
3 6 (35.29%) Web Developer
3 6 (35.29%) C# Web Developer
4 5 (29.41%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) .NET Developer
6 2 (11.76%) Data Consultant
6 2 (11.76%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (5.882%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (5.882%) ASP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Mathematics
1 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Analytics
1 8 (47.06%) MVC
1 8 (47.06%) Configuration Management
2 7 (41.18%) Unit Testing
2 7 (41.18%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (35.29%) Operations Research
4 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) Java
3 8 (47.06%) R
3 8 (47.06%) JavaScript
3 8 (47.06%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) JBoss
1 9 (52.94%) Perforce
2 8 (47.06%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Twitter