The first table below looks at the demand for PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PhoneGap
Rank 213 245 -
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -
Contract jobs citing PhoneGap 10 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.128% 0.020% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.185% 0.216% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 -
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
844 924 1085
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.80% 9.096% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 484 439
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £213
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 54 54 115
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% -
PhoneGap
England

PhoneGap
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East PhoneGap Jobs Demand Trend

PhoneGap
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East PhoneGap Daily Rate Trend

PhoneGap
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PhoneGap within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 4 - -
Berkshire - 3 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
PhoneGap
England

PhoneGap
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap.

1 10 (90.91%) JavaScript
2 8 (72.73%) Android
3 6 (54.55%) CSS
4 5 (45.45%) HTML
4 5 (45.45%) JSON
4 5 (45.45%) jQuery
5 4 (36.36%) HTML5
5 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
5 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
6 3 (27.27%) CSS3
6 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
6 3 (27.27%) XHTML
6 3 (27.27%) JSP
6 3 (27.27%) XML
6 3 (27.27%) XSLT
6 3 (27.27%) Ajax
6 3 (27.27%) Dojo
7 2 (18.18%) Scrum
7 2 (18.18%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (18.18%) Sencha
7 2 (18.18%) Sencha Touch
7 2 (18.18%) Backbone.js
7 2 (18.18%) GitHub
7 2 (18.18%) Node.js
7 2 (18.18%) iOS SDK
7 2 (18.18%) REST
8 1 (9.091%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (9.091%) TDD
8 1 (9.091%) Banking
8 1 (9.091%) Project Management

PhoneGap
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PhoneGap 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 PhoneGap. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (54.55%) CSS
2 5 (45.45%) HTML
2 5 (45.45%) JSON
2 5 (45.45%) jQuery
3 4 (36.36%) HTML5
4 3 (27.27%) CSS3
4 3 (27.27%) Dojo
4 3 (27.27%) JSP
4 3 (27.27%) XML
4 3 (27.27%) XSLT
4 3 (27.27%) XHTML
4 3 (27.27%) Ajax
5 2 (18.18%) Sencha Touch
5 2 (18.18%) Backbone.js
5 2 (18.18%) Node.js
5 2 (18.18%) iOS SDK
5 2 (18.18%) REST
6 1 (9.091%) GWT
6 1 (9.091%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) GitHub
General
1 1 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Mobile Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Android Developer
3 2 (18.18%) UI Programmer
3 2 (18.18%) UI Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.091%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Handset
2 1 (9.091%) iPhone
2 1 (9.091%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Android
2 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.091%) Windows
3 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
2 2 (18.18%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 1 (9.091%) TDD
3 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Sencha