The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore 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 Sitecore 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 Sitecore.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore
Rank 207 234 232
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -2
Contract jobs citing Sitecore 17 5 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.218% 0.049% 0.202%
As % of the Vendors category 0.432% 0.100% 0.414%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 8
Average daily rate £413 £325 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.92% +0.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £325 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £325 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £353 £283 £316
% change year-on-year
+24.77% -10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
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%
Sitecore
England

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Sitecore Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Sitecore Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Sitecore Daily Rate Histogram

Sitecore
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Sitecore Hourly Rate Trend

Sitecore
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore 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
Berkshire - 7 £550 -
West Sussex - 6 £400 -
Surrey +16 2 £375 +15.38%
East Sussex - 1 £425 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Sitecore
England

Sitecore
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 32 (84.21%) .NET
2 30 (78.95%) Sitecore CMS
3 27 (71.05%) CMS
4 23 (60.53%) ASP.NET
5 20 (52.63%) C#
6 15 (39.47%) MVC
6 15 (39.47%) Umbraco
7 14 (36.84%) SQL
8 13 (34.21%) ASP.NET MVC
9 12 (31.58%) Scrum
10 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
10 11 (28.95%) CSS
10 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
11 9 (23.68%) jQuery
12 8 (21.05%) Back Office
12 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
12 8 (21.05%) XHTML
12 8 (21.05%) TDD
12 8 (21.05%) Google
13 7 (18.42%) Subversion
13 7 (18.42%) NUnit
13 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (18.42%) Google Maps API
13 7 (18.42%) Continuous Integration
14 6 (15.79%) Bing Maps
14 6 (15.79%) HTML
14 6 (15.79%) Content Management
15 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
15 5 (13.16%) Internet
16 4 (10.53%) Active Directory

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 32 (84.21%) .NET
2 23 (60.53%) ASP.NET
3 13 (34.21%) ASP.NET MVC
4 11 (28.95%) CSS
5 9 (23.68%) jQuery
6 8 (21.05%) XHTML
7 7 (18.42%) Google Maps API
8 6 (15.79%) Bing Maps
8 6 (15.79%) HTML
9 4 (10.53%) Web Services
10 3 (7.895%) Visualforce
11 2 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 2 (5.263%) HTML5
12 1 (2.632%) Ajax
12 1 (2.632%) RESTful
12 1 (2.632%) .NET Framework
12 1 (2.632%) WCF
12 1 (2.632%) LINQ
12 1 (2.632%) SOAP
12 1 (2.632%) XML
Application Platforms
1 30 (78.95%) Sitecore CMS
2 27 (71.05%) CMS
3 15 (39.47%) Umbraco
4 5 (13.16%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.632%) Kentico
5 1 (2.632%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) Internet
2 4 (10.53%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.895%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Subversion
1 7 (18.42%) NUnit
2 3 (7.895%) Cucumber
2 3 (7.895%) FitNesse
General
1 8 (21.05%) Back Office
2 2 (5.263%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (73.68%) Developer
2 16 (42.11%) .NET Developer
3 7 (18.42%) Web Developer
4 6 (15.79%) Senior Developer
4 6 (15.79%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Support Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Applications Support
5 4 (10.53%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) C# Developer
5 4 (10.53%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (7.895%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (7.895%) Salesforce.com Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Architect
7 2 (5.263%) Web Architect
7 2 (5.263%) C# Web Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Senior .NET Web Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Senior Web Developer
7 2 (5.263%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (5.263%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.895%) Data Integration
3 2 (5.263%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) MVC
2 12 (31.58%) Scrum
3 8 (21.05%) TDD
4 7 (18.42%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (15.79%) Content Management
6 4 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (10.53%) Knowledge Management
7 3 (7.895%) Performance Testing
7 3 (7.895%) User Stories
7 3 (7.895%) Workflow
7 3 (7.895%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (7.895%) E-Commerce
8 2 (5.263%) Mobile Commerce
8 2 (5.263%) Project Management
8 2 (5.263%) SOA
8 2 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (2.632%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (2.632%) System Testing
9 1 (2.632%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (52.63%) C#
2 14 (36.84%) SQL
3 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.895%) Apex Code
5 2 (5.263%) Java
5 2 (5.263%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.895%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (7.895%) ISEB
3 1 (2.632%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.895%) QA
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.05%) Google
3 4 (10.53%) Citrix
3 4 (10.53%) Hummingbird
4 3 (7.895%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (5.263%) Venda
5 2 (5.263%) hybris
5 2 (5.263%) ATG