The first table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CMS over the 3 months to 22 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 West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management System (CMS)
Rank 89 116 85
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -31
Contract jobs citing CMS 22 23 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.067% 0.696% 1.267%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.867% 4.000% 8.178%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 21
Average daily rate £230 £328 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.77% +45.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £137 £233 £140
10% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £400 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £23.88 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +54.03%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £17.76 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-7.06% -11.22%
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
375 575 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 18.20% 17.41% 15.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 344 222
Average daily rate £350 £364 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.78% +14.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £444 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 24
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +16.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £41.50 £41.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
CMS
England

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West CMS Jobs Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CMS across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West CMS Daily Rate Histogram

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol +19 13 £230 -16.36%
Dorset +8 5 £105 -73.75%
Gloucestershire +26 2 £363 -3.20%
Wiltshire +6 2 £300 +9.09%
CMS
England

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CMS 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 CMS.

1 30 (62.50%) HTML
2 26 (54.17%) CSS
3 23 (47.92%) JavaScript
4 22 (45.83%) .NET
5 19 (39.58%) C#
6 14 (29.17%) PHP
7 11 (22.92%) MySQL
8 10 (20.83%) Subversion
8 10 (20.83%) Content Management
9 9 (18.75%) Web Development
9 9 (18.75%) Drupal
9 9 (18.75%) jQuery
9 9 (18.75%) SQL Server
9 9 (18.75%) MVC
10 8 (16.67%) ASP.NET
10 8 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (16.67%) Sitecore
10 8 (16.67%) Kentico
11 7 (14.58%) Alterian
12 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
12 6 (12.50%) Social Media
13 5 (10.42%) Open Source
13 5 (10.42%) Digital Media
13 5 (10.42%) Analytics
13 5 (10.42%) Windows
13 5 (10.42%) XML
13 5 (10.42%) Finance
13 5 (10.42%) Marketing
13 5 (10.42%) Joomla!
14 4 (8.333%) WCF

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 30 (62.50%) HTML
2 26 (54.17%) CSS
3 22 (45.83%) .NET
4 9 (18.75%) jQuery
5 8 (16.67%) ASP.NET
6 5 (10.42%) XML
7 4 (8.333%) WCF
7 4 (8.333%) LINQ
7 4 (8.333%) XHTML
7 4 (8.333%) Web Services
7 4 (8.333%) CSS3
7 4 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (8.333%) HTML5
8 3 (6.250%) Ajax
8 3 (6.250%) .NET Framework
8 3 (6.250%) CodeIgniter
9 2 (4.167%) WF
9 2 (4.167%) LAMP
10 1 (2.083%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (2.083%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.75%) Drupal
2 8 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
2 8 (16.67%) Kentico
3 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
4 5 (10.42%) Joomla!
5 4 (8.333%) Apache
6 3 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (6.250%) TeamSite
6 3 (6.250%) Apache Solr
6 3 (6.250%) WordPress
7 2 (4.167%) Umbraco
8 1 (2.083%) CM System
8 1 (2.083%) Magento
Applications
1 3 (6.250%) Photoshop
2 2 (4.167%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (4.167%) InDesign
3 1 (2.083%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (8.333%) Google Analytics
2 2 (4.167%) WebTrends
3 1 (2.083%) Tridion
3 1 (2.083%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) Intranet
1 1 (2.083%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) MySQL
2 9 (18.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (20.83%) Subversion
2 4 (8.333%) Git (software)
3 2 (4.167%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.083%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (10.42%) Finance
1 5 (10.42%) Marketing
2 3 (6.250%) Advertising
3 2 (4.167%) Banking
4 1 (2.083%) Electronics
4 1 (2.083%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.083%) Law
4 1 (2.083%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (72.92%) Developer
2 12 (25.00%) Web Developer
3 8 (16.67%) PHP Developer
4 3 (6.250%) Content Manager
4 3 (6.250%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.250%) C# Developer
4 3 (6.250%) Drupal Developer
4 3 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
5 2 (4.167%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (4.167%) Deployment Project Manager
5 2 (4.167%) PHP Web Developer
5 2 (4.167%) PHP Programmer
5 2 (4.167%) Web Programmer
5 2 (4.167%) Web Manager
5 2 (4.167%) .NET Developer
5 2 (4.167%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (4.167%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (4.167%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.167%) Programmer
5 2 (4.167%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Social Media
2 5 (10.42%) Open Source
2 5 (10.42%) Digital Media
3 4 (8.333%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.167%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.167%) Kindle
5 1 (2.083%) W3C
5 1 (2.083%) DTV
5 1 (2.083%) Streaming Video
5 1 (2.083%) E-Learning
5 1 (2.083%) Online Banking
5 1 (2.083%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.083%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Windows
2 3 (6.250%) Windows XP
2 3 (6.250%) Windows 7
3 2 (4.167%) Linux
3 2 (4.167%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.167%) Android
4 1 (2.083%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.83%) Content Management
2 9 (18.75%) Web Development
2 9 (18.75%) MVC
3 5 (10.42%) Analytics
4 4 (8.333%) Web Analytics
5 3 (6.250%) Online Marketing
5 3 (6.250%) Migration
5 3 (6.250%) Scrum
5 3 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (4.167%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (4.167%) TDD
6 2 (4.167%) Web Design
6 2 (4.167%) Workflow
6 2 (4.167%) UML
7 1 (2.083%) Web Marketing
7 1 (2.083%) BDD
7 1 (2.083%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.083%) B2B
7 1 (2.083%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.083%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (47.92%) JavaScript
2 19 (39.58%) C#
3 14 (29.17%) PHP
4 4 (8.333%) SQL
5 1 (2.083%) Python
5 1 (2.083%) C++
5 1 (2.083%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.083%) Degree
1 1 (2.083%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.083%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.167%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Sitecore
2 7 (14.58%) Alterian
3 4 (8.333%) Google
4 3 (6.250%) Citrix
5 2 (4.167%) Zend
5 2 (4.167%) Ektron
5 2 (4.167%) Telerik
5 2 (4.167%) Omniture
5 2 (4.167%) Infragistics
5 2 (4.167%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.167%) Adobe
6 1 (2.083%) SAP
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