The first table below looks at the demand for DOM 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 DOM over the 3 months to 21 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 Development 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Document Object Model (DOM)
Rank 115 124 110
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Contract jobs citing DOM 2 18 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.096% 0.551% 0.364%
As % of the Application Development category 0.411% 2.305% 1.605%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 17 4
Average daily rate - £710 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +234.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £659 £220
% change year-on-year
-44.97% +199.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £19.26 -
% change year-on-year
+107.68% -
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
487 781 623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.37% 23.92% 22.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 472 275
Average daily rate £325 £339 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.12% +9.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £10.00 £15.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
DOM
England

DOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West DOM Jobs Demand Trend

DOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West DOM Daily Rate Trend

DOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West DOM Hourly Rate Trend

DOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DOM within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 2 - -
DOM
England

DOM
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing DOM 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 DOM.

1 2 (100.00%) DTV
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) MPEG
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) DVB
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Streaming Video
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) STB
2 1 (50.00%) IPTV
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Animation
2 1 (50.00%) FMCG
2 1 (50.00%) Clojure
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Media

DOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing DOM 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 DOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DVB
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) DTV
2 1 (50.00%) MPEG
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) Streaming Video
2 1 (50.00%) STB
2 1 (50.00%) IPTV
2 1 (50.00%) Animation
2 1 (50.00%) FMCG
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
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