The first table below looks at the demand for JSON 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 JSON 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JSON
Rank 96 116 116
Rank change year-on-year
+20 0
Contract jobs citing JSON 15 23 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.728% 0.696% 0.145%
As % of the Application Development category 3.099% 2.930% 0.622%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 1
Average daily rate £325 £390 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +56.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £325 £290
% change year-on-year
-0.76% +12.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.66 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-43.35% -
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
484 785 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.48% 23.77% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 469 283
Average daily rate £325 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £248 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 38
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -24.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
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%
JSON
England

JSON
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West JSON Jobs Demand Trend

JSON
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West JSON Daily Rate Trend

JSON
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West JSON Daily Rate Histogram

JSON
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West JSON Hourly Rate Trend

JSON
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON 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
Wiltshire +14 8 £300 -6.25%
Bristol +2 4 £325 -16.66%
Dorset +3 1 £425 -
JSON
England

JSON
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (68.97%) XML
2 19 (65.52%) JavaScript
3 16 (55.17%) Web Services
4 15 (51.72%) jQuery
5 13 (44.83%) Agile Software Development
6 12 (41.38%) CSS
7 11 (37.93%) C#
7 11 (37.93%) HTML
7 11 (37.93%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (34.48%) Unit Testing
8 10 (34.48%) .NET
8 10 (34.48%) XSLT
8 10 (34.48%) Scrum
8 10 (34.48%) Ajax
9 9 (31.03%) Java
9 9 (31.03%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 8 (27.59%) WCF
10 8 (27.59%) .NET Framework
10 8 (27.59%) RESTful
11 7 (24.14%) SQL
11 7 (24.14%) REST
12 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
12 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
12 6 (20.69%) Visual Studio
12 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET
12 6 (20.69%) Objective-C
12 6 (20.69%) Finance
13 5 (17.24%) OO
13 5 (17.24%) Mobile App
13 5 (17.24%) Degree

JSON
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (68.97%) XML
2 16 (55.17%) Web Services
3 15 (51.72%) jQuery
4 12 (41.38%) CSS
5 11 (37.93%) HTML
6 10 (34.48%) .NET
6 10 (34.48%) XSLT
6 10 (34.48%) Ajax
7 9 (31.03%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 8 (27.59%) WCF
8 8 (27.59%) .NET Framework
8 8 (27.59%) RESTful
9 7 (24.14%) REST
10 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET
11 4 (13.79%) HTML5
11 4 (13.79%) iOS SDK
12 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (10.34%) OAuth
13 2 (6.897%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) CMS
1 1 (3.448%) Jetty
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) HTTP
2 1 (3.448%) HTTPS
2 1 (3.448%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) GIS
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (37.93%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (20.69%) Visual Studio
3 2 (6.897%) ReSharper
3 2 (6.897%) Subversion
4 1 (3.448%) Xcode
4 1 (3.448%) Eclipse
4 1 (3.448%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Retail
3 1 (3.448%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (86.21%) Developer
2 8 (27.59%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.24%) iOS Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Java Developer
4 2 (6.897%) C# Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Technical Writer
4 2 (6.897%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Programmer
5 1 (3.448%) Lead Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Web Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Applications Developer
5 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (3.448%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Android Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
3 2 (6.897%) iPhone
3 2 (6.897%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (6.897%) Social Media
3 2 (6.897%) iPad
4 1 (3.448%) Thin Client
4 1 (3.448%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.448%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (3.448%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.448%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.897%) Android
2 2 (6.897%) Windows
3 1 (3.448%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (34.48%) Unit Testing
2 10 (34.48%) Scrum
3 5 (17.24%) OO
4 4 (13.79%) TDD
4 4 (13.79%) MVC
5 3 (10.34%) Memory Management
6 2 (6.897%) Web Development
6 2 (6.897%) UML
6 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.897%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (3.448%) Change Management
7 1 (3.448%) Project Management
7 1 (3.448%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.448%) OOD
7 1 (3.448%) OOP
7 1 (3.448%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (65.52%) JavaScript
2 11 (37.93%) C#
3 9 (31.03%) Java
4 7 (24.14%) SQL
5 6 (20.69%) Objective-C
6 4 (13.79%) C
7 3 (10.34%) C++
8 2 (6.897%) VB
8 2 (6.897%) VB6
9 1 (3.448%) Perl
9 1 (3.448%) PHP
9 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) Facebook
2 2 (6.897%) Twitter
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) JBoss
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