The first table below looks at the demand for Sitecore 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 Sitecore CMS over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore CMS
Rank 114 139 118
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -21
Contract jobs citing Sitecore CMS 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 0.030% 0.036%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.806% 0.175% 0.239%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £230 £164 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.24% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
372 571 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 18.10% 17.37% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 340 215
Average daily rate £350 £358 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% +15.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £444 £416
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 24
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +23.45%
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 £40.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Sitecore CMS
England

Sitecore CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Sitecore CMS Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore CMS within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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 - 3 £230 -
Sitecore CMS
England

Sitecore CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Sitecore 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 Sitecore CMS.

1 8 (100.00%) CMS
1 8 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 5 (62.50%) Content Management
2 5 (62.50%) C#
2 5 (62.50%) .NET
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) CSS
5 2 (25.00%) TeamSite
5 2 (25.00%) WebTrends
5 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) Google Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Web Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Omniture
5 2 (25.00%) Google
5 2 (25.00%) Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Online Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) Social Media
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) BDD
6 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
6 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Umbraco
6 1 (12.50%) Scrum
6 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 1 (12.50%) TDD

Sitecore CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) CMS
2 2 (25.00%) TeamSite
3 1 (12.50%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) WebTrends
1 2 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Web Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Web Content Manager
3 1 (12.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 1 (12.50%) ScrumMaster
3 1 (12.50%) CMS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Web Marketing Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Content Manager
3 1 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) DTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Content Management
2 2 (25.00%) Web Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Online Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) BDD
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) MVC
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 2 (25.00%) Omniture
2 2 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft