The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Appcelerator products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Appcelerator 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 currently tracked.

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 Appcelerator, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Appcelerator
Rank 515 581 582
Rank change year-on-year
+66 +1
Contract jobs citing Appcelerator 14 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Vendors category 0.064% 0.011% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21803 27081 28409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11623 13840 14202
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1174 1312 1605
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.22 £11.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Appcelerator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Appcelerator within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Appcelerator Jobs Demand Trend

Appcelerator
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Appcelerator within the UK.

Appcelerator Daily Rate Trend

Appcelerator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Appcelerator within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Appcelerator Daily Rate Histogram

Appcelerator
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Appcelerator within the UK 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
England +57 14 £350 -
London +43 6 £363 -
South West +32 5 £350 -
Wiltshire - 4 £350 -
Swindon - 3 £350 -
West Midlands - 2 £330 -
North West - 1 £275 -
City of London - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 £275 -
Warrington - 1 £275 -
Birmingham - 1 - -

Appcelerator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Appcelerator 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 Appcelerator.

1 15 (93.75%) Apple iOS
2 13 (81.25%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 11 (68.75%) HTML5
3 11 (68.75%) Android
3 11 (68.75%) JavaScript
4 8 (50.00%) Sencha
5 7 (43.75%) Blackberry
5 7 (43.75%) Windows
6 6 (37.50%) Web Services
6 6 (37.50%) Sencha Touch
6 6 (37.50%) Windows Phone
7 5 (31.25%) Digital Media
7 5 (31.25%) Mobile App
7 5 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (31.25%) CSS
7 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
8 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (25.00%) jQuery
8 4 (25.00%) Oracle
8 4 (25.00%) PhoneGap
9 3 (18.75%) OOP
9 3 (18.75%) .NET
9 3 (18.75%) Objective-C
9 3 (18.75%) MVC
9 3 (18.75%) CSS3
10 2 (12.50%) iPad
10 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
10 2 (12.50%) Web Development
10 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
10 2 (12.50%) SQL

Appcelerator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Appcelerator 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 Appcelerator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (68.75%) HTML5
2 6 (37.50%) Web Services
2 6 (37.50%) Sencha Touch
3 5 (31.25%) CSS
4 4 (25.00%) jQuery
5 3 (18.75%) .NET
5 3 (18.75%) CSS3
6 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
6 2 (12.50%) Backbone.js
6 2 (12.50%) Underscore.js
7 1 (6.250%) Apache Cordova
7 1 (6.250%) HTML
7 1 (6.250%) XHTML
7 1 (6.250%) Middleware
7 1 (6.250%) XML
7 1 (6.250%) JSON
7 1 (6.250%) Symfony
7 1 (6.250%) RESTful
7 1 (6.250%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) NetWeaver
1 1 (6.250%) CMS
1 1 (6.250%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (81.25%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 4 (25.00%) PhoneGap
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Mobile Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Architect
4 1 (6.250%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.250%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Applications Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Lead Developer
4 1 (6.250%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Android Developer
4 1 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (6.250%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Blackberry
2 5 (31.25%) Digital Media
2 5 (31.25%) Mobile App
3 2 (12.50%) iPad
4 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.250%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (6.250%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Apple iOS
2 11 (68.75%) Android
3 7 (43.75%) Windows
4 6 (37.50%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (18.75%) OOP
2 3 (18.75%) MVC
3 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (12.50%) Web Development
3 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
3 2 (12.50%) OO
4 1 (6.250%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (6.250%) CRM
4 1 (6.250%) SOA
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Workflow
4 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (6.250%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) JavaScript
2 3 (18.75%) Objective-C
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (6.250%) Java
4 1 (6.250%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Sencha
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) Sybase
3 1 (6.250%) SAP
3 1 (6.250%) Apple
3 1 (6.250%) Sitecore
3 1 (6.250%) Syclo