The first table below looks at the demand for Axure RP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Axure RP over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications category.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Axure RP
Rank 445 513 534
Rank change year-on-year
+68 +21
Contract jobs citing Axure RP 85 65 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.183% 0.112% 0.088%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.674% 1.212% 0.835%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 42 29
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 - -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5077 5364 6467
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.94% 9.204% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3208 3177 3632
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 211 325
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £23.88 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

Axure RP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Axure RP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Axure RP Jobs Demand Trend

Axure RP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Axure RP Daily Rate Trend

Axure RP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Axure RP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Axure RP Daily Rate Histogram

Axure RP
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Axure RP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +74 85 £350 -1.33%
London +30 56 £351 -2.63%
East of England +25 16 £373 +2.75%
City of London +24 16 £375 +10.29%
Hertfordshire +17 16 £373 +2.75%
South East - 12 £350 -
Berkshire - 9 £360 -
Reading - 4 £360 -
Andover - 2 £350 -
Watford - 2 - -
Hampshire - 2 £350 -
South West +21 1 £300 -4.00%
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
East Sussex - 1 £350 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £400 -
Swindon - 1 £300 -
Brighton - 1 £350 -
Borehamwood - 1 £450 -

Axure RP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Axure RP 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 Axure RP.

1 67 (39.18%) MS Visio
2 58 (33.92%) OmniGraffle
2 58 (33.92%) Photoshop
3 53 (30.99%) CSS
4 46 (26.90%) HTML
5 43 (25.15%) E-Commerce
5 43 (25.15%) Information Architecture
6 40 (23.39%) Adobe
7 29 (16.96%) Finance
7 29 (16.96%) Adobe Illustrator
8 28 (16.37%) JavaScript
9 26 (15.20%) Fireworks
9 26 (15.20%) Agile Software Development
10 20 (11.70%) Usability Testing
11 19 (11.11%) Retail
12 18 (10.53%) User Stories
13 17 (9.942%) Android
13 17 (9.942%) HTML5
14 16 (9.357%) Business Analysis
14 16 (9.357%) Marketing
14 16 (9.357%) Apple iOS
15 15 (8.772%) Banking
16 14 (8.187%) Balsamiq Mockups
17 13 (7.602%) Mobile App
17 13 (7.602%) Degree
17 13 (7.602%) Psychology
18 12 (7.018%) Microsoft
18 12 (7.018%) Stakeholder Management
18 12 (7.018%) Intranet
18 12 (7.018%) Use Case

Axure RP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Axure RP 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 Axure RP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 53 (30.99%) CSS
2 46 (26.90%) HTML
3 17 (9.942%) HTML5
4 9 (5.263%) CSS3
4 9 (5.263%) XHTML
5 8 (4.678%) Flash
6 6 (3.509%) Ajax
6 6 (3.509%) jQuery
7 5 (2.924%) XML
7 5 (2.924%) XSLT
8 4 (2.339%) JSP
9 3 (1.754%) Oracle ADF
10 2 (1.170%) .NET
10 2 (1.170%) DHTML
11 1 (0.585%) WPF
11 1 (0.585%) Silverlight
11 1 (0.585%) WSDL
11 1 (0.585%) Middleware
11 1 (0.585%) LAMP
11 1 (0.585%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.585%) IIS
1 1 (0.585%) MSMQ
1 1 (0.585%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.585%) MS Exchange
1 1 (0.585%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (0.585%) CMS
1 1 (0.585%) Confluence
Applications
1 67 (39.18%) MS Visio
2 58 (33.92%) Photoshop
2 58 (33.92%) OmniGraffle
3 29 (16.96%) Adobe Illustrator
4 26 (15.20%) Fireworks
5 6 (3.509%) InDesign
6 5 (2.924%) MS Excel
7 3 (1.754%) MS Office
8 1 (0.585%) MS Project
8 1 (0.585%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.585%) QuarkXPress
8 1 (0.585%) FreeHand
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.018%) Intranet
2 8 (4.678%) Internet
3 2 (1.170%) ATM
4 1 (0.585%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.754%) Big Data
2 1 (0.585%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.585%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (8.187%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 7 (4.094%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (0.585%) CruiseControl
3 1 (0.585%) JIRA
3 1 (0.585%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.585%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.585%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.585%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.585%) Gerrit
3 1 (0.585%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.585%) Eclipse
General
1 29 (16.96%) Finance
2 19 (11.11%) Retail
3 16 (9.357%) Marketing
4 15 (8.772%) Banking
5 7 (4.094%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.924%) Games
6 5 (2.924%) Interactive Media
7 4 (2.339%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.170%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.170%) Publishing
8 2 (1.170%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.170%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.585%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.585%) Back Office
9 1 (0.585%) Legal
9 1 (0.585%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 87 (50.88%) Designer
2 64 (37.43%) User Experience Designer
3 35 (20.47%) Architect
4 24 (14.04%) Analyst
4 24 (14.04%) User Experience Architect
5 22 (12.87%) Business Analyst
6 17 (9.942%) Consultant
7 14 (8.187%) Senior Designer
7 14 (8.187%) UI Designer
7 14 (8.187%) User Experience Consultant
8 11 (6.433%) Developer
9 8 (4.678%) Information Architect
10 5 (2.924%) Lead Designer
10 5 (2.924%) UI Developer
10 5 (2.924%) Agile Business Analyst
11 4 (2.339%) Interaction Designer
11 4 (2.339%) UI Programmer
12 3 (1.754%) Web Business Analyst
12 3 (1.754%) User Experience Developer
12 3 (1.754%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.602%) Psychology
1 13 (7.602%) Mobile App
2 12 (7.018%) Digital Media
3 6 (3.509%) iPad
3 6 (3.509%) Smartphone
4 5 (2.924%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.924%) SWIFT
5 4 (2.339%) Social Media
6 3 (1.754%) iDTV
6 3 (1.754%) Graphic Design
6 3 (1.754%) RIA
6 3 (1.754%) Online Games
7 2 (1.170%) iPhone
7 2 (1.170%) W3C
7 2 (1.170%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.170%) Interactive TV
7 2 (1.170%) Web 2.0
7 2 (1.170%) Social Network
7 2 (1.170%) Video on Demand
7 2 (1.170%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.942%) Android
2 16 (9.357%) Apple iOS
3 8 (4.678%) Windows
4 2 (1.170%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (25.15%) E-Commerce
1 43 (25.15%) Information Architecture
2 26 (15.20%) Agile Software Development
3 20 (11.70%) Usability Testing
4 18 (10.53%) User Stories
5 16 (9.357%) Business Analysis
6 12 (7.018%) Use Case
6 12 (7.018%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (7.018%) User Experience Design
7 11 (6.433%) Analytics
7 11 (6.433%) Web Design
8 9 (5.263%) Web Accessibility
8 9 (5.263%) Product Management
9 8 (4.678%) Rapid Prototyping
10 7 (4.094%) Migration
10 7 (4.094%) Scrum
11 6 (3.509%) Project Management
11 6 (3.509%) Web Development
11 6 (3.509%) Project Planning
12 5 (2.924%) OO
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.37%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.924%) XPath
3 2 (1.170%) Java
3 2 (1.170%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 13 (7.602%) Degree
2 11 (6.433%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.848%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.170%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.585%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.585%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.585%) OpenSSO
Vendors
1 40 (23.39%) Adobe
2 12 (7.018%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.339%) Oracle
4 3 (1.754%) Apple
4 3 (1.754%) Omniture
5 2 (1.170%) ATG
5 2 (1.170%) Siebel
5 2 (1.170%) iRise
5 2 (1.170%) ClickTale
5 2 (1.170%) Facebook
6 1 (0.585%) Twitter
6 1 (0.585%) Google
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