The first table below looks at the demand for Balsamiq Mockups skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Balsamiq Mockups 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Balsamiq Mockups
Rank 510 531 572
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +41
Contract jobs citing Balsamiq Mockups 30 50 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.064% 0.086% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.582% 0.931% 0.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 43 3
Average daily rate £425 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +36.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £375 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5156 5371 6324
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.92% 9.188% 10.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3252 3171 3557
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 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 216 321
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

Balsamiq Mockups
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Balsamiq Mockups Jobs Demand Trend

Balsamiq Mockups
Daily Rate Trend

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

Balsamiq Mockups Daily Rate Trend

Balsamiq Mockups
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Balsamiq Mockups within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Balsamiq Mockups Daily Rate Histogram

Balsamiq Mockups
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Balsamiq Mockups within the UK 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
England +25 30 £425 +13.33%
London -5 28 £425 +13.33%
City of London +24 11 £433 +44.16%
East of England - 2 - -
Hertfordshire - 2 - -
Watford - 1 - -

Balsamiq Mockups
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Balsamiq Mockups 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 Balsamiq Mockups.

1 26 (43.33%) Java
2 18 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 18 (30.00%) CSS
3 17 (28.33%) HTML
3 17 (28.33%) MS Visio
3 17 (28.33%) TDD
3 17 (28.33%) jQuery
3 17 (28.33%) Unit Testing
4 16 (26.67%) Ajax
4 16 (26.67%) Jasmine
5 15 (25.00%) Axure RP
6 14 (23.33%) Continuous Integration
6 14 (23.33%) MVC
6 14 (23.33%) Photoshop
7 13 (21.67%) Web Services
7 13 (21.67%) E-Commerce
7 13 (21.67%) OmniGraffle
7 13 (21.67%) Open Source
7 13 (21.67%) JSON
8 12 (20.00%) Spring MVC
8 12 (20.00%) Spring
8 12 (20.00%) UNIX
8 12 (20.00%) Linux
8 12 (20.00%) Objective-C
9 11 (18.33%) Xcode
9 11 (18.33%) C++
9 11 (18.33%) Python
9 11 (18.33%) Subversion
9 11 (18.33%) Graphic Design
9 11 (18.33%) Multithreading

Balsamiq Mockups
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Balsamiq Mockups 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 Balsamiq Mockups. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (30.00%) CSS
2 17 (28.33%) HTML
2 17 (28.33%) jQuery
3 16 (26.67%) Ajax
4 13 (21.67%) Web Services
4 13 (21.67%) JSON
5 12 (20.00%) Spring MVC
5 12 (20.00%) Spring
6 11 (18.33%) REST
7 8 (13.33%) iOS SDK
8 4 (6.667%) HTML5
8 4 (6.667%) CSS3
9 2 (3.333%) DOM
9 2 (3.333%) SVG
9 2 (3.333%) Ext JS
9 2 (3.333%) HTML5 Canvas
9 2 (3.333%) Raphaël
9 2 (3.333%) D3.js
9 2 (3.333%) Zepto.js
9 2 (3.333%) Sencha Touch
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.667%) nginx
1 1 (1.667%) WordPress
1 1 (1.667%) Apache
1 1 (1.667%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (28.33%) MS Visio
2 14 (23.33%) Photoshop
3 13 (21.67%) OmniGraffle
4 3 (5.000%) Fireworks
4 3 (5.000%) MS Office
4 3 (5.000%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (3.333%) MS Excel
6 1 (1.667%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (1.667%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (5.000%) Summit
2 1 (1.667%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.333%) TOAD
2 1 (1.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (26.67%) Jasmine
2 15 (25.00%) Axure RP
3 11 (18.33%) Xcode
3 11 (18.33%) Subversion
3 11 (18.33%) Git (software)
3 11 (18.33%) Mercurial
3 11 (18.33%) GitHub
3 11 (18.33%) Trac
4 2 (3.333%) ERwin
4 2 (3.333%) JSUnit
4 2 (3.333%) Selenium
5 1 (1.667%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (6.667%) Retail
1 4 (6.667%) Marketing
2 3 (5.000%) Finance
3 2 (3.333%) Banking
3 2 (3.333%) Legal
3 2 (3.333%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.667%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 32 (53.33%) Developer
2 11 (18.33%) Designer
2 11 (18.33%) iOS Developer
3 10 (16.67%) User Experience Designer
3 10 (16.67%) Web Developer
4 7 (11.67%) Product Manager
5 6 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 5 (8.333%) Front-End Developer
6 5 (8.333%) Senior Web Developer
7 4 (6.667%) Information Architect
7 4 (6.667%) Analyst
7 4 (6.667%) Architect
7 4 (6.667%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.667%) JavaScript Developer
8 3 (5.000%) UI Designer
8 3 (5.000%) User Experience Consultant
8 3 (5.000%) Consultant
9 2 (3.333%) UI Developer
9 2 (3.333%) User Experience Developer
9 2 (3.333%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.67%) Open Source
2 11 (18.33%) Graphic Design
3 4 (6.667%) Digital Media
4 3 (5.000%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.000%) Reference Data
5 2 (3.333%) Visualisation
5 2 (3.333%) SaaS
5 2 (3.333%) Computer Science
5 2 (3.333%) Credit Risk
5 2 (3.333%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.667%) Economics
6 1 (1.667%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.667%) Social Media
6 1 (1.667%) iPad
6 1 (1.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.00%) UNIX
1 12 (20.00%) Linux
2 11 (18.33%) Android
2 11 (18.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.33%) TDD
1 17 (28.33%) Unit Testing
2 14 (23.33%) Continuous Integration
2 14 (23.33%) MVC
3 13 (21.67%) E-Commerce
4 11 (18.33%) Multithreading
5 10 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (16.67%) OO
6 8 (13.33%) OOD
6 8 (13.33%) OOP
6 8 (13.33%) Time Management
6 8 (13.33%) Information Architecture
7 6 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (10.00%) Use Case
8 5 (8.333%) Programme Management
9 4 (6.667%) Product Management
9 4 (6.667%) Rapid Prototyping
10 3 (5.000%) Analytics
10 3 (5.000%) Data Analysis
10 3 (5.000%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (43.33%) Java
2 18 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (20.00%) Objective-C
4 11 (18.33%) C++
4 11 (18.33%) Python
5 2 (3.333%) SQL
6 1 (1.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (5.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.333%) Basel II
2 1 (1.667%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Adobe
2 3 (5.000%) iRise
3 2 (3.333%) Omniture
3 2 (3.333%) ClickTale
3 2 (3.333%) Sencha
4 1 (1.667%) Facebook
4 1 (1.667%) Google
4 1 (1.667%) Salesforce.com
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