The first table below looks at the demand for Cocoon skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cocoon 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 Application Development 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
Apache Cocoon
Rank 528 577 -
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -
Contract jobs citing Cocoon 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.002% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.016% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12713 14910 16863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.40% 25.58% 27.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7958 8755 9793
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 374 576
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

Cocoon
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cocoon Jobs Demand Trend

Cocoon
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cocoon Daily Rate Trend

Cocoon
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cocoon within the UK.

Cocoon Hourly Rate Trend

Cocoon
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cocoon 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
Scotland - 2 £500 -
Edinburgh - 2 £500 -

Cocoon
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) Apache
1 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
1 2 (66.67%) TeamSite
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Content Management
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Management
1 2 (66.67%) LiveSite
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5
2 1 (33.33%) Game Development
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) Backbone.js
2 1 (33.33%) Underscore.js
2 1 (33.33%) Animation
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) OO

Cocoon
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML5
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) Backbone.js
1 1 (33.33%) Underscore.js
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Apache
1 2 (66.67%) Tomcat
1 2 (66.67%) TeamSite
1 2 (66.67%) LiveSite
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Games Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Animation
1 1 (33.33%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Content Management
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) Game Development
2 1 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript