The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of FatWire 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 FatWire 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 the FatWire Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
FatWire
Rank 490 548 571
Rank change year-on-year
+58 +23
Contract jobs citing FatWire 39 36 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.084% 0.062% 0.021%
As % of the Vendors category 0.179% 0.133% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 10
Average daily rate £500 £390 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.20% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £338 £240
% change year-on-year
+12.96% +40.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.22 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.67% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £35.22 -
% change year-on-year
-6.30% -
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%

FatWire
Jobs Demand Trend

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

FatWire Jobs Demand Trend

FatWire
Daily Rate Trend

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

FatWire Daily Rate Trend

FatWire
Daily Rate Histogram

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

FatWire Daily Rate Histogram

FatWire
Hourly Rate Trend

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

FatWire Hourly Rate Trend

FatWire
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

FatWire Hourly Rate Histogram

FatWire
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FatWire 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 +55 39 £500 +28.20%
London +45 32 £500 +28.20%
East of England +20 4 £213 +21.42%
Essex 0 4 £213 +21.42%
City of London +13 3 £335 -16.25%
Brentwood - 2 £213 -
South East - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £550 -
Surrey - 1 - -
South Yorkshire - 1 £550 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Sheffield - 1 £550 -
Guildford - 1 - -

FatWire
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 52 (77.61%) CMS
2 45 (67.16%) Java
3 39 (58.21%) Oracle
4 36 (53.73%) JavaScript
4 36 (53.73%) CSS
5 35 (52.24%) HTML
6 30 (44.78%) Content Management
7 29 (43.28%) E-Commerce
8 25 (37.31%) JSP
8 25 (37.31%) XML
9 23 (34.33%) J2EE
9 23 (34.33%) WebLogic
9 23 (34.33%) WebCenter
10 22 (32.84%) Spring
11 21 (31.34%) Apache
12 20 (29.85%) jQuery
13 19 (28.36%) Ajax
14 18 (26.87%) RDBMS
15 16 (23.88%) XHTML
16 15 (22.39%) SQL
16 15 (22.39%) Endeca
17 14 (20.90%) Agile Software Development
17 14 (20.90%) Hibernate
18 13 (19.40%) Apache Flex
18 13 (19.40%) Linux
19 12 (17.91%) Web Services
19 12 (17.91%) Tomcat
19 12 (17.91%) Android
19 12 (17.91%) Apple iOS
20 11 (16.42%) Retail

FatWire
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 36 (53.73%) CSS
2 35 (52.24%) HTML
3 25 (37.31%) JSP
3 25 (37.31%) XML
4 23 (34.33%) J2EE
4 23 (34.33%) WebCenter
5 22 (32.84%) Spring
6 20 (29.85%) jQuery
7 19 (28.36%) Ajax
8 16 (23.88%) XHTML
9 14 (20.90%) Hibernate
10 13 (19.40%) Apache Flex
11 12 (17.91%) Web Services
12 11 (16.42%) SOAP
12 11 (16.42%) JDBC
13 10 (14.93%) Servlets
13 10 (14.93%) WSDL
13 10 (14.93%) CSS3
13 10 (14.93%) HTML5
14 7 (10.45%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 52 (77.61%) CMS
2 23 (34.33%) WebLogic
3 21 (31.34%) Apache
4 12 (17.91%) Tomcat
5 10 (14.93%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (11.94%) WebLogic Portal
6 8 (11.94%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (1.493%) FileNet
Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.493%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.493%) Internet
1 1 (1.493%) Firewall
1 1 (1.493%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.87%) RDBMS
2 4 (5.970%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (1.493%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.493%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.493%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 10 (14.93%) Maven
2 8 (11.94%) JUnit
3 4 (5.970%) Ant
4 1 (1.493%) JIRA
4 1 (1.493%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (16.42%) Retail
2 9 (13.43%) Banking
3 8 (11.94%) Finance
4 6 (8.955%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.970%) Marketing
5 4 (5.970%) Legal
6 3 (4.478%) Retail Banking
7 2 (2.985%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 48 (71.64%) Developer
2 13 (19.40%) Java Developer
3 7 (10.45%) CMS Developer
3 7 (10.45%) Oracle Developer
4 5 (7.463%) Consultant
4 5 (7.463%) Senior Developer
5 4 (5.970%) Architect
5 4 (5.970%) Copywriter
6 2 (2.985%) Designer
6 2 (2.985%) Java Architect
6 2 (2.985%) Front-End Developer
6 2 (2.985%) Service Manager
6 2 (2.985%) Applications Developer
6 2 (2.985%) Test Manager
7 1 (1.493%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (1.493%) Oracle Consultant
7 1 (1.493%) Java Consultant
7 1 (1.493%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (1.493%) Web Producer
7 1 (1.493%) Infrastructure Designer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) W3C
1 10 (14.93%) Blackberry
1 10 (14.93%) iPhone
2 8 (11.94%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.478%) Social Media
3 3 (4.478%) iPad
4 2 (2.985%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.493%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.40%) Linux
2 12 (17.91%) Android
2 12 (17.91%) Apple iOS
3 5 (7.463%) UNIX
4 1 (1.493%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.78%) Content Management
2 29 (43.28%) E-Commerce
3 14 (20.90%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (14.93%) Workflow
5 9 (13.43%) TDD
6 8 (11.94%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (11.94%) OO
7 5 (7.463%) SEO
7 5 (7.463%) Migration
7 5 (7.463%) Scrum
7 5 (7.463%) Unit Testing
7 5 (7.463%) RUP
7 5 (7.463%) Analytics
8 4 (5.970%) RAD
9 3 (4.478%) Data Management
9 3 (4.478%) Web Development
10 2 (2.985%) Image Processing
10 2 (2.985%) Responsive Web Design
10 2 (2.985%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (2.985%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (67.16%) Java
2 36 (53.73%) JavaScript
3 15 (22.39%) SQL
4 8 (11.94%) Ruby
4 8 (11.94%) Scala
5 7 (10.45%) Bash shell
5 7 (10.45%) Shell Script
6 4 (5.970%) FQL
7 2 (2.985%) PHP
8 1 (1.493%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.985%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.493%) PMP
2 1 (1.493%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (1.493%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 39 (58.21%) Oracle
2 15 (22.39%) Endeca
3 8 (11.94%) hybris
4 5 (7.463%) IBM
5 4 (5.970%) Facebook
5 4 (5.970%) Twitter
5 4 (5.970%) Vignette
6 2 (2.985%) Omniture
6 2 (2.985%) Google
6 2 (2.985%) Adobe
7 1 (1.493%) HP
7 1 (1.493%) Juniper
7 1 (1.493%) Cisco
7 1 (1.493%) McAfee
7 1 (1.493%) Sourcefire
7 1 (1.493%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.493%) F5
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