The first table below looks at the demand for Google Apps skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Google Apps 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 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
Google Apps
Rank 516 575 571
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -4
Contract jobs citing Google Apps 24 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.051% 0.010% 0.015%
As % of the Applications category 0.387% 0.083% 0.126%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
Average daily rate £300 £406 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.15% +58.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £153 £371 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £441 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate - £450 £400
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 £19.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.48% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 - -
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6194 7224 7126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.12% 12.36% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3216 3695 3547
Average daily rate £338 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £515 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 709 753 860
Average hourly rate £16.25 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%

Google Apps
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Google Apps Jobs Demand Trend

Google Apps
Daily Rate Trend

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

Google Apps Daily Rate Trend

Google Apps
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Google Apps Daily Rate Histogram

Google Apps
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Google Apps Hourly Rate Trend

Google Apps
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Apps 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 +63 24 £300 -26.15%
London +21 9 £300 -17.24%
South East +29 6 - -
Northampton - 6 - -
Northamptonshire - 6 - -
East Midlands - 6 - -
Surrey - 5 - -
City of London +15 2 £500 +37.93%
South West - 2 - -
Bristol - 2 - -
Weybridge - 2 - -
Berkshire +10 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Feltham - 1 £215 -
Addlestone - 1 - -

Google Apps
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 24 (88.89%) Google
2 13 (48.15%) Windows
3 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
4 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
4 7 (25.93%) Android
4 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
5 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 5 (18.52%) HTML
6 5 (18.52%) CSS
6 5 (18.52%) Degree
7 4 (14.81%) HTML5
7 4 (14.81%) Apple iOS
7 4 (14.81%) Linux
7 4 (14.81%) Python
7 4 (14.81%) Mac OS X
7 4 (14.81%) Intranet
8 3 (11.11%) MVC
8 3 (11.11%) Lotus
8 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 3 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
8 3 (11.11%) ITIL
8 3 (11.11%) PHP
8 3 (11.11%) CSS3
8 3 (11.11%) Backbone.js
8 3 (11.11%) SaaS
8 3 (11.11%) Git (software)
8 3 (11.11%) Django
8 3 (11.11%) jQuery
8 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
8 3 (11.11%) LAMP

Google Apps
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (18.52%) HTML
1 5 (18.52%) CSS
2 4 (14.81%) HTML5
3 3 (11.11%) CSS3
3 3 (11.11%) Backbone.js
3 3 (11.11%) Django
3 3 (11.11%) jQuery
3 3 (11.11%) LAMP
4 2 (7.407%) Web Services
5 1 (3.704%) XML
5 1 (3.704%) SOAP
5 1 (3.704%) .NET
5 1 (3.704%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (3.704%) CMS
2 1 (3.704%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.704%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.704%) Apache
2 1 (3.704%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.704%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (3.704%) Drupal
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
3 1 (3.704%) Acrobat
3 1 (3.704%) QuarkXPress
3 1 (3.704%) Photoshop
3 1 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Intranet
2 2 (7.407%) VPN
2 2 (7.407%) DNS
2 2 (7.407%) PBX
2 2 (7.407%) VoIP
2 2 (7.407%) Internet
2 2 (7.407%) Extranet
2 2 (7.407%) Wireless
3 1 (3.704%) WAN
3 1 (3.704%) DHCP
3 1 (3.704%) LAN
3 1 (3.704%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (7.407%) Retail
1 2 (7.407%) Marketing
2 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
1 7 (25.93%) Help Desk Support
2 6 (22.22%) Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Service Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) UI Programmer
4 3 (11.11%) UI Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Front-End Developer
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Desktop Support
5 2 (7.407%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Field Engineer
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) SaaS
2 2 (7.407%) Open Source
2 2 (7.407%) New Media
3 1 (3.704%) IaaS
3 1 (3.704%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.704%) iPad
3 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.704%) iPhone
3 1 (3.704%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Android
2 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
3 4 (14.81%) Apple iOS
3 4 (14.81%) Linux
3 4 (14.81%) Mac OS X
4 1 (3.704%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.704%) UNIX
4 1 (3.704%) Windows Vista
4 1 (3.704%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.11%) MVC
1 3 (11.11%) ITIL
1 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
2 2 (7.407%) Web Development
2 2 (7.407%) Web Accessibility
2 2 (7.407%) Information Architecture
2 2 (7.407%) Migration
3 1 (3.704%) Benchmarking
3 1 (3.704%) Project Management
3 1 (3.704%) PRINCE
3 1 (3.704%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (3.704%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (3.704%) Data Protection
3 1 (3.704%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (3.704%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 4 (14.81%) Python
3 3 (11.11%) PHP
4 2 (7.407%) SQL
4 2 (7.407%) Java
5 1 (3.704%) PowerHouse
5 1 (3.704%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (40.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) SCCM
1 1 (3.704%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Google
2 3 (11.11%) Lotus
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.407%) Juniper
3 2 (7.407%) Apple
4 1 (3.704%) Maconomy
4 1 (3.704%) Quark
4 1 (3.704%) Cisco
4 1 (3.704%) Adobe
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle
4 1 (3.704%) hybris
4 1 (3.704%) VMware