The first table below looks at the demand for Google Maps API 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 Maps API 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Maps
Rank 493 549 543
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -6
Contract jobs citing Google Maps API 36 35 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.078% 0.060% 0.067%
As % of the Application Development category 0.284% 0.236% 0.244%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 23 14
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £386 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £263 £350
% change year-on-year
+61.90% -25.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
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 364 388 570
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 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

Google Maps API
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Google Maps API Jobs Demand Trend

Google Maps API
Daily Rate Trend

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

Google Maps API Daily Rate Trend

Google Maps API
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Google Maps API Daily Rate Histogram

Google Maps API
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Google Maps API Hourly Rate Trend

Google Maps API
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 Google Maps API 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 +46 33 £350 +16.66%
London +39 17 £300 -14.21%
South East +19 11 £425 +70.00%
City of London +20 8 £300 -12.08%
West Sussex - 8 £425 -
North West +13 2 - -
Liverpool - 2 - -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Bournemouth - 2 £250 -
Dorset - 2 £250 -
South West - 2 £250 -
Merseyside - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
Hampshire -12 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -

Google Maps API
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 59 (92.19%) Google
2 49 (76.56%) CSS
3 46 (71.88%) JavaScript
4 41 (64.06%) jQuery
5 39 (60.94%) MVC
6 28 (43.75%) .NET
7 27 (42.19%) ASP.NET
7 27 (42.19%) OO
8 26 (40.63%) HTML
8 26 (40.63%) HTML5
9 24 (37.50%) Facebook
10 23 (35.94%) Twitter
10 23 (35.94%) SQL
11 22 (34.38%) PHP
11 22 (34.38%) CSS3
12 21 (32.81%) ASP.NET MVC
13 19 (29.69%) Umbraco
14 18 (28.13%) CMS
14 18 (28.13%) Subversion
15 17 (26.56%) C#
15 17 (26.56%) XHTML
15 17 (26.56%) Git (software)
16 16 (25.00%) XML
16 16 (25.00%) Scrum
17 15 (23.44%) MySQL
17 15 (23.44%) Bing Maps
18 14 (21.88%) Mobile App
18 14 (21.88%) Android
18 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
19 13 (20.31%) Microsoft Certification

Google Maps API
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 49 (76.56%) CSS
2 41 (64.06%) jQuery
3 28 (43.75%) .NET
4 27 (42.19%) ASP.NET
5 26 (40.63%) HTML
5 26 (40.63%) HTML5
6 22 (34.38%) CSS3
7 21 (32.81%) ASP.NET MVC
8 17 (26.56%) XHTML
9 16 (25.00%) XML
10 15 (23.44%) Bing Maps
11 11 (17.19%) CodeIgniter
11 11 (17.19%) CakePHP
12 8 (12.50%) SOAP
12 8 (12.50%) WCF
12 8 (12.50%) Ajax
13 7 (10.94%) iOS SDK
14 6 (9.375%) REST
14 6 (9.375%) Semantic HTML
14 6 (9.375%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 19 (29.69%) Umbraco
2 18 (28.13%) CMS
3 7 (10.94%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (9.375%) Drupal
5 5 (7.813%) WordPress
6 4 (6.250%) IIS
7 3 (4.688%) ExpressionEngine
8 2 (3.125%) Apache
8 2 (3.125%) SharePoint
9 1 (1.563%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (1.563%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (1.563%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (1.563%) Facebook Platform
9 1 (1.563%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 5 (7.813%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.563%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Google Analytics
1 1 (1.563%) SAP cProjects
1 1 (1.563%) SAP MRS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.94%) Internet
2 4 (6.250%) HTTP
3 2 (3.125%) NFC
3 2 (3.125%) DNS
4 1 (1.563%) Firewall
4 1 (1.563%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.563%) IMAP
4 1 (1.563%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.563%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.563%) Intranet
4 1 (1.563%) POP3
4 1 (1.563%) SMTP
4 1 (1.563%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (23.44%) MySQL
2 11 (17.19%) SQL Server
3 6 (9.375%) GIS
4 5 (7.813%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (4.688%) SQLite
6 2 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.125%) OLAP
6 2 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.563%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (1.563%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.563%) Star Schema
7 1 (1.563%) Big Data
7 1 (1.563%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (1.563%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.563%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 18 (28.13%) Subversion
2 17 (26.56%) Git (software)
3 12 (18.75%) NUnit
4 8 (12.50%) Visual Studio
5 5 (7.813%) NetBeans
6 4 (6.250%) Eclipse
7 3 (4.688%) Maven
7 3 (4.688%) Ant
7 3 (4.688%) JUnit
7 3 (4.688%) Mercurial
8 2 (3.125%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (3.125%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (1.563%) JIRA
9 1 (1.563%) Selenium
9 1 (1.563%) SilkTest
9 1 (1.563%) GitHub
General
1 13 (20.31%) Back Office
2 4 (6.250%) Finance
3 2 (3.125%) Music
4 1 (1.563%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.563%) Games
4 1 (1.563%) Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (84.38%) Developer
2 18 (28.13%) .NET Developer
3 11 (17.19%) ASP.NET Developer
3 11 (17.19%) PHP Developer
4 8 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 8 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 6 (9.375%) Drupal Developer
6 5 (7.813%) Front-End Developer
7 4 (6.250%) Android Developer
7 4 (6.250%) Senior PHP Developer
8 3 (4.688%) Programmer
8 3 (4.688%) PHP Programmer
8 3 (4.688%) PHP MySQL Developer
9 2 (3.125%) PHP Drupal Developer
9 2 (3.125%) Mobile Developer
9 2 (3.125%) Consultant
10 1 (1.563%) Development Manager
10 1 (1.563%) Data Analyst
10 1 (1.563%) Oracle Developer
10 1 (1.563%) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.88%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.813%) Blackberry
2 5 (7.813%) N-Tier
2 5 (7.813%) Digital Media
2 5 (7.813%) iPhone
3 4 (6.250%) W3C
4 3 (4.688%) Social Media
5 2 (3.125%) iPad
5 2 (3.125%) Java Card
5 2 (3.125%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.125%) Streaming Video
6 1 (1.563%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.563%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.563%) Streaming Media
6 1 (1.563%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.563%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.563%) Online Games
6 1 (1.563%) Social Gaming
6 1 (1.563%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.563%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 14 (21.88%) Android
2 12 (18.75%) Windows
3 11 (17.19%) Apple iOS
4 10 (15.63%) Linux
5 9 (14.06%) UNIX
6 3 (4.688%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (3.125%) Windows Phone 8
7 2 (3.125%) Windows Phone
8 1 (1.563%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (60.94%) MVC
2 27 (42.19%) OO
3 16 (25.00%) Scrum
4 13 (20.31%) TDD
5 12 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (15.63%) Web Development
6 10 (15.63%) OOP
7 8 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (12.50%) SEO
8 5 (7.813%) Business Development
8 5 (7.813%) OOD
9 4 (6.250%) Multithreading
9 4 (6.250%) Migration
10 3 (4.688%) Web Design
10 3 (4.688%) Data Modelling
11 2 (3.125%) Memory Management
11 2 (3.125%) Information Architecture
11 2 (3.125%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (3.125%) Test Scripting
11 2 (3.125%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 46 (71.88%) JavaScript
2 23 (35.94%) SQL
3 22 (34.38%) PHP
4 17 (26.56%) C#
5 10 (15.63%) Java
6 7 (10.94%) Objective-C
7 6 (9.375%) PHP5
8 5 (7.813%) XPath
9 3 (4.688%) Python
9 3 (4.688%) Ruby
10 2 (3.125%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.563%) ABAP
11 1 (1.563%) ActionScript
11 1 (1.563%) C++
11 1 (1.563%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.563%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 13 (20.31%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.813%) Degree
3 1 (1.563%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) QA
2 2 (3.125%) WAI
3 1 (1.563%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (1.563%) Splunk
Vendors
1 59 (92.19%) Google
2 24 (37.50%) Facebook
3 23 (35.94%) Twitter
4 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
5 9 (14.06%) Sitecore
6 7 (10.94%) Oracle
6 7 (10.94%) Zend
7 6 (9.375%) Adobe
8 5 (7.813%) Telerik
9 3 (4.688%) DevExpress
10 2 (3.125%) Atlassian
10 2 (3.125%) SAP
11 1 (1.563%) Cisco
London
I am currently working with a client based in Central London who are looking for a front end developer with Google Mapping experience. They are looking to bring...
Computer Futures
Rate: £235 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
The client is currently developing with HTML 5 and CSS 3... The Front End Developer should also have experience integrating with 3rd party APIs (like Google Maps, Twitter,...
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Rate: £280 - £320 per day
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Rate: £300 - £301 per day
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Rate: Up to £320 per day
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