The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mashup in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mashup 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
Mashups
Rank - 571 577
Contract jobs citing Mashup 0 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.012% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.049% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
Average daily rate - £400 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £350 £380
% change year-on-year
- -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £24.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.25
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12228 14275 17282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.35% 24.50% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7363 8396 10253
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £251 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 663 728
Average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.49 £12.50 £11.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%

Mashup
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Mashup Jobs Demand Trend

Mashup
Daily Rate Trend

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

Mashup Daily Rate Trend

Mashup
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Mashup Hourly Rate Trend

Mashup
Top 8 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS

Mashup
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO