The first table below looks at the demand for Mason skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mason 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mason
Rank 494 540 536
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -4
Contract jobs citing Mason 46 41 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.097% 0.070% 0.073%
As % of the Application Development category 0.357% 0.274% 0.267%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 39 44
Average daily rate £488 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £315 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £335 £413
% change year-on-year
+34.32% -18.78%
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
12893 14967 16509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.60% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8051 8793 9618
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
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 384 385 569
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 £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.15 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

Mason
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Mason Jobs Demand Trend

Mason
Daily Rate Trend

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

Mason Daily Rate Trend

Mason
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Mason Daily Rate Histogram

Mason
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Mason Hourly Rate Trend

Mason
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 Mason 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 +51 46 £488 +13.04%
London +17 33 £500 +9.28%
City of London +10 17 £500 +5.26%
South East +28 6 £550 +69.23%
Berkshire +13 5 £550 +103.70%
East of England +12 2 £550 +64.17%
Slough - 2 £550 -
Bromley - 2 £240 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £550 -
West Midlands +12 1 £425 +41.66%
Croydon +10 1 £338 -51.78%
South West - 1 £363 -
North West - 1 £375 -
Merseyside - 1 £375 -
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
Surrey - 1 £425 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £475 -
Liverpool - 1 £375 -

Mason
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 73 (89.02%) Salesforce.com
2 50 (60.98%) Apex Code
3 49 (59.76%) Visualforce
4 28 (34.15%) Force.com
5 27 (32.93%) Cloud Computing
6 26 (31.71%) Java
7 22 (26.83%) SaaS
7 22 (26.83%) Project Management
8 21 (25.61%) CRM
9 16 (19.51%) Business Analysis
10 12 (14.63%) Finance
11 8 (9.756%) Marketing
12 5 (6.098%) Migration
12 5 (6.098%) Agile Software Development
12 5 (6.098%) CSS
13 4 (4.878%) Data Migration
13 4 (4.878%) Oracle
13 4 (4.878%) Programme Management
14 3 (3.659%) Scrum
14 3 (3.659%) Telecoms
14 3 (3.659%) Process Management
14 3 (3.659%) Change Management
14 3 (3.659%) JavaScript
14 3 (3.659%) Perl
14 3 (3.659%) HTML
14 3 (3.659%) Apache
14 3 (3.659%) E-Commerce
14 3 (3.659%) FMCG
15 2 (2.439%) Eloqua
15 2 (2.439%) Unit Testing

Mason
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 49 (59.76%) Visualforce
2 5 (6.098%) CSS
3 3 (3.659%) HTML
4 2 (2.439%) XML
4 2 (2.439%) XSLT
5 1 (1.220%) Web Services
5 1 (1.220%) Django
Application Platforms
1 28 (34.15%) Force.com
2 3 (3.659%) Apache
3 2 (2.439%) SAS
4 1 (1.220%) Zope
4 1 (1.220%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.220%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 2 (2.439%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.439%) SQLite
1 2 (2.439%) MySQL
1 2 (2.439%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.439%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.439%) Subversion
General
1 12 (14.63%) Finance
2 8 (9.756%) Marketing
3 3 (3.659%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.439%) Banking
4 2 (2.439%) Retail
5 1 (1.220%) Publishing
5 1 (1.220%) Back Office
5 1 (1.220%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.220%) German Language
5 1 (1.220%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (35.37%) Developer
2 25 (30.49%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 15 (18.29%) Architect
4 13 (15.85%) Analyst
5 11 (13.41%) Business Analyst
6 10 (12.20%) Technical Architect
7 9 (10.98%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
8 8 (9.756%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
8 8 (9.756%) Project Manager
8 8 (9.756%) Consultant
9 5 (6.098%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (6.098%) Administrator
9 5 (6.098%) Salesforce.com Administrator
9 5 (6.098%) Salesforce.com Consultant
10 3 (3.659%) Technical Leader
10 3 (3.659%) Trainer
11 2 (2.439%) Technical Project Manager
11 2 (2.439%) Technical Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.439%) VBA Developer
11 2 (2.439%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 27 (32.93%) Cloud Computing
2 22 (26.83%) SaaS
3 3 (3.659%) FMCG
4 2 (2.439%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.439%) Heroku
5 1 (1.220%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.220%) Online Gambling
5 1 (1.220%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.220%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.439%) UNIX
1 2 (2.439%) Linux
2 1 (1.220%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.83%) Project Management
2 21 (25.61%) CRM
3 16 (19.51%) Business Analysis
4 5 (6.098%) Migration
4 5 (6.098%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (4.878%) Data Migration
5 4 (4.878%) Programme Management
6 3 (3.659%) Scrum
6 3 (3.659%) Process Management
6 3 (3.659%) Change Management
6 3 (3.659%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.439%) Unit Testing
7 2 (2.439%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (2.439%) Web Development
7 2 (2.439%) Waterfall
7 2 (2.439%) OO
7 2 (2.439%) Asset Management
8 1 (1.220%) Content Management
8 1 (1.220%) Logistics
8 1 (1.220%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 50 (60.98%) Apex Code
2 26 (31.71%) Java
3 3 (3.659%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.659%) Perl
4 2 (2.439%) XPath
4 2 (2.439%) XQuery
4 2 (2.439%) SQL
4 2 (2.439%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (2.439%) Degree
2 1 (1.220%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.220%) SLA
1 1 (1.220%) QA
Vendors
1 73 (89.02%) Salesforce.com
2 4 (4.878%) Oracle
3 2 (2.439%) Eloqua
3 2 (2.439%) SAP
4 1 (1.220%) IBM
4 1 (1.220%) Zend
4 1 (1.220%) Guidewire
London
You will be tasked with working with the business analysts to transfer technical specifications into code for a high profile and urgent project.
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will initially be tasked with analysing the business needs and working with the business analysts to produce both technical and functional specifications... The initial terms on the...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will initially be tasked with analysing the business needs and working with the business analysts to produce both technical and functional specifications.
Mason Frank International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
An innovative media business based in London are looking to build out their team of Salesforce.com professionals and as such are actively recruiting for a Technical Architect...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
Salesforce.com Business Analyst - 6 months - £400/450 - ConsultancyMy client is a boutique CRM consultancy who specialise in systems integrations and are recruiting for a Salesforce.com Business...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
London
Upon completion, your focus will switch to the delivery of the selected partner. The contract will last for an initial 6 months but as this is a greenfield...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
A market leading business based in Berkshire requires an experienced Salesforce.com Business Analyst to join their high profile deployment. This is one of the premier projects in...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire
A market leading business based in Berkshire requires an experienced Salesforce.com Business Analyst to join their high profile deployment. This is one of the premier projects in...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Croydon, South East
The day to day role will be training a global sales force and encouraging adoption throughout. You must have experience of previously working with sales teams and also...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £325 - £350 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
They are currently recruiting for an Eloqua/Salesforce Consultant to complete a project with a large shipping and logistics business based in London. The initial contract length will...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013