The first table below looks at the demand for Multivariate Testing skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Multivariate Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multivariate Testing
Rank 535 568 592
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +24
Contract jobs citing Multivariate Testing 6 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.012% 0.003% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.005% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £363 -
% change year-on-year
+20.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34218 39623 41917
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.12% 68.27% 67.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 20499 22617 23889
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 1259 1448
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.83 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Multivariate Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Multivariate Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Multivariate Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Multivariate Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Multivariate Testing Daily Rate Trend

Multivariate Testing
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 Multivariate Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +18 6 £425 +6.25% 8
London - 4 £350 - 6
Hertfordshire - 2 £438 -
East of England - 2 £438 - 1
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £450 -
Berkshire - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Leicestershire - - - -
Surrey - - - -
City of London - - - - 1
East Midlands - - - -
South East - - - -
West Midlands - - - - 1
Reading - - - -
Redhill - - - -
High Wycombe - - - -
Leicester - - - -

Multivariate Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Multivariate Testing 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 Multivariate Testing.

1 9 (81.82%) Marketing
2 8 (72.73%) SEO
3 6 (54.55%) E-Commerce
4 5 (45.45%) Degree
4 5 (45.45%) Online Marketing
4 5 (45.45%) Analytics
5 4 (36.36%) HTML5
5 4 (36.36%) Fireworks
5 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
5 4 (36.36%) Photoshop
5 4 (36.36%) CSS
5 4 (36.36%) Finance
6 3 (27.27%) Project Management
6 3 (27.27%) Flash
6 3 (27.27%) XHTML
6 3 (27.27%) Internet
6 3 (27.27%) Social Media
6 3 (27.27%) Web Analytics
6 3 (27.27%) Usability Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (18.18%) Quantitative Analysis
7 2 (18.18%) Statistics
7 2 (18.18%) Direct Marketing
7 2 (18.18%) Logistic Regression
7 2 (18.18%) Cluster Analysis
7 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
7 2 (18.18%) Big Data
7 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
7 2 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
7 2 (18.18%) R

Multivariate Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Multivariate Testing 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 Multivariate Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (36.36%) HTML5
1 4 (36.36%) CSS
2 3 (27.27%) Flash
2 3 (27.27%) XHTML
3 1 (9.091%) HTML
3 1 (9.091%) RSS
3 1 (9.091%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Fireworks
1 4 (36.36%) Photoshop
2 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) WebTrends
1 1 (9.091%) SiteCatalyst
1 1 (9.091%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Big Data
1 2 (18.18%) Data Mining
2 1 (9.091%) QlikView
General
1 9 (81.82%) Marketing
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Publishing
4 1 (9.091%) Retail
4 1 (9.091%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Development Manager
1 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Web Producer
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Website Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Web Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Digital Designer
3 1 (9.091%) Online Marketing Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Social Media
2 2 (18.18%) Statistics
2 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
3 1 (9.091%) Digital Media
3 1 (9.091%) Open Source
3 1 (9.091%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
1 1 (9.091%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) SEO
2 6 (54.55%) E-Commerce
3 5 (45.45%) Online Marketing
3 5 (45.45%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Web Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Usability Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (18.18%) Quantitative Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Direct Marketing
5 2 (18.18%) Logistic Regression
5 2 (18.18%) Cluster Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) CHAID
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (9.091%) Content Management
6 1 (9.091%) Workflow
6 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.091%) Web Development
6 1 (9.091%) Customer Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) R
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) VBA
3 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) ATG
2 1 (9.091%) Adobe
2 1 (9.091%) Interwoven
2 1 (9.091%) Tableau
2 1 (9.091%) Twitter
2 1 (9.091%) Omniture
2 1 (9.091%) Google