The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Salesforce.com products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Salesforce.com over the 3 months to 18 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Salesforce.com, Inc (SFDC).

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Salesforce.com
Rank 281 262 250
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -12
Contract jobs citing Salesforce.com 314 390 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.645% 0.672% 0.688%
As % of the Vendors category 1.374% 1.442% 1.465%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 253 214
Average daily rate £475 £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £388 £375
% change year-on-year
+29.03% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.70 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.08% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year
-40.00% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22858 27039 29208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.96% 46.56% 46.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12157 13678 14768
Average daily rate £400 £388 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -4.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1224 1348 1626
Average hourly rate £19.75 £19.63 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.63% -4.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.24 £11.37 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%

Salesforce.com
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salesforce.com Jobs Demand Trend

Salesforce.com
Daily Rate Trend

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

Salesforce.com Daily Rate Trend

Salesforce.com
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Salesforce.com within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Salesforce.com Daily Rate Histogram

Salesforce.com
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Salesforce.com Hourly Rate Trend

Salesforce.com
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Salesforce.com within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Salesforce.com Hourly Rate Histogram

Salesforce.com
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Salesforce.com within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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 -33 286 £475 +5.55% 97
London -37 214 £460 +2.22% 65
City of London +20 75 £475 - 32
South East +10 34 £550 +46.66% 13
Berkshire +28 12 £550 +144.44% 3
Hampshire -6 12 £550 +57.14% 2
Scotland -9 12 £580 +49.67%
Edinburgh +1 10 £580 +49.67%
East of England +19 9 £400 +3.22%
East Midlands - 7 £275 -
South West +29 4 £356 +46.15% 5
West Midlands +8 4 £513 +20.58% 2
Surrey +5 4 £688 +64.67% 4
Oxfordshire +4 4 £550 +4.76% 2
Yorkshire +1 4 £500 +81.81% 1
Hertfordshire +23 3 £344 -
Reading +10 3 £500 +122.22% 1
West Yorkshire +2 3 £500 +81.81%
Leeds +2 3 £500 +81.81%
Slough -4 3 £550 -
Suffolk - 3 £400 -
Manchester +8 2 £444 +10.93% 2
Cambridgeshire +8 2 £425 -
North West +3 2 £444 +10.93% 8
Bristol - 2 £400 - 1
Ipswich - 2 £400 -
Birmingham - 2 £550 -
Cambridge +10 1 - -
Brentford - 1 £545 -
Abingdon - 1 - -

Salesforce.com
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Salesforce.com 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 Salesforce.com.

1 240 (41.52%) CRM
2 160 (27.68%) Apex Code
3 127 (21.97%) Visualforce
4 94 (16.26%) Force.com
5 90 (15.57%) Project Management
6 88 (15.22%) Finance
7 73 (12.63%) Mason
8 72 (12.46%) Java
9 63 (10.90%) SaaS
10 60 (10.38%) Migration
11 59 (10.21%) Agile Software Development
12 56 (9.689%) JavaScript
13 55 (9.516%) Marketing
14 53 (9.170%) SQL
15 51 (8.824%) Business Analysis
16 48 (8.304%) .NET
17 39 (6.747%) SQL Server
18 38 (6.574%) Data Migration
19 37 (6.401%) HTML
19 37 (6.401%) SAP
19 37 (6.401%) Web Services
20 35 (6.055%) CSS
20 35 (6.055%) Cloud Computing
21 33 (5.709%) Scrum
22 30 (5.190%) Microsoft
23 28 (4.844%) Stakeholder Management
23 28 (4.844%) Telecoms
24 27 (4.671%) Asset Management
25 26 (4.498%) C#
26 23 (3.979%) Oracle

Salesforce.com
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Salesforce.com 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 Salesforce.com. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 127 (21.97%) Visualforce
2 73 (12.63%) Mason
3 48 (8.304%) .NET
4 37 (6.401%) HTML
4 37 (6.401%) Web Services
5 35 (6.055%) CSS
6 21 (3.633%) SOAP
7 18 (3.114%) XML
8 16 (2.768%) jQuery
8 16 (2.768%) REST
9 15 (2.595%) COM
10 14 (2.422%) XHTML
10 14 (2.422%) ASP.NET
11 13 (2.249%) Ajax
12 7 (1.211%) XSL
12 7 (1.211%) ASP
13 5 (0.865%) Middleware
14 4 (0.692%) WebSphere
14 4 (0.692%) Struts
15 3 (0.519%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 94 (16.26%) Force.com
2 13 (2.249%) Apache
2 13 (2.249%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.692%) Amazon AWS
3 4 (0.692%) CMS
4 3 (0.519%) SugarCRM
4 3 (0.519%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (0.519%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.519%) IIS
5 2 (0.346%) SAS
6 1 (0.173%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.173%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.173%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.173%) Kentico
6 1 (0.173%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.173%) ESB
6 1 (0.173%) Mule
6 1 (0.173%) WordPress
6 1 (0.173%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (2.768%) MS Excel
2 11 (1.903%) MS Project
3 5 (0.865%) MS Office
3 5 (0.865%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.692%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.173%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.173%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (3.979%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.903%) SAP CRM
3 3 (0.519%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.346%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.173%) Agresso
5 1 (0.173%) Pivotal CRM
5 1 (0.173%) SAP AFS
5 1 (0.173%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.173%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.173%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.865%) HTTP
2 4 (0.692%) Internet
3 2 (0.346%) Intranet
4 1 (0.173%) Extranet
4 1 (0.173%) LDAP
4 1 (0.173%) Broadband
4 1 (0.173%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.173%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.173%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.747%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.768%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.249%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (1.903%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.903%) MySQL
5 7 (1.211%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.865%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (0.692%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (0.519%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (0.519%) QlikView
8 3 (0.519%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.346%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.346%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (0.173%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.173%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.173%) MS Access
10 1 (0.173%) OLAP
10 1 (0.173%) Oracle 10g
10 1 (0.173%) PowerCenter
10 1 (0.173%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 16 (2.768%) Eclipse
2 15 (2.595%) Subversion
3 8 (1.384%) Talend Open Studio
4 7 (1.211%) Git (software)
4 7 (1.211%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (1.211%) Mercurial
4 7 (1.211%) Ant
5 6 (1.038%) Redmine
5 6 (1.038%) FogBugz
5 6 (1.038%) Trac
6 4 (0.692%) Selenium
7 3 (0.519%) JUnit
7 3 (0.519%) ERwin
8 2 (0.346%) NetBeans
8 2 (0.346%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.173%) Maven
9 1 (0.173%) JIRA
9 1 (0.173%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.173%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.173%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 88 (15.22%) Finance
2 55 (9.516%) Marketing
3 28 (4.844%) Telecoms
4 20 (3.460%) Publishing
5 19 (3.287%) Billing
6 17 (2.941%) Banking
7 16 (2.768%) Retail
8 14 (2.422%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (1.730%) Back Office
9 10 (1.730%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.384%) Front Office
11 7 (1.211%) Automotive
12 6 (1.038%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.692%) French Language
13 4 (0.692%) German Language
14 2 (0.346%) Italian Language
14 2 (0.346%) Advertising
14 2 (0.346%) Law
14 2 (0.346%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.346%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 144 (24.91%) Developer
2 137 (23.70%) Analyst
3 111 (19.20%) Salesforce.com Developer
4 86 (14.88%) Business Analyst
5 80 (13.84%) Project Manager
6 75 (12.98%) Architect
7 57 (9.862%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
8 55 (9.516%) Salesforce.com Architect
9 46 (7.958%) Consultant
10 42 (7.266%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
11 37 (6.401%) Salesforce.com Consultant
12 30 (5.190%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (4.498%) Administrator
14 22 (3.806%) Salesforce.com Administrator
15 19 (3.287%) Data Analyst
15 19 (3.287%) Technical Leader
16 18 (3.114%) Technical Architect
17 17 (2.941%) CRM Manager
18 16 (2.768%) CRM Analyst
19 13 (2.249%) CRM Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.90%) SaaS
2 35 (6.055%) Cloud Computing
3 22 (3.806%) Data Integration
4 16 (2.768%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.249%) Heroku
6 10 (1.730%) Computer Science
7 8 (1.384%) PaaS
8 6 (1.038%) Social Media
9 4 (0.692%) NHS
9 4 (0.692%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.692%) Web 2.0
10 3 (0.519%) Informatics
10 3 (0.519%) FMCG
11 2 (0.346%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.346%) PMI
12 1 (0.173%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.173%) Mathematics
12 1 (0.173%) Replication
12 1 (0.173%) CLARiiON
12 1 (0.173%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.768%) Linux
2 7 (1.211%) UNIX
2 7 (1.211%) Windows
3 2 (0.346%) Solaris
3 2 (0.346%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (41.52%) CRM
2 90 (15.57%) Project Management
3 60 (10.38%) Migration
4 59 (10.21%) Agile Software Development
5 51 (8.824%) Business Analysis
6 38 (6.574%) Data Migration
7 33 (5.709%) Scrum
8 28 (4.844%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (4.671%) Asset Management
10 23 (3.979%) Data Analysis
11 21 (3.633%) ETL
12 18 (3.114%) User Acceptance Testing
13 17 (2.941%) Web Development
13 17 (2.941%) PRINCE2
13 17 (2.941%) Workflow
13 17 (2.941%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (2.768%) E-Commerce
15 15 (2.595%) Programme Management
16 14 (2.422%) Data Modelling
16 14 (2.422%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 160 (27.68%) Apex Code
2 72 (12.46%) Java
3 56 (9.689%) JavaScript
4 53 (9.170%) SQL
5 26 (4.498%) C#
6 13 (2.249%) PHP
7 9 (1.557%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.211%) PHP5
9 6 (1.038%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.519%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.519%) VBA
11 2 (0.346%) XQuery
11 2 (0.346%) PowerHouse
11 2 (0.346%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.346%) Ruby
11 2 (0.346%) XPath
11 2 (0.346%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.173%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.173%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.173%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 18 (3.114%) Degree
2 7 (1.211%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (0.865%) ISEB
4 4 (0.692%) PMI Certification
4 4 (0.692%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.519%) PMP
5 3 (0.519%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.173%) MBA
6 1 (0.173%) OCP
6 1 (0.173%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.173%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.768%) QA
2 9 (1.557%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.519%) SLA
4 1 (0.173%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.173%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (0.865%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.173%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.173%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (0.173%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.173%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.173%) Nagios
1 1 (0.173%) EMC Navisphere
1 1 (0.173%) SCOM
1 1 (0.173%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 37 (6.401%) SAP
2 30 (5.190%) Microsoft
3 23 (3.979%) Oracle
3 23 (3.979%) Informatica
4 22 (3.806%) Eloqua
5 17 (2.941%) Siebel
6 10 (1.730%) TIBCO
6 10 (1.730%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.384%) Talend
7 8 (1.384%) Zend
8 5 (0.865%) Cerillion
8 5 (0.865%) Unica
8 5 (0.865%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 5 (0.865%) IBM
9 4 (0.692%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.519%) Google
11 2 (0.346%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.346%) VMware
11 2 (0.346%) Pega
11 2 (0.346%) BMC
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