The first table below looks at the demand for Sitecore CMS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sitecore CMS over the 3 months to 23 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 Platforms 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore CMS
Rank 462 523 552
Rank change year-on-year
+61 +29
Contract jobs citing Sitecore CMS 79 42 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.170% 0.072% 0.055%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.943% 0.441% 0.328%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 26 15
Average daily rate £375 £334 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.35% -4.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £231 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £438 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £325
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -71.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8376 9520 10378
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.08% 16.31% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4746 5226 5538
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 447 429 569
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.73 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.65 £38.15 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%

Sitecore CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sitecore CMS Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Trend

Sitecore CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sitecore CMS within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Sitecore CMS Daily Rate Histogram

Sitecore CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sitecore CMS Hourly Rate Trend

Sitecore CMS
Top 28 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sitecore CMS within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +84 78 £375 +11.11%
London +56 51 £369 +5.35%
South East +31 15 £425 +30.76%
City of London +24 13 £425 +6.25%
West Sussex - 6 £400 -
North West +13 4 £313 +13.63%
West Midlands - 4 £296 -
Manchester - 3 - -
Berkshire - 3 £550 -
East Sussex - 3 £463 -
South West +30 2 £246 -0.30%
Surrey +19 2 £375 +15.38%
Bristol +14 2 £246 -25.37%
Reading - 2 £550 -
Brighton - 2 £500 -
East of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £300 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £300 -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 £313 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £263 -
Basingstoke - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 £300 -
Farnham - 1 - -
Crawley - 1 - -
Chester - 1 £313 -

Sitecore CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Sitecore CMS 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 Sitecore CMS.

1 173 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 163 (94.22%) CMS
3 127 (73.41%) .NET
4 100 (57.80%) C#
5 91 (52.60%) ASP.NET
6 69 (39.88%) CSS
7 61 (35.26%) MVC
8 58 (33.53%) HTML
9 55 (31.79%) JavaScript
10 54 (31.21%) SQL Server
11 53 (30.64%) ASP.NET MVC
12 46 (26.59%) jQuery
13 45 (26.01%) Umbraco
14 42 (24.28%) E-Commerce
15 39 (22.54%) Scrum
16 35 (20.23%) EPiServer
17 33 (19.08%) TDD
18 31 (17.92%) SQL
18 31 (17.92%) ASP.NET MVC 3
19 29 (16.76%) Content Management
20 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
21 25 (14.45%) Agile Software Development
22 24 (13.87%) Ajax
23 23 (13.29%) BDD
24 22 (12.72%) Continuous Integration
25 21 (12.14%) Visual Studio
25 21 (12.14%) XML
26 20 (11.56%) .NET Framework
27 19 (10.98%) Marketing
27 19 (10.98%) Analytics

Sitecore CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Sitecore CMS 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 Sitecore CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 127 (73.41%) .NET
2 91 (52.60%) ASP.NET
3 69 (39.88%) CSS
4 58 (33.53%) HTML
5 53 (30.64%) ASP.NET MVC
6 46 (26.59%) jQuery
7 31 (17.92%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 24 (13.87%) Ajax
9 21 (12.14%) XML
10 20 (11.56%) .NET Framework
11 17 (9.827%) XHTML
11 17 (9.827%) Razor View Engine
11 17 (9.827%) HTML5
12 16 (9.249%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 16 (9.249%) WCF
13 11 (6.358%) RESTful
14 10 (5.780%) CSS3
14 10 (5.780%) ASP.NET MVC 2
14 10 (5.780%) Web Services
15 9 (5.202%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 163 (94.22%) CMS
2 45 (26.01%) Umbraco
3 18 (10.40%) SharePoint
4 10 (5.780%) DotNetNuke
5 9 (5.202%) Kentico
6 6 (3.468%) EPiServer CMS
7 4 (2.312%) Sitefinity
7 4 (2.312%) TeamSite
8 3 (1.734%) Apache
8 3 (1.734%) IIS
8 3 (1.734%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (1.156%) Drupal
9 2 (1.156%) Immediacy CMS
9 2 (1.156%) Liferay
9 2 (1.156%) Alfresco
9 2 (1.156%) Adobe CQ
9 2 (1.156%) Documentum
9 2 (1.156%) Content Management Server
10 1 (0.578%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.578%) CoreMedia CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.468%) MS Excel
1 6 (3.468%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.156%) MS Project
3 1 (0.578%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 3 (1.734%) Google Analytics
2 2 (1.156%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.578%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.936%) HTTP
2 4 (2.312%) Internet
3 1 (0.578%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (31.21%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.624%) MarkLogic
3 4 (2.312%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (2.312%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.734%) MySQL
4 3 (1.734%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.734%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.578%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.578%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.578%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 21 (12.14%) Visual Studio
2 17 (9.827%) Subversion
3 12 (6.936%) NUnit
4 8 (4.624%) Git (software)
5 6 (3.468%) JIRA
6 5 (2.890%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.890%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (2.312%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.734%) Rhino Mocks
8 3 (1.734%) FitNesse
9 2 (1.156%) Selenium
9 2 (1.156%) Jenkins
9 2 (1.156%) Maven
9 2 (1.156%) CruiseControl
9 2 (1.156%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.578%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.578%) Appcelerator Titanium
10 1 (0.578%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.578%) Moq
10 1 (0.578%) Mercurial
General
1 19 (10.98%) Marketing
2 14 (8.092%) Finance
3 13 (7.514%) Publishing
4 8 (4.624%) Back Office
5 7 (4.046%) Retail
6 4 (2.312%) Banking
7 2 (1.156%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.156%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.156%) Automotive
7 2 (1.156%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.578%) Electronics
8 1 (0.578%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.578%) Advertising
8 1 (0.578%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 117 (67.63%) Developer
2 54 (31.21%) .NET Developer
3 29 (16.76%) Architect
4 18 (10.40%) Web Developer
5 17 (9.827%) ASP.NET Developer
6 15 (8.671%) C# Developer
7 11 (6.358%) C# .NET Developer
8 10 (5.780%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 9 (5.202%) Technical Architect
10 8 (4.624%) CMS Developer
10 8 (4.624%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.468%) Analyst
11 6 (3.468%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.890%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.890%) Senior .NET Developer
12 5 (2.890%) Front-End Developer
13 4 (2.312%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
13 4 (2.312%) Agile Project Manager
13 4 (2.312%) Umbraco Developer
14 3 (1.734%) Web Editor
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.358%) FMCG
2 6 (3.468%) Digital Media
3 4 (2.312%) Mathematics
3 4 (2.312%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.734%) Data Integration
4 3 (1.734%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.156%) Social Media
6 1 (0.578%) W3C
6 1 (0.578%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.578%) DTV
6 1 (0.578%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.578%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.578%) iPad
6 1 (0.578%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.156%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.578%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (35.26%) MVC
2 42 (24.28%) E-Commerce
3 39 (22.54%) Scrum
4 33 (19.08%) TDD
5 29 (16.76%) Content Management
6 25 (14.45%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (13.29%) BDD
8 22 (12.72%) Continuous Integration
9 19 (10.98%) Analytics
10 18 (10.40%) Web Analytics
11 17 (9.827%) CRM
11 17 (9.827%) Web Development
12 13 (7.514%) B2C
13 11 (6.358%) Workflow
13 11 (6.358%) B2B
14 10 (5.780%) Web Application Development
15 8 (4.624%) Domain-Driven Design
16 7 (4.046%) SEO
17 6 (3.468%) PRINCE2
18 5 (2.890%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 100 (57.80%) C#
2 55 (31.79%) JavaScript
3 31 (17.92%) SQL
4 12 (6.936%) Java
5 9 (5.202%) VB.NET
6 7 (4.046%) XQuery
6 7 (4.046%) XPath
7 5 (2.890%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.890%) PHP
8 2 (1.156%) C
9 1 (0.578%) XAML
Qualifications
1 8 (4.624%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.890%) Degree
3 4 (2.312%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (1.734%) ISEB
4 3 (1.734%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.578%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.312%) QA
Vendors
1 173 (100.00%) Sitecore
2 35 (20.23%) EPiServer
3 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
4 15 (8.671%) hybris
5 10 (5.780%) Google
6 4 (2.312%) Facebook
6 4 (2.312%) ATG
6 4 (2.312%) RedDot
7 2 (1.156%) Omniture
7 2 (1.156%) Venda
8 1 (0.578%) SAP
8 1 (0.578%) Oracle
8 1 (0.578%) Mercator
8 1 (0.578%) Adobe
8 1 (0.578%) Siebel
8 1 (0.578%) Open Text
8 1 (0.578%) Alterian
8 1 (0.578%) Appcelerator
8 1 (0.578%) Ektron
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