The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sony 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 Sony 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 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 the Sony Corporation.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sony
Rank 527 572 553
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -19
Contract jobs citing Sony 13 9 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.015% 0.045%
As % of the Vendors category 0.059% 0.033% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 11
Average daily rate £320 £301 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% -24.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £450 £175
% change year-on-year
- +157.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £30.00 £13.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -50.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £13.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+122.22% -50.90%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22181 27194 27998
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.98% 46.52% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11810 13898 14021
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £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 1218 1319 1577
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.23 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%

Sony
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sony Jobs Demand Trend

Sony
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sony Daily Rate Trend

Sony
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sony Hourly Rate Trend

Sony
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sony 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 +49 13 £320 +6.48%
London +19 10 £320 +6.48%
South East - 3 - -
Basingstoke - 2 - -
Hampshire - 2 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -

Sony
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (66.67%) QA
2 15 (62.50%) Java
3 12 (50.00%) HTML
3 12 (50.00%) CSS
4 11 (45.83%) E-Commerce
4 11 (45.83%) JavaScript
5 10 (41.67%) J2EE
5 10 (41.67%) Oracle
5 10 (41.67%) JUnit
5 10 (41.67%) EJB
5 10 (41.67%) JSP
5 10 (41.67%) Struts
5 10 (41.67%) XML
5 10 (41.67%) XSLT
5 10 (41.67%) MVC
5 10 (41.67%) TDD
5 10 (41.67%) Intershop
5 10 (41.67%) JSON
5 10 (41.67%) Kindle
5 10 (41.67%) REST
5 10 (41.67%) Unit Testing
6 6 (25.00%) Final Cut Pro
6 6 (25.00%) Games
7 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
7 5 (20.83%) ISEB
7 5 (20.83%) Software AG
7 5 (20.83%) SOAP
7 5 (20.83%) C++
7 5 (20.83%) Game Development
7 5 (20.83%) soapUI

Sony
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (50.00%) HTML
1 12 (50.00%) CSS
2 10 (41.67%) J2EE
2 10 (41.67%) EJB
2 10 (41.67%) JSP
2 10 (41.67%) Struts
2 10 (41.67%) XML
2 10 (41.67%) XSLT
2 10 (41.67%) JSON
2 10 (41.67%) REST
3 5 (20.83%) SOAP
3 5 (20.83%) soapUI
4 4 (16.67%) WebSphere
5 1 (4.167%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
2 1 (4.167%) Acrobat
2 1 (4.167%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (4.167%) InDesign
2 1 (4.167%) Adobe Premiere
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) FTP
1 1 (4.167%) TACACS
1 1 (4.167%) Firewall
1 1 (4.167%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (4.167%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 10 (41.67%) JUnit
General
1 6 (25.00%) Games
2 2 (8.333%) Publishing
2 2 (8.333%) Marketing
3 1 (4.167%) Music
3 1 (4.167%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Developer
1 10 (41.67%) Java Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Programmer
2 5 (20.83%) QA Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) C++ Programmer
2 5 (20.83%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 1 (4.167%) Network Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Senior Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Programme Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Software Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Web Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Senior IT Programme Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Web Project Manager
3 1 (4.167%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (4.167%) Test Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (4.167%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Kindle
2 1 (4.167%) Photography
2 1 (4.167%) BBC
2 1 (4.167%) Digital Media
2 1 (4.167%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) E-Commerce
2 10 (41.67%) MVC
2 10 (41.67%) TDD
2 10 (41.67%) Unit Testing
3 5 (20.83%) Game Development
4 4 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.167%) CRM
5 1 (4.167%) Project Management
5 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.167%) Content Management
5 1 (4.167%) SEO
5 1 (4.167%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) Java
2 11 (45.83%) JavaScript
3 5 (20.83%) C++
4 2 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
1 5 (20.83%) ISEB
2 1 (4.167%) CCNP
2 1 (4.167%) CCNA
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Oracle
1 10 (41.67%) Intershop
2 5 (20.83%) Software AG
3 4 (16.67%) hybris
3 4 (16.67%) IBM
3 4 (16.67%) ATG
4 1 (4.167%) Cisco
4 1 (4.167%) Adobe
4 1 (4.167%) Quark
4 1 (4.167%) Yahoo!
4 1 (4.167%) EPiServer
4 1 (4.167%) Polycom
4 1 (4.167%) Tandberg
4 1 (4.167%) Panasonic
4 1 (4.167%) SolarWinds
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