The first table below looks at the demand for Visualforce skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Visualforce over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Salesforce.com Visualforce
Rank 464 482 485
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +3
Contract jobs citing Visualforce 65 102 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.140% 0.175% 0.162%
As % of the Application Development category 0.513% 0.688% 0.589%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 70 47
Average daily rate £469 £456 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £349 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £553 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
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 364 388 570
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 £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

Visualforce
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Visualforce Jobs Demand Trend

Visualforce
Daily Rate Trend

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

Visualforce Daily Rate Trend

Visualforce
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visualforce within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Visualforce Daily Rate Histogram

Visualforce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Visualforce Hourly Rate Trend

Visualforce
Top 19 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visualforce within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +10 61 £475 +4.10%
London +2 45 £475 +4.10%
City of London +13 23 £475 -
South East +12 7 £450 -
Surrey +16 3 £438 -20.45%
Berkshire +15 3 £550 +189.47%
East of England +19 2 £550 +64.17%
Yorkshire - 2 £500 -
South West - 2 £363 -
Leeds - 2 £500 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £500 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £550 -
Oxfordshire +4 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £425 -
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
Wiltshire - 1 £275 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £475 -
Staines - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £450 -

Visualforce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Visualforce 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 Visualforce.

1 124 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
1 124 (100.00%) Apex Code
2 64 (51.61%) Force.com
3 46 (37.10%) Mason
4 37 (29.84%) Java
5 26 (20.97%) Cloud Computing
5 26 (20.97%) SaaS
6 24 (19.35%) CRM
7 23 (18.55%) JavaScript
8 18 (14.52%) Agile Software Development
9 16 (12.90%) Marketing
10 15 (12.10%) HTML
10 15 (12.10%) CSS
11 13 (10.48%) Project Management
12 12 (9.677%) Web Development
13 11 (8.871%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (8.065%) Web Services
14 10 (8.065%) SQL
14 10 (8.065%) Migration
15 9 (7.258%) Finance
15 9 (7.258%) TDD
15 9 (7.258%) SOAP
15 9 (7.258%) Eclipse
15 9 (7.258%) REST
15 9 (7.258%) Data Migration
15 9 (7.258%) Degree
16 8 (6.452%) Scrum
17 7 (5.645%) Business Analysis
17 7 (5.645%) Enterprise Software
18 6 (4.839%) Informatica

Visualforce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Visualforce 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 Visualforce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (37.10%) Mason
2 15 (12.10%) HTML
2 15 (12.10%) CSS
3 10 (8.065%) Web Services
4 9 (7.258%) SOAP
4 9 (7.258%) REST
5 6 (4.839%) .NET
6 5 (4.032%) XML
7 4 (3.226%) jQuery
8 3 (2.419%) Ajax
8 3 (2.419%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.613%) soapUI
10 1 (0.806%) OAuth
10 1 (0.806%) JPA
10 1 (0.806%) Spring
10 1 (0.806%) Apache Flex
10 1 (0.806%) .NET Remoting
10 1 (0.806%) ASP
10 1 (0.806%) DOM
10 1 (0.806%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 64 (51.61%) Force.com
2 1 (0.806%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.419%) HTTP
2 2 (1.613%) Internet
3 1 (0.806%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.613%) RDBMS
1 2 (1.613%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.806%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (7.258%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.419%) Subversion
3 2 (1.613%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.806%) JIRA
General
1 16 (12.90%) Marketing
2 9 (7.258%) Finance
3 4 (3.226%) Billing
4 2 (1.613%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.613%) Publishing
4 2 (1.613%) German Language
5 1 (0.806%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (0.806%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.806%) Back Office
5 1 (0.806%) Law
5 1 (0.806%) Banking
5 1 (0.806%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (62.10%) Salesforce.com Developer
1 77 (62.10%) Developer
2 19 (15.32%) Architect
3 9 (7.258%) Analyst
4 8 (6.452%) Salesforce.com Consultant
4 8 (6.452%) Consultant
5 7 (5.645%) Technical Architect
5 7 (5.645%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.839%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
6 6 (4.839%) Salesforce.com Administrator
6 6 (4.839%) Administrator
7 5 (4.032%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.032%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.226%) Technical Leader
9 3 (2.419%) .NET Developer
9 3 (2.419%) Senior .NET Developer
10 2 (1.613%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (1.613%) Java Developer
10 2 (1.613%) Project Manager
10 2 (1.613%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.97%) Cloud Computing
1 26 (20.97%) SaaS
2 7 (5.645%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.226%) Web 2.0
4 2 (1.613%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.613%) FMCG
5 1 (0.806%) Online Gambling
5 1 (0.806%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (19.35%) CRM
2 18 (14.52%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (10.48%) Project Management
4 12 (9.677%) Web Development
5 11 (8.871%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (8.065%) Migration
7 9 (7.258%) TDD
7 9 (7.258%) Data Migration
8 8 (6.452%) Scrum
9 7 (5.645%) Business Analysis
10 3 (2.419%) Technical Architecture
10 3 (2.419%) E-Commerce
11 2 (1.613%) Asset Management
11 2 (1.613%) Validation
11 2 (1.613%) OO
11 2 (1.613%) Data Modelling
11 2 (1.613%) Kanban
11 2 (1.613%) Unit Testing
11 2 (1.613%) Continuous Integration
12 1 (0.806%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (100.00%) Apex Code
2 37 (29.84%) Java
3 23 (18.55%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.065%) SQL
5 4 (3.226%) C#
6 1 (0.806%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (7.258%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.613%) QA
Vendors
1 124 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
2 6 (4.839%) Informatica
3 3 (2.419%) Sitecore
3 3 (2.419%) SAP
4 2 (1.613%) IBM
4 2 (1.613%) Oracle
4 2 (1.613%) Google
4 2 (1.613%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.806%) Twitter
Bristol, Avon
Experience working in an Agile development environment would be advantageous, as would any Salesforce certifications (DEV401, DEV501) This is a great opportunity to work with a rapidly growing...
ISL
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Salesforce Developer - 3 Month Contract - City of London - £ Excellent RateSalesforce Developer required to assist the client in the design and delivery of their technical Salesforce solution... Pioneer Consulting...
Pioneer Consulting
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
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, 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
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will work with the Business Analyst team to understand the requirements of the Sales and Marketing departments and then formulate into technical specifications.
Mason Frank International
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 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
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
West London
Our client, a Renowned Broadcasting Giant is currently recruiting for a Salesforce Developer for an initial 3 month contract based at their offices in Osterley / West London. Description:...
Experis IT
Rate: £500 - £501 per day
Posted: 24 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
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
London
You will be working alongside an experienced project team to help facilitate two key projects for the business... The second will be to design an add on to...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £425 - £475 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013