The first table below looks at the demand for Web Usability skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Usability 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Usability
Rank 524 575 567
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -8
Contract jobs citing Web Usability 5 9 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.015% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.023% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
Average daily rate £163 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £250 £400
% change year-on-year
- -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £13.61 £19.13 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.83% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.61 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year
-28.36% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32941 39581 41270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.01% 67.87% 67.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19678 22705 23413
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1282 1475
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 £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%

Web Usability
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Web Usability Jobs Demand Trend

Web Usability
Daily Rate Trend

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

Web Usability Daily Rate Trend

Web Usability
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Web Usability Hourly Rate Trend

Web Usability
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Usability 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 +41 3 £163 -56.66%
London +35 2 £163 -56.66%
Scotland -7 2 - -
Glasgow - 2 - -
North West - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

Web Usability
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
1 9 (69.23%) CSS
2 8 (61.54%) HTML
3 7 (53.85%) Ajax
4 5 (38.46%) Content Management
4 5 (38.46%) XML
4 5 (38.46%) Photoshop
4 5 (38.46%) CSS3
5 4 (30.77%) jQuery
5 4 (30.77%) HTML5
5 4 (30.77%) OO
5 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
5 4 (30.77%) Project Management
6 3 (23.08%) Adobe
6 3 (23.08%) Internet
6 3 (23.08%) XHTML
6 3 (23.08%) XSLT
6 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
6 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
6 3 (23.08%) IIS
6 3 (23.08%) MS Office
6 3 (23.08%) C#
6 3 (23.08%) .NET
6 3 (23.08%) iPad
7 2 (15.38%) Sencha
7 2 (15.38%) YUI
7 2 (15.38%) Node.js
7 2 (15.38%) Android
7 2 (15.38%) iPhone
7 2 (15.38%) Lightstreamer

Web Usability
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (69.23%) CSS
2 8 (61.54%) HTML
3 7 (53.85%) Ajax
4 5 (38.46%) XML
4 5 (38.46%) CSS3
5 4 (30.77%) jQuery
5 4 (30.77%) HTML5
6 3 (23.08%) XHTML
6 3 (23.08%) XSLT
6 3 (23.08%) .NET
7 2 (15.38%) YUI
7 2 (15.38%) Node.js
7 2 (15.38%) Ext JS
7 2 (15.38%) JSON
7 2 (15.38%) WebSockets
7 2 (15.38%) Sencha Touch
7 2 (15.38%) Sass
7 2 (15.38%) J2EE
7 2 (15.38%) DHTML
7 2 (15.38%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
1 3 (23.08%) IIS
2 2 (15.38%) Lightstreamer
3 1 (7.692%) CMS
3 1 (7.692%) Content Management Server
3 1 (7.692%) WordPress
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Photoshop
2 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
3 3 (23.08%) MS Office
4 2 (15.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (7.692%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
2 2 (15.38%) Intranet
3 1 (7.692%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
1 2 (15.38%) DTS
1 2 (15.38%) RDBMS
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
General
1 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 1 (7.692%) Multimedia
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Web Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Designer
4 1 (7.692%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Web Editor
4 1 (7.692%) Lead Developer
4 1 (7.692%) UI Programmer
4 1 (7.692%) Interactive Designer
4 1 (7.692%) UI Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Communications Officer
4 1 (7.692%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Front-End Web Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Online Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) iPad
2 2 (15.38%) iPhone
2 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
2 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
2 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
2 2 (15.38%) Smartphone
3 1 (7.692%) NHS
3 1 (7.692%) W3C
3 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
3 1 (7.692%) Copywriting
3 1 (7.692%) Blog
3 1 (7.692%) Social Network
3 1 (7.692%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Content Management
2 4 (30.77%) OO
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
4 2 (15.38%) Web Development
4 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Graceful Degradation
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) MVC
4 2 (15.38%) SEO
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 2 (15.38%) Web Design
5 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.692%) Web Analytics
5 1 (7.692%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.692%) Workflow
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) XPath
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.692%) PHP
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Sencha
2 2 (15.38%) Sybase
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Google
3 1 (7.692%) Facebook
3 1 (7.692%) Twitter
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