The first table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CMS over the 3 months to 22 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 for the Wales region.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management System (CMS)
Rank 42 53 49
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -4
Contract jobs citing CMS 3 3 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.703% 0.523% 1.529%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.839% 2.609% 7.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
Average daily rate £238 £500 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.50% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £272 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £17.76 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-7.06% -11.22%
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
62 115 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 14.52% 20.03% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 46 71
Average daily rate £350 £308 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% -5.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £105 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.85 £9.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.65 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
CMS
UK

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales CMS Jobs Demand Trend

CMS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CMS across the Wales region.

Wales CMS Daily Rate Trend

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CMS across the Wales region.

Wales CMS Hourly Rate Trend

CMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales +3 2 £200 -60.00%
CMS
UK

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing 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 CMS.

1 7 (77.78%) HTML
1 7 (77.78%) CSS
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (44.44%) Web Services
3 4 (44.44%) Photoshop
3 4 (44.44%) HTML5
3 4 (44.44%) CSS3
4 3 (33.33%) Social Media
4 3 (33.33%) MySQL
4 3 (33.33%) PHP
5 2 (22.22%) .NET
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 2 (22.22%) XML
5 2 (22.22%) HND
5 2 (22.22%) OOP
5 2 (22.22%) SEO
5 2 (22.22%) LAMP
5 2 (22.22%) Flash
5 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
5 2 (22.22%) Fireworks
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
5 2 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (22.22%) PHP5
5 2 (22.22%) jQuery
5 2 (22.22%) WordPress
5 2 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Joomla!

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) HTML
1 7 (77.78%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) Web Services
2 4 (44.44%) HTML5
2 4 (44.44%) CSS3
3 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 2 (22.22%) XML
3 2 (22.22%) LAMP
3 2 (22.22%) Flash
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 1 (11.11%) WCF
4 1 (11.11%) WPF
4 1 (11.11%) JSON
4 1 (11.11%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) WordPress
1 2 (22.22%) Joomla!
2 1 (11.11%) Kentico
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Photoshop
2 2 (22.22%) Fireworks
2 2 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) DECT
2 1 (11.11%) DEFINITY
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Big Data
3 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Graduate
3 2 (22.22%) Web Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Graphic Designer
3 2 (22.22%) PHP Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Interactive Designer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Application Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Web Applications Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Database Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Interactive Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Social Media
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 2 (22.22%) Copywriting
3 1 (11.11%) Web 2.0
3 1 (11.11%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) OOP
1 2 (22.22%) SEO
1 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (11.11%) Content Management
2 1 (11.11%) SOA
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) PHP
3 2 (22.22%) PHP5
4 1 (11.11%) XAML
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) Perl
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
4 1 (11.11%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) HND
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CCVP
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Avaya