The first table below looks at the demand for MVC 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 MVC over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Model-View-Controller (MVC)
Rank 39 42 45
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Contract jobs citing MVC 4 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.971% 1.252% 2.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.418% 1.907% 3.275%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
Average daily rate £325 £263 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -17.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £233 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £328 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £140.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £23.88 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+38.21% -43.82%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
282 367 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.45% 65.65% 61.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 182 175
Average daily rate £365 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
MVC
UK

MVC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MVC across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales MVC Jobs Demand Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales MVC Daily Rate Trend

MVC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MVC across the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wales MVC Daily Rate Histogram

MVC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales MVC Hourly Rate Trend

MVC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVC within the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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 +2 2 £331 +12.28%
North Wales -1 2 £175 -30.00%
MVC
UK

MVC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing MVC 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 MVC.

1 9 (90.00%) .NET
2 8 (80.00%) C#
3 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
4 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (60.00%) .NET Framework
5 5 (50.00%) HTML
5 5 (50.00%) jQuery
6 4 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (40.00%) CSS
7 3 (30.00%) SQL
7 3 (30.00%) Windows
7 3 (30.00%) WCF
7 3 (30.00%) WPF
7 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (30.00%) Ajax
8 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (20.00%) Web Services
8 2 (20.00%) XML
8 2 (20.00%) Java
8 2 (20.00%) IIS
9 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
9 1 (10.00%) Ant
9 1 (10.00%) JUnit
9 1 (10.00%) JDBC
9 1 (10.00%) JSP
9 1 (10.00%) SOAP

MVC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (60.00%) .NET Framework
4 5 (50.00%) jQuery
4 5 (50.00%) HTML
5 4 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 4 (40.00%) CSS
6 3 (30.00%) WCF
6 3 (30.00%) WPF
6 3 (30.00%) Ajax
7 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (20.00%) Web Services
7 2 (20.00%) XML
8 1 (10.00%) XSD
8 1 (10.00%) XSLT
8 1 (10.00%) J2SE
8 1 (10.00%) Hibernate
8 1 (10.00%) Spring
8 1 (10.00%) JDBC
8 1 (10.00%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (10.00%) Apache
2 1 (10.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) GIS
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (10.00%) Ant
2 1 (10.00%) JUnit
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (10.00%) Maven
2 1 (10.00%) TestNG
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) .NET Developer
2 6 (60.00%) C# Developer
3 4 (40.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Web Developer
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Junior
5 1 (10.00%) Database Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Junior Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Web Applications Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Junior C# Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) C# Web Developer
5 1 (10.00%) C# Application Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Applications Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Mid-Level C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (10.00%) TDD
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (10.00%) OO
2 1 (10.00%) OOD
2 1 (10.00%) SOA
2 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) C#
2 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (10.00%) XAML
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft