The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of EPiServer products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited EPiServer 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 for the West Midlands 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within EPiServer.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EPiServer
Rank 95 - 93
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing EPiServer 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.059% - 0.054%
As % of the Vendors category 0.116% - 0.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £400
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
865 1109 807
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.46% 49.35% 43.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 456 325
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 99 87
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.85 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.70% +14.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
EPiServer
England

EPiServer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing EPiServer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands EPiServer Jobs Demand Trend

EPiServer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands EPiServer Daily Rate Trend

EPiServer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EPiServer within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham - 1 - -
EPiServer
England

EPiServer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer.

1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) CMS
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 5 (83.33%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (83.33%) Sitecore
3 4 (66.67%) Web Development
3 4 (66.67%) RedDot
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) MVC
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) jQuery
4 1 (16.67%) Umbraco
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (16.67%) EPiServer CMS
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3

EPiServer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing EPiServer 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 EPiServer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) CMS
2 5 (83.33%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (16.67%) Umbraco
3 1 (16.67%) EPiServer CMS
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Sitecore
2 4 (66.67%) RedDot