The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 93 100 97
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -3
Contract jobs citing Open Source 24 22 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.232% 0.908% 0.471%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.581% 5.851% 2.459%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 6
Average daily rate £310 £300 £266
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £278 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
- +37.93%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
430 376 366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 22.07% 15.51% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 194 157
Average daily rate £313 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £465 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 30
Average hourly rate £15.75 £16.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.56% -28.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.83 £11.00 £10.62
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Open Source
England

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Open Source across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Yorkshire Open Source Jobs Demand Trend

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Open Source Daily Rate Trend

Open Source
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Open Source across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire Open Source Daily Rate Histogram

Open Source
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Open Source Hourly Rate Trend

Open Source
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire -1 14 £260 -13.33% 6
North Yorkshire - 10 £365 - 6
South Yorkshire - - - - 2
Open Source
England

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Open Source 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 Open Source.

1 23 (48.94%) Java
2 19 (40.43%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (34.04%) Apache
4 12 (25.53%) Linux
5 11 (23.40%) XML
6 10 (21.28%) CSS
6 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
6 10 (21.28%) .NET
6 10 (21.28%) J2EE
6 10 (21.28%) MVC
7 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
7 9 (19.15%) OO
7 9 (19.15%) Tomcat
7 9 (19.15%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (19.15%) Windows Azure
8 8 (17.02%) SaaS
8 8 (17.02%) PaaS
8 8 (17.02%) SCOM
8 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (17.02%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (17.02%) Hyper-V
8 8 (17.02%) CloudStack
8 8 (17.02%) IaaS
8 8 (17.02%) OpenStack
8 8 (17.02%) Citrix
8 8 (17.02%) Web Services
8 8 (17.02%) VMware
8 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (17.02%) Subversion
8 8 (17.02%) Maven

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Open Source 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 Open Source. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (23.40%) XML
2 10 (21.28%) CSS
2 10 (21.28%) .NET
2 10 (21.28%) J2EE
3 8 (17.02%) Web Services
4 7 (14.89%) XHTML
5 6 (12.77%) XSLT
6 5 (10.64%) Ajax
6 5 (10.64%) SOAP
6 5 (10.64%) RESTful
7 4 (8.511%) Hibernate
7 4 (8.511%) Spring
7 4 (8.511%) .NET Framework
8 3 (6.383%) JSON
8 3 (6.383%) WebSphere
8 3 (6.383%) jQuery
8 3 (6.383%) LINQ
8 3 (6.383%) FreeMarker
8 3 (6.383%) Apache Axis
8 3 (6.383%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 16 (34.04%) Apache
2 9 (19.15%) Tomcat
2 9 (19.15%) Amazon EC2
2 9 (19.15%) Windows Azure
3 8 (17.02%) CloudStack
3 8 (17.02%) OpenStack
4 4 (8.511%) WebLogic
4 4 (8.511%) MS Exchange
5 3 (6.383%) Jetty
6 2 (4.255%) Apache Solr
6 2 (4.255%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (2.128%) CMS
7 1 (2.128%) Route 53
7 1 (2.128%) nginx
7 1 (2.128%) Amazon S3
Business Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) Internet
2 3 (6.383%) DVB
3 2 (4.255%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.128%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.128%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) MySQL
2 3 (6.383%) JasperReports
3 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (4.255%) RavenDB
3 2 (4.255%) Redis
3 2 (4.255%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.255%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.128%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.128%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.128%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (2.128%) Couchbase
4 1 (2.128%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.128%) CouchDB
4 1 (2.128%) SimpleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Subversion
1 8 (17.02%) Maven
2 7 (14.89%) Hudson
3 5 (10.64%) Jenkins
4 4 (8.511%) JUnit
5 3 (6.383%) Log4j
5 3 (6.383%) Eclipse
5 3 (6.383%) PhoneGap
5 3 (6.383%) jMock
5 3 (6.383%) TestNG
5 3 (6.383%) EasyMock
5 3 (6.383%) Subclipse
6 2 (4.255%) Git (software)
6 2 (4.255%) Visual Studio
6 2 (4.255%) Selenium
7 1 (2.128%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (8.511%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.255%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Developer
2 12 (25.53%) Architect
3 9 (19.15%) Technical Architect
4 8 (17.02%) Software Engineer
5 7 (14.89%) Java Developer
6 6 (12.77%) Analyst
6 6 (12.77%) Test Analyst
7 5 (10.64%) PHP Developer
8 4 (8.511%) Java Software Engineer
8 4 (8.511%) Infrastructure Architect
9 3 (6.383%) .NET Developer
9 3 (6.383%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
9 3 (6.383%) Android Developer
10 2 (4.255%) Senior Architect
10 2 (4.255%) Agile .NET Developer
10 2 (4.255%) Graduate
10 2 (4.255%) Performance Analyst
10 2 (4.255%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 2 (4.255%) Senior Technical Architect
10 2 (4.255%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (40.43%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (17.02%) SaaS
2 8 (17.02%) PaaS
2 8 (17.02%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (17.02%) IaaS
3 5 (10.64%) RIA
4 3 (6.383%) Computer Science
4 3 (6.383%) STB
4 3 (6.383%) MPEG
5 2 (4.255%) Social Media
5 2 (4.255%) N-Tier
5 2 (4.255%) NHS
6 1 (2.128%) Web 2.0
6 1 (2.128%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (25.53%) Linux
2 3 (6.383%) Android
3 1 (2.128%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) MVC
2 9 (19.15%) OO
3 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (12.77%) Scrum
5 5 (10.64%) AOP
5 5 (10.64%) TDD
5 5 (10.64%) B2C
5 5 (10.64%) Waterfall
5 5 (10.64%) V-Model
6 4 (8.511%) Multithreading
6 4 (8.511%) Content Management
7 3 (6.383%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (6.383%) Software Testing
7 3 (6.383%) OOD
7 3 (6.383%) Project Management
7 3 (6.383%) CRM
7 3 (6.383%) BDD
8 2 (4.255%) User Stories
8 2 (4.255%) ITIL
8 2 (4.255%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) Java
2 10 (21.28%) JavaScript
3 7 (14.89%) PHP
4 5 (10.64%) Ruby
4 5 (10.64%) Python
4 5 (10.64%) SQL
5 4 (8.511%) C
5 4 (8.511%) C#
5 4 (8.511%) C++
6 2 (4.255%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.128%) Erlang
7 1 (2.128%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.128%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) ISEB
1 6 (12.77%) ISTQB
2 4 (8.511%) MCITP
2 4 (8.511%) MCTS
2 4 (8.511%) Degree
3 2 (4.255%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) QA
System Software
1 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (17.02%) Hyper-V
1 8 (17.02%) Xen
2 4 (8.511%) UAG
Systems Management
1 8 (17.02%) SCOM
2 1 (2.128%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.02%) Citrix
2 8 (17.02%) VMware
2 8 (17.02%) Google
3 7 (14.89%) JBoss
3 7 (14.89%) Oracle
4 5 (10.64%) Zend
5 1 (2.128%) Vignette
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Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £380 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
c) HTML, Javascript, CSS, Ajax, Strong front end/UI development skills, Object Orientation... DESIRABLE SKILLS / EXPERIENCE: a) Sharepoint Development Experience, PHP, Objective-C, Ruby/Rails, FLASH, e-learning...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Rate: £300 - £325 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Experience of Git, Jenkins - Experience of performance and security testing - Experience of database solutions (MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Percona, Redis) - Exposure to nginx / apache tomcat / memcahce - Exposure to Kanban,...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £250 to £275 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
York, North Yorkshire
olid software design and engineering experience and techniques as well as experience in consuming JSON and XML interfaces in Android apps - REST and SOAP... with Continuous Build approaches...
Ioko
Posted: 12 June 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Android Developer - CONTRACT - York (commutable from Leeds) North Yorkshire. Accomplished Android Developer sought by market leader for an initial 3 month contract (potential to run) at their offices...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 12 June 2013
North Yorkshire
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