The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sitecore products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sitecore 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 Vendors for the Cardiff region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Sitecore.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sitecore
Rank 59 37 50
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +13
Permanent jobs citing Sitecore 8 17 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.439% 3.855% 2.787%
As % of the Vendors category 2.632% 7.798% 5.755%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 16
Average salary £36,000 £29,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.13% -14.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,900 £21,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £36,500 £36,250
UK excluding London average salary £39,250 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+20.76% -18.75%
All Vendors
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
304 218 278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 54.68% 49.43% 48.43%
Number of salaries quoted 273 205 256
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,817 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,150 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sitecore
South Wales

Sitecore
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Sitecore across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cardiff Sitecore Jobs Demand Trend

Sitecore
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sitecore across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Sitecore Salary Trend

Sitecore
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sitecore across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff Sitecore Salary Histogram

Sitecore
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region citing Sitecore 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sitecore.

1 25 (96.15%) SQL Server
2 23 (88.46%) .NET
2 23 (88.46%) ASP.NET
3 21 (80.77%) CMS
3 21 (80.77%) Sitecore CMS
4 19 (73.08%) SharePoint
5 18 (69.23%) Visual Studio
6 16 (61.54%) MS Excel
7 15 (57.69%) .NET Framework
8 14 (53.85%) Scrum
8 14 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC
8 14 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
9 13 (50.00%) C#
10 11 (42.31%) CRM
10 11 (42.31%) Dynamics CRM
10 11 (42.31%) Razor View Engine
10 11 (42.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (38.46%) Content Management
11 10 (38.46%) TDD
11 10 (38.46%) Umbraco
11 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (34.62%) BizTalk Server
12 9 (34.62%) Finance
12 9 (34.62%) OO
12 9 (34.62%) Unit Testing
13 8 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
13 8 (30.77%) SharePoint Server
13 8 (30.77%) ReSharper
13 8 (30.77%) Retail

Sitecore
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region citing Sitecore also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Sitecore. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (88.46%) .NET
1 23 (88.46%) ASP.NET
2 15 (57.69%) .NET Framework
3 14 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC
3 14 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 11 (42.31%) Razor View Engine
5 8 (30.77%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 8 (30.77%) Castle Windsor
6 6 (23.08%) jQuery
6 6 (23.08%) XHTML
6 6 (23.08%) CSS
7 5 (19.23%) HTML
8 4 (15.38%) XML
9 2 (7.692%) Lucene
9 2 (7.692%) HTML5
10 1 (3.846%) COM
10 1 (3.846%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 21 (80.77%) CMS
1 21 (80.77%) Sitecore CMS
2 19 (73.08%) SharePoint
3 10 (38.46%) Umbraco
4 9 (34.62%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (30.77%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (7.692%) Apache Solr
6 2 (7.692%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 16 (61.54%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (96.15%) SQL Server
2 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (7.692%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 18 (69.23%) Visual Studio
2 11 (42.31%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (30.77%) ReSharper
4 3 (11.54%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Retail
3 3 (11.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (96.15%) Developer
2 14 (53.85%) .NET Developer
3 5 (19.23%) BizTalk Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Systems Developer
5 2 (7.692%) CMS Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Lead .NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Lead Web Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.846%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Android
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
1 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
1 2 (7.692%) Windows 8
1 2 (7.692%) Windows Phone 8
1 2 (7.692%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Scrum
2 11 (42.31%) CRM
3 10 (38.46%) Content Management
3 10 (38.46%) TDD
4 9 (34.62%) OO
4 9 (34.62%) Unit Testing
5 8 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (23.08%) Web Development
7 5 (19.23%) MVC
8 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (7.692%) Software Engineering
9 2 (7.692%) OOD
9 2 (7.692%) SOA
9 2 (7.692%) ETL
9 2 (7.692%) Kimball Methodology
10 1 (3.846%) Waterfall
10 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
10 1 (3.846%) Risk Management
10 1 (3.846%) Project Management
10 1 (3.846%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) C#
2 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 3 (11.54%) SQL
4 2 (7.692%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.692%) MCP
4 1 (3.846%) MCPD
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Alterian
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NET Framework (C#, ASP.Net) SQL Server. XML. XAML. ASP.Net MVC... Attitude and genuine interest in technology are key but knowledge of some of the following would...
Sequence
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Strong understanding of application development, including Agile/TDD/SOA/OOD development and programming methodologies... ASP.net. Visual Studio. CMS based development (Umbraco/Sitecore/SharePoint) Pluses. Mobile Development (iOS/...
Sequence
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013