Grunt Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Grunt skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Grunt over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Grunt UK / England
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	274	306	386
Rank change year-on-year	+32	+80
Contract jobs citing Grunt	356	361	249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.84%	0.73%	0.49%
As % of the Development Applications category	4.74%	4.68%	3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	272	269	183
Median daily rate	£468	£414	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+12.99%	+10.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£300	£288
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£553	£510
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£375	£340
% change year-on-year	+13.33%	+10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	1
Median hourly rate	-	-	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	£40.00

Grunt is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract Development Application Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	7503	7720	6817
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	17.67%	15.64%	13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted	5140	5391	4534
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£313	£290
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£550	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£363
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted	135	120	101
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£42.45	£37.04
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+0.11%	+14.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£32.50	£27.50	£22.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£61.69	£50.00	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.25	£42.13	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+2.67%	+13.85%

Grunt
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Grunt as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Grunt
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Grunt in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Grunt in England

Grunt
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Grunt in England over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Grunt in England

Grunt
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Grunt in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Grunt in England

Grunt
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Grunt within the England region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-25	214	£500	+17.64%	43
South East	+56	45	£425	+13.33%	7
East Midlands	+28	36	£450	+28.57%	3
North West	+19	21	£350	-15.15%	6
West Midlands	+30	14	£300	+36.36%	3
East of England	0	12	£425	+70.00%	6
Yorkshire	+19	11	£428	+0.58%	10
Midlands	-	3	£450	-	6
South West	-3	2	£263	-19.23%	7
Grunt UK

Grunt
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Grunt also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Grunt.

1	527 (90.09%)	JavaScript
2	490 (83.76%)	CSS
3	462 (78.97%)	HTML
4	394 (67.35%)	AngularJS
5	374 (63.93%)	gulp
6	367 (62.74%)	HTML5
7	348 (59.49%)	Agile Software Development
8	309 (52.82%)	CSS3
9	280 (47.86%)	Node.js
10	276 (47.18%)	Front End Development
11	273 (46.67%)	Git (software)
12	250 (42.74%)	Sass
13	226 (38.63%)	TDD
14	211 (36.07%)	React
15	180 (30.77%)	Jasmine

16	170 (29.06%)	jQuery
17	164 (28.03%)	Scrum
18	148 (25.30%)	User Experience
19	135 (23.08%)	Java
20	127 (21.71%)	Test Automation
21	122 (20.85%)	Responsive Web Design
21	122 (20.85%)	Web Development
22	121 (20.68%)	Twitter Bootstrap
23	114 (19.49%)	Karma Test Runner
24	96 (16.41%)	Mocha
25	95 (16.24%)	BDD
26	94 (16.07%)	Angular 2
27	92 (15.73%)	ES6
27	92 (15.73%)	webpack
28	88 (15.04%)	OO

Grunt
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	25 (4.27%)	nginx
2	24 (4.10%)	Apache
2	24 (4.10%)	Tomcat
3	22 (3.76%)	Confluence
4	21 (3.59%)	CMS
5	19 (3.25%)	Drupal
6	17 (2.91%)	Elasticsearch
7	13 (2.22%)	JBoss
7	13 (2.22%)	WebLogic
8	11 (1.88%)	WordPress
9	10 (1.71%)	Umbraco
10	6 (1.03%)	WebSphere
11	4 (0.68%)	Adobe Experience Manager
12	3 (0.51%)	Cloud Foundry
12	3 (0.51%)	IIS
12	3 (0.51%)	Magnolia
13	2 (0.34%)	Apache Solr
13	2 (0.34%)	ExpressionEngine
13	2 (0.34%)	Joomla!
13	2 (0.34%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	48 (8.21%)	Photoshop
2	10 (1.71%)	Adobe Illustrator
3	5 (0.85%)	Adobe Creative Suite
3	5 (0.85%)	OmniGraffle
4	2 (0.34%)	Adobe After Effects
4	2 (0.34%)	InVision
5	1 (0.17%)	GIMP

Business Applications
1	8 (1.37%)	Magento
2	6 (1.03%)	SDL Web 8
3	5 (0.85%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	2 (0.34%)	RMDS
5	1 (0.17%)	osCommerce
5	1 (0.17%)	Payment Gateway
5	1 (0.17%)	Shopify

Cloud Services
1	62 (10.60%)	Amazon AWS
2	50 (8.55%)	GitHub
3	22 (3.76%)	Microsoft Azure
4	18 (3.08%)	Google Analytics
5	12 (2.05%)	IaaS
6	8 (1.37%)	AWS Lambda
6	8 (1.37%)	SaaS
7	7 (1.20%)	Google Cloud Platform
8	6 (1.03%)	PaaS
9	5 (0.85%)	AWS CloudFormation
9	5 (0.85%)	Cloud Computing
10	4 (0.68%)	Loggly
10	4 (0.68%)	Sumo Logic
11	3 (0.51%)	Amazon S3
12	2 (0.34%)	Amazon CloudSearch
12	2 (0.34%)	Amazon EC2
12	2 (0.34%)	Amazon Kinesis
12	2 (0.34%)	Azure Active Directory
12	2 (0.34%)	Virtual Private Cloud
13	1 (0.17%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Communications & Networking
1	40 (6.84%)	HTTP
2	22 (3.76%)	SSL
3	18 (3.08%)	TCP/IP
4	4 (0.68%)	DNS
5	1 (0.17%)	Internet
5	1 (0.17%)	SSH

Database & Business Intelligence
1	81 (13.85%)	MongoDB
2	40 (6.84%)	NoSQL
3	26 (4.44%)	MySQL
4	14 (2.39%)	Big Data
4	14 (2.39%)	SQL Server
5	9 (1.54%)	Relational Database
6	7 (1.20%)	PostgreSQL
7	6 (1.03%)	Apache Cassandra
7	6 (1.03%)	Redis
8	5 (0.85%)	MS Access
8	5 (0.85%)	Neo4j
9	4 (0.68%)	Riak
10	3 (0.51%)	Amazon DynamoDB
10	3 (0.51%)	HBase
11	2 (0.34%)	Amazon RDS
12	1 (0.17%)	InfluxDB
12	1 (0.17%)	Oracle Database
12	1 (0.17%)	Oracle Database 11g
12	1 (0.17%)	SQL Server 2012
12	1 (0.17%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	374 (63.93%)	gulp
2	273 (46.67%)	Git (software)
3	180 (30.77%)	Jasmine
4	114 (19.49%)	Karma Test Runner
5	96 (16.41%)	Mocha
6	92 (15.73%)	webpack
7	87 (14.87%)	Selenium
8	82 (14.02%)	Bower
9	66 (11.28%)	Jenkins
10	50 (8.55%)	IntelliJ
11	47 (8.03%)	Protractor
12	45 (7.69%)	Cucumber
13	43 (7.35%)	JIRA
14	31 (5.30%)	WebDriver
15	30 (5.13%)	Maven
16	29 (4.96%)	Bitbucket
17	22 (3.76%)	Subversion
18	20 (3.42%)	Gatling
18	20 (3.42%)	Sublime Text
19	19 (3.25%)	Ant

General
1	65 (11.11%)	Finance
2	26 (4.44%)	Marketing
3	21 (3.59%)	Banking
3	21 (3.59%)	Front Office
4	10 (1.71%)	Retail
5	9 (1.54%)	Telecoms
6	6 (1.03%)	Publishing
7	5 (0.85%)	Electronics
7	5 (0.85%)	Manufacturing
7	5 (0.85%)	Online Betting
8	4 (0.68%)	Games
8	4 (0.68%)	Investment Banking
9	3 (0.51%)	Back Office
10	2 (0.34%)	Prime Brokerage
11	1 (0.17%)	Advertising
11	1 (0.17%)	Digital Economy
11	1 (0.17%)	Legal
11	1 (0.17%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	545 (93.16%)	Developer
2	207 (35.38%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3	186 (31.79%)	JavaScript Developer
4	111 (18.97%)	Angular Developer
5	68 (11.62%)	UI Developer
6	58 (9.91%)	Node.js Developer
7	53 (9.06%)	Full Stack Developer
8	50 (8.55%)	HTML Developer
9	45 (7.69%)	Java Developer
10	40 (6.84%)	HTML CSS Developer
11	39 (6.67%)	Senior Developer
12	27 (4.62%)	Web Developer
13	18 (3.08%)	.NET Developer
13	18 (3.08%)	Drupal Developer
13	18 (3.08%)	Scala Developer
14	17 (2.91%)	Agile Developer
15	15 (2.56%)	Lead Developer
16	14 (2.39%)	PHP Developer
17	13 (2.22%)	Senior JavaScript Developer
18	12 (2.05%)	Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	490 (83.76%)	CSS
2	462 (78.97%)	HTML
3	394 (67.35%)	AngularJS
4	367 (62.74%)	HTML5
5	309 (52.82%)	CSS3
6	280 (47.86%)	Node.js
7	250 (42.74%)	Sass
8	211 (36.07%)	React
9	170 (29.06%)	jQuery
10	121 (20.68%)	Twitter Bootstrap
11	94 (16.07%)	Angular 2
12	86 (14.70%)	LESS
13	66 (11.28%)	Redux
14	65 (11.11%)	Web Services
15	63 (10.77%)	.NET
16	59 (10.09%)	JSON
17	58 (9.91%)	REST
18	48 (8.21%)	RESTful
19	40 (6.84%)	Chai
20	38 (6.50%)	Play Framework

Miscellaneous
1	148 (25.30%)	User Experience
2	49 (8.38%)	Mobile App
3	48 (8.21%)	Greenfield Project
4	32 (5.47%)	Fintech
5	18 (3.08%)	Equities
5	18 (3.08%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
6	16 (2.74%)	Fixed Income
7	13 (2.22%)	Virtual Team
7	13 (2.22%)	W3C
8	10 (1.71%)	Linux Command Line
9	8 (1.37%)	Analytical Skills
10	7 (1.20%)	Graphic Design
10	7 (1.20%)	Smartphone
11	6 (1.03%)	Computer Science
12	5 (0.85%)	NHS
13	4 (0.68%)	Streaming Video
14	3 (0.51%)	Algorithms
14	3 (0.51%)	Data Structures
15	2 (0.34%)	Public Cloud
15	2 (0.34%)	Video on Demand

Operating Systems
1	54 (9.23%)	Linux
2	24 (4.10%)	Windows
3	20 (3.42%)	Ubuntu
4	18 (3.08%)	Unix
5	7 (1.20%)	Mac OS X
6	1 (0.17%)	Android
6	1 (0.17%)	Apple iOS
6	1 (0.17%)	CentOS
6	1 (0.17%)	CoreOS
6	1 (0.17%)	Windows Server
6	1 (0.17%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	348 (59.49%)	Agile Software Development
2	276 (47.18%)	Front End Development
3	226 (38.63%)	TDD
4	164 (28.03%)	Scrum
5	127 (21.71%)	Test Automation
6	122 (20.85%)	Responsive Web Design
6	122 (20.85%)	Web Development
7	95 (16.24%)	BDD
8	88 (15.04%)	MVC
8	88 (15.04%)	OO
9	87 (14.87%)	Continuous Integration
9	87 (14.87%)	DevOps
10	59 (10.09%)	Unit Testing
11	53 (9.06%)	Kanban
12	51 (8.72%)	Software Engineering
13	47 (8.03%)	SOA
14	43 (7.35%)	Pair Programming
15	42 (7.18%)	Web Design
16	41 (7.01%)	E-Commerce
17	40 (6.84%)	Microservices

Programming Languages
1	527 (90.09%)	JavaScript
2	135 (23.08%)	Java
3	92 (15.73%)	ES6
4	70 (11.97%)	C#
4	70 (11.97%)	TypeScript
5	56 (9.57%)	PHP
6	48 (8.21%)	Groovy
7	46 (7.86%)	Python
8	42 (7.18%)	Scala
9	41 (7.01%)	SQL
10	26 (4.44%)	Ruby
11	20 (3.42%)	Perl
12	18 (3.08%)	Haskell
13	16 (2.74%)	Bash Shell
13	16 (2.74%)	ECMAScript
14	8 (1.37%)	C++
15	6 (1.03%)	Shell Script
16	5 (0.85%)	VB
16	5 (0.85%)	VC++
17	4 (0.68%)	XPath

Qualifications
1	28 (4.79%)	Degree
2	19 (3.25%)	Security Cleared
3	14 (2.39%)	SC Cleared
4	8 (1.37%)	Computer Science Degree
5	4 (0.68%)	BPSS Clearance

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	54 (9.23%)	QA
2	19 (3.25%)	WAI
3	4 (0.68%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	2 (0.34%)	WCAG

System Software
1	52 (8.89%)	Docker
2	3 (0.51%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	2 (0.34%)	Active Directory
3	2 (0.34%)	Hyper-V
3	2 (0.34%)	KVM
4	1 (0.17%)	HDFS
4	1 (0.17%)	Varnish
4	1 (0.17%)	VirtualBox

Systems Management
1	24 (4.10%)	Puppet
2	22 (3.76%)	Opscode Chef
3	20 (3.42%)	Ansible
4	19 (3.25%)	Grafana
4	19 (3.25%)	Kibana
5	12 (2.05%)	Kubernetes
6	7 (1.20%)	Salt
7	4 (0.68%)	Nagios
7	4 (0.68%)	ZABBIX
8	3 (0.51%)	Prometheus
8	3 (0.51%)	TeamSite
9	2 (0.34%)	Forefront Identity Manager
9	2 (0.34%)	SCOrch
9	2 (0.34%)	Terraform
10	1 (0.17%)	HAProxy
10	1 (0.17%)	logstash
10	1 (0.17%)	Marathon
10	1 (0.17%)	Mesos
10	1 (0.17%)	Plesk

Vendors
1	34 (5.81%)	Adobe
1	34 (5.81%)	Google
2	32 (5.47%)	New Relic
3	13 (2.22%)	Microsoft
4	11 (1.88%)	Oracle
5	8 (1.37%)	webMethods
6	6 (1.03%)	PayPal
6	6 (1.03%)	Rackspace
6	6 (1.03%)	SaltStack
6	6 (1.03%)	SAP
7	4 (0.68%)	IBM
7	4 (0.68%)	Splunk
8	3 (0.51%)	Panasonic
8	3 (0.51%)	VMware
8	3 (0.51%)	Zend
9	2 (0.34%)	Atlassian
9	2 (0.34%)	Cisco
9	2 (0.34%)	Perforce
9	2 (0.34%)	TIBCO
9	2 (0.34%)	Twitter