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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Avon region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads623
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.023 %
As % of the category below33.33 %28.75 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£200£214
Average daily rate£225£273
% change on same period last year-17.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£250£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£36.67
Average hourly rate£17.50£42.50
% change on same period last year-58.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£48.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.01£33.46
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Avon
Matching contract IT job ads1880
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.080 %
Daily rates quoted316
Average minimum daily rate£250£263
Average daily rate£257£305
% change on same period last year-15.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£264£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted58
Average minimum hourly rate£23.77£26.07
Average hourly rate£26.27£31.43
% change on same period last year-16.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.77£36.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Developer South WestDeveloper
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Avon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Avon Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Developer across the Avon region.

Avon Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Avon region.

Avon Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Avon region that cited Developer in their job title 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 with Developer in their job title.

14 (36.36 %)Java
14 (36.36 %)SQL Server
23 (27.27 %).NET
32 (18.18 %)C#
32 (18.18 %)JavaScript
32 (18.18 %)PHP
32 (18.18 %)SQL
32 (18.18 %)VB.NET
32 (18.18 %)SAP
32 (18.18 %)SAP BW
32 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
32 (18.18 %)XML
32 (18.18 %)SAP R/3
32 (18.18 %)CMS
32 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (18.18 %)Drupal
41 (9.091 %)Pensions
41 (9.091 %)WebSphere
41 (9.091 %)Insurance
41 (9.091 %)Replication
41 (9.091 %)LotusScript
41 (9.091 %)GIS
41 (9.091 %)ESRI
41 (9.091 %)ArcGIS
41 (9.091 %)ArcIMS
41 (9.091 %)Finance
41 (9.091 %)Health
41 (9.091 %)OOP
41 (9.091 %)OO
41 (9.091 %)JBoss

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Avon region that cited Developer in their job title 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 with Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (27.27 %).NET
22 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
22 (18.18 %)XML
22 (18.18 %)Drupal
31 (9.091 %)WebSphere
31 (9.091 %)ASP
31 (9.091 %)HTML
31 (9.091 %)J2EE
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)CMS
21 (9.091 %)ArcGIS
21 (9.091 %)ArcIMS
21 (9.091 %)JBoss
21 (9.091 %)Lotus Notes
21 (9.091 %)Lotus Domino
21 (9.091 %)Apache
21 (9.091 %)Tomcat
21 (9.091 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (9.091 %)WebLogic
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (18.18 %)SAP R/3
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)Intranet
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (36.36 %)SQL Server
22 (18.18 %)SAP BW
22 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (9.091 %)GIS
31 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
31 (9.091 %)Datawarehouse
31 (9.091 %)ETL
31 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (9.091 %)Dreamweaver
11 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Pensions
11 (9.091 %)Insurance
11 (9.091 %)Finance
11 (9.091 %)Health
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)Replication
11 (9.091 %)Client/Server
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)OOP
11 (9.091 %)OO
11 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
11 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (36.36 %)Java
22 (18.18 %)C#
22 (18.18 %)JavaScript
22 (18.18 %)PHP
22 (18.18 %)SQL
22 (18.18 %)VB.NET
31 (9.091 %)LotusScript
Avon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)SAP
21 (9.091 %)ESRI
21 (9.091 %)Lotus
21 (9.091 %)Oracle