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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Basildon 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1213
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.004 %
As % of the category below6.579 %5.195 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£450
Average daily rate-£450
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£326
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£18.50£32.50
Average hourly rate£22.25£32.50
% change on same period last year-31.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.22£32.70
% change on same period last year-7.58 %
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Basildon
Matching contract IT job ads7677
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.079 %
Daily rates quoted1014
Average minimum daily rate£356£264
Average daily rate£361£270
% change on same period last year+33.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£276
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1319
Average minimum hourly rate£16.93£30.00
Average hourly rate£18.62£30.68
% change on same period last year-39.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.32£31.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Developer EssexDeveloper
Essex

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 Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Basildon 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 Basildon region.

Basildon 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 Basildon region.

Basildon Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon 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.

113 (72.22 %)SQL
211 (61.11 %)J2EE
211 (61.11 %)Java
38 (44.44 %)Oracle
38 (44.44 %)JSP
47 (38.89 %)Linux
56 (33.33 %)UNIX
56 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
56 (33.33 %)XML
56 (33.33 %).NET
56 (33.33 %)WebSphere
65 (27.78 %)Marketing
65 (27.78 %)Oracle 9i
65 (27.78 %)OO
74 (22.22 %)HTTP
74 (22.22 %)Oracle 10g
74 (22.22 %)FatWire
74 (22.22 %)Servlets
74 (22.22 %)SQL Server
74 (22.22 %)C#
74 (22.22 %)HTML
74 (22.22 %)AJAX
83 (16.67 %)Content Management
83 (16.67 %)CMS
83 (16.67 %)JRules
83 (16.67 %)JavaScript
83 (16.67 %)Perl
83 (16.67 %)Ant
83 (16.67 %)CSS
83 (16.67 %)Struts

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon 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.

Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (61.11 %)J2EE
28 (44.44 %)JSP
36 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
36 (33.33 %).NET
36 (33.33 %)XML
36 (33.33 %)WebSphere
44 (22.22 %)AJAX
44 (22.22 %)HTML
44 (22.22 %)Servlets
53 (16.67 %)Struts
53 (16.67 %)CSS
53 (16.67 %)JRules
53 (16.67 %)JavaBeans
62 (11.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (5.556 %)SAX
71 (5.556 %)Middleware
71 (5.556 %)XSLT
71 (5.556 %)XML Schema
71 (5.556 %)WebServices
71 (5.556 %)SOAP
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (16.67 %)Oracle HTTP Server
13 (16.67 %)CMS
13 (16.67 %)IBM HTTP Server
21 (5.556 %)WebSphere Application Server
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (22.22 %)HTTP
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (27.78 %)Oracle 9i
24 (22.22 %)Oracle 10g
24 (22.22 %)SQL Server
33 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports
42 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
42 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (5.556 %)dBASE
51 (5.556 %)BusinessObjects
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (16.67 %)Ant
21 (5.556 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (27.78 %)Marketing
22 (11.11 %)Automotive
31 (5.556 %)Construction
31 (5.556 %)Finance
31 (5.556 %)Aerospace
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (16.67 %)N-Tier
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (38.89 %)Linux
26 (33.33 %)UNIX
33 (16.67 %)Windows
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (27.78 %)OO
23 (16.67 %)Content Management
32 (11.11 %)Web Development
41 (5.556 %)System Testing
41 (5.556 %)OOD
41 (5.556 %)UML
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (72.22 %)SQL
211 (61.11 %)Java
34 (22.22 %)C#
43 (16.67 %)JavaScript
43 (16.67 %)Perl
52 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
52 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
52 (11.11 %)VB
52 (11.11 %)VB.NET
52 (11.11 %)Shell Script
52 (11.11 %)VB6
61 (5.556 %)C++
61 (5.556 %)C
61 (5.556 %)Embedded C
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.11 %)Degree
21 (5.556 %)Sun Certification
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (16.67 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (44.44 %)Oracle
24 (22.22 %)FatWire
33 (16.67 %)ILOG
33 (16.67 %)IBM
41 (5.556 %)Sun
41 (5.556 %)Business Objects