The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bedfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank - - 36
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - 1.361%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 1.476%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £421 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+16.20% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.86 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-15.35% +33.33%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
176 261 271
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.14% 92.55% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 125 125
Average daily rate £350 £363 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 14
Average hourly rate £20.70 £29.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +114.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Lead Developer
East of England

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Lead Developer across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire Lead Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Lead Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Exstream
2 1 (50.00%) PrintSoft PReS
2 1 (50.00%) DOC1
2 1 (50.00%) HP

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) DOC1
1 1 (50.00%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP