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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the Berkshire 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank95132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads2722
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.022 %
As % of the category below0.972 %0.525 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£263£291
Average daily rate£289£298
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£299
% change on same period last year+15.20 %
Hourly rates quoted51
Average minimum hourly rate£37.40£50.00
Average hourly rate£39.90£50.00
% change on same period last year-20.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.40£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.59£30.90
% change on same period last year-1.01 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads27794188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.949 %4.230 %
Daily rates quoted7571291
Average minimum daily rate£352£348
Average daily rate£373£367
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted186445
Average minimum hourly rate£23.79£28.46
Average hourly rate£25.50£29.94
% change on same period last year-14.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.21£31.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Applications Developer South EastApplications Developer
South East

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.

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Berkshire Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Berkshire Applications Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SloughUp+1612£252-18.15 %
ReadingUp+96£400+33.33 %
NewburyUp+91--
BracknellUp+121--
Applications Developer South EastApplications Developer
South East

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

140 (75.47 %)SQL
233 (62.26 %).NET
332 (60.38 %)ASP.NET
431 (58.49 %)SQL Server
529 (54.72 %)JavaScript
628 (52.83 %)VB.NET
727 (50.94 %)HTML
727 (50.94 %)XML
826 (49.06 %)Transact-SQL
826 (49.06 %)ASP
925 (47.17 %)DHTML
925 (47.17 %)XSL
1024 (45.28 %)COM+
1122 (41.51 %)N-Tier
1122 (41.51 %)InterDev
1215 (28.30 %)Microsoft
1313 (24.53 %)VB
1410 (18.87 %)User Acceptance Testing
1410 (18.87 %)System Testing
159 (16.98 %)Oracle
159 (16.98 %)Windows
167 (13.21 %)PL/SQL
176 (11.32 %)C#
185 (9.434 %)Hibernate
185 (9.434 %)VB6
185 (9.434 %)Spring
185 (9.434 %)SQL Server 2005
185 (9.434 %)Java
185 (9.434 %)J2EE
185 (9.434 %)IIS

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (62.26 %).NET
232 (60.38 %)ASP.NET
327 (50.94 %)HTML
327 (50.94 %)XML
426 (49.06 %)ASP
525 (47.17 %)XSL
624 (45.28 %)COM+
75 (9.434 %)Hibernate
75 (9.434 %)Spring
75 (9.434 %)J2EE
75 (9.434 %)JSP
75 (9.434 %)Struts
84 (7.547 %)Servlets
84 (7.547 %)JDBC
84 (7.547 %)WebSphere
84 (7.547 %)AJAX
93 (5.660 %)CSS
93 (5.660 %)WebServices
101 (1.887 %)WinForms
101 (1.887 %)ArcObjects
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (9.434 %)IIS
24 (7.547 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (3.774 %)Oracle Workflow
41 (1.887 %)ArcSDE
41 (1.887 %)ArcGIS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.774 %)MS Excel
21 (1.887 %)AutoCAD
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (5.660 %)Oracle Applications
22 (3.774 %)Oracle 11i
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (58.49 %)SQL Server
25 (9.434 %)SQL Server 2005
25 (9.434 %)TOAD
34 (7.547 %)Oracle 10g
34 (7.547 %)DB2
34 (7.547 %)DB2 UDB
43 (5.660 %)MySQL
43 (5.660 %)Oracle 9i
52 (3.774 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (3.774 %)SQLPlus
61 (1.887 %)Oracle 11g
61 (1.887 %)GIS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (41.51 %)InterDev
22 (3.774 %)Oracle APEX
31 (1.887 %)StarTeam
31 (1.887 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.887 %)PVCS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (5.660 %)Automotive
21 (1.887 %)Marketing
21 (1.887 %)Legal
21 (1.887 %)Finance
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (41.51 %)N-Tier
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (16.98 %)Windows
21 (1.887 %)Windows Mobile
21 (1.887 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (18.87 %)User Acceptance Testing
110 (18.87 %)System Testing
24 (7.547 %)Workflow
33 (5.660 %)Content Management
33 (5.660 %)Security Cleared
33 (5.660 %)CRM
42 (3.774 %)SC Cleared
51 (1.887 %)Web Development
51 (1.887 %)Scrum
51 (1.887 %)Use Case
51 (1.887 %)Release Management
51 (1.887 %)Time Management
51 (1.887 %)Configuration Management
51 (1.887 %)RUP
51 (1.887 %)Data Modelling
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (75.47 %)SQL
229 (54.72 %)JavaScript
328 (52.83 %)VB.NET
426 (49.06 %)Transact-SQL
525 (47.17 %)DHTML
613 (24.53 %)VB
77 (13.21 %)PL/SQL
86 (11.32 %)C#
95 (9.434 %)VB6
95 (9.434 %)Java
103 (5.660 %)PHP
111 (1.887 %)XPath
111 (1.887 %)C++
111 (1.887 %)C
111 (1.887 %)VBA
111 (1.887 %)VBScript
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.774 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.887 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (28.30 %)Microsoft
29 (16.98 %)Oracle
34 (7.547 %)IBM
42 (3.774 %)TIBCO
51 (1.887 %)ESRI
51 (1.887 %)Borland
51 (1.887 %)PeopleSoft