The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Development Manager 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 Berkshire 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
Development Manager
Rank 115 133 120
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Development Manager 8 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.331% 0.197% 0.168%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.362% 0.216% 0.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
Average daily rate £525 £288 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+82.60% -32.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £198 £395
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £378 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+11.84% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.63 £32.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year
+15.76% -35.00%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2213 2776 2679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.45% 91.05% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 979 1024
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 121 185
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.89% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.87 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Development Manager
South East

Development Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Development Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Development Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Development Manager across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Development Manager Daily Rate Trend

Development Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Development Manager across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Development Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Development Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Development Manager across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Development Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Development Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +13 3 £420 -
Bracknell -8 2 £600 +242.85%
Hungerford - 1 - -
Development Manager
South East

Development Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Development Manager 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 Development Manager in their job title.

1 8 (44.44%) Project Management
2 7 (38.89%) Java
3 6 (33.33%) Degree
4 5 (27.78%) J2EE
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
5 4 (22.22%) .NET
5 4 (22.22%) Marketing
5 4 (22.22%) Scrum
6 3 (16.67%) Performance Management
6 3 (16.67%) E-Commerce
7 2 (11.11%) ERP
7 2 (11.11%) SOA
7 2 (11.11%) Fireworks
7 2 (11.11%) Internet
7 2 (11.11%) E-business
7 2 (11.11%) SEO
7 2 (11.11%) C#
7 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 2 (11.11%) SQL
7 2 (11.11%) UML
7 2 (11.11%) Flash
7 2 (11.11%) XHTML
7 2 (11.11%) Oracle
7 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
7 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
7 2 (11.11%) CSS
7 2 (11.11%) XML
7 2 (11.11%) XSLT
7 2 (11.11%) HTML5
7 2 (11.11%) Jenkins

Development Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) J2EE
2 4 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 2 (11.11%) CSS
3 2 (11.11%) XML
3 2 (11.11%) XSLT
3 2 (11.11%) Flash
3 2 (11.11%) XHTML
3 2 (11.11%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.556%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
1 2 (11.11%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) ATM
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Subversion
1 2 (11.11%) Maven
1 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (5.556%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (22.22%) Scrum
3 3 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 3 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (11.11%) Multivariate Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (11.11%) ERP
4 2 (11.11%) SOA
4 2 (11.11%) E-business
4 2 (11.11%) SEO
4 2 (11.11%) UML
4 2 (11.11%) Web Development
5 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
5 1 (5.556%) Usability Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.556%) Automated Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (5.556%) Workflow
5 1 (5.556%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (5.556%) Niku