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This section looks at the demand for the Junior 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 Junior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Junior Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank128162
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.031 %0.087 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£160
Average daily rate-£160
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£160
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£141
% change on same period last year+16.81 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.56£17.10
% change on same period last year-3.19 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads31754574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.190 %4.555 %
Daily rates quoted7841441
Average minimum daily rate£341£350
Average daily rate£360£367
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted233460
Average minimum hourly rate£23.29£28.17
Average hourly rate£24.91£29.53
% change on same period last year-15.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.53£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Junior Developer South EastJunior 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.

Junior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Junior Developer Demand Trend

Junior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Junior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Junior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Junior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Junior Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
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Junior Developer South EastJunior Developer
South East

Junior Developer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

14 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
14 (57.14 %).NET
23 (42.86 %)C#
23 (42.86 %)HTML
32 (28.57 %)CSS
32 (28.57 %)SQL Server
32 (28.57 %)Flash
32 (28.57 %)XHTML
32 (28.57 %)AJAX
32 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (28.57 %)ActionScript
41 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (14.29 %)LINQ
41 (14.29 %)PHP5
41 (14.29 %)SharePoint
41 (14.29 %)Dreamweaver
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (14.29 %)Photoshop
41 (14.29 %)MySQL
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
41 (14.29 %)PHP
41 (14.29 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %)XML
41 (14.29 %)XSLT
41 (14.29 %)OOP
41 (14.29 %)PostgreSQL
41 (14.29 %)Adobe Illustrator

Junior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
14 (57.14 %).NET
23 (42.86 %)HTML
32 (28.57 %)CSS
32 (28.57 %)XHTML
32 (28.57 %)AJAX
41 (14.29 %)LINQ
41 (14.29 %)XML
41 (14.29 %)XSLT
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (14.29 %)SharePoint
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)Photoshop
11 (14.29 %)Adobe Illustrator
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (14.29 %)MySQL
21 (14.29 %)PostgreSQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)Flash
21 (14.29 %)Dreamweaver
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)OOP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)C#
22 (28.57 %)ActionScript
31 (14.29 %)PHP5
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript
31 (14.29 %)PHP
31 (14.29 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft