The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer 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 Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 118 132 122
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 3 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.125% 0.190% 0.430%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.137% 0.209% 0.477%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 6
Average daily rate £375 £350 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +10.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+17.24% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.95% +33.33%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2185 2877 2728
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.00% 91.30% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1030 1038
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 126 188
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £30.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -37.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £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 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Lead Developer
South East

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Lead Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 +14 2 - -
Slough - 1 £375 -
Lead Developer
South East

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 4 (44.44%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) J2EE
3 2 (22.22%) Web Development
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) System Testing
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
3 2 (22.22%) VB.NET
3 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) HTML
4 1 (11.11%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
4 1 (11.11%) CSS
4 1 (11.11%) JSP
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) RUP
4 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) MySQL
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) MVC
4 1 (11.11%) XAML
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 3 (33.33%) J2EE
2 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
2 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
3 1 (11.11%) JSP
3 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Open Source
1 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Web Development
1 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (22.22%) System Testing
1 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 1 (11.11%) RUP
2 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
3 2 (22.22%) VB.NET
3 2 (22.22%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
4 1 (11.11%) XAML
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
Reading, Thames Valley
A national media organisation are urgently seeking an experienced Lead Developer to come on board and lead the update of their customer membership system which is currently developed...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013