The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Birmingham 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 101 161 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.95% 25.00% 20.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.49% 26.22% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 97 71
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £393 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £37.00 £31.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.53% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
449 614 456
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.15% 95.34% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 339 236
Average daily rate £350 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £175 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £440 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 32 29
Average hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +29.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £10.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.60 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Developer
West Midlands

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Birmingham Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 121 (46.90%) .NET
2 106 (41.09%) C#
3 101 (39.15%) SQL Server
4 72 (27.91%) ASP.NET
5 69 (26.74%) JavaScript
5 69 (26.74%) SQL
6 58 (22.48%) CSS
7 55 (21.32%) HTML
8 41 (15.89%) SQL Server 2008
9 39 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 37 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
11 36 (13.95%) Web Services
12 35 (13.57%) Microsoft
13 34 (13.18%) WCF
13 34 (13.18%) jQuery
14 32 (12.40%) MVC
15 28 (10.85%) Java
16 27 (10.47%) Windows
17 26 (10.08%) Retail
18 25 (9.690%) SharePoint
18 25 (9.690%) Visual Studio
19 24 (9.302%) Oracle
19 24 (9.302%) Finance
19 24 (9.302%) .NET Framework
20 23 (8.915%) T-SQL
20 23 (8.915%) XML
21 22 (8.527%) Agile Software Development
22 20 (7.752%) J2EE
22 20 (7.752%) SQL Server Integration Services
22 20 (7.752%) Ajax

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 121 (46.90%) .NET
2 72 (27.91%) ASP.NET
3 58 (22.48%) CSS
4 55 (21.32%) HTML
5 36 (13.95%) Web Services
6 34 (13.18%) WCF
6 34 (13.18%) jQuery
7 24 (9.302%) .NET Framework
8 23 (8.915%) XML
9 20 (7.752%) J2EE
9 20 (7.752%) Ajax
9 20 (7.752%) ASP.NET MVC
9 20 (7.752%) HTML5
10 15 (5.814%) CSS3
11 13 (5.039%) MDX
12 11 (4.264%) Silverlight
13 9 (3.488%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 8 (3.101%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 8 (3.101%) WSDL
14 8 (3.101%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 25 (9.690%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.039%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (3.876%) IIS
4 9 (3.488%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (3.101%) CMS
6 6 (2.326%) ArcGIS
7 4 (1.550%) Umbraco
7 4 (1.550%) WordPress
8 3 (1.163%) Drupal
8 3 (1.163%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.775%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.775%) Magento
9 2 (0.775%) SAP Portal
9 2 (0.775%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.388%) SAP EP
10 1 (0.388%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.388%) MS Exchange
10 1 (0.388%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.388%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.388%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (3.876%) MS Excel
2 7 (2.713%) InfoPath
2 7 (2.713%) PowerPivot
3 6 (2.326%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.775%) MS Office
5 1 (0.388%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.388%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 12 (4.651%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.163%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.388%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.388%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.550%) Internet
2 2 (0.775%) HTTP
3 1 (0.388%) LDAP
3 1 (0.388%) Wireless
3 1 (0.388%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.388%) LAN
3 1 (0.388%) PBX
3 1 (0.388%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (39.15%) SQL Server
2 41 (15.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 39 (15.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (7.752%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (6.977%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (6.202%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 12 (4.651%) SQL Server 2012
8 11 (4.264%) Oracle 10g
9 10 (3.876%) BusinessObjects XI
9 10 (3.876%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (3.876%) SQL Server 2005
10 9 (3.488%) QlikView
11 7 (2.713%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 7 (2.713%) OLAP
11 7 (2.713%) MySQL
12 5 (1.938%) RDBMS
13 3 (1.163%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.775%) Redis
14 2 (0.775%) GIS
15 1 (0.388%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 25 (9.690%) Visual Studio
2 14 (5.426%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (2.713%) MSTest
4 6 (2.326%) Moq
5 5 (1.938%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (1.938%) ProC
6 4 (1.550%) Subversion
7 3 (1.163%) Xcode
7 3 (1.163%) MSBuild
7 3 (1.163%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.775%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.775%) Git (software)
8 2 (0.775%) PhoneGap
8 2 (0.775%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.388%) NUnit
9 1 (0.388%) CruiseControl
9 1 (0.388%) Selenium
9 1 (0.388%) FitNesse
9 1 (0.388%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
9 1 (0.388%) Eclipse
General
1 26 (10.08%) Retail
2 24 (9.302%) Finance
3 8 (3.101%) Telecoms
4 7 (2.713%) Games
5 4 (1.550%) Marketing
6 2 (0.775%) Back Office
6 2 (0.775%) Advertising
6 2 (0.775%) Publishing
7 1 (0.388%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.651%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.101%) Open Source
3 7 (2.713%) Client/Server
4 6 (2.326%) RIA
5 5 (1.938%) iPhone
6 3 (1.163%) Animation
6 3 (1.163%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.163%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.163%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.775%) Social Media
7 2 (0.775%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.388%) Handset
8 1 (0.388%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.388%) E-Learning
8 1 (0.388%) IVR
8 1 (0.388%) Physics
8 1 (0.388%) Pocket PC
8 1 (0.388%) Web 2.0
8 1 (0.388%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.388%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.47%) Windows
2 11 (4.264%) Android
3 7 (2.713%) Windows Mobile
3 7 (2.713%) UNIX
3 7 (2.713%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.326%) Windows 7
5 5 (1.938%) AIX
5 5 (1.938%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (12.40%) MVC
3 22 (8.527%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (5.814%) OO
5 14 (5.426%) CRM
6 12 (4.651%) Web Development
7 11 (4.264%) TDD
7 11 (4.264%) Unit Testing
8 10 (3.876%) Project Management
8 10 (3.876%) UML
8 10 (3.876%) Business Analysis
8 10 (3.876%) Workflow
9 9 (3.488%) E-Commerce
10 8 (3.101%) BDD
10 8 (3.101%) OOP
11 6 (2.326%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (2.326%) Migration
12 5 (1.938%) Scrum
12 5 (1.938%) Data Modelling
12 5 (1.938%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 106 (41.09%) C#
2 69 (26.74%) JavaScript
2 69 (26.74%) SQL
3 28 (10.85%) Java
4 23 (8.915%) T-SQL
5 18 (6.977%) VB.NET
6 13 (5.039%) PHP
7 11 (4.264%) Objective-C
8 8 (3.101%) C++
8 8 (3.101%) C
9 6 (2.326%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.938%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.938%) ActionScript
11 4 (1.550%) ActionScript 3.0
12 3 (1.163%) VB
13 2 (0.775%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.775%) VC++
13 2 (0.775%) VBScript
13 2 (0.775%) VB6
14 1 (0.388%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 7 (2.713%) DV Cleared
1 7 (2.713%) Security Cleared
2 5 (1.938%) Degree
2 5 (1.938%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.775%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.163%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.775%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 35 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.302%) Oracle
3 11 (4.264%) Business Objects
4 6 (2.326%) ESRI
5 4 (1.550%) Adobe
5 4 (1.550%) Hyperion
5 4 (1.550%) Sybase
6 3 (1.163%) SAP
6 3 (1.163%) Progress
6 3 (1.163%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.775%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.775%) BT
7 2 (0.775%) Google
8 1 (0.388%) Teradata
8 1 (0.388%) Zend
8 1 (0.388%) Netezza
8 1 (0.388%) Cognos
8 1 (0.388%) NEC
8 1 (0.388%) Informatica
8 1 (0.388%) MicroStrategy
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Due to expansion, they require an ASP.NET Developer, C#, SQL Server, SQL IAS, VB, JavaScript to create an application from scratch. The ASP.NET Developer, C#, SQL...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client has an immediate requirement for 2 experienced PHP developers to join an existing team to work on a new project for an initial 3 months.As...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £100 - £200 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am looking for a Web Developer for a 6 month contract based in Birmingham Centre, there is parking nearby and is also a short walk from the...
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will be looking after an existing workload and will need to have skills with the following: Experience developing websites using Drupal 6/7 as well as experience...
QUANTICA
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
They are seeking talented individuals with proficiency in C# and TDD/BDD. The successful candidates will have proficiency in writing C#.Net code in Nunit... + The latest technologies...
North Point Recruitment
Rate: £225 - £275 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Senitor Associates
Rate: £200 - £275 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
OPUS
Rate: GBP230 to GBP330 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £230 to £330 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Creative Personnel
Rate: Negotiable Depending on Experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £200 to £350 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Square One Resources
Rate: From £600 to £625 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013