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The table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT contracts within the Birmingham 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 Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank49-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.317 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£419
% change on same period last year-6.30 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£44.50-
Average hourly rate£44.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.29£38.50
% change on same period last year+9.83 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads631987
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.853 %0.973 %
Daily rates quoted162254
Average minimum daily rate£311£355
Average daily rate£338£385
% change on same period last year-12.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted67144
Average minimum hourly rate£22.10£15.75
Average hourly rate£23.51£16.76
% change on same period last year+40.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.92£17.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Lead Developer West MidlandsLead Developer
West Midlands

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.

Lead Developer
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Lead Developer Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Lead Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Birmingham Lead Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

17 (70.00 %)XSLT
26 (60.00 %)WebServices
26 (60.00 %)JMS
35 (50.00 %)EAI
35 (50.00 %)SOA
35 (50.00 %)XSD
35 (50.00 %)SOAP
43 (30.00 %)Ant
43 (30.00 %)JUnit
43 (30.00 %)COBOL
43 (30.00 %)J2EE
43 (30.00 %)WSDL
43 (30.00 %)WebSphere
43 (30.00 %)DataPower
52 (20.00 %)Velocity
52 (20.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
52 (20.00 %)Oracle
52 (20.00 %).NET
52 (20.00 %)WebLogic
52 (20.00 %)Struts
52 (20.00 %)UML
52 (20.00 %)Apache
61 (10.00 %)Validation
61 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (10.00 %)Hibernate
61 (10.00 %)Scrum
61 (10.00 %)Unified Process
61 (10.00 %)RUP
61 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (10.00 %)ClearCase

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (70.00 %)XSLT
26 (60.00 %)JMS
26 (60.00 %)WebServices
35 (50.00 %)SOAP
35 (50.00 %)XSD
43 (30.00 %)WebSphere
43 (30.00 %)WSDL
43 (30.00 %)J2EE
52 (20.00 %)Struts
52 (20.00 %).NET
52 (20.00 %)Velocity
61 (10.00 %).NET Framework
61 (10.00 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
61 (10.00 %)Hibernate
61 (10.00 %)WBIMB
61 (10.00 %)XML
61 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
61 (10.00 %)EJB
61 (10.00 %)JDBC
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)WebLogic
12 (20.00 %)Apache
12 (20.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (10.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (10.00 %)BizTalk Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)InfoPath
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (30.00 %)Ant
13 (30.00 %)JUnit
21 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (10.00 %)ClearCase
21 (10.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
21 (10.00 %)Eclipse
21 (10.00 %)IntelliJ
21 (10.00 %)NUnit
21 (10.00 %)CruiseControl
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)DataPower
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (50.00 %)EAI
15 (50.00 %)SOA
22 (20.00 %)UML
31 (10.00 %)OO
31 (10.00 %)RAD
31 (10.00 %)RUP
31 (10.00 %)Validation
31 (10.00 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (10.00 %)Scrum
31 (10.00 %)Unified Process
31 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)COBOL
21 (10.00 %)C#
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Oracle