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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Blackburn 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank31
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.008 %
As % of the category below25.00 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£210£163
Average daily rate£210£199
% change on same period last year+5.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£210£235
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£332
% change on same period last year-6.28 %
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£28.65£32.68
% change on same period last year-12.35 %
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Blackburn
Matching contract IT job ads2018
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.023 %
Daily rates quoted47
Average minimum daily rate£233£224
Average daily rate£245£257
% change on same period last year-4.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£258£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£10.86
Average hourly rate£32.50£14.00
% change on same period last year+132.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£17.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Developer LancashireDeveloper
Lancashire

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Blackburn Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Blackburn region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Blackburn Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Blackburn Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

19 (60.00 %).NET
28 (53.33 %)SQL Server
37 (46.67 %)SQL
37 (46.67 %)VB.NET
46 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
54 (26.67 %)C#
63 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
63 (20.00 %)VB
63 (20.00 %)Java
63 (20.00 %)XML
72 (13.33 %)VB6
72 (13.33 %)Spring
72 (13.33 %)Hibernate
72 (13.33 %)MS Excel
72 (13.33 %)JavaScript
72 (13.33 %)Crystal Reports
81 (6.667 %)WebLogic
81 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (6.667 %)ADO.NET
81 (6.667 %)CSS
81 (6.667 %)Oracle
81 (6.667 %)C++
81 (6.667 %)DHTML
81 (6.667 %)HTML
81 (6.667 %)Eclipse
81 (6.667 %)FTP
81 (6.667 %)Dreamweaver
81 (6.667 %)RDBMS
81 (6.667 %)IBM

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (60.00 %).NET
26 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (20.00 %)XML
42 (13.33 %)Hibernate
42 (13.33 %)Spring
51 (6.667 %)AJAX
51 (6.667 %)WebSphere
51 (6.667 %)CSS
51 (6.667 %)XSD
51 (6.667 %)XSLT
51 (6.667 %)XHTML
51 (6.667 %)ADO.NET
51 (6.667 %)DHTML
51 (6.667 %)HTML
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)WebLogic
11 (6.667 %)Apache
11 (6.667 %)Tomcat
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (13.33 %)MS Excel
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)FTP
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)SQL Server
26 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (13.33 %)Crystal Reports
41 (6.667 %)RDBMS
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (6.667 %)Eclipse
11 (6.667 %)Dreamweaver
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Construction
11 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
11 (6.667 %)Retail
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)UNIX
11 (6.667 %)Linux
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (46.67 %)SQL
17 (46.67 %)VB.NET
24 (26.67 %)C#
33 (20.00 %)Java
33 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
33 (20.00 %)VB
42 (13.33 %)VB6
42 (13.33 %)JavaScript
51 (6.667 %)C++
51 (6.667 %)XPath
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.667 %)Oracle
11 (6.667 %)IBM
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft
11 (6.667 %)Infragistics