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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Bolton 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 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank15
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.001 %
As % of the category below35.00 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£100-
Average daily rate£110-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£120-
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£326
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£20.50-
Average hourly rate£21.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.21£32.70
% change on same period last year-7.63 %
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bolton
Matching contract IT job ads207
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.007 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£168£275
Average daily rate£173£313
% change on same period last year-44.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£178£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted72
Average minimum hourly rate£23.76£12.80
Average hourly rate£25.64£13.60
% change on same period last year+88.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.52£14.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Developer ManchesterDeveloper
Manchester

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 Bolton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bolton Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bolton 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.

15 (45.45 %)SQL Server
24 (36.36 %).NET
24 (36.36 %)C#
24 (36.36 %)HTML
24 (36.36 %)ASP.NET
33 (27.27 %)VB.NET
33 (27.27 %)CSS
33 (27.27 %)SQL
42 (18.18 %)VB
42 (18.18 %)JavaScript
42 (18.18 %)PHP
42 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (18.18 %)Dreamweaver
51 (9.091 %)VB6
51 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
51 (9.091 %)Integration Testing
51 (9.091 %)Data Migration
51 (9.091 %)Data Extraction
51 (9.091 %)Education
51 (9.091 %)Migration
51 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
51 (9.091 %)JavaBeans
51 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
51 (9.091 %)W3C
51 (9.091 %)EJB
51 (9.091 %)JDBC
51 (9.091 %)WebServices
51 (9.091 %)UNIX
51 (9.091 %)OO

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bolton 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.

Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (36.36 %)HTML
14 (36.36 %).NET
14 (36.36 %)ASP.NET
23 (27.27 %)CSS
31 (9.091 %)JDBC
31 (9.091 %)WebServices
31 (9.091 %)XHTML
31 (9.091 %)JavaBeans
31 (9.091 %)J2EE
31 (9.091 %)ASP
31 (9.091 %)EJB
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)Photoshop
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (45.45 %)SQL Server
22 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (9.091 %)MySQL
31 (9.091 %)Oracle Reports
31 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
31 (9.091 %)ETL
31 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (18.18 %)Dreamweaver
21 (9.091 %)Ant
21 (9.091 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (9.091 %)Oracle Forms
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Education
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)W3C
11 (9.091 %)Data Extraction
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (9.091 %)UNIX
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)OO
11 (9.091 %)ERP
11 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)Migration
11 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
11 (9.091 %)Integration Testing
11 (9.091 %)Data Migration
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (36.36 %)C#
23 (27.27 %)SQL
23 (27.27 %)VB.NET
32 (18.18 %)VB
32 (18.18 %)JavaScript
32 (18.18 %)PHP
41 (9.091 %)Delphi
41 (9.091 %)Java
41 (9.091 %)VB6
Bolton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (9.091 %)Oracle