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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Brighton 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads4350
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.050 %
As % of the category below35.54 %27.03 %
Daily rates quoted815
Average minimum daily rate£298£285
Average daily rate£308£299
% change on same period last year+2.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£314
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£24.33£25.00
Average hourly rate£28.50£30.00
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.67£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.01£33.46
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Brighton
Matching contract IT job ads121185
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.160 %0.184 %
Daily rates quoted3263
Average minimum daily rate£369£332
Average daily rate£380£347
% change on same period last year+9.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted1527
Average minimum hourly rate£19.80£18.57
Average hourly rate£21.43£19.84
% change on same period last year+8.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.07£21.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Developer East SussexDeveloper
East Sussex

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton 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 Brighton region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Brighton region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Brighton Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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.

134 (41.98 %).NET
227 (33.33 %)C#
326 (32.10 %)HTML
423 (28.40 %)SQL Server
423 (28.40 %)XML
521 (25.93 %)ASP.NET
521 (25.93 %)JavaScript
615 (18.52 %)SQL Server 2005
714 (17.28 %)SQL
813 (16.05 %)Insurance
912 (14.81 %)XSLT
1011 (13.58 %)CSS
1110 (12.35 %)WebServices
1110 (12.35 %)Java
129 (11.11 %)J2EE
138 (9.877 %)PHP
138 (9.877 %)Microsoft
138 (9.877 %)XMLSpy
147 (8.642 %)ASP
156 (7.407 %)Finance
156 (7.407 %)MySQL
156 (7.407 %)OO
156 (7.407 %)Windows
165 (6.173 %)VB.NET
165 (6.173 %)SQL Server 2000
165 (6.173 %)Pensions
165 (6.173 %)AJAX
174 (4.938 %)Spring
174 (4.938 %)Data Extraction
174 (4.938 %)Telecoms

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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.

Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
134 (41.98 %).NET
226 (32.10 %)HTML
323 (28.40 %)XML
421 (25.93 %)ASP.NET
512 (14.81 %)XSLT
611 (13.58 %)CSS
710 (12.35 %)WebServices
89 (11.11 %)J2EE
97 (8.642 %)ASP
105 (6.173 %)AJAX
114 (4.938 %)Spring
114 (4.938 %)XHTML
123 (3.704 %)SOAP
123 (3.704 %)Hibernate
123 (3.704 %)WinForms
123 (3.704 %).NET Framework
132 (2.469 %)WebSphere
132 (2.469 %)Adobe Flex
132 (2.469 %)Flex 2
132 (2.469 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.235 %)SAS
11 (1.235 %)ColdFusion
11 (1.235 %)WebLogic
11 (1.235 %)IIS
11 (1.235 %)CMS
11 (1.235 %)TYPO3
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (3.704 %)Photoshop
21 (1.235 %)MS Excel
21 (1.235 %)3ds Max
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (3.704 %)Broadband
13 (3.704 %)Internet
21 (1.235 %)HTTP
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (28.40 %)SQL Server
215 (18.52 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (7.407 %)MySQL
45 (6.173 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.235 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.235 %)Crystal Reports
51 (1.235 %)Hyperion Essbase
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (9.877 %)XMLSpy
23 (3.704 %)Eclipse
23 (3.704 %)Flash
23 (3.704 %)Visual Studio
32 (2.469 %)Log4j
32 (2.469 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (2.469 %)JUnit
41 (1.235 %)Telelogic TAU
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (16.05 %)Insurance
26 (7.407 %)Finance
35 (6.173 %)Pensions
44 (4.938 %)Telecoms
53 (3.704 %)Education
53 (3.704 %)Music
53 (3.704 %)Marketing
62 (2.469 %)Financial Institution
62 (2.469 %)Publishing
62 (2.469 %)Games
71 (1.235 %)Banking
71 (1.235 %)Retail
71 (1.235 %)Billing
71 (1.235 %)Law
71 (1.235 %)Legal
71 (1.235 %)Back Office
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (4.938 %)Data Extraction
22 (2.469 %)iPhone
22 (2.469 %)Streaming Video
22 (2.469 %)Client/Server
31 (1.235 %)Multithreading
31 (1.235 %)Credit Risk
31 (1.235 %)Web 2.0
31 (1.235 %)Copywriting
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (7.407 %)Windows
22 (2.469 %)Windows CE
31 (1.235 %)Mac OS X
31 (1.235 %)Linux
31 (1.235 %)Symbian OS
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (7.407 %)OO
24 (4.938 %)OOP
33 (3.704 %)Web Development
42 (2.469 %)Content Management
42 (2.469 %)Migration
42 (2.469 %)UML
51 (1.235 %)B2B
51 (1.235 %)Extreme Programming
51 (1.235 %)Web Design
51 (1.235 %)Data Security
51 (1.235 %)Risk Management
51 (1.235 %)Project Management
51 (1.235 %)Time Management
51 (1.235 %)Security Cleared
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (33.33 %)C#
221 (25.93 %)JavaScript
314 (17.28 %)SQL
410 (12.35 %)Java
58 (9.877 %)PHP
65 (6.173 %)VB.NET
74 (4.938 %)ActionScript
74 (4.938 %)Transact-SQL
74 (4.938 %)C
83 (3.704 %)VB
83 (3.704 %)C++
92 (2.469 %)Objective-C
92 (2.469 %)VBA
92 (2.469 %)Embedded C
101 (1.235 %)VC++
101 (1.235 %)VBScript
101 (1.235 %)DHTML
101 (1.235 %)PL/SQL
101 (1.235 %)Perl
101 (1.235 %)VB6
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.235 %)Microsoft Certification
Brighton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (9.877 %)Microsoft
22 (2.469 %)Telelogic
31 (1.235 %)Symbian
31 (1.235 %)BEA
31 (1.235 %)Hyperion
31 (1.235 %)Apple
31 (1.235 %)Adobe
31 (1.235 %)Oracle
31 (1.235 %)RedDot