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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the Bristol 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4954
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.508 %0.244 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£203-
Average daily rate£210-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£217-
UK excluding London average daily rate£264£327
% change on same period last year-19.19 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£25.34
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.36£33.46
% change on same period last year-18.22 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads590820
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.189 %1.006 %
Daily rates quoted168292
Average minimum daily rate£300£349
Average daily rate£322£364
% change on same period last year-11.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted130146
Average minimum hourly rate£22.85£23.00
Average hourly rate£23.85£25.02
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.84£27.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.06£23.41
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Applications Developer South WestApplications Developer
South West

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.

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

Bristol Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009.

Bristol Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

14 (50.00 %)SQL Server
14 (50.00 %).NET
14 (50.00 %)XML
23 (37.50 %)XSLT
23 (37.50 %)HTML
23 (37.50 %)Finance
23 (37.50 %)Migration
32 (25.00 %)Workflow
32 (25.00 %)WebSphere MQ
32 (25.00 %)MS Excel
32 (25.00 %)EAI
32 (25.00 %)FoxPro (VFP)
32 (25.00 %)Java
32 (25.00 %)DB2
32 (25.00 %)MS Office
32 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
32 (25.00 %)SAP
32 (25.00 %)AIX
32 (25.00 %)SOAP
32 (25.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
32 (25.00 %)Banking
32 (25.00 %)WebSphere
32 (25.00 %)ESB
32 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (25.00 %)SAP PI
32 (25.00 %)C#
41 (12.50 %)Marketing
41 (12.50 %)AJAX
41 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
41 (12.50 %)BC Cleared

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (50.00 %).NET
14 (50.00 %)XML
23 (37.50 %)XSLT
23 (37.50 %)HTML
32 (25.00 %)WebSphere
32 (25.00 %)SAP PI
32 (25.00 %)SOAP
41 (12.50 %)WebServices
41 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
41 (12.50 %)CSS
41 (12.50 %)Flash
41 (12.50 %)J2SE
41 (12.50 %)AJAX
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)WebSphere MQ
12 (25.00 %)ESB
12 (25.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (12.50 %)Tomcat
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
12 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (50.00 %)SQL Server
22 (25.00 %)DB2
31 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Finance
22 (25.00 %)Banking
31 (12.50 %)Marketing
31 (12.50 %)Pharmaceutical
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (25.00 %)AIX
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)Migration
22 (25.00 %)Workflow
22 (25.00 %)EAI
31 (12.50 %)SOA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)C#
12 (25.00 %)Java
12 (25.00 %)FoxPro (VFP)
21 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
21 (12.50 %)VB
21 (12.50 %)VB.NET
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
21 (12.50 %)BC Cleared
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)SAP
21 (12.50 %)Oracle