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The table below looks at the demand for the 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank13
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads187138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.302 %0.151 %
As % of the category below25.10 %13.91 %
Daily rates quoted6232
Average minimum daily rate£258£289
Average daily rate£282£317
% change on same period last year-10.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£330
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Hourly rates quoted1029
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£31.55
Average hourly rate£29.35£35.83
% change on same period last year-18.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.20£40.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.65£32.06
% change on same period last year-10.64 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads745992
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.203 %1.082 %
Daily rates quoted220338
Average minimum daily rate£308£337
Average daily rate£332£352
% change on same period last year-5.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted141167
Average minimum hourly rate£24.44£23.66
Average hourly rate£25.40£25.90
% change on same period last year-1.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.35£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Developer South WestDeveloper
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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bristol Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

1138 (39.43 %).NET
2101 (28.86 %)SQL
397 (27.71 %)C#
487 (24.86 %)SQL Server
579 (22.57 %)ASP.NET
672 (20.57 %)XML
771 (20.29 %)HTML
771 (20.29 %)Java
862 (17.71 %)CSS
958 (16.57 %)JavaScript
1047 (13.43 %)Oracle
1047 (13.43 %)AJAX
1143 (12.29 %)J2EE
1236 (10.29 %)Flash
1334 (9.714 %)XHTML
1430 (8.571 %)Finance
1528 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
1528 (8.000 %)Agile Software Development
1528 (8.000 %)PHP
1627 (7.714 %)ActionScript
1627 (7.714 %)Microsoft
1627 (7.714 %)Security Cleared
1724 (6.857 %)ATG
1724 (6.857 %)VB
1724 (6.857 %)Web Development
1823 (6.571 %)SQL Server 2005
1920 (5.714 %)MySQL
1920 (5.714 %)WebServices
1920 (5.714 %)Shell Script
2019 (5.429 %)SC Cleared

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1138 (39.43 %).NET
279 (22.57 %)ASP.NET
372 (20.57 %)XML
471 (20.29 %)HTML
562 (17.71 %)CSS
647 (13.43 %)AJAX
743 (12.29 %)J2EE
834 (9.714 %)XHTML
920 (5.714 %)WebServices
1017 (4.857 %)XSL
1115 (4.286 %).NET Framework
1214 (4.000 %)JSP
1214 (4.000 %)ASP
1312 (3.429 %)SOAP
1411 (3.143 %)XSLT
1411 (3.143 %)JMS
1510 (2.857 %)Middleware
1510 (2.857 %)DOM
1510 (2.857 %)WPF
1510 (2.857 %)WinForms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (5.143 %)CMS
216 (4.571 %)WebLogic
313 (3.714 %)ATG Dynamo
412 (3.429 %)JBoss
59 (2.571 %)SharePoint
65 (1.429 %)WebSphere MQ
74 (1.143 %)WebSphere Message Broker
83 (0.857 %)SharePoint Server 2007
92 (0.571 %)WordPress
92 (0.571 %)ESB
92 (0.571 %)TeamSite
92 (0.571 %)Tomcat
101 (0.286 %)IIS
101 (0.286 %)WebSphere Application Server
101 (0.286 %)Oracle 9iAS
101 (0.286 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.286 %)WebLogic Portal
101 (0.286 %)ArcGIS
101 (0.286 %)ArcIMS
101 (0.286 %)Zope
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (2.571 %)MS Excel
19 (2.571 %)MS Project
25 (1.429 %)Photoshop
25 (1.429 %)MATLAB
34 (1.143 %)Simulink
34 (1.143 %)MS Office
43 (0.857 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.286 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.286 %)MS Visio
51 (0.286 %)ImageReady
51 (0.286 %)Fireworks
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.143 %)SAP CRM
22 (0.571 %)SAP SRM
31 (0.286 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.286 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.286 %)SAP FI
31 (0.286 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.286 %)Oracle HRMS
31 (0.286 %)Oracle Applications
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (3.429 %)HTTP
112 (3.429 %)Extranet
210 (2.857 %)Internet
32 (0.571 %)Intranet
41 (0.286 %)3G
41 (0.286 %)X.400
41 (0.286 %)X.500
41 (0.286 %)TETRA
41 (0.286 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.286 %)GPRS
41 (0.286 %)GSM
41 (0.286 %)UMTS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
187 (24.86 %)SQL Server
228 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
323 (6.571 %)SQL Server 2005
420 (5.714 %)MySQL
59 (2.571 %)Oracle 10g
67 (2.000 %)Crystal Reports
76 (1.714 %)MS Access
85 (1.429 %)BusinessObjects
85 (1.429 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (1.429 %)GIS
94 (1.143 %)SQL Server 7
94 (1.143 %)Datawarehouse
94 (1.143 %)DB2
103 (0.857 %)Oracle 9i
103 (0.857 %)Oracle Reports
103 (0.857 %)ETL
103 (0.857 %)SQL Server Integration Services
103 (0.857 %)BusinessObjects XI
103 (0.857 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
112 (0.571 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
136 (10.29 %)Flash
217 (4.857 %)Ant
315 (4.286 %)Visual Studio
413 (3.714 %)Eclipse
54 (1.143 %)Oracle Forms
54 (1.143 %)CruiseControl
63 (0.857 %)Selenium
72 (0.571 %)FitNesse
72 (0.571 %)Visual Studio Team System
72 (0.571 %)NUnit
72 (0.571 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.286 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.286 %)Log4Net
81 (0.286 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.286 %)PVCS
81 (0.286 %)JUnit
81 (0.286 %)Subversion
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
130 (8.571 %)Finance
214 (4.000 %)Telecoms
39 (2.571 %)Banking
47 (2.000 %)Government
47 (2.000 %)Back Office
47 (2.000 %)Marketing
56 (1.714 %)Retail
56 (1.714 %)Games
65 (1.429 %)Insurance
65 (1.429 %)Music
74 (1.143 %)Pensions
74 (1.143 %)Multimedia
74 (1.143 %)Legal
83 (0.857 %)Law
92 (0.571 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.571 %)Front Office
92 (0.571 %)Billing
101 (0.286 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.286 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.286 %)Financial Institution
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (2.286 %)W3C
26 (1.714 %)Web 2.0
34 (1.143 %)Client/Server
34 (1.143 %)Computer Science
43 (0.857 %)RIA
52 (0.571 %)Data Protection Act
61 (0.286 %)Mathematics
61 (0.286 %)Pocket PC
61 (0.286 %)NHS
61 (0.286 %)Streaming Video
61 (0.286 %)Multithreading
61 (0.286 %)Data Extraction
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (4.857 %)Windows
215 (4.286 %)Linux
314 (4.000 %)Solaris
411 (3.143 %)UNIX
510 (2.857 %)Nucleus RTOS
510 (2.857 %)Red Hat Linux
64 (1.143 %)AIX
64 (1.143 %)VMS
72 (0.571 %)OpenVMS
81 (0.286 %)MVS
81 (0.286 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.286 %)HPUX
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (8.000 %)Agile Software Development
227 (7.714 %)Security Cleared
324 (6.857 %)Web Development
419 (5.429 %)SC Cleared
517 (4.857 %)Workflow
616 (4.571 %)Migration
616 (4.571 %)OO
711 (3.143 %)E-Commerce
711 (3.143 %)Business Intelligence
711 (3.143 %)B2C
89 (2.571 %)CRM
96 (1.714 %)OOP
96 (1.714 %)Scrum
105 (1.429 %)EAI
105 (1.429 %)UML
114 (1.143 %)Content Management
114 (1.143 %)BC Cleared
114 (1.143 %)Unit Testing
114 (1.143 %)Integration Testing
123 (0.857 %)Data Migration
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1101 (28.86 %)SQL
297 (27.71 %)C#
371 (20.29 %)Java
458 (16.57 %)JavaScript
528 (8.000 %)PHP
627 (7.714 %)ActionScript
724 (6.857 %)VB
820 (5.714 %)Shell Script
916 (4.571 %)DHTML
1014 (4.000 %)VB.NET
1112 (3.429 %)VB6
1211 (3.143 %)C++
1211 (3.143 %)C
139 (2.571 %)XPath
148 (2.286 %)Delphi
148 (2.286 %)Transact-SQL
157 (2.000 %)PL/SQL
157 (2.000 %)Fortran
166 (1.714 %)Python
166 (1.714 %)VBA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (3.429 %)Sun Certification
26 (1.714 %)Degree
32 (0.571 %)ISEB
41 (0.286 %)PhD
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.429 %)WAI
21 (0.286 %)QA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.571 %)Tivoli
12 (0.571 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
21 (0.286 %)MAILsweeper
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
147 (13.43 %)Oracle
227 (7.714 %)Microsoft
324 (6.857 %)ATG
413 (3.714 %)SAP
512 (3.429 %)Sun
512 (3.429 %)webMethods
610 (2.857 %)Red Hat
79 (2.571 %)Macromedia
86 (1.714 %)Ab Initio
95 (1.429 %)RedDot
95 (1.429 %)Teradata
95 (1.429 %)Business Objects
104 (1.143 %)BEA
104 (1.143 %)Borland
104 (1.143 %)Chordiant
104 (1.143 %)Netezza
113 (0.857 %)Infragistics
122 (0.571 %)TIBCO
122 (0.571 %)IBM
122 (0.571 %)Adobe