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The table below looks at the demand for the Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank50-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.504 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£394
% change on same period last year-1.75 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£42.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.40-
% change on same period last year-
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads595805
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.193 %1.007 %
Daily rates quoted169282
Average minimum daily rate£299£350
Average daily rate£322£365
% change on same period last year-11.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted133145
Average minimum hourly rate£23.13£23.07
Average hourly rate£24.14£25.07
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.15£27.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Lead Developer South WestLead 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.

Lead Developer
Demand Trend

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

Bristol Lead Developer Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Lead Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol Lead Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title.

112 (85.71 %)Java
112 (85.71 %)J2EE
211 (78.57 %)XML
310 (71.43 %)HTML
310 (71.43 %)Solaris
310 (71.43 %)OO
310 (71.43 %)HTTP
310 (71.43 %)Ant
310 (71.43 %)ATG
310 (71.43 %)ATG Dynamo
310 (71.43 %)Sun
310 (71.43 %)Sun Certification
310 (71.43 %)Extranet
310 (71.43 %)Shell Script
43 (21.43 %)WebServices
43 (21.43 %)AJAX
52 (14.29 %)JMX
52 (14.29 %).NET
52 (14.29 %)C#
52 (14.29 %)C++
52 (14.29 %)Flash
52 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
61 (7.143 %)NUnit
61 (7.143 %)CruiseControl
61 (7.143 %)XSLT
61 (7.143 %)Windows
61 (7.143 %)Microsoft
61 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
61 (7.143 %)SQL Server
61 (7.143 %)Scrum

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (85.71 %)J2EE
211 (78.57 %)XML
310 (71.43 %)HTML
43 (21.43 %)AJAX
43 (21.43 %)WebServices
52 (14.29 %).NET
52 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
52 (14.29 %)Flash
52 (14.29 %)JMX
61 (7.143 %)MVC
61 (7.143 %)XSLT
61 (7.143 %).NET Framework
61 (7.143 %)WPF
61 (7.143 %)Silverlight
61 (7.143 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (71.43 %)ATG Dynamo
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (71.43 %)HTTP
110 (71.43 %)Extranet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (71.43 %)Ant
21 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
21 (7.143 %)NUnit
21 (7.143 %)CruiseControl
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (71.43 %)Solaris
21 (7.143 %)Windows
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (71.43 %)OO
21 (7.143 %)Scrum
21 (7.143 %)Web Development
21 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (85.71 %)Java
210 (71.43 %)Shell Script
32 (14.29 %)C#
32 (14.29 %)C++
41 (7.143 %)XAML
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (71.43 %)Sun Certification
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (71.43 %)Sun
110 (71.43 %)ATG
21 (7.143 %)Microsoft