The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 46 49 43
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 4 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.749% 1.412% 0.930%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.787% 1.513% 0.985%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 2
Average daily rate £313 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £325 £352
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £405 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
+4.28% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -17.64%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
508 793 609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.13% 93.29% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 528 330
Average daily rate £338 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £223 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 36 38
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £14.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £37.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior Developer
South West

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

1 4 (44.44%) XML
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
2 3 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) PHP
2 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) Web Services
2 3 (33.33%) WCF
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (22.22%) Open Source
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 2 (22.22%) MySQL
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) C++
3 2 (22.22%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) MVC
3 2 (22.22%) CMS
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (11.11%) Git (software)
4 1 (11.11%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Infragistics
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) XSLT
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) OOA/OOD

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
1 4 (44.44%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) WCF
2 3 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 1 (11.11%) COM
4 1 (11.11%) MFC
4 1 (11.11%) XSLT
4 1 (11.11%) XHTML
4 1 (11.11%) OLE
4 1 (11.11%) Spring
4 1 (11.11%) Ajax
4 1 (11.11%) Java EE
4 1 (11.11%) RESTful
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (11.11%) HTML5
4 1 (11.11%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) ESB
2 1 (11.11%) Drupal
2 1 (11.11%) Apache Solr
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (22.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Subversion
2 1 (11.11%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Open Source
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
2 1 (11.11%) OOD
2 1 (11.11%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (33.33%) PHP
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Infragistics
1 1 (11.11%) Telerik
1 1 (11.11%) Ektron
Bristol, South West
The role is for a Senior Developer with SQL and PHP as the core technologies, based in Bristol for a 6 month contract.The company is in the...
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day + Negotiable Depending On Experience
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bristol, Avon
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate: * Ektron CMS development (8.5+) * Strong C# (3.5 / 4.0) and ASP.net development skills * Solid SQL Server experience (2008 +) * WCF /...
Experis IT
Posted: 14 May 2013