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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Buckinghamshire 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 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
28 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank62
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads150349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.200 %0.348 %
As % of the category below12.98 %23.61 %
Daily rates quoted5586
Average minimum daily rate£366£268
Average daily rate£379£281
% change on same period last year+34.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£294
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£331
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted741
Average minimum hourly rate£32.51£32.77
Average hourly rate£34.94£33.57
% change on same period last year+4.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.36£34.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.01£33.17
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads11561478
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.538 %1.475 %
Daily rates quoted359358
Average minimum daily rate£326£293
Average daily rate£343£308
% change on same period last year+11.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Hourly rates quoted153187
Average minimum hourly rate£19.11£26.54
Average hourly rate£20.20£27.51
% change on same period last year-26.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.30£28.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.26 %
Developer South EastDeveloper
South East

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008.

Buckinghamshire Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-374£334+14.38 %
MarlowDown-19£569+62.44 %
High WycombeDown-147£313+27.55 %
AylesburyDown-55£275-5.71 %
Gerrards CrossDown-21--
Developer South EastDeveloper
South East

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1150 (35.05 %).NET
2122 (28.50 %)SQL Server
3115 (26.87 %)SQL
4112 (26.17 %)C#
596 (22.43 %)HTML
690 (21.03 %)Finance
786 (20.09 %)Java
881 (18.93 %)Oracle
980 (18.69 %)Windows
1062 (14.49 %)XML
1160 (14.02 %)JavaScript
1255 (12.85 %)ASP.NET
1350 (11.68 %)C++
1447 (10.98 %)Security Cleared
1546 (10.75 %)SQL Server 2005
1546 (10.75 %)J2EE
1640 (9.346 %)DB2
1739 (9.112 %)VB
1739 (9.112 %).NET Framework
1739 (9.112 %)Banking
1837 (8.645 %)CSS
1837 (8.645 %)UNIX
1935 (8.178 %)IBM
1935 (8.178 %)COBOL
2032 (7.477 %)Microsoft
2131 (7.243 %)WinForms
2131 (7.243 %)VB.NET
2131 (7.243 %)Transact-SQL
2230 (7.009 %)PL/SQL
2329 (6.776 %)Linux

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1150 (35.05 %).NET
296 (22.43 %)HTML
362 (14.49 %)XML
455 (12.85 %)ASP.NET
546 (10.75 %)J2EE
639 (9.112 %).NET Framework
737 (8.645 %)CSS
831 (7.243 %)WinForms
928 (6.542 %)WebServices
928 (6.542 %)ASP
1027 (6.308 %)JSP
1119 (4.439 %)WebSphere
1119 (4.439 %)AJAX
1218 (4.206 %)XSLT
1218 (4.206 %)Spring
1317 (3.972 %)EJB
1317 (3.972 %)WPF
1416 (3.738 %)Hibernate
1513 (3.037 %)Middleware
1513 (3.037 %)Servlets
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (4.206 %)SharePoint
216 (3.738 %)MQSeries
39 (2.103 %)Tuxedo
48 (1.869 %)ColdFusion
48 (1.869 %)SharePoint Server 2007
57 (1.636 %)IIS
66 (1.402 %)WebSphere Application Server
66 (1.402 %)BizTalk Server
66 (1.402 %)ArcSDE
75 (1.168 %)JBoss
75 (1.168 %)Tomcat
75 (1.168 %)CICS
75 (1.168 %)CMS
83 (0.701 %)TPMS
83 (0.701 %)ColdFusion MX
83 (0.701 %)ArcGIS
92 (0.467 %)Oracle Application Server
92 (0.467 %)SharePoint Portal Server
92 (0.467 %)Oracle Spatial
92 (0.467 %)WebLogic
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (3.271 %)MS Office
210 (2.336 %)MS Excel
37 (1.636 %)Photoshop
44 (0.935 %)ImageReady
51 (0.234 %)Fireworks
51 (0.234 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.234 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.234 %)InfoPath
51 (0.234 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.234 %)MS Visio
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.402 %)Oracle Financials
22 (0.467 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
31 (0.234 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.234 %)SAP HR
31 (0.234 %)Oracle HRMS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (4.907 %)Internet
210 (2.336 %)Intranet
36 (1.402 %)Bluetooth
36 (1.402 %)Wireless
45 (1.168 %)SAN
54 (0.935 %)WLAN
54 (0.935 %)ZigBee
63 (0.701 %)LAN
63 (0.701 %)Extranet
63 (0.701 %)SS7
72 (0.467 %)ISUP
72 (0.467 %)Q.931
72 (0.467 %)Wi-Fi
72 (0.467 %)Broadband
81 (0.234 %)ISDN
81 (0.234 %)FTP
81 (0.234 %)HTTP
81 (0.234 %)DNS
81 (0.234 %)3G
81 (0.234 %)Firewall
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1122 (28.50 %)SQL Server
246 (10.75 %)SQL Server 2005
340 (9.346 %)DB2
421 (4.907 %)Oracle 10g
518 (4.206 %)PowerCenter
617 (3.972 %)SQL Server 2000
714 (3.271 %)Crystal Reports
714 (3.271 %)MySQL
813 (3.037 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
912 (2.804 %)Oracle 8/8i
912 (2.804 %)GIS
1010 (2.336 %)Informix
1010 (2.336 %)Oracle Reports
117 (1.636 %)OLAP
117 (1.636 %)DTS
126 (1.402 %)ETL
126 (1.402 %)Datawarehouse
135 (1.168 %)DB2 UDB
135 (1.168 %)MS Access
144 (0.935 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (4.439 %)Eclipse
218 (4.206 %)JUnit
316 (3.738 %)Visual Studio
412 (2.804 %)Ant
511 (2.570 %)Rational Rose
69 (2.103 %)Flash
74 (0.935 %)Oracle Forms
74 (0.935 %)ProC
83 (0.701 %)VSS/SourceSafe
92 (0.467 %)TestDirector
92 (0.467 %)FrontPage
101 (0.234 %)PowerBuilder
101 (0.234 %)NUnit
101 (0.234 %)Subversion
101 (0.234 %)PVCS
101 (0.234 %)JDeveloper
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (21.03 %)Finance
239 (9.112 %)Banking
324 (5.607 %)Financial Institution
421 (4.907 %)Government
514 (3.271 %)Pensions
613 (3.037 %)Retail
79 (2.103 %)Telecoms
86 (1.402 %)Retail Banking
95 (1.168 %)Manufacturing
95 (1.168 %)Games
104 (0.935 %)Investment Banking
104 (0.935 %)Electronics
113 (0.701 %)Marketing
122 (0.467 %)Online Games
122 (0.467 %)Health
122 (0.467 %)Electric
131 (0.234 %)Advertising
131 (0.234 %)Publishing
131 (0.234 %)Insurance
131 (0.234 %)Multimedia
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (5.374 %)Mainframe
217 (3.972 %)IBM Mainframe
36 (1.402 %)German Language
45 (1.168 %)Replication
45 (1.168 %)Clustering
54 (0.935 %)AS400
54 (0.935 %)Firmware
62 (0.467 %)Management Information System
62 (0.467 %)N-Tier
62 (0.467 %)PDA
62 (0.467 %)Computer Science
62 (0.467 %)E-Learning
62 (0.467 %)Tandem
62 (0.467 %)STB
62 (0.467 %)Data Integration
62 (0.467 %)Handset
71 (0.234 %)Wiki
71 (0.234 %)PKI
71 (0.234 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.234 %)Device Driver
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
180 (18.69 %)Windows
237 (8.645 %)UNIX
329 (6.776 %)Linux
48 (1.869 %)Windows XP
57 (1.636 %)Windows NT
65 (1.168 %)VME
73 (0.701 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.467 %)AIX
82 (0.467 %)Solaris
82 (0.467 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.234 %)SUSE
91 (0.234 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.234 %)Embedded Linux
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
147 (10.98 %)Security Cleared
226 (6.075 %)SC Cleared
323 (5.374 %)UML
422 (5.140 %)DV Cleared
520 (4.673 %)Migration
618 (4.206 %)OO
714 (3.271 %)Agile Software Development
813 (3.037 %)OOD
912 (2.804 %)Workflow
1011 (2.570 %)Extreme Programming
1011 (2.570 %)Business Intelligence
1110 (2.336 %)RUP
1110 (2.336 %)Requirements Analysis
129 (2.103 %)E-Commerce
138 (1.869 %)Web Development
138 (1.869 %)Content Management
138 (1.869 %)Systems Analysis
138 (1.869 %)System Testing
147 (1.636 %)SSADM
156 (1.402 %)Investment Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1115 (26.87 %)SQL
2112 (26.17 %)C#
386 (20.09 %)Java
460 (14.02 %)JavaScript
550 (11.68 %)C++
639 (9.112 %)VB
735 (8.178 %)COBOL
831 (7.243 %)VB.NET
831 (7.243 %)Transact-SQL
930 (7.009 %)PL/SQL
1025 (5.841 %)Perl
1025 (5.841 %)PHP
1124 (5.607 %)C
1219 (4.439 %)VB6
1312 (2.804 %)JCL
1411 (2.570 %)XAML
1510 (2.336 %)ActionScript
167 (1.636 %)Python
175 (1.168 %)VBA
175 (1.168 %)VBScript
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (4.673 %)Degree
28 (1.869 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (1.168 %)MCDBA
42 (0.467 %)MCSD
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.234 %)Basel II
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.234 %)Active Directory
11 (0.234 %)AquaLogic
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.234 %)CONTROL-M
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (18.93 %)Oracle
235 (8.178 %)IBM
332 (7.477 %)Microsoft
413 (3.037 %)BEA
510 (2.336 %)Adobe
66 (1.402 %)ICL
75 (1.168 %)FatWire
83 (0.701 %)TIBCO
83 (0.701 %)webMethods
83 (0.701 %)Mercator
83 (0.701 %)Micro Focus
83 (0.701 %)Business Objects
92 (0.467 %)Cognos
92 (0.467 %)Informatica
92 (0.467 %)Tridion
92 (0.467 %)Trolltech
92 (0.467 %)Dundas
101 (0.234 %)Brio
101 (0.234 %)Sony
101 (0.234 %)ESRI