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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank7176
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads913
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.808 %0.867 %
Daily rates quoted62
Average minimum daily rate£517£300
Average daily rate£517£325
% change on same period last year+58.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£517£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£369
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.50
Average hourly rate-£33.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.58£40.27
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads11141499
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.506 %1.478 %
Daily rates quoted339375
Average minimum daily rate£317£293
Average daily rate£334£308
% change on same period last year+8.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted141193
Average minimum hourly rate£19.43£26.89
Average hourly rate£20.49£27.91
% change on same period last year-26.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.56£28.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Senior Developer South EastSenior Developer
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.

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Buckinghamshire Senior Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 KeynesUp+64£400-
MarlowNo change03£600+84.61 %
Senior Developer South EastSenior Developer
South East

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

112 (60.00 %)Java
28 (40.00 %)Degree
36 (30.00 %)Perl
36 (30.00 %)Oracle
36 (30.00 %)SQL Server
36 (30.00 %)Windows
36 (30.00 %)Linux
36 (30.00 %)Informix
45 (25.00 %)UNIX
45 (25.00 %)J2EE
54 (20.00 %).NET
54 (20.00 %)JavaScript
54 (20.00 %)C#
54 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
63 (15.00 %)Retail
63 (15.00 %)SQL Server 2005
63 (15.00 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (15.00 %)C++
63 (15.00 %)SQL
63 (15.00 %)HTML
63 (15.00 %)DB2
63 (15.00 %)JSP
63 (15.00 %)Servlets
63 (15.00 %)OO
63 (15.00 %)JBoss
63 (15.00 %)ASP.NET
72 (10.00 %)EJB
72 (10.00 %)CSS
72 (10.00 %)JDBC
72 (10.00 %)WebSphere Application Server

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (25.00 %)J2EE
24 (20.00 %).NET
33 (15.00 %)HTML
33 (15.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (15.00 %)JSP
33 (15.00 %)Servlets
42 (10.00 %)JNDI
42 (10.00 %)XML
42 (10.00 %)EJB
42 (10.00 %)CSS
42 (10.00 %)JDBC
42 (10.00 %)WebSphere
51 (5.000 %).NET Framework
51 (5.000 %)WCF
51 (5.000 %)WPF
51 (5.000 %)ADO.NET
51 (5.000 %)JMS
51 (5.000 %)WinForms
51 (5.000 %)Spring
51 (5.000 %)JSF
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (15.00 %)JBoss
22 (10.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (10.00 %)WebLogic
22 (10.00 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (5.000 %)IIS
31 (5.000 %)Apache
31 (5.000 %)Tomcat
31 (5.000 %)SharePoint
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.00 %)Broadband
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (30.00 %)Informix
16 (30.00 %)SQL Server
23 (15.00 %)DB2
23 (15.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (15.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (5.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (5.000 %)JasperReports
31 (5.000 %)MySQL
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)Ant
11 (5.000 %)JUnit
11 (5.000 %)Visual Studio
11 (5.000 %)Eclipse
11 (5.000 %)NUnit
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.00 %)Retail
22 (10.00 %)Banking
22 (10.00 %)Electronics
31 (5.000 %)Automotive
31 (5.000 %)Construction
31 (5.000 %)Electric
31 (5.000 %)Retail Banking
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.00 %)Handset
12 (10.00 %)STB
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (30.00 %)Windows
16 (30.00 %)Linux
25 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (5.000 %)Windows NT
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
23 (15.00 %)OO
32 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
32 (10.00 %)TDD
32 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
32 (10.00 %)Use Case
32 (10.00 %)Continuous Integration
41 (5.000 %)UML
41 (5.000 %)B2B
41 (5.000 %)Project Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (60.00 %)Java
26 (30.00 %)Perl
34 (20.00 %)JavaScript
34 (20.00 %)C#
43 (15.00 %)C++
43 (15.00 %)SQL
52 (10.00 %)Python
61 (5.000 %)FoxPro (VFP)
61 (5.000 %)PHP
61 (5.000 %)Transact-SQL
61 (5.000 %)VB
61 (5.000 %)VC++
61 (5.000 %)Delphi
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (40.00 %)Degree
21 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (30.00 %)Oracle
22 (10.00 %)IBM
22 (10.00 %)Microsoft
22 (10.00 %)BEA
22 (10.00 %)Trolltech