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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge region.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank211
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1No change0
Matching contract IT job ads69116191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge26.44 %37.54 %31.99 %
As % of the Job Titles category31.80 %39.06 %34.54 %
Daily rates quoted393144
Average daily rate£275£290£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£178£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£405£415£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted102125
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£19.50£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.75£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
--15.38 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
217297553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge83.14 %96.12 %92.63 %
Daily rates quoted8263106
Average daily rate£275£290£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£110£220£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£450£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted7064119
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£30.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£10.90£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.50£38.30£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Developer CambridgeshireDeveloper
Cambridgeshire

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridge Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

146 (39.32 %).NET
245 (38.46 %)C#
334 (29.06 %)SQL
432 (27.35 %)JavaScript
528 (23.93 %)Java
626 (22.22 %)Oracle
724 (20.51 %)Windows
823 (19.66 %)XML
922 (18.80 %)ASP.NET
1021 (17.95 %)CSS
1119 (16.24 %)HTML
1217 (14.53 %)SQL Server
1217 (14.53 %)MySQL
1316 (13.68 %)Linux
1415 (12.82 %)OO
1415 (12.82 %)Degree
1514 (11.97 %)PL/SQL
1613 (11.11 %)Silverlight
1712 (10.26 %)AJAX
1712 (10.26 %)Oracle 10g
1712 (10.26 %)Web Services
1811 (9.402 %)PHP
1811 (9.402 %)Microsoft
1811 (9.402 %)WPF
1910 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2005
1910 (8.547 %).NET Framework
1910 (8.547 %)C++
1910 (8.547 %)J2EE
209 (7.692 %)Delphi
209 (7.692 %)XHTML

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
146 (39.32 %).NET
223 (19.66 %)XML
322 (18.80 %)ASP.NET
421 (17.95 %)CSS
519 (16.24 %)HTML
613 (11.11 %)Silverlight
712 (10.26 %)AJAX
712 (10.26 %)Web Services
811 (9.402 %)WPF
910 (8.547 %).NET Framework
910 (8.547 %)J2EE
109 (7.692 %)XHTML
118 (6.838 %)WCF
118 (6.838 %)Hibernate
127 (5.983 %)Servlets
127 (5.983 %)Flash
127 (5.983 %)Tapestry
136 (5.128 %)ADO.NET
136 (5.128 %)JSP
136 (5.128 %)COM+
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (5.128 %)Apache
16 (5.128 %)Tomcat
24 (3.419 %)Force.com
24 (3.419 %)SharePoint
33 (2.564 %)IIS
42 (1.709 %)Joomla!
42 (1.709 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (1.709 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.855 %)MS Exchange
51 (0.855 %)CMS
51 (0.855 %)Drupal
51 (0.855 %)WordPress
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.709 %)MATLAB
21 (0.855 %)MS Office
21 (0.855 %)Fireworks
21 (0.855 %)Doxygen
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.855 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.855 %)Axapta
11 (0.855 %)Oracle EBS R12
11 (0.855 %)Dynamics AX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (5.983 %)Wireless
23 (2.564 %)HTTP
32 (1.709 %)SSL
32 (1.709 %)Internet
41 (0.855 %)3GPP
41 (0.855 %)VoIP
41 (0.855 %)WCDMA
41 (0.855 %)SNMP
41 (0.855 %)X.400
41 (0.855 %)Wi-Fi
41 (0.855 %)LTE
41 (0.855 %)NAS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (14.53 %)SQL Server
117 (14.53 %)MySQL
212 (10.26 %)Oracle 10g
310 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (6.838 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (3.419 %)Oracle Reports
63 (2.564 %)PerformancePoint
63 (2.564 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (1.709 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (1.709 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (1.709 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
72 (1.709 %)SQLPlus
72 (1.709 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.855 %)DTS
81 (0.855 %)MS Access
81 (0.855 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.855 %)Oracle 11g
81 (0.855 %)SQLite
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (5.983 %)Visual Studio
25 (4.274 %)Eclipse
34 (3.419 %)Subversion
34 (3.419 %)Expression Blend
43 (2.564 %)IntelliJ
52 (1.709 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.855 %)JUnit
61 (0.855 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.855 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.855 %)Git (software)
61 (0.855 %)Maven
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (7.692 %)Finance
22 (1.709 %)Marketing
22 (1.709 %)Telecoms
31 (0.855 %)Aerospace
31 (0.855 %)Automotive
31 (0.855 %)Education
31 (0.855 %)Electric
31 (0.855 %)Government
31 (0.855 %)Manufacturing
31 (0.855 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (0.855 %)Retail
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (3.419 %)Computer Science
14 (3.419 %)Windows Azure
23 (2.564 %)W3C
32 (1.709 %)PDA
32 (1.709 %)NHS
32 (1.709 %)Client/Server
41 (0.855 %)Multithreading
41 (0.855 %)iPhone
41 (0.855 %)Open Source
41 (0.855 %)Mathematics
41 (0.855 %)Social Network
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (20.51 %)Windows
216 (13.68 %)Linux
39 (7.692 %)Windows Mobile
48 (6.838 %)Solaris
55 (4.274 %)UNIX
64 (3.419 %)Windows CE
73 (2.564 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (2.564 %)CentOS
82 (1.709 %)Windows XP
91 (0.855 %)SUSE
91 (0.855 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.855 %)Mac OS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (12.82 %)OO
27 (5.983 %)Web Development
27 (5.983 %)Agile Software Development
36 (5.128 %)E-Commerce
45 (4.274 %)CRM
54 (3.419 %)MVC
63 (2.564 %)Quality Management
63 (2.564 %)QMS
63 (2.564 %)Web Accessibility
72 (1.709 %)Content Management
72 (1.709 %)User Experience Design
72 (1.709 %)Email Marketing
72 (1.709 %)Digital Marketing
72 (1.709 %)SEO
72 (1.709 %)UML
72 (1.709 %)OOP
81 (0.855 %)OOD
81 (0.855 %)SOA
81 (0.855 %)ERP
81 (0.855 %)OOA/OOD
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
145 (38.46 %)C#
234 (29.06 %)SQL
332 (27.35 %)JavaScript
428 (23.93 %)Java
514 (11.97 %)PL/SQL
611 (9.402 %)PHP
710 (8.547 %)C++
89 (7.692 %)Delphi
98 (6.838 %)C
106 (5.128 %)VB6
106 (5.128 %)ActionScript 3.0
106 (5.128 %)ActionScript
106 (5.128 %)VB
115 (4.274 %)Apex Code
124 (3.419 %)PHP5
133 (2.564 %)VB.NET
133 (2.564 %)T-SQL
133 (2.564 %)Groovy
142 (1.709 %)PowerShell
142 (1.709 %)PHP4
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (12.82 %)Degree
21 (0.855 %)Sun Certification
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.564 %)GAMP
13 (2.564 %)ISO9001
13 (2.564 %)GxP
21 (0.855 %)PCI DSS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (2.564 %)Active Directory
21 (0.855 %)MSMQ
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.855 %)Nagios
11 (0.855 %)OpenView
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
126 (22.22 %)Oracle
211 (9.402 %)Microsoft
36 (5.128 %)Salesforce.com
43 (2.564 %)ATG
43 (2.564 %)Zend
52 (1.709 %)JBoss
61 (0.855 %)Agresso
61 (0.855 %)Sun
61 (0.855 %)HP
61 (0.855 %)Juniper
61 (0.855 %)Red Hat
61 (0.855 %)Cisco