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This section looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5852
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads512
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.666 %1.271 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£308
Average daily rate-£325
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£311
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£20.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.74£32.73
% change on same period last year+6.14 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads751944
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.001 %0.955 %
Daily rates quoted129201
Average minimum daily rate£307£300
Average daily rate£331£314
% change on same period last year+5.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted137156
Average minimum hourly rate£18.87£24.87
Average hourly rate£20.63£26.39
% change on same period last year-21.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.39£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Programmer East of EnglandProgrammer
East of England

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.

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
CambridgeUp+53--
Programmer East of EnglandProgrammer
East of England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

13 (30.00 %).NET
13 (30.00 %)UNIX
13 (30.00 %)SAS
13 (30.00 %)Statistics
22 (20.00 %)Biostatistics
22 (20.00 %)Degree
22 (20.00 %)Mathematics
22 (20.00 %)Biotechnology
22 (20.00 %)Computer Science
22 (20.00 %)Life Science
22 (20.00 %)AS400
22 (20.00 %)Windows
22 (20.00 %)Python
22 (20.00 %)C
22 (20.00 %)C++
22 (20.00 %)Java
22 (20.00 %)RPG
31 (10.00 %)SQL
31 (10.00 %)JavaScript
31 (10.00 %)Perl
31 (10.00 %)HTML
31 (10.00 %)C#
31 (10.00 %)OOD
31 (10.00 %)Linux
31 (10.00 %)Oracle
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %)CSS
31 (10.00 %)XML
31 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
31 (10.00 %)MFGPRO

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (10.00 %)CSS
21 (10.00 %)XML
21 (10.00 %)HTML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)SAS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (10.00 %)MFGPRO
11 (10.00 %)Oracle Clinical
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)HTTP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)NUnit
11 (10.00 %)Subversion
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (30.00 %)Statistics
22 (20.00 %)Mathematics
22 (20.00 %)Biotechnology
22 (20.00 %)Computer Science
22 (20.00 %)Life Science
22 (20.00 %)AS400
31 (10.00 %)Speech Recognition
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)UNIX
22 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (10.00 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Biostatistics
21 (10.00 %)System Testing
21 (10.00 %)OOD
21 (10.00 %)Data Management
21 (10.00 %)Requirements Analysis
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)C++
12 (20.00 %)Java
12 (20.00 %)C
12 (20.00 %)RPG
12 (20.00 %)Python
21 (10.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)C#
21 (10.00 %)JavaScript
21 (10.00 %)Perl
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle
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