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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5362
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads616
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.909 %1.528 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£319
Average daily rate-£331
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£359
% change on same period last year+7.57 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£48.00
Average hourly rate-£48.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£48.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.42£38.27
% change on same period last year-10.05 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads6601047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.929 %1.058 %
Daily rates quoted135189
Average minimum daily rate£309£305
Average daily rate£335£321
% change on same period last year+4.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted145189
Average minimum hourly rate£20.28£28.50
Average hourly rate£21.73£30.51
% change on same period last year-28.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.19£32.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Senior Developer East of EnglandSenior Developer
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.

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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+63--
PeterboroughNew entry-3--
Senior Developer East of EnglandSenior Developer
East of England

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

18 (47.06 %)C#
27 (41.18 %).NET
27 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
35 (29.41 %)SQL Server
35 (29.41 %)J2EE
35 (29.41 %)Java
35 (29.41 %)Hibernate
44 (23.53 %)Agile Software Development
44 (23.53 %)Spring
44 (23.53 %)JavaScript
53 (17.65 %)C++
53 (17.65 %)HTML
53 (17.65 %)VB
53 (17.65 %)XML
53 (17.65 %)JMS
53 (17.65 %)ASP
53 (17.65 %)VB6
53 (17.65 %)Insurance
62 (11.76 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (11.76 %)Software Engineering
62 (11.76 %)Web Development
62 (11.76 %)SOA
62 (11.76 %)Project Management
62 (11.76 %)CSS
62 (11.76 %)UML
62 (11.76 %)DHTML
71 (5.882 %)Delphi
71 (5.882 %)Perl
71 (5.882 %)SQL
71 (5.882 %)VB.NET

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (41.18 %).NET
17 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
25 (29.41 %)J2EE
25 (29.41 %)Hibernate
34 (23.53 %)Spring
43 (17.65 %)HTML
43 (17.65 %)ASP
43 (17.65 %)XML
43 (17.65 %)JMS
52 (11.76 %)CSS
52 (11.76 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (5.882 %)WinForms
61 (5.882 %)Ruby on Rails
61 (5.882 %)WebSphere
61 (5.882 %)Acegi Security
61 (5.882 %)JSP
61 (5.882 %)EJB
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)Apache
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (29.41 %)SQL Server
21 (5.882 %)MySQL
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)JUnit
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Insurance
21 (5.882 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (5.882 %)Finance
21 (5.882 %)Banking
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Credit Risk
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.882 %)Windows
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)Agile Software Development
22 (11.76 %)Software Engineering
22 (11.76 %)Web Development
22 (11.76 %)UML
22 (11.76 %)SOA
22 (11.76 %)Project Management
31 (5.882 %)Scrum
31 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.882 %)Data Management
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (47.06 %)C#
25 (29.41 %)Java
34 (23.53 %)JavaScript
43 (17.65 %)C++
43 (17.65 %)VB
43 (17.65 %)VB6
52 (11.76 %)DHTML
61 (5.882 %)Ruby
61 (5.882 %)VB.NET
61 (5.882 %)Delphi
61 (5.882 %)Perl
61 (5.882 %)SQL