The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cardiff region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 7 7 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 35 37 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 16.83% 18.05% 21.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.13% 18.97% 23.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 25 24
Average daily rate £305 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.90% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £203 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £350 £357
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £36.25 £23.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
193 195 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 92.79% 95.12% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 115 129
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 5
Average hourly rate £25.60 £14.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+82.85% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £14.00 £7.67
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £22.50 £100.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Developer
South Wales

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cardiff Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cardiff Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1 24 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (30.43%) SQL
3 20 (28.99%) Finance
4 18 (26.09%) SAP
4 18 (26.09%) SAP BW
5 17 (24.64%) SQL Server
6 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
7 14 (20.29%) BusinessObjects
7 14 (20.29%) Business Objects
8 13 (18.84%) SAP Data Services
9 12 (17.39%) ABAP
9 12 (17.39%) .NET
10 11 (15.94%) ETL
10 11 (15.94%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (15.94%) Data Modelling
10 11 (15.94%) Windows
10 11 (15.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (15.94%) Web Development
11 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
12 9 (13.04%) Intranet
12 9 (13.04%) C#
12 9 (13.04%) JavaScript
13 8 (11.59%) HTML
14 7 (10.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (10.14%) T-SQL
15 6 (8.696%) Java
15 6 (8.696%) CSS
15 6 (8.696%) Active Directory
15 6 (8.696%) Oracle
15 6 (8.696%) Cognos

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Application Development
1 12 (17.39%) .NET
2 8 (11.59%) HTML
3 6 (8.696%) CSS
4 5 (7.246%) jQuery
4 5 (7.246%) .NET Framework
4 5 (7.246%) ASP.NET
4 5 (7.246%) XML
5 4 (5.797%) Ajax
5 4 (5.797%) WCF
6 3 (4.348%) WF
6 3 (4.348%) XSLT
6 3 (4.348%) SOAP
6 3 (4.348%) Web Services
7 2 (2.899%) COM
7 2 (2.899%) Middleware
7 2 (2.899%) Spring
7 2 (2.899%) WinForms
7 2 (2.899%) CSS3
7 2 (2.899%) WPF
7 2 (2.899%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.246%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (7.246%) IIS
3 3 (4.348%) CMS
3 3 (4.348%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (2.899%) Apache
4 2 (2.899%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.449%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.449%) Kentico
5 1 (1.449%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (5.797%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.449%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (5.797%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.04%) Intranet
2 4 (5.797%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.09%) SAP BW
2 17 (24.64%) SQL Server
3 14 (20.29%) BusinessObjects
4 13 (18.84%) SAP Data Services
5 11 (15.94%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (15.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (10.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (8.696%) Data Mart
7 6 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (7.246%) BusinessObjects XI
8 5 (7.246%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (4.348%) DB2
10 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2005
11 1 (1.449%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 1 (1.449%) QlikView
11 1 (1.449%) Xcelsius
11 1 (1.449%) InterBase
11 1 (1.449%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (1.449%) Firebird
11 1 (1.449%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 4 (5.797%) Visual Studio
1 4 (5.797%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.899%) Ant
2 2 (2.899%) CruiseControl
2 2 (2.899%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.899%) Hudson
3 1 (1.449%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (1.449%) ProC
3 1 (1.449%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.449%) Oracle Forms
General
1 20 (28.99%) Finance
2 4 (5.797%) Banking
2 4 (5.797%) Back Office
3 2 (2.899%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.449%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.449%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.696%) Data Extraction
2 4 (5.797%) NHS
3 2 (2.899%) AS400
3 2 (2.899%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.449%) Social Media
4 1 (1.449%) Web 2.0
4 1 (1.449%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.449%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.94%) Windows
2 5 (7.246%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (4.348%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (4.348%) UNIX
4 2 (2.899%) Solaris
4 2 (2.899%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.449%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (15.94%) ETL
2 11 (15.94%) Data Modelling
2 11 (15.94%) Web Development
3 6 (8.696%) Data Analysis
3 6 (8.696%) MVC
4 4 (5.797%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (5.797%) System Testing
5 3 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
5 3 (4.348%) Workflow
5 3 (4.348%) OO
6 2 (2.899%) SOA
6 2 (2.899%) Data Management
6 2 (2.899%) Web Application Development
6 2 (2.899%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (2.899%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (2.899%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.449%) Data Migration
7 1 (1.449%) Data Governance
7 1 (1.449%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.43%) SQL
2 12 (17.39%) ABAP
3 9 (13.04%) C#
3 9 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.14%) T-SQL
5 6 (8.696%) Java
6 5 (7.246%) VB.NET
7 3 (4.348%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 2 (2.899%) RPG
8 2 (2.899%) VB
8 2 (2.899%) C++
8 2 (2.899%) Perl
8 2 (2.899%) Tcl
8 2 (2.899%) VB6
8 2 (2.899%) RPG IV
9 1 (1.449%) XAML
9 1 (1.449%) PHP
9 1 (1.449%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.449%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 5 (7.246%) Degree
2 1 (1.449%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) HL7
System Software
1 6 (8.696%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (26.09%) SAP
2 14 (20.29%) Business Objects
3 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
4 6 (8.696%) Oracle
4 6 (8.696%) Cognos
5 1 (1.449%) Talend
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