The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham 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 17 May 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 Cheltenham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 7 6 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 10 63 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 13.51% 23.25% 25.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.49% 25.51% 26.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 42 14
Average daily rate £338 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.94% +58.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £50.00 - £26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
69 247 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 93.24% 91.14% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 132 38
Average daily rate £343 £425 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.41% +37.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £693 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 18
Average hourly rate £39.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.70% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.44 £21.64 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £38.00 £36.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Developer
Gloucestershire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 12 (60.00%) .NET
2 11 (55.00%) CSS
2 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
3 10 (50.00%) SQL
4 9 (45.00%) C#
4 9 (45.00%) ASP.NET
5 8 (40.00%) XML
6 7 (35.00%) Oracle
6 7 (35.00%) Java
6 7 (35.00%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (30.00%) Web Development
7 6 (30.00%) HTML
7 6 (30.00%) Visual Studio
7 6 (30.00%) Hibernate
7 6 (30.00%) Scrum
8 5 (25.00%) PL/SQL
8 5 (25.00%) OO
8 5 (25.00%) XSL
8 5 (25.00%) Degree
8 5 (25.00%) System Testing
8 5 (25.00%) Kanban
8 5 (25.00%) Spring
9 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (20.00%) jQuery
9 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
9 4 (20.00%) MVC
9 4 (20.00%) Finance
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
10 3 (15.00%) Windows
10 3 (15.00%) Requirements Analysis

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (60.00%) .NET
2 11 (55.00%) CSS
3 9 (45.00%) ASP.NET
4 8 (40.00%) XML
5 6 (30.00%) Hibernate
5 6 (30.00%) HTML
6 5 (25.00%) Spring
6 5 (25.00%) XSL
7 4 (20.00%) jQuery
8 2 (10.00%) WCF
9 1 (5.000%) CodeIgniter
9 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (5.000%) HTML5
9 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (5.000%) ODBC
9 1 (5.000%) XHTML
9 1 (5.000%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) MS Project Server
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.000%) Apache
2 1 (5.000%) CMS
2 1 (5.000%) Joomla!
2 1 (5.000%) Drupal
2 1 (5.000%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Project
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (5.000%) MySQL
4 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (5.000%) Informix
4 1 (5.000%) MS Access
4 1 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.000%) Star Schema
4 1 (5.000%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (5.000%) ERwin
3 1 (5.000%) C++Builder
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.000%) Multimedia
2 1 (5.000%) Avionics
2 1 (5.000%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Replication
1 1 (5.000%) E-Learning
1 1 (5.000%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.000%) Linux
2 1 (5.000%) Android
2 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (30.00%) Web Development
2 6 (30.00%) Scrum
3 5 (25.00%) OO
3 5 (25.00%) System Testing
3 5 (25.00%) Kanban
4 4 (20.00%) MVC
5 3 (15.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) CRM
6 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
7 1 (5.000%) ETL
7 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.000%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (50.00%) SQL
3 9 (45.00%) C#
4 7 (35.00%) Java
5 5 (25.00%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.000%) C++
6 1 (5.000%) PHP
6 1 (5.000%) VB
6 1 (5.000%) VB.NET
6 1 (5.000%) Objective-C
6 1 (5.000%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) MCAD
2 2 (10.00%) MCSD
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Oracle
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) Embarcadero
3 1 (5.000%) Borland
3 1 (5.000%) Serena
3 1 (5.000%) Zend
Cheltenham, South West
Essential skills/experience: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 Strong software development experience OO software development Leading CRM developments Ability to estimate realistic timescales for design and development work Microsoft...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: market rate / negotiable
Posted: 23 April 2013