Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts within the Cheshire 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4644
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads1418
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.019 %
As % of the category below1.928 %2.163 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£338£315
Average daily rate£350£315
% change on same period last year+11.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£319
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.72£31.79
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads726832
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.144 %0.892 %
Daily rates quoted180172
Average minimum daily rate£299£302
Average daily rate£310£311
% change on same period last year-0.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted11471
Average minimum hourly rate£21.11£19.78
Average hourly rate£23.36£20.93
% change on same period last year+11.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.60£22.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Programmer North WestProgrammer
North West

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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programmer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Cheshire Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Alderley EdgeDown-82£350-
MacclesfieldNew entry-1£375-
NorthwichNew entry-1--
WarringtonUp+11--
ChesterDown-11£324+15.71 %
Programmer North WestProgrammer
North West

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

110 (41.67 %)SQL
29 (37.50 %).NET
38 (33.33 %)C#
38 (33.33 %)Windows
47 (29.17 %)XML
47 (29.17 %)SQL Server
56 (25.00 %)Oracle
56 (25.00 %)C++
56 (25.00 %)C
56 (25.00 %)SAS
56 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
65 (20.83 %)Microsoft
65 (20.83 %)Java
65 (20.83 %)VB.NET
65 (20.83 %)UNIX
74 (16.67 %)OO
74 (16.67 %)XSLT
74 (16.67 %)ASP
74 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
74 (16.67 %)Perl
74 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
74 (16.67 %)N-Tier
83 (12.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (12.50 %)Finance
83 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
83 (12.50 %)CSS
83 (12.50 %)SOAP
83 (12.50 %)WebServices
83 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
83 (12.50 %)Linux

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (37.50 %).NET
27 (29.17 %)XML
34 (16.67 %)XSLT
34 (16.67 %)ASP
34 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
43 (12.50 %)CSS
43 (12.50 %)SOAP
43 (12.50 %)WebServices
43 (12.50 %).NET Framework
52 (8.333 %)HTML
52 (8.333 %)WinForms
52 (8.333 %)WebSphere
61 (4.167 %)Swing
61 (4.167 %)MDX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (25.00 %)SAS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.167 %)MS Office
11 (4.167 %)MS Excel
11 (4.167 %)PrintSoft PReS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (8.333 %)SAP R/3
21 (4.167 %)MFGPRO
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.167 %)Intranet
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (29.17 %)SQL Server
23 (12.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (8.333 %)Oracle 9i
32 (8.333 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
32 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (8.333 %)Base SAS
41 (4.167 %)Oracle Reports
41 (4.167 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (4.167 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (4.167 %)MS Access
41 (4.167 %)Datawarehouse
41 (4.167 %)Oracle 10g
41 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (4.167 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
21 (4.167 %)Oracle Forms
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (12.50 %)Finance
31 (4.167 %)Education
31 (4.167 %)Banking
31 (4.167 %)Retail
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (16.67 %)N-Tier
22 (8.333 %)Statistics
31 (4.167 %)Biology
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (33.33 %)Windows
25 (20.83 %)UNIX
33 (12.50 %)Linux
42 (8.333 %)VMS
51 (4.167 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (4.167 %)Windows NT
51 (4.167 %)Solaris
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
14 (16.67 %)OO
22 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
31 (4.167 %)Data Management
31 (4.167 %)Statistical Analysis
31 (4.167 %)RAD
31 (4.167 %)CRM
31 (4.167 %)Change Management
31 (4.167 %)Validation
31 (4.167 %)Extreme Programming
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (41.67 %)SQL
28 (33.33 %)C#
36 (25.00 %)C++
36 (25.00 %)C
45 (20.83 %)Java
45 (20.83 %)VB.NET
54 (16.67 %)Perl
63 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
72 (8.333 %)VB
72 (8.333 %)VBA
72 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
72 (8.333 %)JavaScript
81 (4.167 %)PHP
81 (4.167 %)Uniface
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.167 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.167 %)QA
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (25.00 %)Oracle
25 (20.83 %)Microsoft
32 (8.333 %)SAP
41 (4.167 %)Progress
41 (4.167 %)Red Hat
41 (4.167 %)ProClarity