The first table below looks at the demand for the Web Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web 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 Cheshire 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
Web Developer
Rank 54 47 45
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Web Developer 13 20 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.793% 2.454% 3.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.949% 2.670% 3.325%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 22
Average daily rate £283 £285 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.87% -18.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £288 £288
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.94 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+46.21% -14.50%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
667 749 842
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 92.00% 91.90% 90.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 404 467
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 34
Average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Web Developer
North West

Web Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Web Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cheshire Web Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warrington -6 3 £283 -1.73% 1
Chester - 3 £325 - 1
Crewe - 1 - - 2
Knutsford - - - -
Macclesfield - - - - 2
Wilmslow - - - -
Web Developer
North West

Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Web 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 Web Developer in their job title.

1 17 (68.00%) C#
2 15 (60.00%) .NET
3 14 (56.00%) JavaScript
4 12 (48.00%) SQL
4 12 (48.00%) CSS
5 11 (44.00%) jQuery
6 10 (40.00%) HTML5
7 9 (36.00%) Web Services
7 9 (36.00%) HTML
8 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
9 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
10 6 (24.00%) VB.NET
10 6 (24.00%) MVC
11 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (20.00%) Java
11 5 (20.00%) XML
11 5 (20.00%) XSL
11 5 (20.00%) Web Application Development
12 4 (16.00%) CSS3
12 4 (16.00%) XPath
12 4 (16.00%) JSON
12 4 (16.00%) WCF
12 4 (16.00%) XSLT
12 4 (16.00%) Servlets
12 4 (16.00%) PhD
12 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
12 4 (16.00%) C++
12 4 (16.00%) C
12 4 (16.00%) MFC
12 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Web 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 Web Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (60.00%) .NET
2 12 (48.00%) CSS
3 11 (44.00%) jQuery
4 10 (40.00%) HTML5
5 9 (36.00%) Web Services
5 9 (36.00%) HTML
6 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
7 5 (20.00%) XML
7 5 (20.00%) XSL
8 4 (16.00%) CSS3
8 4 (16.00%) JSON
8 4 (16.00%) WCF
8 4 (16.00%) XSLT
8 4 (16.00%) Servlets
8 4 (16.00%) MFC
9 2 (8.000%) .NET Framework
9 2 (8.000%) LINQ
9 2 (8.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 2 (8.000%) J2EE
9 2 (8.000%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) CMS
2 1 (4.000%) ColdFusion
2 1 (4.000%) ESB
2 1 (4.000%) EPiServer CMS
2 1 (4.000%) Magento
2 1 (4.000%) Umbraco
2 1 (4.000%) Mule
2 1 (4.000%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (12.00%) SQLite
4 2 (8.000%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (8.000%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (4.000%) Marketing
1 1 (4.000%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) iPad
1 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.000%) W3C
2 1 (4.000%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows CE
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.000%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) MVC
2 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (20.00%) Web Application Development
3 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
3 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) OO
4 3 (12.00%) Web Development
5 2 (8.000%) Contact Management
6 1 (4.000%) TDD
6 1 (4.000%) Migration
6 1 (4.000%) UML
6 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.000%) B2B
6 1 (4.000%) B2C
6 1 (4.000%) Progressive Enhancement
6 1 (4.000%) Graceful Degradation
6 1 (4.000%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (4.000%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) C#
2 14 (56.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (48.00%) SQL
4 6 (24.00%) VB.NET
5 5 (20.00%) Java
6 4 (16.00%) XPath
6 4 (16.00%) C++
6 4 (16.00%) C
7 2 (8.000%) T-SQL
8 1 (4.000%) PHP
8 1 (4.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) PhD
2 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle
1 1 (4.000%) Twitter
1 1 (4.000%) EPiServer