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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Chester 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank34
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads5235
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.085 %0.038 %
As % of the category below26.00 %19.34 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£160£275
Average daily rate£160£283
% change on same period last year-43.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£160£291
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£330
% change on same period last year-5.17 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£46.00
Average hourly rate£37.75£46.00
% change on same period last year-17.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.50£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.88
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads200181
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.198 %
Daily rates quoted2722
Average minimum daily rate£266£281
Average daily rate£269£288
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£272£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5514
Average minimum hourly rate£22.54£26.61
Average hourly rate£24.13£26.82
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.73£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£23.82
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Developer CheshireDeveloper
Cheshire

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Chester Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Chester region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Chester Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Chester region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Chester Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

125 (41.67 %)C#
125 (41.67 %).NET
222 (36.67 %)C++
222 (36.67 %)SQL
321 (35.00 %)Finance
419 (31.67 %)C
518 (30.00 %)Java
518 (30.00 %)SOAP
617 (28.33 %)WebServices
715 (25.00 %)Banking
715 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
814 (23.33 %)UNIX
913 (21.67 %)Windows
1010 (16.67 %)Perforce
1010 (16.67 %)Oracle
119 (15.00 %)HTML
119 (15.00 %)XML
119 (15.00 %)Swing
119 (15.00 %)VMS
119 (15.00 %)German Language
128 (13.33 %)Middleware
137 (11.67 %)Agile Software Development
137 (11.67 %)Unit Testing
137 (11.67 %)Integration Testing
137 (11.67 %)SQL Server
146 (10.00 %)MS Office
146 (10.00 %)WSDL
146 (10.00 %)OOD
146 (10.00 %)JSP
146 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (41.67 %).NET
218 (30.00 %)SOAP
317 (28.33 %)WebServices
415 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
59 (15.00 %)XML
59 (15.00 %)Swing
59 (15.00 %)HTML
68 (13.33 %)Middleware
76 (10.00 %)Hibernate
76 (10.00 %)JSP
76 (10.00 %)WSDL
85 (8.333 %)JAX-RPC
94 (6.667 %)CSS
94 (6.667 %)AJAX
103 (5.000 %)Apache Axis
103 (5.000 %)Spring
103 (5.000 %)Django
112 (3.333 %).NET Remoting
121 (1.667 %).NET Framework
121 (1.667 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (6.667 %)Tuxedo
23 (5.000 %)Apache
31 (1.667 %)SharePoint
31 (1.667 %)ArcIMS
31 (1.667 %)CMS
31 (1.667 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (1.667 %)Immediacy CMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (10.00 %)MS Office
25 (8.333 %)MS Excel
32 (3.333 %)MS Visio
32 (3.333 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (1.667 %)Photoshop
41 (1.667 %)MS Project
41 (1.667 %)FreeHand
41 (1.667 %)Fireworks
41 (1.667 %)Adobe Illustrator
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.333 %)Oracle Applications
21 (1.667 %)MFGPRO
21 (1.667 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (1.667 %)SAP HR
21 (1.667 %)Oracle EBS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.667 %)GPRS
11 (1.667 %)Intranet
11 (1.667 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (11.67 %)SQL Server
24 (6.667 %)MySQL
33 (5.000 %)Datawarehouse
33 (5.000 %)Oracle Discoverer
42 (3.333 %)Oracle 9i
42 (3.333 %)Oracle Reports
42 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.667 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.667 %)Oracle 10g
51 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2000
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (5.000 %)VSS/SourceSafe
13 (5.000 %)Subversion
22 (3.333 %)JIRA
22 (3.333 %)Visual Studio
22 (3.333 %)Oracle Forms
31 (1.667 %)Flash
31 (1.667 %)Dreamweaver
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (35.00 %)Finance
215 (25.00 %)Banking
31 (1.667 %)International Banking
31 (1.667 %)Marketing
31 (1.667 %)Advertising
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (15.00 %)German Language
24 (6.667 %)Dutch Language
32 (3.333 %)Mainframe
41 (1.667 %)PDA
41 (1.667 %)Client/Server
41 (1.667 %)W3C
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (23.33 %)UNIX
213 (21.67 %)Windows
39 (15.00 %)VMS
44 (6.667 %)Linux
51 (1.667 %)Red Hat Linux
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (11.67 %)Agile Software Development
17 (11.67 %)Unit Testing
17 (11.67 %)Integration Testing
26 (10.00 %)OOD
26 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
35 (8.333 %)Extreme Programming
35 (8.333 %)OOP
43 (5.000 %)OO
52 (3.333 %)SSADM
52 (3.333 %)UML
52 (3.333 %)E-Commerce
52 (3.333 %)Data Analysis
61 (1.667 %)Systems Analysis
61 (1.667 %)Web Development
61 (1.667 %)Display Advertising
61 (1.667 %)Digital Marketing
61 (1.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (1.667 %)Web Design
61 (1.667 %)Identity Management
61 (1.667 %)ERP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (41.67 %)C#
222 (36.67 %)C++
222 (36.67 %)SQL
319 (31.67 %)C
418 (30.00 %)Java
55 (8.333 %)Perl
63 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
63 (5.000 %)Python
72 (3.333 %)XPath
72 (3.333 %)VB.NET
72 (3.333 %)JavaScript
72 (3.333 %)COBOL
81 (1.667 %)VB
81 (1.667 %)ABAP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.667 %)Sun Certification
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (16.67 %)Oracle
110 (16.67 %)Perforce
23 (5.000 %)Microsoft
31 (1.667 %)Sun
31 (1.667 %)Informatica
31 (1.667 %)Red Hat
31 (1.667 %)ESRI
31 (1.667 %)SAP
31 (1.667 %)Progress