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The table below looks at the demand for the Development Specialist role in IT contracts within the City of London 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 Development Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Development Specialist
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-188
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads03
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.046 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£250
% change on same period last year+80.00 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71426495
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.10 %6.575 %
Daily rates quoted38602665
Average minimum daily rate£406£444
Average daily rate£442£472
% change on same period last year-6.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£478£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted312227
Average minimum hourly rate£22.77£23.09
Average hourly rate£24.61£24.40
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.45£25.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Development Specialist LondonDevelopment Specialist
London

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.

Development Specialist
Demand Trend

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

City of London Development Specialist Demand Trend

Development Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Development Specialist across the City of London region.

City of London Development Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Development Specialist
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Development Specialist 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 Development Specialist in their job title.

11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)COM+
11 (50.00 %)DCOM
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)MCSE
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)POP3
11 (50.00 %)SMTP
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (50.00 %)SAN
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)SAP WM
11 (50.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (50.00 %)Regression Testing
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)VMware
11 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing

Development Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Development Specialist 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 Development Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)COM+
11 (50.00 %)DCOM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (50.00 %)SAP WM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
11 (50.00 %)POP3
11 (50.00 %)SMTP
11 (50.00 %)SAN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)Regression Testing
11 (50.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)MCSE
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)VMware