The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 County Antrim 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 29 26 27
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2 3 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 0.980% 1.786% 4.863%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.379% 1.911% 5.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £200 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £350 £351
% change year-on-year
+4.28% -0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -17.64%
All Job Titles
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
145 157 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 71.08% 93.45% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 49 102
Average daily rate £325 £300 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -10.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 19
Average hourly rate £12.42 £12.50 £19.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.64% -35.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Developer
Northern Ireland

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

County Antrim Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Belfast -3 2 £200 -
Senior Developer
Northern Ireland

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

1 7 (70.00%) UNIX
2 6 (60.00%) Sybase
2 6 (60.00%) Web Services
3 5 (50.00%) Banking
3 5 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 5 (50.00%) Release Management
4 3 (30.00%) .NET
4 3 (30.00%) Java
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) C++
5 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 1 (10.00%) C
6 1 (10.00%) Spring
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (10.00%) jQuery
6 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Ajax
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) QA
6 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (10.00%) Oracle
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
6 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
6 1 (10.00%) Linux
6 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
6 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (10.00%) MVC

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) Web Services
2 3 (30.00%) .NET
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (10.00%) Spring
4 1 (10.00%) jQuery
4 1 (10.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (50.00%) Banking
1 5 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) UNIX
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) MVC
2 1 (10.00%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (10.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Sybase
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle