The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programmer 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 Devon 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
Programmer
Rank 29 27 29
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 1 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 0.610% 1.099% 2.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.625% 1.130% 2.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £350 £438 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +337.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.51 £30.25 £28.75
% change year-on-year
+20.69% +5.21%
All Job Titles
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
160 177 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 97.56% 97.25% 97.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 95 69
Average daily rate £300 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 26 17
Average hourly rate £28.25 £17.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.17% -42.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.40 £31.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Programmer
South West

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Devon Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon 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
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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
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Vacancies
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Programmer
South West

Programmer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VBScript
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) GIS
2 1 (50.00%) ESRI
2 1 (50.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VBScript
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ESRI