The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Dorset 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Developer
Rank 30 - 27
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 1 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 0.474% - 4.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.490% - 4.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £314 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.50% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £39.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -8.23%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
204 243 286
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 96.68% 90.67% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 144 163
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £255 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 13
Average hourly rate £32.00 £23.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.13% +64.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £26.98 £41.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Developer
South West

Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bournemouth - 1 - -
Applications Developer
South West

Applications Developer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Payment
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VB
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) JMS
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) SSL

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) JMS
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Payment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VB
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle