The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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
Developer
Rank 2 10 16
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 54 30 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 25.59% 11.19% 8.696%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.47% 12.35% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 26 8
Average daily rate £335 £364 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.90% +3.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £325 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £410 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
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%
Developer
South West

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Dorset Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Dorset Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 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 +7 30 £350 -6.66%
Poole +6 10 £200 +40.84%
Developer
South West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

1 42 (38.53%) SQL
2 34 (31.19%) JavaScript
3 33 (30.28%) HTML
4 32 (29.36%) CSS
5 28 (25.69%) .NET
6 26 (23.85%) PL/SQL
7 23 (21.10%) Oracle
8 22 (20.18%) Finance
9 21 (19.27%) MVC
10 19 (17.43%) PHP
10 19 (17.43%) C#
11 18 (16.51%) jQuery
12 17 (15.60%) Java
12 17 (15.60%) SQL Server
13 16 (14.68%) Microsoft
14 15 (13.76%) MySQL
14 15 (13.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (12.84%) CMS
16 12 (11.01%) Agile Software Development
16 12 (11.01%) C++
16 12 (11.01%) Linux
16 12 (11.01%) Spring
17 11 (10.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 11 (10.09%) Web Development
17 11 (10.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 11 (10.09%) OO
17 11 (10.09%) Data Warehouse
17 11 (10.09%) VB
17 11 (10.09%) ASP.NET
18 10 (9.174%) Data Modelling

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Application Development
1 33 (30.28%) HTML
2 32 (29.36%) CSS
3 28 (25.69%) .NET
4 18 (16.51%) jQuery
5 12 (11.01%) Spring
6 11 (10.09%) ASP.NET
7 8 (7.339%) .NET Framework
7 8 (7.339%) Spring MVC
8 7 (6.422%) Web Services
8 7 (6.422%) XML
9 5 (4.587%) Hibernate
10 4 (3.670%) Java EE
10 4 (3.670%) Ajax
11 3 (2.752%) LAMP
11 3 (2.752%) Spring Web Flow
11 3 (2.752%) XHTML
11 3 (2.752%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (2.752%) HTML5
11 3 (2.752%) CSS3
11 3 (2.752%) Spring Integration
Application Platforms
1 14 (12.84%) CMS
2 7 (6.422%) Kentico
3 5 (4.587%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.670%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (2.752%) TeamSite
5 3 (2.752%) Joomla!
6 2 (1.835%) Apache
7 1 (0.917%) Drupal
7 1 (0.917%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (8.257%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.670%) MS Office
3 2 (1.835%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.835%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.835%) InDesign
4 1 (0.917%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.752%) HTTP
1 3 (2.752%) Intranet
2 2 (1.835%) Internet
3 1 (0.917%) IMAP
3 1 (0.917%) POP3
3 1 (0.917%) SMTP
3 1 (0.917%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.917%) SNMP
3 1 (0.917%) DNS
3 1 (0.917%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.917%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.60%) SQL Server
2 15 (13.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (13.76%) MySQL
3 11 (10.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (10.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 11 (10.09%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (7.339%) Star Schema
5 6 (5.505%) OLAP
6 5 (4.587%) TOAD
6 5 (4.587%) Oracle Discoverer
6 5 (4.587%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (3.670%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (3.670%) Oracle OWB
7 4 (3.670%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (2.752%) MS Access
9 1 (0.917%) SQLite
9 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 10 (9.174%) Subversion
2 9 (8.257%) Visual Studio
3 5 (4.587%) Git (software)
4 4 (3.670%) NUnit
5 2 (1.835%) Gradle
5 2 (1.835%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.835%) InstallShield
5 2 (1.835%) Maven
6 1 (0.917%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.917%) MSBuild
General
1 22 (20.18%) Finance
2 7 (6.422%) Banking
3 4 (3.670%) Back Office
4 2 (1.835%) Advertising
4 2 (1.835%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.917%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (0.917%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.422%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.670%) Social Media
3 2 (1.835%) Kindle
3 2 (1.835%) Digital Media
3 2 (1.835%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.835%) Open Source
3 2 (1.835%) SaaS
4 1 (0.917%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.917%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.917%) W3C
4 1 (0.917%) Streaming Media
4 1 (0.917%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.917%) Data Extraction
4 1 (0.917%) Semantic Web
4 1 (0.917%) Visualisation
4 1 (0.917%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.01%) Linux
2 7 (6.422%) UNIX
3 5 (4.587%) Windows
4 2 (1.835%) Android
4 2 (1.835%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.27%) MVC
2 12 (11.01%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (10.09%) Web Development
3 11 (10.09%) OO
4 10 (9.174%) Data Modelling
5 9 (8.257%) UML
6 8 (7.339%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (7.339%) Scrum
7 7 (6.422%) TDD
8 6 (5.505%) Multithreading
9 5 (4.587%) Waterfall
9 5 (4.587%) Business Analysis
9 5 (4.587%) Configuration Management
9 5 (4.587%) E-Commerce
9 5 (4.587%) ETL
10 3 (2.752%) Data Analysis
10 3 (2.752%) Release Management
10 3 (2.752%) Web Design
10 3 (2.752%) Workflow
10 3 (2.752%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (38.53%) SQL
2 34 (31.19%) JavaScript
3 26 (23.85%) PL/SQL
4 19 (17.43%) PHP
4 19 (17.43%) C#
5 17 (15.60%) Java
6 12 (11.01%) C++
7 11 (10.09%) VB
8 8 (7.339%) VBA
8 8 (7.339%) Shell Script
9 7 (6.422%) VB.NET
10 5 (4.587%) MATLAB
11 3 (2.752%) Ruby
12 2 (1.835%) C
12 2 (1.835%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.917%) PHP5
13 1 (0.917%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.917%) VB6
13 1 (0.917%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (5.505%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.587%) Degree
3 1 (0.917%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.339%) QA
2 2 (1.835%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.835%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (1.835%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.917%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.917%) Nagios
Vendors
1 23 (21.10%) Oracle
2 16 (14.68%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.422%) Alterian
4 6 (5.505%) Northgate
4 6 (5.505%) Business Objects
5 3 (2.752%) VMware
5 3 (2.752%) Twitter
6 2 (1.835%) Serena
6 2 (1.835%) JBoss
6 2 (1.835%) Adobe
7 1 (0.917%) Google
7 1 (0.917%) Zend
7 1 (0.917%) Facebook
Christchurch, Dorset
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EasyWebRecruitment.com
Rate: £300 a day inclusive of VAT
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
c) ASP.net 2.0-4.0... e) HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, Web services, IIS... b) Advanced C# .Net development. c) MS SQL (2005, 2008) - Interfacing, Query writing,...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, WebServices, Spring framework.You’ll bejoining a small team of developers who go deep to deliver across a wide...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth
You'll be developing applications and interfaces - both internal and 3rd parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework. You'll be joining...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
You should have experience working with SQL Server, and understand the principles of data warehouses... Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing,...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth
Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing, J2EE, JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, .NET or C#.About usAgeas 50 is the name behind...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
My client operates Sharepoint 2010 in a non-ERP Development hosted SQL 2008 environment ... Key is your Sharepoint 2010, non-ERP Development environment & tool plus your SQL 2008...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £225 - £300 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013