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This section looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts within the East Midlands 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7762
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads1626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.026 %
As % of the category below0.941 %1.367 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£363£300
Average daily rate£388£350
% change on same period last year+10.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.43 %
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£39.29£39.87
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads17011902
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.245 %1.894 %
Daily rates quoted509375
Average minimum daily rate£350£328
Average daily rate£370£344
% change on same period last year+7.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted181279
Average minimum hourly rate£18.23£21.06
Average hourly rate£19.75£22.68
% change on same period last year-12.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.27£24.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Senior Developer EnglandSenior Developer
England

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.

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Developer across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Midlands Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Developer across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Developer across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamshireDown-43£400-
DerbyshireDown-12--
LeicestershireDown-61--
LincolnshireDown-41--
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1--
Senior Developer EnglandSenior Developer
England

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

111 (40.74 %)C#
210 (37.04 %).NET
38 (29.63 %)SQL Server
38 (29.63 %)ASP.NET
47 (25.93 %)XML
47 (25.93 %)SQL
56 (22.22 %)Oracle
65 (18.52 %)AJAX
65 (18.52 %)J2EE
65 (18.52 %)PHP
65 (18.52 %)HTML
65 (18.52 %)Java
74 (14.81 %)MySQL
74 (14.81 %)ASP
74 (14.81 %)CSS
74 (14.81 %)Finance
74 (14.81 %)Hibernate
74 (14.81 %)OOP
74 (14.81 %)OO
74 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (14.81 %)Web Development
74 (14.81 %)Spring
83 (11.11 %).NET Framework
83 (11.11 %)WebServices
83 (11.11 %)JUnit
83 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
92 (7.407 %)WebLogic
92 (7.407 %)EJB
92 (7.407 %)JSP
92 (7.407 %)Servlets

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (37.04 %).NET
28 (29.63 %)ASP.NET
37 (25.93 %)XML
45 (18.52 %)AJAX
45 (18.52 %)J2EE
45 (18.52 %)HTML
54 (14.81 %)ASP
54 (14.81 %)CSS
54 (14.81 %)Hibernate
54 (14.81 %)Spring
63 (11.11 %).NET Framework
63 (11.11 %)WebServices
72 (7.407 %)EJB
72 (7.407 %)JSP
72 (7.407 %)Servlets
81 (3.704 %)WCF
81 (3.704 %)Swing
81 (3.704 %)WinForms
81 (3.704 %)MVC
81 (3.704 %)XSD
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (7.407 %)WebLogic
12 (7.407 %)WebLogic Portal
21 (3.704 %)MQSeries
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (29.63 %)SQL Server
24 (14.81 %)MySQL
24 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (7.407 %)Oracle 9i
32 (7.407 %)Oracle 10g
32 (7.407 %)RDBMS
32 (7.407 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (3.704 %)DB2
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (11.11 %)JUnit
22 (7.407 %)WebLogic Workshop
22 (7.407 %)Eclipse
31 (3.704 %)Flash
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (14.81 %)Finance
21 (3.704 %)Banking
21 (3.704 %)Games
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.407 %)French Language
21 (3.704 %)Mathematics
21 (3.704 %)W3C
21 (3.704 %)Mainframe
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.704 %)UNIX
11 (3.704 %)Windows
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (14.81 %)OOP
14 (14.81 %)OO
14 (14.81 %)Web Development
22 (7.407 %)UML
22 (7.407 %)E-Commerce
22 (7.407 %)Software Engineering
22 (7.407 %)Unit Testing
22 (7.407 %)Agile Software Development
22 (7.407 %)TDD
31 (3.704 %)Migration
31 (3.704 %)SEO
31 (3.704 %)CRM
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (40.74 %)C#
27 (25.93 %)SQL
35 (18.52 %)PHP
35 (18.52 %)Java
43 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
51 (3.704 %)XQuery
51 (3.704 %)JCL
51 (3.704 %)C
51 (3.704 %)VB.NET
51 (3.704 %)ActionScript
51 (3.704 %)JavaScript
51 (3.704 %)C++
51 (3.704 %)COBOL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.407 %)Sun Certification
21 (3.704 %)Degree
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (22.22 %)Oracle
22 (7.407 %)BEA
22 (7.407 %)Sun
31 (3.704 %)Microsoft
31 (3.704 %)Macromedia