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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the East of England 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads7651034
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.020 %1.046 %
As % of the category below21.06 %22.91 %
Daily rates quoted238256
Average minimum daily rate£322£312
Average daily rate£349£334
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£332
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted48121
Average minimum hourly rate£27.82£30.71
Average hourly rate£31.20£32.40
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.57£34.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£33.31
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads36334514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.843 %4.567 %
Daily rates quoted11411383
Average minimum daily rate£335£329
Average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted513588
Average minimum hourly rate£22.62£24.06
Average hourly rate£24.16£25.39
% change on same period last year-4.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.70£26.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Developer EnglandDeveloper
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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

East of England Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HertfordshireUp+1288£353+6.39 %
CambridgeshireNo change0221£342+16.88 %
EssexDown-398£367-5.84 %
NorfolkDown-751£284-20.20 %
East AngliaNo change039£352+8.60 %
BedfordshireDown-133£291+18.51 %
SuffolkUp+133£356+6.98 %
Developer EnglandDeveloper
England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1611 (33.42 %).NET
2559 (30.58 %)SQL
3518 (28.34 %)SQL Server
4488 (26.70 %)Java
5464 (25.38 %)C#
6459 (25.11 %)XML
7338 (18.49 %)J2EE
8334 (18.27 %)ASP.NET
9325 (17.78 %)CSS
10289 (15.81 %)JavaScript
11285 (15.59 %)HTML
11285 (15.59 %)Oracle
12269 (14.72 %)Finance
13265 (14.50 %)WebServices
14239 (13.07 %)SQL Server 2005
15238 (13.02 %)OO
16201 (11.00 %)UML
17200 (10.94 %)VB.NET
18179 (9.792 %)C++
18179 (9.792 %)Spring
19178 (9.737 %)Windows
20174 (9.519 %)AJAX
21173 (9.464 %)Hibernate
22172 (9.409 %)XHTML
23171 (9.354 %)WebSphere
24163 (8.917 %)Microsoft
25137 (7.495 %)Transact-SQL
26129 (7.057 %)JUnit
27122 (6.674 %)Agile Software Development
28119 (6.510 %)C

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1611 (33.42 %).NET
2459 (25.11 %)XML
3338 (18.49 %)J2EE
4334 (18.27 %)ASP.NET
5325 (17.78 %)CSS
6285 (15.59 %)HTML
7265 (14.50 %)WebServices
8179 (9.792 %)Spring
9174 (9.519 %)AJAX
10173 (9.464 %)Hibernate
11172 (9.409 %)XHTML
12171 (9.354 %)WebSphere
13111 (6.072 %)JSP
14110 (6.018 %)ASP
15105 (5.744 %)XSLT
1694 (5.142 %)Struts
1790 (4.923 %)WPF
1874 (4.048 %)WinForms
1973 (3.993 %)XSL
2069 (3.775 %)WCF
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
168 (3.720 %)SharePoint
261 (3.337 %)BizTalk Server
356 (3.063 %)WebLogic
451 (2.790 %)JBoss
550 (2.735 %)Apache
644 (2.407 %)IIS
741 (2.243 %)WebSphere Application Server
836 (1.969 %)CMS
925 (1.368 %)Tomcat
1023 (1.258 %)TeamSite
1119 (1.039 %)MQSeries
1217 (0.930 %)Commerce Server
1315 (0.821 %)WPS
1315 (0.821 %)Commerce Server 2007
1414 (0.766 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1511 (0.602 %)IBM HTTP Server
1511 (0.602 %)WebLogic Portal
169 (0.492 %)ESB
169 (0.492 %)Oracle HTTP Server
178 (0.438 %)Joomla!
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
146 (2.516 %)Photoshop
236 (1.969 %)MS Excel
321 (1.149 %)MS Office
416 (0.875 %)Adobe Illustrator
512 (0.656 %)Fireworks
610 (0.547 %)Acrobat
76 (0.328 %)FreeHand
85 (0.274 %)RoboDemo
85 (0.274 %)RoboHelp
85 (0.274 %)Adobe Captivate
93 (0.164 %)CA Clarity
93 (0.164 %)ImageReady
102 (0.109 %)MS Visio
102 (0.109 %)MS PowerPoint
102 (0.109 %)InfoPath
102 (0.109 %)Spreadsheet
111 (0.055 %)AutoCAD
111 (0.055 %)MATLAB
111 (0.055 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.055 %)3ds Max
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.547 %)Oracle EBS
29 (0.492 %)Dynamics AX
38 (0.438 %)Oracle Applications
44 (0.219 %)BASE24
53 (0.164 %)SAP CRM
53 (0.164 %)Axapta
53 (0.164 %)SAP HR
62 (0.109 %)Oracle Financials
62 (0.109 %)AWD
71 (0.055 %)SAP HCM
71 (0.055 %)SAP FI-GL
71 (0.055 %)TIBCO BusinessEvents
71 (0.055 %)TIBCO iProcess
71 (0.055 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
71 (0.055 %)Microsoft CRM
71 (0.055 %)Navision
71 (0.055 %)SAP R/3
71 (0.055 %)SAP FI
71 (0.055 %)SAP MM
71 (0.055 %)SAP PS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
179 (4.322 %)Internet
249 (2.681 %)HTTP
339 (2.133 %)TCP/IP
431 (1.696 %)CTI
520 (1.094 %)TETRA
618 (0.985 %)Intranet
717 (0.930 %)SMTP
815 (0.821 %)FTP
910 (0.547 %)SMS
109 (0.492 %)3GPP
109 (0.492 %)SMPP
117 (0.383 %)TELNET
117 (0.383 %)VoIP
126 (0.328 %)Ethernet
126 (0.328 %)Extranet
126 (0.328 %)Wireless
126 (0.328 %)UWB
135 (0.274 %)SSH
135 (0.274 %)WLAN
135 (0.274 %)GSM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1518 (28.34 %)SQL Server
2239 (13.07 %)SQL Server 2005
3102 (5.580 %)SQL Server 2000
488 (4.814 %)MySQL
577 (4.212 %)Datawarehouse
674 (4.048 %)OLAP
769 (3.775 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
864 (3.501 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
963 (3.446 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1060 (3.282 %)DTS
1159 (3.228 %)ETL
1255 (3.009 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1353 (2.899 %)Oracle 10g
1353 (2.899 %)Oracle Reports
1451 (2.790 %)BusinessObjects
1547 (2.571 %)SQL Server 7
1639 (2.133 %)Crystal Reports
1736 (1.969 %)DB2
1831 (1.696 %)Oracle 9i
1831 (1.696 %)MS Access
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1129 (7.057 %)JUnit
292 (5.033 %)Eclipse
380 (4.376 %)Visual Studio
466 (3.611 %)Flash
542 (2.298 %)Ant
632 (1.751 %)Subversion
728 (1.532 %)Oracle Forms
824 (1.313 %)Dreamweaver
917 (0.930 %)IntelliJ
1016 (0.875 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1114 (0.766 %)JDeveloper
1213 (0.711 %)OpenDeploy
1213 (0.711 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1213 (0.711 %)CruiseControl
1312 (0.656 %)JIRA
1312 (0.656 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1410 (0.547 %)Log4j
1410 (0.547 %)NUnit
159 (0.492 %)QuickTest Pro
167 (0.383 %)ClearCase
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1269 (14.72 %)Finance
2108 (5.908 %)Banking
3106 (5.799 %)Telecoms
479 (4.322 %)Retail
556 (3.063 %)Back Office
655 (3.009 %)Insurance
738 (2.079 %)Marketing
831 (1.696 %)Government
922 (1.204 %)Pharmaceutical
1019 (1.039 %)Graphic Design
1019 (1.039 %)Games
1117 (0.930 %)Financial Institution
1214 (0.766 %)Automotive
1313 (0.711 %)Publishing
1313 (0.711 %)Animation
1412 (0.656 %)Education
1510 (0.547 %)Multimedia
1510 (0.547 %)Manufacturing
167 (0.383 %)Advertising
167 (0.383 %)Health
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
166 (3.611 %)W3C
259 (3.228 %)N-Tier
344 (2.407 %)Client/Server
424 (1.313 %)iDTV
519 (1.039 %)Computer Science
616 (0.875 %)Data Integration
714 (0.766 %)Multithreading
714 (0.766 %)Cryptography
813 (0.711 %)Device Driver
912 (0.656 %)Handset
1011 (0.602 %)Web 2.0
1110 (0.547 %)Mathematics
129 (0.492 %)Java Card
138 (0.438 %)PKI
146 (0.328 %)NHS
146 (0.328 %)AS400
146 (0.328 %)E-Learning
155 (0.274 %)Mainframe
155 (0.274 %)Management Information System
155 (0.274 %)Firmware
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1178 (9.737 %)Windows
2110 (6.018 %)Linux
3108 (5.908 %)UNIX
441 (2.243 %)Solaris
526 (1.422 %)Windows NT
623 (1.258 %)HPUX
714 (0.766 %)Windows Mobile
811 (0.602 %)Windows 2000
98 (0.438 %)Windows XP
106 (0.328 %)Windows CE
115 (0.274 %)Symbian OS
115 (0.274 %)Ubuntu
124 (0.219 %)AIX
132 (0.109 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.055 %)Embedded Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1238 (13.02 %)OO
2201 (11.00 %)UML
3122 (6.674 %)Agile Software Development
4118 (6.455 %)E-Commerce
5113 (6.182 %)SOA
6100 (5.470 %)Web Development
778 (4.267 %)RAD
874 (4.048 %)CRM
964 (3.501 %)Business Intelligence
1051 (2.790 %)Content Management
1145 (2.462 %)OOD
1243 (2.352 %)Security Cleared
1341 (2.243 %)Unit Testing
1341 (2.243 %)Scrum
1430 (1.641 %)OOA/OOD
1528 (1.532 %)Web Design
1528 (1.532 %)Continuous Integration
1627 (1.477 %)Migration
1724 (1.313 %)TDD
1822 (1.204 %)OOP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1559 (30.58 %)SQL
2488 (26.70 %)Java
3464 (25.38 %)C#
4289 (15.81 %)JavaScript
5200 (10.94 %)VB.NET
6179 (9.792 %)C++
7137 (7.495 %)Transact-SQL
8119 (6.510 %)C
9114 (6.236 %)VB
10100 (5.470 %)PL/SQL
1189 (4.869 %)PHP
1274 (4.048 %)DHTML
1362 (3.392 %)VB6
1446 (2.516 %)VBScript
1446 (2.516 %)ActionScript
1538 (2.079 %)VBA
1632 (1.751 %)Perl
1731 (1.696 %)VC++
1817 (0.930 %)Delphi
1916 (0.875 %)Shell Script
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
142 (2.298 %)Degree
216 (0.875 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (0.602 %)MCSD
49 (0.492 %)MCAD
57 (0.383 %)PhD
66 (0.328 %)Sun Certification
66 (0.328 %)MCP
66 (0.328 %)HND
71 (0.055 %)Postgraduate
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (1.532 %)WCAG
220 (1.094 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
310 (0.547 %)WAI
47 (0.383 %)QA
52 (0.109 %)ISO8583
52 (0.109 %)ISO9001
61 (0.055 %)GxP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (1.094 %)Active Directory
210 (0.547 %)MSMQ
38 (0.438 %)AquaLogic
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.547 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.109 %)ServiceCenter
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1285 (15.59 %)Oracle
2163 (8.917 %)Microsoft
361 (3.337 %)IBM
451 (2.790 %)Business Objects
533 (1.805 %)ProClarity
628 (1.532 %)ILOG
725 (1.368 %)Symbian
823 (1.258 %)BEA
823 (1.258 %)SAP
922 (1.204 %)Amdocs
1021 (1.149 %)Cognos
1021 (1.149 %)Interwoven
1118 (0.985 %)Adobe
1210 (0.547 %)Sun
1210 (0.547 %)Lotus
138 (0.438 %)Remedy
146 (0.328 %)Sybase
146 (0.328 %)FatWire
146 (0.328 %)Zend
155 (0.274 %)Macromedia
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