The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 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 East of England 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
Developer
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 549 690 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 24.83% 22.85% 24.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.43% 24.36% 25.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 396 341
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 40 23
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.80 £21.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.35 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2077 2832 2612
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.94% 93.77% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1064 1329 1164
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 323 328
Average hourly rate £26.00 £22.88 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.66% +30.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Developer
England

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England 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 East of England 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
(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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire 0 152 £360 +10.76% 81
Cambridgeshire 0 149 £325 +3.17% 144
Essex +5 125 £275 -8.33% 36
Norfolk 0 59 £275 -5.17% 38
Suffolk +1 42 £275 -15.38% 25
Bedfordshire +4 30 £325 - 30
East Anglia - - - - 2
Developer
England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 409 (38.22%) .NET
2 353 (32.99%) C#
3 344 (32.15%) JavaScript
4 313 (29.25%) CSS
5 285 (26.64%) SQL
6 280 (26.17%) HTML
7 246 (22.99%) SQL Server
8 242 (22.62%) ASP.NET
9 185 (17.29%) Java
10 180 (16.82%) jQuery
11 173 (16.17%) XML
12 160 (14.95%) OO
13 155 (14.49%) TDD
14 137 (12.80%) PHP
15 131 (12.24%) MVC
16 125 (11.68%) Microsoft
17 121 (11.31%) Agile Software Development
18 116 (10.84%) Web Services
19 115 (10.75%) E-Commerce
20 108 (10.09%) Ajax
21 104 (9.720%) HTML5
22 101 (9.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
22 101 (9.439%) Oracle
23 98 (9.159%) WCF
24 95 (8.879%) Scrum
25 90 (8.411%) T-SQL
26 89 (8.318%) Windows
26 89 (8.318%) XHTML
26 89 (8.318%) CSS3
27 88 (8.224%) Retail

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 409 (38.22%) .NET
2 313 (29.25%) CSS
3 280 (26.17%) HTML
4 242 (22.62%) ASP.NET
5 180 (16.82%) jQuery
6 173 (16.17%) XML
7 116 (10.84%) Web Services
8 108 (10.09%) Ajax
9 104 (9.720%) HTML5
10 98 (9.159%) WCF
11 89 (8.318%) XHTML
11 89 (8.318%) CSS3
12 68 (6.355%) JSON
13 59 (5.514%) J2EE
14 53 (4.953%) .NET Framework
15 50 (4.673%) JSP
16 45 (4.206%) Spring
17 44 (4.112%) XSLT
18 42 (3.925%) ASP.NET MVC
19 34 (3.178%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 85 (7.944%) SharePoint
2 65 (6.075%) Drupal
3 38 (3.551%) CMS
4 34 (3.178%) SharePoint 2010
5 33 (3.084%) Apache
6 20 (1.869%) BizTalk Server
7 18 (1.682%) IIS
8 16 (1.495%) WordPress
9 13 (1.215%) Tomcat
10 9 (0.841%) Liferay
11 7 (0.654%) concrete5
11 7 (0.654%) SharePoint Server
11 7 (0.654%) IBM Notes
11 7 (0.654%) WebSphere Application Server
12 6 (0.561%) MQSeries
12 6 (0.561%) OpenROAD
12 6 (0.561%) Magento
13 5 (0.467%) Facebook Platform
13 5 (0.467%) Sakai Project
13 5 (0.467%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 45 (4.206%) Photoshop
2 37 (3.458%) MS Excel
3 16 (1.495%) MS Office
4 10 (0.935%) Fireworks
5 6 (0.561%) DOC1
5 6 (0.561%) GIMP
6 4 (0.374%) InfoPath
7 3 (0.280%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.187%) PrintSoft PReS
8 2 (0.187%) Office 365
9 1 (0.093%) Google Apps
9 1 (0.093%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.093%) XMetaL
9 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 7 (0.654%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.654%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (0.561%) Tridion
2 6 (0.561%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.467%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.374%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 4 (0.374%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.280%) Google Analytics
5 3 (0.280%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.187%) Exstream
6 2 (0.187%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.093%) SyteLine
7 1 (0.093%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.093%) MFGPRO
7 1 (0.093%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.991%) 3G
2 15 (1.402%) Intranet
2 15 (1.402%) Internet
3 14 (1.308%) Wireless
4 13 (1.215%) FTP
5 8 (0.748%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.654%) Broadband
6 7 (0.654%) HTTP
7 5 (0.467%) LTE
7 5 (0.467%) ZigBee
7 5 (0.467%) Firewall
7 5 (0.467%) 802.15
7 5 (0.467%) CTI
7 5 (0.467%) WAN
7 5 (0.467%) DNS
7 5 (0.467%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.374%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.374%) DHCP
8 4 (0.374%) 802.11
8 4 (0.374%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (22.99%) SQL Server
2 101 (9.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 87 (8.131%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 83 (7.757%) SQL Server 2008
5 76 (7.103%) MySQL
6 48 (4.486%) Data Warehouse
7 46 (4.299%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 40 (3.738%) SQL Server 2005
9 17 (1.589%) Oracle 8/8i
10 15 (1.402%) RDBMS
11 14 (1.308%) Oracle Reports
12 13 (1.215%) Oracle 10g
13 12 (1.121%) OLAP
14 11 (1.028%) Crystal Reports
15 10 (0.935%) Cognos Powerplay
15 10 (0.935%) DTS
15 10 (0.935%) DB2
15 10 (0.935%) GIS
16 9 (0.841%) Oracle 11g
17 8 (0.748%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 64 (5.981%) Subversion
1 64 (5.981%) Visual Studio
2 42 (3.925%) Team Foundation Server
3 34 (3.178%) Git (software)
4 18 (1.682%) Xcode
5 17 (1.589%) Ant
6 15 (1.402%) Eclipse
7 14 (1.308%) JUnit
8 11 (1.028%) Maven
9 8 (0.748%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
10 7 (0.654%) Jenkins
10 7 (0.654%) Log4j
10 7 (0.654%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.561%) PhoneGap
12 5 (0.467%) ClearCase
13 4 (0.374%) JIRA
13 4 (0.374%) Trac
13 4 (0.374%) Appcelerator Titanium
13 4 (0.374%) Axure RP
14 3 (0.280%) SpecFlow
General
1 88 (8.224%) Retail
2 71 (6.636%) Finance
3 64 (5.981%) Telecoms
4 29 (2.710%) Games
5 25 (2.336%) Publishing
6 17 (1.589%) Marketing
7 12 (1.121%) Banking
8 8 (0.748%) Manufacturing
8 8 (0.748%) Advertising
9 7 (0.654%) Legal
10 6 (0.561%) Automotive
10 6 (0.561%) Multimedia
11 5 (0.467%) Retail Banking
12 4 (0.374%) Electronics
13 2 (0.187%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.187%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.187%) Local Government
14 1 (0.093%) Back Office
14 1 (0.093%) Law
14 1 (0.093%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.084%) IPTV
2 29 (2.710%) Streaming Video
3 28 (2.617%) Open Source
4 18 (1.682%) Computer Science
4 18 (1.682%) iPad
5 17 (1.589%) iPhone
5 17 (1.589%) N-Tier
6 14 (1.308%) W3C
6 14 (1.308%) Mobile App
7 11 (1.028%) Social Media
8 10 (0.935%) Management Information System
9 9 (0.841%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (0.841%) NHS
10 8 (0.748%) Mainframe
11 7 (0.654%) Web 2.0
11 7 (0.654%) VLE
12 6 (0.561%) Device Driver
12 6 (0.561%) Graphic Design
12 6 (0.561%) Data Integration
12 6 (0.561%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 89 (8.318%) Windows
2 85 (7.944%) Linux
3 73 (6.822%) Android
4 46 (4.299%) UNIX
5 35 (3.271%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.121%) Solaris
7 10 (0.935%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (0.654%) HPUX
9 6 (0.561%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.374%) Windows Mobile
10 4 (0.374%) Windows Phone
11 3 (0.280%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.280%) Windows Phone 8
12 2 (0.187%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.093%) bada
13 1 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.093%) Debian
13 1 (0.093%) zOS
13 1 (0.093%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (14.95%) OO
2 155 (14.49%) TDD
3 131 (12.24%) MVC
4 121 (11.31%) Agile Software Development
5 115 (10.75%) E-Commerce
6 95 (8.879%) Scrum
7 79 (7.383%) Web Development
8 59 (5.514%) Business Intelligence
9 54 (5.047%) BDD
10 50 (4.673%) Unit Testing
11 47 (4.393%) SOA
12 35 (3.271%) Content Management
13 32 (2.991%) ETL
14 25 (2.336%) Migration
15 24 (2.243%) Workflow
16 23 (2.150%) Continuous Integration
17 21 (1.963%) UML
18 20 (1.869%) Project Management
19 19 (1.776%) Web Design
20 17 (1.589%) Domain-Driven Design
Programming Languages
1 353 (32.99%) C#
2 344 (32.15%) JavaScript
3 285 (26.64%) SQL
4 185 (17.29%) Java
5 137 (12.80%) PHP
6 90 (8.411%) T-SQL
7 53 (4.953%) C
8 50 (4.673%) VB.NET
9 35 (3.271%) Python
9 35 (3.271%) Ruby
10 34 (3.178%) PL/SQL
10 34 (3.178%) C++
11 24 (2.243%) VB
12 22 (2.056%) Embedded C
13 19 (1.776%) Objective-C
14 18 (1.682%) Perl
14 18 (1.682%) XPath
15 15 (1.402%) VBA
16 12 (1.121%) PHP5
17 11 (1.028%) VB6
Qualifications
1 27 (2.523%) Degree
2 7 (0.654%) Security Cleared
3 6 (0.561%) Sun Certification
4 5 (0.467%) PhD
5 4 (0.374%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.280%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.187%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.093%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.935%) QA
2 5 (0.467%) HL7
3 1 (0.093%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (0.374%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.280%) Varnish
3 1 (0.093%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.093%) Oracle Statspack
1 1 (0.093%) SCOM
1 1 (0.093%) Nagios
Vendors
1 125 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 101 (9.439%) Oracle
3 40 (3.738%) JBoss
4 33 (3.084%) Symantec
5 24 (2.243%) Business Objects
6 18 (1.682%) Adobe
6 18 (1.682%) Twitter
7 17 (1.589%) Facebook
8 16 (1.495%) Cognos
8 16 (1.495%) IBM
8 16 (1.495%) Zend
9 10 (0.935%) SAP
9 10 (0.935%) Apple
10 9 (0.841%) ATG
11 8 (0.748%) Mercator
11 8 (0.748%) FatWire
11 8 (0.748%) Google
12 7 (0.654%) Elastic Path
12 7 (0.654%) Interwoven
12 7 (0.654%) Lotus
Norwich, Norfolk
C#.Net developer. My client, one of the worlds largest IT consultancies are currently looking to hire 5 .net developers on a contact basis Key Skills Required for...
Stott & May
Rate: £150 - £220 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Witham, South East
A new and exciting contract opportunity for a back end web developer for our client based in Witham, EssexThis candidate is required to work in a small team...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £150.00 - £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Using the following technology: C#, SQL ASP.net, WCF, JavaScript, CSS, Webforms, MVC, Winforms and VB.net Skills required for the role of C# Developer / Programmer (SQL Server):...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Witham, South East
A new and exciting contract opportunity for a web developer for our client based in Witham, EssexThis candidate is required to work in a small team of developers...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £180 - £250 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
Bedford, South East
Front end developerOpus Recruitment Solutions are urgently seeking a Front end developer for an initial 2 month contract- You will be working for an establish outfit who work...
OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP280 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Hertford, South East
OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Witham, Essex
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chelmsford, Essex
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200 - 250 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Computer Futures
Posted: 31 May 2013
Essex
ComputAppoint
Rate: Market rates
Posted: 14 June 2013
Witham, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stevenage, South East
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Norfolk
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Chelmsford, East Anglia
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex, East Anglia
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP300 to GBP340 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Chelmsford, Essex
Bristow Holland
Rate: From £25 to £30 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Norwich, Norfolk
Stott & May
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Experis IT
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
X4 Group
Rate: £200 - 300 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City, South East
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £300 - £500 per hour
Posted: 28 May 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Greythorn
Rate: £250 - £320 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
East Anglia
Resolve Recruitment
Rate: Market Rate based on experience
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Rate: £29750 - £37525 per annum + plus excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Suffolk
Reed Technology
Salary: £225 - £275 per day + negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013