Software Developer Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 88 101 98
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 28 33 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.321% 1.119% 0.896%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.414% 1.192% 0.945%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 5
Average daily rate £320 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £300 £298
% change year-on-year
+5.41% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1980 2769 2539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.40% 93.86% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1018 1292 1115
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 285 325
Average hourly rate £22.66 £23.59 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.92% +24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Norfolk +8 8 - -
Cambridgeshire -1 7 £285 -17.98%
Essex +3 6 £325 +30.00%
Hertfordshire +6 5 £525 +50.00%
Suffolk - 2 £250 -
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 18 (40.00%) C#
1 18 (40.00%) .NET
2 17 (37.78%) HTML
3 16 (35.56%) JavaScript
4 11 (24.44%) OO
5 10 (22.22%) Linux
5 10 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 10 (22.22%) CSS
5 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 10 (22.22%) jQuery
6 9 (20.00%) PHP
6 9 (20.00%) E-Commerce
7 8 (17.78%) XHTML
7 8 (17.78%) C
7 8 (17.78%) SQL Server
7 8 (17.78%) B2C
7 8 (17.78%) Open Source
7 8 (17.78%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (15.56%) Unit Testing
8 7 (15.56%) Drupal
8 7 (15.56%) Code Coverage
8 7 (15.56%) SharePoint
8 7 (15.56%) Publishing
8 7 (15.56%) Photoshop
8 7 (15.56%) SQL
9 6 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (11.11%) Firewall
10 5 (11.11%) Configuration Management
10 5 (11.11%) C++
10 5 (11.11%) Visual Studio

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (40.00%) .NET
2 17 (37.78%) HTML
3 10 (22.22%) CSS
3 10 (22.22%) jQuery
4 8 (17.78%) XHTML
5 4 (8.889%) HTML5
5 4 (8.889%) ASP.NET
5 4 (8.889%) CGI
6 3 (6.667%) Web Services
7 2 (4.444%) Grails
8 1 (2.222%) Hibernate
8 1 (2.222%) WinForms
8 1 (2.222%) XML
8 1 (2.222%) SOAP
8 1 (2.222%) Ajax
8 1 (2.222%) WCF
8 1 (2.222%) LINQ
8 1 (2.222%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.222%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (2.222%) REST
Application Platforms
1 7 (15.56%) Drupal
1 7 (15.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 7 (15.56%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (11.11%) Firewall
3 4 (8.889%) DLNA
3 4 (8.889%) 4G
3 4 (8.889%) UPnP
3 4 (8.889%) Broadband
3 4 (8.889%) WAN
3 4 (8.889%) DHCP
3 4 (8.889%) FTP
3 4 (8.889%) HTTP
3 4 (8.889%) DSL
3 4 (8.889%) TELNET
3 4 (8.889%) 802.11
3 4 (8.889%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.889%) DNS
3 4 (8.889%) Wireless
4 2 (4.444%) SNMP
4 2 (4.444%) Bluetooth
4 2 (4.444%) SAN
5 1 (2.222%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 4 (8.889%) Trac
2 4 (8.889%) Git (software)
2 4 (8.889%) JIRA
2 4 (8.889%) ClearCase
3 3 (6.667%) Subversion
General
1 7 (15.56%) Publishing
2 3 (6.667%) Electronics
3 2 (4.444%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.222%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Open Source
1 8 (17.78%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.667%) Streaming Media
3 2 (4.444%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.444%) Device Driver
3 2 (4.444%) Handset
4 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.222%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.222%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.22%) Linux
2 5 (11.11%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (6.667%) Windows
3 3 (6.667%) Android
4 2 (4.444%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (2.222%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) OO
2 9 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 8 (17.78%) B2C
4 7 (15.56%) Unit Testing
4 7 (15.56%) Code Coverage
5 5 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 5 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 5 (11.11%) MVVM
6 2 (4.444%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (4.444%) Build Automation
6 2 (4.444%) Software Testing
6 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (4.444%) Project Management
7 1 (2.222%) B2B
7 1 (2.222%) MVC
7 1 (2.222%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (2.222%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.222%) Data Management
7 1 (2.222%) Master Data Management
7 1 (2.222%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.00%) C#
2 16 (35.56%) JavaScript
3 9 (20.00%) PHP
4 8 (17.78%) C
5 7 (15.56%) SQL
6 5 (11.11%) C++
7 4 (8.889%) Embedded C
8 3 (6.667%) T-SQL
8 3 (6.667%) VB.NET
8 3 (6.667%) Erlang
9 2 (4.444%) Groovy
9 2 (4.444%) Bash shell
9 2 (4.444%) Python
9 2 (4.444%) Java
10 1 (2.222%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (4.444%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.444%) QNX
2 2 (4.444%) Symbian
3 1 (2.222%) Facebook
Software Developer
Essex, South East
I am urgently seeking an NHS Software Developer for an initial 1 month contract (extremely high chances of extension) based in Essex. SQL Server (50%) ASP.
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Developer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Rate: From £26,450 to £29,710 per annum
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Software Developer - Cambridge - 3 month
Cambridge, East Anglia
Their software is used by thousands of organisations ranging from education, health, government departments, local authorities, and financial services through to those involved in charities and media.The...
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Posted: 25 April 2013
Software Developer / .Net Developer
Cambridgeshire, South East
Providing knowledge and insight into both emerging technologies and new opportunities around existing technologies Scope of the Software Developer / .Net Developer role: - Developing and supporting enterprise scale applications...
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Rate: £0 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Developers - High Throughput Gene Targeting
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Essential Skills Solid experience in a modern scripting language (We use modern Perl and Ruby. The job will initially involve coming to grips with our Perl-based code.)...
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Rate: £29750 - £37525 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior Software Developer - Mouse Informatics Group
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Essential Skills You must have : PhD or MSc in a relevant area of computer science, bioinformatics, or computational biology An in depth knowledge of Java Experience of developing...
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Rate: £29750 - £37525 per annum + plus excellent benefits
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