England Development Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Development Manager role in IT contracts within the 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 Development Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London Clapham Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gerrards Cross Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Hounslow Huddersfield Kent Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West Northamptonshire Norwich Oxfordshire Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Slough South East South Wales South West Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swindon Tunbridge Wells UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witney Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	352	413
Rank change on same period last year	+61
Matching contract IT job ads	224	241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.299 %	0.240 %
As % of the category below	0.358 %	0.281 %
Daily rates quoted	90	80
Average minimum daily rate	£456	£461
Average daily rate	£493	£483
% change on same period last year	+1.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£530	£506
UK excluding London average daily rate	£432	£417
% change on same period last year	+3.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.38	£46.67
Average hourly rate	£37.69	£54.17
% change on same period last year	-30.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.00	£61.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.13	£85.00
% change on same period last year	-57.50 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	62639	85738
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	83.49 %	85.53 %
Daily rates quoted	21406	26624
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£391
Average daily rate	£406	£416
% change on same period last year	-2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£441
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	5411	7254
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.58	£24.25
Average hourly rate	£24.18	£25.80
% change on same period last year	-6.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.78	£27.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Development Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Development Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 29 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+25	105	£522	+0.13 %
South East	+74	59	£400	-5.42 %
East of England	+23	24	£415	+5.41 %
South West	+22	11	£513	+20.79 %
Yorkshire	+16	10	£438	-
North West	+13	8	£388	+19.23 %
West Midlands	-4	4	£350	-11.11 %
North East	+9	2	-	-
East Midlands	+3	2	£400	-
Midlands	+15	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Development Manager 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 Development Manager in their job title.

1 117 (27.79 %) Project Management 2 116 (27.55 %) Java 3 109 (25.89 %) Finance 4 82 (19.48 %) Oracle 5 71 (16.86 %) .NET 6 52 (12.35 %) PRINCE2 7 41 (9.739 %) Banking 8 39 (9.264 %) C# 9 30 (7.126 %) Web Development 10 29 (6.888 %) J2EE 11 26 (6.176 %) SQL 12 23 (5.463 %) Investment Banking 13 21 (4.988 %) HTML 13 21 (4.988 %) JavaScript 13 21 (4.988 %) MS Project

14 20 (4.751 %) SQL Server 14 20 (4.751 %) XML 14 20 (4.751 %) MS Visio 15 19 (4.513 %) Government 15 19 (4.513 %) AJAX 15 19 (4.513 %) Marketing 16 18 (4.276 %) CSS 16 18 (4.276 %) ASP.NET 17 17 (4.038 %) E-Commerce 17 17 (4.038 %) Derivative 17 17 (4.038 %) Business Development 18 16 (3.800 %) Retail 18 16 (3.800 %) Stakeholder Management 18 16 (3.800 %) JSP 18 16 (3.800 %) XHTML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Development Manager 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 Development Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 71 (16.86 %) .NET 2 29 (6.888 %) J2EE 3 21 (4.988 %) HTML 4 20 (4.751 %) XML 5 19 (4.513 %) AJAX 6 18 (4.276 %) CSS 6 18 (4.276 %) ASP.NET 7 16 (3.800 %) JSP 7 16 (3.800 %) XHTML 8 10 (2.375 %) JSTL 8 10 (2.375 %) WPF 9 9 (2.138 %) WebSphere 9 9 (2.138 %) XSLT 9 9 (2.138 %) ADO.NET 10 8 (1.900 %) Spring 11 7 (1.663 %) Hibernate 11 7 (1.663 %) WebServices 12 6 (1.425 %) ASP 12 6 (1.425 %) Adobe Flex 13 5 (1.188 %) Java EE	Application Platforms 1 11 (2.613 %) BizTalk Server 2 7 (1.663 %) WebLogic 3 4 (0.950 %) SharePoint 3 4 (0.950 %) CMS 4 3 (0.713 %) JBoss 5 2 (0.475 %) SAS 5 2 (0.475 %) Papyrus 5 2 (0.475 %) Office Project Server 6 1 (0.238 %) Movable Type 6 1 (0.238 %) Mambo 6 1 (0.238 %) Oracle Workflow 6 1 (0.238 %) WebLogic Portal 6 1 (0.238 %) IIS 6 1 (0.238 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 21 (4.988 %) MS Project 2 20 (4.751 %) MS Visio 3 12 (2.850 %) MS Excel 4 9 (2.138 %) MS Office 5 4 (0.950 %) Photoshop 6 3 (0.713 %) MS PowerPoint 7 2 (0.475 %) CA Clarity 8 1 (0.238 %) ArcView 8 1 (0.238 %) MATLAB 8 1 (0.238 %) Niku Workbench	Business Applications 1 4 (0.950 %) Oracle Financials 2 2 (0.475 %) SAP R/3 2 2 (0.475 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.238 %) Loan IQ 3 1 (0.238 %) Summit 3 1 (0.238 %) SAP HR 3 1 (0.238 %) Findur
Communications & Networking 1 15 (3.563 %) Internet 2 12 (2.850 %) FTP 3 9 (2.138 %) HTTP 3 9 (2.138 %) TCP/IP 3 9 (2.138 %) SMTP 4 3 (0.713 %) Wireless 4 3 (0.713 %) 3G 5 2 (0.475 %) TETRA 6 1 (0.238 %) Wi-Fi 6 1 (0.238 %) BSS 6 1 (0.238 %) ATM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (4.751 %) SQL Server 2 5 (1.188 %) MySQL 3 4 (0.950 %) Datawarehouse 3 4 (0.950 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 3 (0.713 %) RDBMS 4 3 (0.713 %) SQLPlus 4 3 (0.713 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 3 (0.713 %) Oracle Reports 5 2 (0.475 %) ETL 5 2 (0.475 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (0.238 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.238 %) Data Cleansing 6 1 (0.238 %) GIS 6 1 (0.238 %) Ingres
Development Applications 1 9 (2.138 %) Flash 1 9 (2.138 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 3 (0.713 %) LabVIEW 2 3 (0.713 %) ClearCase 3 2 (0.475 %) Visual Studio 3 2 (0.475 %) ClearQuest 4 1 (0.238 %) COOL:Gen 4 1 (0.238 %) JIRA 4 1 (0.238 %) FrontPage 4 1 (0.238 %) Telelogic DOORS 4 1 (0.238 %) Subversion 4 1 (0.238 %) Eclipse 4 1 (0.238 %) LoadRunner	General 1 109 (25.89 %) Finance 2 41 (9.739 %) Banking 3 23 (5.463 %) Investment Banking 4 19 (4.513 %) Government 4 19 (4.513 %) Marketing 5 16 (3.800 %) Retail 6 15 (3.563 %) Financial Institution 6 15 (3.563 %) Insurance 7 14 (3.325 %) Telecoms 8 12 (2.850 %) Games 9 10 (2.375 %) Health 10 8 (1.900 %) Front Office 11 7 (1.663 %) Pensions 11 7 (1.663 %) Local Government 12 5 (1.188 %) Manufacturing 12 5 (1.188 %) Automotive 13 4 (0.950 %) General Ledger 14 3 (0.713 %) Back Office 14 3 (0.713 %) Legal 14 3 (0.713 %) Billing
Miscellaneous 1 17 (4.038 %) Derivative 2 15 (3.563 %) NHS 2 15 (3.563 %) Credit Risk 3 8 (1.900 %) Equities 3 8 (1.900 %) Equity Derivative 4 7 (1.663 %) NPfIT 4 7 (1.663 %) Fixed Income 5 5 (1.188 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 4 (0.950 %) Web 2.0 7 3 (0.713 %) PDA 7 3 (0.713 %) RIA 7 3 (0.713 %) Social Network 7 3 (0.713 %) Multithreading 7 3 (0.713 %) Management Information System 7 3 (0.713 %) W3C 8 2 (0.475 %) Mainframe 8 2 (0.475 %) Client/Server 8 2 (0.475 %) E-Learning 8 2 (0.475 %) Handset 8 2 (0.475 %) Portuguese Language	Operating Systems 1 11 (2.613 %) Windows 2 10 (2.375 %) UNIX 3 4 (0.950 %) Windows 2000 3 4 (0.950 %) Windows XP 4 3 (0.713 %) Windows Mobile 4 3 (0.713 %) Linux 5 1 (0.238 %) CentOS 5 1 (0.238 %) Red Hat Linux 5 1 (0.238 %) Debian 5 1 (0.238 %) VMS 5 1 (0.238 %) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies 1 117 (27.79 %) Project Management 2 52 (12.35 %) PRINCE2 3 30 (7.126 %) Web Development 4 17 (4.038 %) E-Commerce 4 17 (4.038 %) Business Development 5 16 (3.800 %) Stakeholder Management 6 15 (3.563 %) OO 6 15 (3.563 %) Migration 6 15 (3.563 %) Change Management 6 15 (3.563 %) Business Analysis 7 14 (3.325 %) Scrum 8 13 (3.088 %) RAD 9 10 (2.375 %) Workflow 9 10 (2.375 %) Agile Software Development 10 9 (2.138 %) Resource Management 10 9 (2.138 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 9 (2.138 %) Security Cleared 10 9 (2.138 %) UML 10 9 (2.138 %) CRM 11 8 (1.900 %) RUP	Programming Languages 1 116 (27.55 %) Java 2 39 (9.264 %) C# 3 26 (6.176 %) SQL 4 21 (4.988 %) JavaScript 5 15 (3.563 %) C++ 6 9 (2.138 %) PHP 6 9 (2.138 %) ActionScript 7 7 (1.663 %) C 8 6 (1.425 %) ABAP 9 5 (1.188 %) PL/SQL 10 3 (0.713 %) Transact-SQL 11 2 (0.475 %) VBScript 11 2 (0.475 %) Ruby 12 1 (0.238 %) Embedded C++ 12 1 (0.238 %) VB 12 1 (0.238 %) VB.NET 12 1 (0.238 %) VBA 12 1 (0.238 %) RPG 12 1 (0.238 %) COBOL 12 1 (0.238 %) Delphi
Qualifications 1 14 (3.325 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 1 14 (3.325 %) Degree 2 11 (2.613 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 7 (1.663 %) CIPD 4 4 (0.950 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.238 %) ISEB 5 1 (0.238 %) PMP 5 1 (0.238 %) PMI Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 15 (3.563 %) QA 2 5 (1.188 %) SLA 3 3 (0.713 %) ISO27001 3 3 (0.713 %) BS25999 3 3 (0.713 %) ISO9001
Systems Management 1 2 (0.475 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 82 (19.48 %) Oracle 2 13 (3.088 %) Microsoft 3 12 (2.850 %) SAP 4 8 (1.900 %) Adobe 5 7 (1.663 %) Serena 6 3 (0.713 %) Sybase 7 2 (0.475 %) Business Objects 7 2 (0.475 %) Borland 7 2 (0.475 %) Reuters 7 2 (0.475 %) Niku 7 2 (0.475 %) IBM 7 2 (0.475 %) HP 7 2 (0.475 %) FileNet 8 1 (0.238 %) DataSynapse 8 1 (0.238 %) Google 8 1 (0.238 %) ESRI 8 1 (0.238 %) Ab Initio 8 1 (0.238 %) Telelogic 8 1 (0.238 %) Anite 8 1 (0.238 %) FatWire