England Graduate Developer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Developer 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 Graduate Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Graduate Developer
Location Berkshire Bristol Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Coventry East of England England Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Merseyside North West Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Slough South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	490	594
Rank change on same period last year	+104
Matching contract IT job ads	43	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.068 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	0.083 %	0.035 %
Daily rates quoted	20	10
Average minimum daily rate	£199	£130
Average daily rate	£221	£137
% change on same period last year	+61.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£243	£143
UK excluding London average daily rate	£194	£175
% change on same period last year	+10.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£9.43	£10.00
Average hourly rate	£9.93	£11.00
% change on same period last year	-9.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£10.43	£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£8.92	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	51839	80183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.20 %	85.35 %
Daily rates quoted	16701	24716
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£389
Average daily rate	£390	£413
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	5072	7279
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.96	£23.46
Average hourly rate	£23.41	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-6.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.87	£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
Graduate Developer UK

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.

Graduate Developer
Demand Trend

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

Graduate Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Graduate Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graduate Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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 Graduate Developer across the England region.

Graduate Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graduate Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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	+101	30	£227	+71.82 %
South East	+63	6	£200	-
Yorkshire	+38	2	£225	-
North West	-	2	-	-
West Midlands	-	1	-	-
East of England	+26	1	-	-
South West	-	1	£125	-

Graduate Developer UK

Graduate Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Graduate 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 Graduate Developer in their job title.

1 43 (56.58 %) Java 2 41 (53.95 %) Computer Science 3 37 (48.68 %) J2EE 4 36 (47.37 %) Degree 5 35 (46.05 %) JavaScript 6 24 (31.58 %) Finance 7 23 (30.26 %) .NET 8 22 (28.95 %) AJAX 9 14 (18.42 %) Derivative 9 14 (18.42 %) ASP.NET 10 13 (17.11 %) SQL Server 11 11 (14.47 %) Hibernate 11 11 (14.47 %) Spring 12 10 (13.16 %) Agile Software Development 13 9 (11.84 %) VB.NET

14 8 (10.53 %) C# 14 8 (10.53 %) SQL 14 8 (10.53 %) SQL Server 2005 15 7 (9.211 %) Web Development 15 7 (9.211 %) Banking 15 7 (9.211 %) Apple 15 7 (9.211 %) Education 16 6 (7.895 %) XML 16 6 (7.895 %) J2SE 17 5 (6.579 %) CSS 17 5 (6.579 %) C++ 17 5 (6.579 %) HTML 17 5 (6.579 %) Software Engineering 18 4 (5.263 %) Financial Institution 18 4 (5.263 %) Cisco

Graduate Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Graduate 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 Graduate Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 37 (48.68 %) J2EE 2 23 (30.26 %) .NET 3 22 (28.95 %) AJAX 4 14 (18.42 %) ASP.NET 5 11 (14.47 %) Hibernate 5 11 (14.47 %) Spring 6 6 (7.895 %) J2SE 6 6 (7.895 %) XML 7 5 (6.579 %) CSS 7 5 (6.579 %) HTML 8 3 (3.947 %) ASP 8 3 (3.947 %) JSP 9 2 (2.632 %) WebServices 9 2 (2.632 %) XHTML 10 1 (1.316 %) XSL 10 1 (1.316 %) XSLT 10 1 (1.316 %) LAMP 10 1 (1.316 %) Servlets 10 1 (1.316 %) .NET Framework 10 1 (1.316 %) JSTL	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.316 %) IIS 1 1 (1.316 %) Apache 1 1 (1.316 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 3 (3.947 %) AutoCAD 2 1 (1.316 %) Photoshop 2 1 (1.316 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.316 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (17.11 %) SQL Server 2 8 (10.53 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (1.316 %) MySQL 3 1 (1.316 %) SQL Server 2000	Development Applications 1 3 (3.947 %) Flash 2 1 (1.316 %) Subversion
General 1 24 (31.58 %) Finance 2 7 (9.211 %) Education 2 7 (9.211 %) Banking 3 4 (5.263 %) Financial Institution 4 2 (2.632 %) Animation 5 1 (1.316 %) Online Gambling 5 1 (1.316 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.316 %) Pensions 5 1 (1.316 %) Music 5 1 (1.316 %) Music Industry 5 1 (1.316 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.316 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (1.316 %) Games	Miscellaneous 1 41 (53.95 %) Computer Science 2 14 (18.42 %) Derivative 3 3 (3.947 %) Social Network 4 2 (2.632 %) Mathematics 5 1 (1.316 %) N-Tier 5 1 (1.316 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 3 (3.947 %) Windows 2 2 (2.632 %) UNIX 3 1 (1.316 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (13.16 %) Agile Software Development 2 7 (9.211 %) Web Development 3 5 (6.579 %) Software Engineering 4 3 (3.947 %) CAD 5 1 (1.316 %) Unit Testing 5 1 (1.316 %) Integration Testing 5 1 (1.316 %) OOP 5 1 (1.316 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 43 (56.58 %) Java 2 35 (46.05 %) JavaScript 3 9 (11.84 %) VB.NET 4 8 (10.53 %) C# 4 8 (10.53 %) SQL 5 5 (6.579 %) C++ 6 4 (5.263 %) VB 7 3 (3.947 %) C 7 3 (3.947 %) PHP 8 2 (2.632 %) Perl 8 2 (2.632 %) XPath 9 1 (1.316 %) VBA 9 1 (1.316 %) Tcl 9 1 (1.316 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 36 (47.37 %) Degree 2 1 (1.316 %) Postgraduate 2 1 (1.316 %) PhD
Vendors 1 7 (9.211 %) Apple 2 4 (5.263 %) Cisco 3 2 (2.632 %) Microsoft 4 1 (1.316 %) Sun 4 1 (1.316 %) Sage