The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Junior 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 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
Junior Developer
Rank 460 464 483
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Developer 58 98 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.140% 0.184% 0.158%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.151% 0.198% 0.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 51 57
Average daily rate £200 £225 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £116 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £325 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £203 £150 £138
% change year-on-year
+35.00% +8.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 7
Average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -21.87%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £12.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -16.66%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Junior Developer
UK

Junior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Junior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Junior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Junior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Junior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Junior Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Junior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Junior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Junior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the 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
London +6 33 £225 -18.18%
North West +14 8 £165 +43.47%
South East +11 8 £284 +41.87%
West Midlands +11 4 - -
East of England +18 2 £200 -
Yorkshire -5 2 £175 +16.66%
South West +27 1 £275 +66.66%
Junior Developer
UK

Junior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 36 (33.96%) .NET
2 31 (29.25%) SQL
3 28 (26.42%) JavaScript
3 28 (26.42%) SQL Server
4 27 (25.47%) C#
5 26 (24.53%) ASP.NET
5 26 (24.53%) CSS
6 24 (22.64%) HTML
7 17 (16.04%) Finance
8 15 (14.15%) PHP
9 14 (13.21%) Microsoft
10 13 (12.26%) Banking
10 13 (12.26%) Computer Science
11 12 (11.32%) jQuery
11 12 (11.32%) Web Development
11 12 (11.32%) OO
11 12 (11.32%) Java
12 11 (10.38%) Degree
12 11 (10.38%) SQL Server 2008
13 10 (9.434%) XML
14 9 (8.491%) MVC
14 9 (8.491%) MySQL
14 9 (8.491%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (8.491%) TDD
15 8 (7.547%) Visual Studio
15 8 (7.547%) Web Services
15 8 (7.547%) HTML5
16 7 (6.604%) ASP.NET MVC
16 7 (6.604%) SharePoint
16 7 (6.604%) MS Excel

Junior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 36 (33.96%) .NET
2 26 (24.53%) ASP.NET
2 26 (24.53%) CSS
3 24 (22.64%) HTML
4 12 (11.32%) jQuery
5 10 (9.434%) XML
6 8 (7.547%) Web Services
6 8 (7.547%) HTML5
7 7 (6.604%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (4.717%) CSS3
9 4 (3.774%) Ajax
9 4 (3.774%) Spring
9 4 (3.774%) ASP
9 4 (3.774%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 3 (2.830%) J2EE
10 3 (2.830%) XSLT
10 3 (2.830%) XSD
10 3 (2.830%) .NET Framework
10 3 (2.830%) Silverlight
11 2 (1.887%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.604%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.660%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (3.774%) CMS
4 3 (2.830%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.943%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.943%) Apache
5 1 (0.943%) IIS
5 1 (0.943%) OpenCms
5 1 (0.943%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (6.604%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.774%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.887%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.943%) MS Project
4 1 (0.943%) MS Office
4 1 (0.943%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.943%) SiteCatalyst
1 1 (0.943%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.943%) SAP CRM
1 1 (0.943%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.943%) SAP WM
1 1 (0.943%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.943%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.943%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.717%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.887%) Intranet
2 2 (1.887%) Internet
2 2 (1.887%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (26.42%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.38%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (8.491%) MySQL
4 7 (6.604%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (6.604%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (5.660%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (5.660%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.830%) MS Access
6 3 (2.830%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.887%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.887%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.887%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.943%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.943%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.943%) OLAP
8 1 (0.943%) DataStage
8 1 (0.943%) SAP BI
8 1 (0.943%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.943%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (7.547%) Visual Studio
2 5 (4.717%) Subversion
3 1 (0.943%) GCC
3 1 (0.943%) GitHub
3 1 (0.943%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.943%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.943%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.943%) JUnit
3 1 (0.943%) Maven
3 1 (0.943%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.943%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 17 (16.04%) Finance
2 13 (12.26%) Banking
3 7 (6.604%) Investment Banking
4 3 (2.830%) Games
4 3 (2.830%) Marketing
5 2 (1.887%) Retail
5 2 (1.887%) Front Office
6 1 (0.943%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.943%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.943%) Legal
6 1 (0.943%) Publishing
6 1 (0.943%) Music
6 1 (0.943%) Polish Language
6 1 (0.943%) Interactive Media
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.26%) Computer Science
2 6 (5.660%) Mathematics
3 3 (2.830%) iPad
3 3 (2.830%) Derivative
3 3 (2.830%) iPhone
4 2 (1.887%) W3C
4 2 (1.887%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.887%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.943%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.943%) Kindle
5 1 (0.943%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.943%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.943%) Replication
5 1 (0.943%) Mobile Games
5 1 (0.943%) NHS
5 1 (0.943%) Open Source
5 1 (0.943%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.943%) Data Integration
5 1 (0.943%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.943%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.660%) Windows
2 5 (4.717%) Linux
3 3 (2.830%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.830%) Android
3 3 (2.830%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (1.887%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (11.32%) Web Development
1 12 (11.32%) OO
2 9 (8.491%) MVC
2 9 (8.491%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (8.491%) TDD
3 6 (5.660%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (4.717%) BDD
4 5 (4.717%) Multithreading
5 4 (3.774%) Data Analysis
5 4 (3.774%) Data Management
5 4 (3.774%) OOP
5 4 (3.774%) E-Commerce
6 3 (2.830%) ETL
6 3 (2.830%) Migration
6 3 (2.830%) Web Design
7 2 (1.887%) System Testing
7 2 (1.887%) Release Management
7 2 (1.887%) Unit Testing
7 2 (1.887%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (1.887%) Domain-Driven Design
Programming Languages
1 31 (29.25%) SQL
2 28 (26.42%) JavaScript
3 27 (25.47%) C#
4 15 (14.15%) PHP
5 12 (11.32%) Java
6 6 (5.660%) VBA
7 4 (3.774%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.774%) VB
7 4 (3.774%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.887%) Ruby
8 2 (1.887%) Objective-C
8 2 (1.887%) Python
9 1 (0.943%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (0.943%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.943%) VBScript
9 1 (0.943%) C++
9 1 (0.943%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.943%) Perl
9 1 (0.943%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (10.38%) Degree
2 1 (0.943%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.943%) BC Cleared
2 1 (0.943%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.774%) SLA
2 3 (2.830%) QA
3 1 (0.943%) Basel III
3 1 (0.943%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 14 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.717%) Oracle
3 3 (2.830%) SAP
4 2 (1.887%) Zend
4 2 (1.887%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.887%) hybris
5 1 (0.943%) Adobe
5 1 (0.943%) Calypso
5 1 (0.943%) HP
5 1 (0.943%) Sybase
5 1 (0.943%) Remedy
5 1 (0.943%) IBM
5 1 (0.943%) Google
5 1 (0.943%) Unica
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Rate: £200 - £201 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
A fantastic opportunity for a talented Junior Java Developer to join a leading online retailer to work on all aspects of web and systems development. You must posses...
Rate: £15000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bournemouth
Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing, J2EE, JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, .NET or C#.About usAgeas 50 is the name behind...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
You should have experience working with SQL Server, and understand the principles of data warehouses... Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing,...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013