The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead 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 Lead 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 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
Lead Developer
Rank 339 368 381
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 200 180 204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.462% 0.340% 0.356%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.500% 0.367% 0.385%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 118 122
Average daily rate £450 £443 £456
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.69% -3.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £326 £325 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £648 £600 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £385 £376
% change year-on-year
+9.74% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £35.22 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.95% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £40.00 £28.42
% change year-on-year
-11.95% +40.77%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40014 49001 53004
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.47% 92.53% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23687 27821 29587
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £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 1959 2399 2806
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.68 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -6.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
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Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Lead Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Lead Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Lead Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Lead Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Lead Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the 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
London +32 131 £500 +7.52% 72
South East +38 28 £423 -0.58% 10
East of England +27 13 £313 -7.06% 10
West Midlands +7 9 £475 -3.55% 6
North West +21 8 £375 -6.25% 10
East Midlands -2 3 £550 +46.66% 3
South West +26 2 - - 3
North East +14 2 - - 2
Yorkshire - - - - 2
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Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title.

1 120 (31.83%) Java
2 116 (30.77%) SQL
3 103 (27.32%) SQL Server
4 93 (24.67%) .NET
5 83 (22.02%) C#
6 75 (19.89%) Oracle
7 70 (18.57%) Scrum
8 63 (16.71%) Finance
9 60 (15.92%) HTML
9 60 (15.92%) OO
10 58 (15.38%) E-Commerce
11 57 (15.12%) JavaScript
11 57 (15.12%) MVC
12 55 (14.59%) Agile Software Development
13 51 (13.53%) Banking
14 48 (12.73%) CSS
15 45 (11.94%) jQuery
16 43 (11.41%) TDD
17 40 (10.61%) XML
18 39 (10.34%) Web Services
19 37 (9.814%) J2EE
20 36 (9.549%) ASP.NET
20 36 (9.549%) ETL
20 36 (9.549%) REST
21 35 (9.284%) Unit Testing
21 35 (9.284%) Multithreading
22 33 (8.753%) Retail
23 32 (8.488%) SQL Server Integration Services
23 32 (8.488%) Data Modelling
23 32 (8.488%) PHP

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 93 (24.67%) .NET
2 60 (15.92%) HTML
3 48 (12.73%) CSS
4 45 (11.94%) jQuery
5 40 (10.61%) XML
6 39 (10.34%) Web Services
7 37 (9.814%) J2EE
8 36 (9.549%) ASP.NET
8 36 (9.549%) REST
9 31 (8.223%) Spring
10 30 (7.958%) HTML5
11 29 (7.692%) WCF
12 27 (7.162%) SOAP
13 26 (6.897%) WPF
14 23 (6.101%) RESTful
15 21 (5.570%) ASP.NET MVC
16 20 (5.305%) JSON
16 20 (5.305%) .NET Framework
17 18 (4.775%) WinForms
18 17 (4.509%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 14 (3.714%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.183%) ESB
2 12 (3.183%) CMS
3 10 (2.653%) WebLogic
4 9 (2.387%) Apache
4 9 (2.387%) TIBCO EMS
4 9 (2.387%) Drupal
4 9 (2.387%) Magento
5 8 (2.122%) BizTalk Server
6 7 (1.857%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (1.857%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.857%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (1.857%) Oracle Service Bus
7 4 (1.061%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (1.061%) IIS
7 4 (1.061%) Adobe CQ
8 2 (0.531%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.531%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.531%) Force.com
8 2 (0.531%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (1.857%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.796%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.531%) MS Office
4 1 (0.265%) MS Project
4 1 (0.265%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.265%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.265%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.326%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 4 (1.061%) Cognos Planning
3 3 (0.796%) Agresso
3 3 (0.796%) RMDS
4 2 (0.531%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.531%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.265%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.265%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.265%) Maximo
5 1 (0.265%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.918%) HTTP
2 10 (2.653%) Internet
3 3 (0.796%) RFID
4 1 (0.265%) Broadband
4 1 (0.265%) SMS
4 1 (0.265%) Intranet
4 1 (0.265%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.265%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (27.32%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.488%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 30 (7.958%) SQL Server 2008
4 22 (5.836%) MySQL
5 18 (4.775%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (4.509%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
8 12 (3.183%) Oracle 8/8i
9 11 (2.918%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (2.653%) RDBMS
11 9 (2.387%) NoSQL
12 8 (2.122%) Oracle 11g
13 7 (1.857%) DB2
13 7 (1.857%) Essbase
14 6 (1.592%) DataStage
15 5 (1.326%) OLAP
15 5 (1.326%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (1.326%) SQLite
16 4 (1.061%) QlikView
17 3 (0.796%) DTS
Development Applications
1 22 (5.836%) Maven
2 20 (5.305%) Subversion
3 18 (4.775%) Git (software)
3 18 (4.775%) JUnit
4 17 (4.509%) Team Foundation Server
5 16 (4.244%) Ant
6 14 (3.714%) JIRA
7 8 (2.122%) Selenium
7 8 (2.122%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.857%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.326%) Mockito
10 4 (1.061%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.061%) JBehave
10 4 (1.061%) Mercurial
10 4 (1.061%) JDeveloper
10 4 (1.061%) Jasmine
10 4 (1.061%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.796%) GitHub
11 3 (0.796%) Xcode
11 3 (0.796%) CruiseControl
General
1 63 (16.71%) Finance
2 51 (13.53%) Banking
3 33 (8.753%) Retail
4 27 (7.162%) Front Office
5 19 (5.040%) Investment Banking
6 8 (2.122%) Publishing
6 8 (2.122%) Back Office
7 6 (1.592%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.326%) Marketing
9 4 (1.061%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.531%) Games
10 2 (0.531%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.265%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.265%) Automotive
11 1 (0.265%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.265%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.631%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 16 (4.244%) Derivative
3 12 (3.183%) Open Source
3 12 (3.183%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.653%) Credit Risk
5 9 (2.387%) SaaS
6 7 (1.857%) Mainframe
6 7 (1.857%) Computer Science
6 7 (1.857%) Social Media
6 7 (1.857%) iPad
7 6 (1.592%) EPoS
8 5 (1.326%) Web 2.0
9 4 (1.061%) Data Integration
9 4 (1.061%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.061%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.061%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.061%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.061%) Mobile Banking
10 3 (0.796%) Equities
10 3 (0.796%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.223%) Windows
2 23 (6.101%) Apple iOS
3 19 (5.040%) UNIX
4 17 (4.509%) Android
5 15 (3.979%) Linux
6 3 (0.796%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.796%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.531%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.531%) Solaris
8 1 (0.265%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.265%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.265%) AIX
8 1 (0.265%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.265%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.265%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (0.265%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (18.57%) Scrum
2 60 (15.92%) OO
3 58 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 57 (15.12%) MVC
5 55 (14.59%) Agile Software Development
6 43 (11.41%) TDD
7 36 (9.549%) ETL
8 35 (9.284%) Unit Testing
8 35 (9.284%) Multithreading
9 32 (8.488%) Data Modelling
10 24 (6.366%) Migration
10 24 (6.366%) BDD
11 23 (6.101%) Continuous Integration
11 23 (6.101%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (5.836%) SOA
13 18 (4.775%) Waterfall
13 18 (4.775%) UML
14 16 (4.244%) Web Development
15 14 (3.714%) User Acceptance Testing
15 14 (3.714%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 120 (31.83%) Java
2 116 (30.77%) SQL
3 83 (22.02%) C#
4 57 (15.12%) JavaScript
5 32 (8.488%) PHP
6 20 (5.305%) PL/SQL
7 18 (4.775%) T-SQL
8 17 (4.509%) C++
9 9 (2.387%) Perl
10 8 (2.122%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.857%) XQuery
12 6 (1.592%) XPath
12 6 (1.592%) Python
13 5 (1.326%) VB
13 5 (1.326%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.326%) PHP5
14 4 (1.061%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.796%) VBA
15 3 (0.796%) VB6
16 2 (0.531%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 21 (5.570%) Degree
2 4 (1.061%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.265%) ISEB
3 1 (0.265%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.714%) QA
2 6 (1.592%) Basel III
3 2 (0.531%) WAI
3 2 (0.531%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.531%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.265%) WCAG
4 1 (0.265%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (0.796%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.265%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (0.265%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.265%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (0.531%) BladeLogic
1 2 (0.531%) Splunk
Vendors
1 75 (19.89%) Oracle
2 23 (6.101%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.775%) hybris
3 18 (4.775%) TIBCO
4 17 (4.509%) Cognos
5 16 (4.244%) JBoss
5 16 (4.244%) 29West
6 15 (3.979%) ATG
6 15 (3.979%) Zend
7 14 (3.714%) Business Objects
8 12 (3.183%) IBM
9 11 (2.918%) Pega
10 10 (2.653%) DevExpress
10 10 (2.653%) Syncfusion
10 10 (2.653%) Perforce
11 9 (2.387%) Siebel
12 8 (2.122%) Informatica
13 7 (1.857%) Adobe
13 7 (1.857%) webMethods
14 6 (1.592%) Endeca
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Jumar Solutions
Posted: 5 June 2013
London
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Montash
Rate: £400 - £600 per day + negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Contract requirement(s) for experienced ATG Lead Developer and Developer based in central London.
Jumar Solutions
Posted: 5 June 2013
Cheshire
Key Accountabilities; - Manage software development projects - Designing, coding, testing and implementation of software solutions - Provide training and leadership for a team of developers Key Skills; Actionscript (2.0 +...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cheshire, North West
They also carry out their own Research and Development and operate a customer Helpdesk.You will be expect you to have a good working knowledge of the relevant...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £30000.00 - £38500.00 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Orgtel
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
IT Human Resources
Rate: £550 - £700 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Orgtel
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
City, London
Vertical IT
Rate: £400 - £420 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
England
Annapurna HR
Rate: £300 - £900 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
City, London
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £550 - £700 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
Central London / West End
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £500 - £575 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
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