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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank145131
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads6491083
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.022 %1.160 %
As % of the category below1.242 %1.360 %
Daily rates quoted234485
Average minimum daily rate£422£472
Average daily rate£448£507
% change on same period last year-11.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£474£542
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£372
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted1720
Average minimum hourly rate£34.78£39.25
Average hourly rate£36.96£42.03
% change on same period last year-12.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.14£44.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.75£38.46
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Senior Developer UKSenior 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.

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

England Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Senior Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Senior Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-7444£468-12.78 %
South EastUp+1178£355-7.63 %
East of EnglandUp+2626£450+17.85 %
North WestDown-1522--
YorkshireUp+819£373+10.29 %
South WestUp+1515£302-28.89 %
West MidlandsUp+512£400+26.98 %
East MidlandsDown-112£450-1.81 %
North EastUp+117--
MidlandsUp+207£316-9.82 %
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UK

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

1624 (41.11 %)Java
2484 (31.88 %).NET
3466 (30.70 %)C#
4340 (22.40 %)XML
5336 (22.13 %)SQL
6303 (19.96 %)ASP.NET
7288 (18.97 %)Oracle
8285 (18.77 %)J2EE
9281 (18.51 %)Spring
10269 (17.72 %)SQL Server
11262 (17.26 %)Finance
12246 (16.21 %)OO
13239 (15.74 %)Hibernate
14229 (15.09 %)Front Office
15227 (14.95 %)JavaScript
16203 (13.37 %)C++
17199 (13.11 %)CSS
18193 (12.71 %)Banking
19187 (12.32 %)WebServices
20183 (12.06 %)Derivative
21182 (11.99 %)HTML
22178 (11.73 %)Agile Software Development
23152 (10.01 %)MySQL
24142 (9.354 %)UNIX
25127 (8.366 %)Windows
25127 (8.366 %)AJAX
26126 (8.300 %)Investment Banking
27124 (8.169 %)Eclipse
28122 (8.037 %)JSP
29117 (7.708 %)Microsoft

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1484 (31.88 %).NET
2340 (22.40 %)XML
3303 (19.96 %)ASP.NET
4285 (18.77 %)J2EE
5281 (18.51 %)Spring
6239 (15.74 %)Hibernate
7199 (13.11 %)CSS
8187 (12.32 %)WebServices
9182 (11.99 %)HTML
10127 (8.366 %)AJAX
11122 (8.037 %)JSP
12116 (7.642 %)Struts
13106 (6.983 %)XHTML
1467 (4.414 %)WebSphere
1566 (4.348 %).NET Framework
1665 (4.282 %)XSLT
1763 (4.150 %)WinForms
1862 (4.084 %)MVC
1958 (3.821 %)ASP
2048 (3.162 %)SOAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1104 (6.851 %)WebLogic
298 (6.456 %)JBoss
357 (3.755 %)Apache
456 (3.689 %)CMS
547 (3.096 %)SharePoint
645 (2.964 %)Tomcat
725 (1.647 %)WebSphere Application Server
822 (1.449 %)SharePoint Server 2007
920 (1.318 %)BizTalk Server
1017 (1.120 %)IIS
1113 (0.856 %)ESB
1212 (0.791 %)WebLogic Portal
1310 (0.659 %)Commerce Server
148 (0.527 %)TIBCO EMS
148 (0.527 %)Commerce Server 2007
156 (0.395 %)MQSeries
156 (0.395 %)Sitecore CMS
164 (0.264 %)MS Exchange
164 (0.264 %)ColdFusion
173 (0.198 %)TeamSite
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (1.449 %)Photoshop
122 (1.449 %)MS Excel
213 (0.856 %)Fireworks
311 (0.725 %)ImageReady
48 (0.527 %)MS Office
55 (0.329 %)InfoPath
64 (0.264 %)Adobe Illustrator
64 (0.264 %)MS Visio
64 (0.264 %)MS Project
72 (0.132 %)MATLAB
81 (0.066 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (1.054 %)HFM
213 (0.856 %)Endur
34 (0.264 %)Dynamics CRM
43 (0.198 %)Summit
52 (0.132 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.132 %)Findur
52 (0.132 %)Microsoft CRM
52 (0.132 %)SAP R/3
61 (0.066 %)FRx
61 (0.066 %)SAP SRM
61 (0.066 %)SAP ERP
61 (0.066 %)Oracle EBS R12
61 (0.066 %)WebTrends
61 (0.066 %)BusinessWorks
61 (0.066 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.066 %)BASE24
61 (0.066 %)Sophis RISQUE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
134 (2.240 %)Internet
217 (1.120 %)Intranet
316 (1.054 %)HTTP
46 (0.395 %)TCP/IP
53 (0.198 %)SMTP
53 (0.198 %)LDAP
53 (0.198 %)SSH
62 (0.132 %)FTP
62 (0.132 %)SSL
62 (0.132 %)Extranet
71 (0.066 %)X.500
71 (0.066 %)Firewall
71 (0.066 %)Wireless
71 (0.066 %)TETRA
71 (0.066 %)SAN
71 (0.066 %)CTI
71 (0.066 %)DNS
71 (0.066 %)SNMP
71 (0.066 %)ATM
71 (0.066 %)GPRS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1269 (17.72 %)SQL Server
2152 (10.01 %)MySQL
3115 (7.576 %)SQL Server 2005
460 (3.953 %)SQL Server 2000
543 (2.833 %)RDBMS
630 (1.976 %)DB2
723 (1.515 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
822 (1.449 %)Datawarehouse
822 (1.449 %)SQL Server Integration Services
919 (1.252 %)Oracle 10g
1016 (1.054 %)Hyperion Essbase
1113 (0.856 %)Oracle 8/8i
1113 (0.856 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1211 (0.725 %)Oracle Reports
1211 (0.725 %)ETL
1211 (0.725 %)DB2 UDB
139 (0.593 %)BusinessObjects
139 (0.593 %)Oracle 9i
148 (0.527 %)Informix
156 (0.395 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1124 (8.169 %)Eclipse
278 (5.138 %)Ant
370 (4.611 %)Flash
464 (4.216 %)Visual Studio
554 (3.557 %)JUnit
644 (2.899 %)NUnit
736 (2.372 %)Subversion
818 (1.186 %)ClearCase
911 (0.725 %)VSS/SourceSafe
911 (0.725 %)MSI
106 (0.395 %)Rational Rose
106 (0.395 %)Oracle Forms
115 (0.329 %)PowerBuilder
115 (0.329 %)Selenium
123 (0.198 %)Oracle APEX
123 (0.198 %)Log4j
123 (0.198 %)Dreamweaver
132 (0.132 %)TestDirector
132 (0.132 %)CruiseControl
132 (0.132 %)ERwin
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1262 (17.26 %)Finance
2229 (15.09 %)Front Office
3193 (12.71 %)Banking
4126 (8.300 %)Investment Banking
555 (3.623 %)Back Office
653 (3.491 %)Telecoms
735 (2.306 %)Games
832 (2.108 %)Marketing
929 (1.910 %)Retail
1025 (1.647 %)Insurance
1123 (1.515 %)Financial Institution
1123 (1.515 %)Government
1222 (1.449 %)Construction
1312 (0.791 %)Music
1411 (0.725 %)Pensions
1411 (0.725 %)Publishing
1510 (0.659 %)Health
168 (0.527 %)Manufacturing
168 (0.527 %)Multimedia
175 (0.329 %)Music Industry
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1183 (12.06 %)Derivative
294 (6.192 %)Fixed Income
377 (5.072 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
461 (4.018 %)Equity Derivative
551 (3.360 %)Equities
551 (3.360 %)Multithreading
647 (3.096 %)Web 2.0
746 (3.030 %)Credit Derivative
831 (2.042 %)Social Network
930 (1.976 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1026 (1.713 %)Grid Computing
1123 (1.515 %)N-Tier
1221 (1.383 %)Credit Risk
1318 (1.186 %)Computer Science
1417 (1.120 %)W3C
1516 (1.054 %)Market Risk
1611 (0.725 %)Client/Server
1710 (0.659 %)Spread Betting
189 (0.593 %)Thin Client
189 (0.593 %)Fat Client
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1142 (9.354 %)UNIX
2127 (8.366 %)Windows
3102 (6.719 %)Linux
421 (1.383 %)Solaris
520 (1.318 %)Red Hat Linux
68 (0.527 %)Windows XP
76 (0.395 %)Windows Server 2003
76 (0.395 %)Nucleus RTOS
85 (0.329 %)Windows 2000
93 (0.198 %)Mac OS X
93 (0.198 %)Debian
102 (0.132 %)Windows Server 2008
102 (0.132 %)Windows NT
102 (0.132 %)AIX
111 (0.066 %)zOS
111 (0.066 %)VMS
111 (0.066 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.066 %)CentOS
111 (0.066 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.066 %)Embedded Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1246 (16.21 %)OO
2178 (11.73 %)Agile Software Development
3112 (7.378 %)UML
478 (5.138 %)TDD
570 (4.611 %)OOP
570 (4.611 %)E-Commerce
664 (4.216 %)SOA
757 (3.755 %)Scrum
854 (3.557 %)Web Development
950 (3.294 %)Unit Testing
1041 (2.701 %)OOD
1139 (2.569 %)RAD
1237 (2.437 %)Migration
1237 (2.437 %)Pair Programming
1335 (2.306 %)Project Management
1434 (2.240 %)Content Management
1533 (2.174 %)Continuous Integration
1630 (1.976 %)User Acceptance Testing
1728 (1.845 %)Workflow
1827 (1.779 %)Risk Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1624 (41.11 %)Java
2466 (30.70 %)C#
3336 (22.13 %)SQL
4227 (14.95 %)JavaScript
5203 (13.37 %)C++
6100 (6.588 %)PHP
764 (4.216 %)VB.NET
857 (3.755 %)ActionScript
955 (3.623 %)VB
1054 (3.557 %)Transact-SQL
1152 (3.426 %)DHTML
1251 (3.360 %)Perl
1347 (3.096 %)C
1446 (3.030 %)PL/SQL
1529 (1.910 %)PHP5
1622 (1.449 %)Ruby
1720 (1.318 %)Python
1817 (1.120 %)Shell Script
1916 (1.054 %)VBA
2015 (0.988 %)VBScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
176 (5.007 %)Degree
213 (0.856 %)Sun Certification
35 (0.329 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.132 %)Postgraduate
51 (0.066 %)MCSE
51 (0.066 %)MCSA
51 (0.066 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.066 %)MCTS
51 (0.066 %)MCPD
51 (0.066 %)MCAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (0.922 %)QA
25 (0.329 %)WAI
32 (0.132 %)HL7
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.461 %)Active Directory
25 (0.329 %)MSMQ
34 (0.264 %)AquaLogic
42 (0.132 %)ISA Server
51 (0.066 %)Citrix Presentation Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (0.527 %)ServiceCenter
25 (0.329 %)AutoSys
32 (0.132 %)MIIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1288 (18.97 %)Oracle
2117 (7.708 %)Microsoft
381 (5.336 %)Sybase
438 (2.503 %)IBM
536 (2.372 %)Calypso
624 (1.581 %)TIBCO
723 (1.515 %)Infragistics
820 (1.318 %)Red Hat
919 (1.252 %)DataSynapse
1013 (0.856 %)Bloomberg
1111 (0.725 %)Google
1210 (0.659 %)Murex
1210 (0.659 %)Fidessa
1210 (0.659 %)HP
1210 (0.659 %)Adobe
139 (0.593 %)Business Objects
148 (0.527 %)Sun
148 (0.527 %)BEA
148 (0.527 %)OpenLink
157 (0.461 %)Syncfusion