Software Developer Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 289 299 309
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 236 296 279
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.558% 0.553% 0.504%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.603% 0.597% 0.543%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 138 115
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £223 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £599 £438 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 39 35
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £29.70 £22.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £43.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
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 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Software Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 +34 84 £425 +13.33%
South East -21 43 £320 +13.27%
East of England +6 28 £320 -
North West +18 24 £300 +4.34%
South West +14 23 £375 +27.65%
Yorkshire +6 15 £278 -20.71%
West Midlands +5 9 £438 +45.83%
East Midlands -4 9 £295 +26.20%
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 290 (57.88%) C#
2 261 (52.10%) .NET
3 208 (41.52%) SQL Server
4 170 (33.93%) SQL
5 147 (29.34%) ASP.NET
6 117 (23.35%) JavaScript
7 103 (20.56%) Web Services
8 99 (19.76%) OO
9 98 (19.56%) Microsoft
9 98 (19.56%) XML
10 92 (18.36%) HTML
11 89 (17.76%) CSS
11 89 (17.76%) Windows
12 88 (17.56%) Java
13 87 (17.37%) WCF
14 85 (16.97%) jQuery
15 83 (16.57%) Visual Studio
16 82 (16.37%) MVC
17 80 (15.97%) Agile Software Development
18 76 (15.17%) C++
19 72 (14.37%) SQL Server 2008
20 71 (14.17%) TDD
21 68 (13.57%) .NET Framework
22 63 (12.57%) Oracle
23 62 (12.38%) Linux
24 58 (11.58%) Multithreading
25 53 (10.58%) ASP.NET MVC
26 49 (9.780%) Security Cleared
27 48 (9.581%) Finance
27 48 (9.581%) Scrum

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 261 (52.10%) .NET
2 147 (29.34%) ASP.NET
3 103 (20.56%) Web Services
4 98 (19.56%) XML
5 92 (18.36%) HTML
6 89 (17.76%) CSS
7 87 (17.37%) WCF
8 85 (16.97%) jQuery
9 68 (13.57%) .NET Framework
10 53 (10.58%) ASP.NET MVC
11 40 (7.984%) Ajax
12 37 (7.385%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 31 (6.188%) WPF
14 26 (5.190%) XSLT
14 26 (5.190%) WinForms
14 26 (5.190%) HTML5
15 22 (4.391%) SOAP
16 21 (4.192%) XHTML
16 21 (4.192%) LINQ
17 19 (3.792%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 29 (5.788%) IIS
2 27 (5.389%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.196%) Apache
4 8 (1.597%) ArcGIS
4 8 (1.597%) ESB
5 7 (1.397%) Windows Azure
5 7 (1.397%) Drupal
6 6 (1.198%) CMS
6 6 (1.198%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (1.198%) nginx
7 5 (0.998%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.998%) Amazon AWS
7 5 (0.998%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.798%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.798%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.599%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.399%) Route 53
10 2 (0.399%) SAS
10 2 (0.399%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.399%) Amazon S3
Applications
1 43 (8.583%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.597%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.599%) MS Office
4 1 (0.200%) Simulink
4 1 (0.200%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.399%) Bond Adapt
1 2 (0.399%) Summit
2 1 (0.200%) HFM
2 1 (0.200%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.200%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.200%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.200%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.200%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.992%) HTTP
2 17 (3.393%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.597%) Modbus
4 7 (1.397%) Internet
4 7 (1.397%) Wireless
5 6 (1.198%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.998%) Firewall
6 5 (0.998%) DNS
6 5 (0.998%) FTP
6 5 (0.998%) 4G
7 4 (0.798%) DLNA
7 4 (0.798%) DHCP
7 4 (0.798%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.798%) WAN
7 4 (0.798%) Broadband
7 4 (0.798%) 802.11
7 4 (0.798%) TELNET
7 4 (0.798%) DSL
7 4 (0.798%) UPnP
8 3 (0.599%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (41.52%) SQL Server
2 72 (14.37%) SQL Server 2008
3 31 (6.188%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (3.992%) MySQL
5 19 (3.792%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (3.792%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.595%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.996%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.796%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (1.796%) Oracle 11g
8 9 (1.796%) RDBMS
9 8 (1.597%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (1.597%) SQL Server 2000
10 6 (1.198%) Redis
10 6 (1.198%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.198%) Oracle 8/8i
10 6 (1.198%) Oracle 10g
11 5 (0.998%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.798%) SQL Server 2012
12 4 (0.798%) MarkLogic
Development Applications
1 83 (16.57%) Visual Studio
2 35 (6.986%) Team Foundation Server
3 20 (3.992%) Subversion
4 19 (3.792%) Git (software)
5 13 (2.595%) JIRA
6 12 (2.395%) Moq
7 11 (2.196%) Selenium
7 11 (2.196%) Eclipse
7 11 (2.196%) MSTest
8 10 (1.996%) NUnit
9 9 (1.796%) Jenkins
9 9 (1.796%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.397%) JUnit
11 6 (1.198%) Maven
12 5 (0.998%) ClearCase
13 4 (0.798%) Capistrano
13 4 (0.798%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.798%) Trac
13 4 (0.798%) MSBuild
13 4 (0.798%) SpecFlow
General
1 48 (9.581%) Finance
2 40 (7.984%) Telecoms
3 29 (5.788%) Banking
4 16 (3.194%) Front Office
5 9 (1.796%) Publishing
5 9 (1.796%) Electronics
6 8 (1.597%) Back Office
6 8 (1.597%) Retail
7 5 (0.998%) Games
8 4 (0.798%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.599%) Law
9 3 (0.599%) Legal
9 3 (0.599%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.399%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.399%) Automotive
10 2 (0.399%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.399%) French Language
10 2 (0.399%) German Language
10 2 (0.399%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.399%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.389%) Open Source
1 27 (5.389%) N-Tier
2 24 (4.790%) Computer Science
3 20 (3.992%) Client/Server
3 20 (3.992%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (2.395%) EPoS
5 11 (2.196%) APACS
5 11 (2.196%) EMV
6 10 (1.996%) NHS
7 9 (1.796%) RIA
8 8 (1.597%) Mathematics
9 7 (1.397%) Physics
9 7 (1.397%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.198%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.198%) Data Integration
11 5 (0.998%) Wiki
12 4 (0.798%) Equities
12 4 (0.798%) Chip and PIN
12 4 (0.798%) Visualisation
12 4 (0.798%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 89 (17.76%) Windows
2 62 (12.38%) Linux
3 22 (4.391%) UNIX
4 11 (2.196%) Android
4 11 (2.196%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.597%) Windows 7
6 6 (1.198%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.198%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (0.998%) Windows Mobile
7 5 (0.998%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (0.998%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.798%) AIX
8 4 (0.798%) Gentoo
8 4 (0.798%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.399%) Solaris
9 2 (0.399%) Debian
9 2 (0.399%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.200%) VME
10 1 (0.200%) Fedora
10 1 (0.200%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (19.76%) OO
2 82 (16.37%) MVC
3 80 (15.97%) Agile Software Development
4 71 (14.17%) TDD
5 58 (11.58%) Multithreading
6 48 (9.581%) Scrum
7 47 (9.381%) UML
8 45 (8.982%) Unit Testing
9 33 (6.587%) Web Development
10 27 (5.389%) Continuous Integration
11 25 (4.990%) BDD
12 17 (3.393%) Memory Management
13 16 (3.194%) ETL
14 15 (2.994%) Pair Programming
14 15 (2.994%) Configuration Management
14 15 (2.994%) OOD
14 15 (2.994%) MVVM
15 14 (2.794%) SOA
16 13 (2.595%) E-Commerce
16 13 (2.595%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 290 (57.88%) C#
2 170 (33.93%) SQL
3 117 (23.35%) JavaScript
4 88 (17.56%) Java
5 76 (15.17%) C++
6 40 (7.984%) C
7 31 (6.188%) PHP
8 30 (5.988%) T-SQL
8 30 (5.988%) VB.NET
9 27 (5.389%) VB
10 21 (4.192%) Python
11 19 (3.792%) PL/SQL
12 18 (3.593%) Ruby
12 18 (3.593%) Perl
13 11 (2.196%) VBA
14 10 (1.996%) Bash shell
14 10 (1.996%) Shell Script
15 8 (1.597%) Embedded C
16 7 (1.397%) XPath
17 6 (1.198%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (9.780%) Security Cleared
2 43 (8.583%) Degree
3 24 (4.790%) DV Cleared
4 20 (3.992%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.399%) PhD
5 2 (0.399%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.399%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.200%) MCPD
6 1 (0.200%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.200%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.200%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.200%) MBA
6 1 (0.200%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.595%) QA
2 5 (0.998%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.200%) WCAG
3 1 (0.200%) WAI
3 1 (0.200%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.200%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.200%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (0.998%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.798%) Varnish
3 2 (0.399%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (0.399%) Puppet
1 2 (0.399%) Tivoli
1 2 (0.399%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
2 1 (0.200%) SCCM
Vendors
1 98 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 63 (12.57%) Oracle
3 11 (2.196%) VMware
4 9 (1.796%) JBoss
5 8 (1.597%) VeriFone
5 8 (1.597%) ESRI
5 8 (1.597%) Siemens
6 7 (1.397%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.198%) Greenplum
8 4 (0.798%) Twitter
8 4 (0.798%) Perforce
8 4 (0.798%) Apple
8 4 (0.798%) Hyperion
8 4 (0.798%) HP
8 4 (0.798%) DevExpress
9 3 (0.599%) Telerik
9 3 (0.599%) Syncfusion
9 3 (0.599%) Micro Focus
9 3 (0.599%) Serena
9 3 (0.599%) IBM
Software Developer
Berkshire
I have an immediate requirement for a VB.Net / C# contract software developer for a 3 to 6 month+ project. Key Skills:Software Developer, programmer, VB.Net, C#,...
SYSTEM RECRUITMENT LTD
Rate: £32 - £35 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013
Software Developer
Essex, South East
I am urgently seeking an NHS Software Developer for an initial 1 month contract (extremely high chances of extension) based in Essex. SQL Server (50%) ASP.
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Developer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We are looking to appoint a Software Developer to develop software packages which are to provide a suite of data management and data access tools to enable both...
British Antarctic Survey
Rate: From £26,450 to £29,710 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
C# Software Developer / C# Software Engineer
Southampton, Hampshire
Leading global software company based in Southampton, Hampshire requires a C# Software to join its growing development team... Due to the nature of these roles you will be...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £22000 - £25000 per annum + 25 days holiday, healthcare
Posted: 16 May 2013
.NET Software Developer - Global Presence
City of London
Position: .NET Software Developer (Linux/Unix)Rate: Up to £600 / Day Location: Central London Duration: Initial 6 Months (Extension possible)Apply To: The Background:Due to an office...
JAM
Rate: £0.00 - £600 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
.Net Software Developer
Manchester, North West
The key skills they are looking for are: Experience of .net up to and including .net 4.5 and C# .Net Web Application Development (ASP.NET/MVC) HTML,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £230.00 - £290.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Software ( Java ) Developer
Bournemouth, Dorset
parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, WebServices, Spring framework.You’ll bejoining a small team of developers who go deep to deliver across a wide...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Software Developer - Cambridge - 3 month
Cambridge, East Anglia
Their software is used by thousands of organisations ranging from education, health, government departments, local authorities, and financial services through to those involved in charities and media.The...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 25 April 2013
Senior Software (Java) Developer
Bournemouth
You'll be developing applications and interfaces - both internal and 3rd parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework. You'll be joining...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Developer - Java, Testing, Metric Gathering
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
There is also an emphasis on system testing, regression testing, unit testing specifically with Oracle PL SQL... Good knowledge of Oracle PL SQL. Unit and System Testing. Good...
Concept Personnel
Rate: From £20,000 to £45,000 per annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Developer / .Net Developer
Cambridgeshire, South East
Providing knowledge and insight into both emerging technologies and new opportunities around existing technologies Scope of the Software Developer / .Net Developer role: - Developing and supporting enterprise scale applications...
NBS Recruitment
Rate: £0 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
C++ Software Developer - World Leader
City of London
Position: C++ Software Developer (Linux/Unix)Rate: Up to £600 / Day Location: Central London Duration: Initial 6 Months (Extension possible)Apply To: The Background:Due to an office...
JAM
Rate: £0.00 - £600 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Java & Spring Software Developer
City of London
Position: Java & Spring Software Developer (Linux/Unix)Rate: Up to £600 / Day Location: Central London Duration: Initial 7 Months (Extension possible)Apply To: The Background:Due to an...
JAM
Rate: £0.00 - £600 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Software Developers - High Throughput Gene Targeting
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Essential Skills Solid experience in a modern scripting language (We use modern Perl and Ruby. The job will initially involve coming to grips with our Perl-based code.)...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Rate: £29750 - £37525 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Java Software Engineer Java Developer Java Programmer
London
The contract is based in London and requires 2 years experience of the following: Java Coding. Java Design patterns. Java Algorithms. XML Web Services... Lazy loading (dynamic function...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £21.75 - £29.86 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software/Java Developer - Midlands - £250-£300
West Midlands
A Midlands based software house is currently looking to recruit a Java Software Developer to join their team. Main responsibilities: * Design, develop and improve software for a internationally...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Developer
Saffron Walden, Essex
servlets, Java Server Pages or demonstrable experience in an equivalent technology. Experience of an MVC framework such as SpringMVC... Prior experience in bioinformatics, data warehousing, statistical analysis. Experience...
Sanger Institute
Rate: From £29,750 to £37,525 per annum dep on exp plus excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Embedded Software Developer (Android/Linux Kernel)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The development team possesses experts Windows Embedded CE, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, QNX, and Linux based technologies... - Assisting the development of an Android device... - Ability to fix issues...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: £37.50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
PHP Developer / Software Engineer / Web Developer / Programmer (Agile,
London
working in a LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) - developing software to use TCP, DNS and HTTP... - NoSQL solutions (Mongo DB, Simple DB, Membase, Redis) - RDBMS technologies (MySQL) -...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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