The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems 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
System Developer
Rank 458 498 493
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Developer 54 59 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.128% 0.110% 0.112%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.138% 0.119% 0.121%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 24 32
Average daily rate £400 £325 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +0.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £573
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £338 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
Average hourly rate £22.00 - £18.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.07 - £16.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 - £110.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.75 - £17.27
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%
Systems Developer
UK

Systems Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Systems Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Systems Developer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Systems Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Systems Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Systems Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems 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
South East +31 23 £360 +15.20%
London +9 21 £500 +60.00%
Yorkshire +7 4 £300 -
East Midlands +2 2 £245 -
South West +24 1 £435 -
North West +16 1 £300 -
North East +9 1 - -
Systems Developer
UK

Systems Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 68 (62.39%) SQL
2 59 (54.13%) .NET
3 46 (42.20%) XML
4 44 (40.37%) Oracle
5 42 (38.53%) Windows
6 40 (36.70%) C#
7 33 (30.28%) SQL Server
8 31 (28.44%) Microsoft
9 29 (26.61%) ASP.NET
10 26 (23.85%) Oracle 8/8i
11 24 (22.02%) Retail
12 23 (21.10%) Java
13 22 (20.18%) Fixed Income
13 22 (20.18%) Derivative
14 21 (19.27%) Windows 7
14 21 (19.27%) C++
14 21 (19.27%) MS Excel
15 19 (17.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 19 (17.43%) Analytics
15 19 (17.43%) CMS
16 18 (16.51%) Interest Rate Derivative
16 18 (16.51%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 18 (16.51%) Risk Analysis
16 18 (16.51%) Swaptions
16 18 (16.51%) Spreadsheet
16 18 (16.51%) Python
16 18 (16.51%) Windows XP
16 18 (16.51%) Oracle Forms
16 18 (16.51%) STL
17 15 (13.76%) DB2

Systems Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 59 (54.13%) .NET
2 46 (42.20%) XML
3 29 (26.61%) ASP.NET
4 18 (16.51%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 18 (16.51%) STL
5 14 (12.84%) HTML
5 14 (12.84%) Web Services
6 12 (11.01%) Ajax
7 10 (9.174%) CSS
7 10 (9.174%) J2EE
7 10 (9.174%) JMS
8 9 (8.257%) WebSphere
9 8 (7.339%) .NET Framework
9 8 (7.339%) XSLT
10 7 (6.422%) JSP
10 7 (6.422%) EJB
10 7 (6.422%) JSTL
11 5 (4.587%) ASP
11 5 (4.587%) WCF
12 4 (3.670%) WF
Application Platforms
1 19 (17.43%) CMS
2 7 (6.422%) ESB
3 6 (5.505%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (3.670%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.752%) SAS
5 3 (2.752%) Apache
6 2 (1.835%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (1.835%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.835%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.917%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.917%) MSMQ
Applications
1 21 (19.27%) MS Excel
2 18 (16.51%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (7.339%) MS Office
4 1 (0.917%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (3.670%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.670%) WAN
1 4 (3.670%) LAN
2 3 (2.752%) SSL
3 2 (1.835%) HTTP
3 2 (1.835%) Wireless
4 1 (0.917%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.917%) IPsec
4 1 (0.917%) VPN
4 1 (0.917%) SMS
4 1 (0.917%) Intranet
4 1 (0.917%) Internet
4 1 (0.917%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (30.28%) SQL Server
2 26 (23.85%) Oracle 8/8i
3 15 (13.76%) DB2
4 8 (7.339%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (6.422%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (5.505%) RDBMS
7 4 (3.670%) MS Access
8 3 (2.752%) Oracle 9i
8 3 (2.752%) Base SAS
8 3 (2.752%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (1.835%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.835%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (1.835%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.835%) Oracle 10g
10 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (0.917%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.917%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.917%) MySQL
10 1 (0.917%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 18 (16.51%) Oracle Forms
2 11 (10.09%) Visual Studio
3 7 (6.422%) JUnit
4 2 (1.835%) WebLogic Workshop
5 1 (0.917%) MSI
5 1 (0.917%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.917%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.917%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.917%) Maven
5 1 (0.917%) InterDev
General
1 24 (22.02%) Retail
2 10 (9.174%) Finance
3 4 (3.670%) Banking
4 3 (2.752%) Back Office
5 2 (1.835%) Legal
5 2 (1.835%) Advertising
5 2 (1.835%) Billing
6 1 (0.917%) Front Office
6 1 (0.917%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.917%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.917%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.18%) Fixed Income
1 22 (20.18%) Derivative
2 19 (17.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (16.51%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 18 (16.51%) Swaptions
4 8 (7.339%) Mainframe
5 6 (5.505%) SaaS
6 5 (4.587%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.587%) EPoS
6 5 (4.587%) NHS
6 5 (4.587%) Kindle
7 4 (3.670%) Smart Meter
8 3 (2.752%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (1.835%) Handset
9 2 (1.835%) iPhone
9 2 (1.835%) Mobile Payment
9 2 (1.835%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.917%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.917%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.917%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 42 (38.53%) Windows
2 21 (19.27%) Windows 7
3 18 (16.51%) Windows XP
4 13 (11.93%) UNIX
5 5 (4.587%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (4.587%) Linux
5 5 (4.587%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.835%) Android
6 2 (1.835%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.917%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.43%) Analytics
2 18 (16.51%) Risk Analysis
3 13 (11.93%) ETL
3 13 (11.93%) Migration
4 12 (11.01%) PRINCE2
5 10 (9.174%) E-Commerce
6 7 (6.422%) Software Testing
7 6 (5.505%) RAD
7 6 (5.505%) UML
7 6 (5.505%) CRM
7 6 (5.505%) Workflow
8 5 (4.587%) MVC
8 5 (4.587%) Investment Management
8 5 (4.587%) Data Migration
8 5 (4.587%) Scrum
9 4 (3.670%) Asset Management
9 4 (3.670%) Fund Management
9 4 (3.670%) OO
10 3 (2.752%) HOOD
10 3 (2.752%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 68 (62.39%) SQL
2 40 (36.70%) C#
3 23 (21.10%) Java
4 21 (19.27%) C++
5 18 (16.51%) Python
6 14 (12.84%) VB.NET
7 13 (11.93%) JavaScript
8 12 (11.01%) VB
9 11 (10.09%) PL/SQL
10 7 (6.422%) VB6
11 6 (5.505%) T-SQL
12 4 (3.670%) PowerShell
12 4 (3.670%) Perl
12 4 (3.670%) MATLAB
13 3 (2.752%) PHP
13 3 (2.752%) COBOL
13 3 (2.752%) VBA
14 2 (1.835%) XPath
14 2 (1.835%) C
14 2 (1.835%) JCL
Qualifications
1 7 (6.422%) Degree
2 1 (0.917%) OCP
2 1 (0.917%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (0.917%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (0.917%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.587%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.835%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.422%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (6.422%) SCCM
2 4 (3.670%) SCOM
2 4 (3.670%) Control-M
3 2 (1.835%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 44 (40.37%) Oracle
2 31 (28.44%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.422%) webMethods
4 6 (5.505%) IBM
5 5 (4.587%) Citrix
5 5 (4.587%) SAP
6 4 (3.670%) thinkFolio
6 4 (3.670%) Cadis
7 3 (2.752%) Adobe
8 2 (1.835%) Sybase
9 1 (0.917%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.917%) Sun
9 1 (0.917%) Software AG
9 1 (0.917%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.917%) Lagan
9 1 (0.917%) Civica
9 1 (0.917%) ICL
London
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Rate: £25 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
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Rate: Negotiable
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Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
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