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This section looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts within the Essex region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5746
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.621 %2.057 %
Daily rates quoted37
Average minimum daily rate£433£463
Average daily rate£450£531
% change on same period last year-15.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£599
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£385
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£55.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.68£42.25
% change on same period last year-6.08 %
Job Titles EssexJob Titles
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads644632
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.849 %0.670 %
Daily rates quoted249188
Average minimum daily rate£276£331
Average daily rate£292£356
% change on same period last year-18.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted104144
Average minimum hourly rate£26.68£25.12
Average hourly rate£28.17£25.86
% change on same period last year+8.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.66£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
Senior Developer East of EnglandSenior Developer
East of England

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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

111 (73.33 %)C#
111 (73.33 %).NET
210 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
210 (66.67 %)UML
39 (60.00 %)SQL
48 (53.33 %)SQL Server
57 (46.67 %)SQL Server 2005
66 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
66 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
66 (40.00 %)ADO.NET
66 (40.00 %)XML
74 (26.67 %)SharePoint
83 (20.00 %)MS Excel
83 (20.00 %)XSLT
83 (20.00 %)Unix
83 (20.00 %)CSS
83 (20.00 %)HTML
83 (20.00 %)JavaScript
83 (20.00 %)Oracle
83 (20.00 %)SQL Server 7
92 (13.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
92 (13.33 %)Publishing
92 (13.33 %)Scrum
92 (13.33 %)N-Tier
92 (13.33 %)OOD
92 (13.33 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
92 (13.33 %)HTTP
92 (13.33 %)Dreamweaver
92 (13.33 %)Microsoft
92 (13.33 %)ILOG

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Application Development
111 (73.33 %).NET
210 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
36 (40.00 %)XML
36 (40.00 %)ADO.NET
43 (20.00 %)HTML
43 (20.00 %)CSS
43 (20.00 %)XSLT
52 (13.33 %)XHTML
52 (13.33 %)JRules
52 (13.33 %)WebSphere
52 (13.33 %)SOAP
52 (13.33 %)Struts
52 (13.33 %)WebServices
52 (13.33 %)J2EE
61 (6.667 %).NET Framework
61 (6.667 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (6.667 %)COM+
Application Platforms
14 (26.67 %)SharePoint
Applications
13 (20.00 %)MS Excel
22 (13.33 %)Fireworks
22 (13.33 %)Photoshop
31 (6.667 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (6.667 %)ImageReady
Communications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)SQL Server
27 (46.67 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (20.00 %)SQL Server 7
41 (6.667 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (6.667 %)Oracle 9i
41 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
16 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
22 (13.33 %)Flash
22 (13.33 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
22 (13.33 %)Dreamweaver
31 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
12 (13.33 %)Publishing
21 (6.667 %)Insurance
21 (6.667 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (6.667 %)Government
Miscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)N-Tier
21 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
21 (6.667 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
13 (20.00 %)Unix
21 (6.667 %)Windows
21 (6.667 %)HPUX
21 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
110 (66.67 %)UML
22 (13.33 %)OO
22 (13.33 %)OOD
22 (13.33 %)Scrum
22 (13.33 %)Unit Testing
31 (6.667 %)Use Case
Programming Languages
111 (73.33 %)C#
29 (60.00 %)SQL
36 (40.00 %)Transact-SQL
43 (20.00 %)JavaScript
52 (13.33 %)ActionScript
52 (13.33 %)Java
61 (6.667 %)VB
61 (6.667 %)VBA
61 (6.667 %)VB6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (13.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
13 (20.00 %)Oracle
22 (13.33 %)Microsoft
22 (13.33 %)ILOG
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