The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Essex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 40 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 7 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.741% - 0.510%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.918% - 0.539%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £475 - £525
90% offered a daily rate of more than £415 - £465
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 - £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
+4.28% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -17.64%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
365 391 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.80% 94.22% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 184 168
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 58 68
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Developer
East of England

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex Senior Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
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 Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Harlow - 2 - -
Chelmsford - 1 £400 -
Senior Developer
East of England

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 5 (50.00%) HTML
1 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (50.00%) jQuery
2 4 (40.00%) Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) PHP
2 4 (40.00%) CSS
2 4 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (40.00%) Advertising
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (30.00%) Web Design
3 3 (30.00%) Fireworks
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (30.00%) C#
3 3 (30.00%) .NET
3 3 (30.00%) New Media
4 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 2 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (10.00%) AccuRev
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) WinForms
5 1 (10.00%) Intranet
5 1 (10.00%) Internet
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) GIS
5 1 (10.00%) MVC

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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
1 5 (50.00%) HTML
1 5 (50.00%) jQuery
2 4 (40.00%) CSS
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (30.00%) .NET
4 1 (10.00%) WinForms
4 1 (10.00%) Web Services
4 1 (10.00%) J2EE
4 1 (10.00%) DHTML
4 1 (10.00%) WCF
4 1 (10.00%) WPF
4 1 (10.00%) Silverlight
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (10.00%) HTML5
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (10.00%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (10.00%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (30.00%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (10.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MSTest
1 1 (10.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 1 (10.00%) QUnit
1 1 (10.00%) Jasmine
General
1 4 (40.00%) Marketing
1 4 (40.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) New Media
2 2 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Web Design
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) MVC
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) TDD
3 1 (10.00%) Web Development
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Load Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) PHP
3 3 (30.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) AccuRev
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
Essex
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of delivering first class rich web applications and will be skilled and knowledgeable in HTML 4/...
Connectus
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013