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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Gloucester 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank46
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads2317
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.017 %
As % of the category below18.25 %11.56 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£250£400
Average daily rate£283£425
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£330
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£29.67£26.25
% change on same period last year+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.33£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.90£33.28
% change on same period last year-4.16 %
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Gloucester
Matching contract IT job ads126147
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.170 %0.145 %
Daily rates quoted2545
Average minimum daily rate£323£321
Average daily rate£338£349
% change on same period last year-2.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted1224
Average minimum hourly rate£20.57£17.40
Average hourly rate£21.84£19.11
% change on same period last year+14.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.11£20.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Developer GloucestershireDeveloper
Gloucestershire

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Gloucester Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucester Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Gloucester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Gloucester Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucester Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Gloucester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Gloucester Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

125 (67.57 %).NET
217 (45.95 %)SQL Server
316 (43.24 %)C#
411 (29.73 %)SQL
510 (27.03 %)ASP.NET
68 (21.62 %)BizTalk Server
77 (18.92 %)SQL Server 2005
77 (18.92 %)VB
77 (18.92 %)Finance
85 (13.51 %)C++
85 (13.51 %)Microsoft
85 (13.51 %)SharePoint
85 (13.51 %)WebServices
94 (10.81 %)SQL Server 2000
94 (10.81 %)Integration Testing
103 (8.108 %)AJAX
103 (8.108 %)Northgate
103 (8.108 %)VB6
103 (8.108 %)Silverlight
103 (8.108 %)Project Management
103 (8.108 %)CRM
103 (8.108 %)OO
103 (8.108 %)COBOL
103 (8.108 %)VB.NET
103 (8.108 %)Transact-SQL
103 (8.108 %)Crystal Reports
103 (8.108 %)Visual Studio
103 (8.108 %)ASP
103 (8.108 %)Oracle
112 (5.405 %)PHP

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (67.57 %).NET
210 (27.03 %)ASP.NET
35 (13.51 %)WebServices
43 (8.108 %)AJAX
43 (8.108 %)ASP
43 (8.108 %)Silverlight
52 (5.405 %).NET Framework
61 (2.703 %)HTML
61 (2.703 %)CSS
61 (2.703 %).NET Remoting
61 (2.703 %)XML
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (21.62 %)BizTalk Server
25 (13.51 %)SharePoint
31 (2.703 %)ColdFusion
31 (2.703 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.405 %)MS Excel
12 (5.405 %)InfoPath
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.703 %)Intranet
11 (2.703 %)Internet
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (45.95 %)SQL Server
27 (18.92 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (10.81 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (8.108 %)Crystal Reports
51 (2.703 %)MS Access
51 (2.703 %)MySQL
51 (2.703 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (2.703 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (8.108 %)Visual Studio
22 (5.405 %)Visual Studio Team System
31 (2.703 %)NUnit
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (18.92 %)Finance
21 (2.703 %)Government
21 (2.703 %)Multimedia
21 (2.703 %)Billing
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.703 %)Client/Server
11 (2.703 %)Device Driver
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.405 %)Windows
21 (2.703 %)Linux
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (10.81 %)Integration Testing
23 (8.108 %)OO
23 (8.108 %)CRM
23 (8.108 %)Project Management
32 (5.405 %)Service Delivery
32 (5.405 %)SOA
32 (5.405 %)Agile Software Development
32 (5.405 %)TDD
32 (5.405 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.703 %)Data Migration
41 (2.703 %)SC Cleared
41 (2.703 %)DV Cleared
41 (2.703 %)Business Intelligence
41 (2.703 %)Change Management
41 (2.703 %)SEO
41 (2.703 %)Workflow
41 (2.703 %)Migration
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (43.24 %)C#
211 (29.73 %)SQL
37 (18.92 %)VB
45 (13.51 %)C++
53 (8.108 %)COBOL
53 (8.108 %)VB.NET
53 (8.108 %)Transact-SQL
53 (8.108 %)VB6
62 (5.405 %)PHP
71 (2.703 %)VBA
71 (2.703 %)Delphi
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (13.51 %)Microsoft
23 (8.108 %)Northgate
23 (8.108 %)Oracle