The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Gloucester 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
Developer
Rank 2 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 20 54 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester 28.17% 21.43% 14.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 29.85% 22.59% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 34 7
Average daily rate £400 £394 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.58% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £333 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £475 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £54.50 £21.00 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+159.52% -11.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Gloucester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
67 239 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester 94.37% 94.84% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 149 43
Average daily rate £400 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £265 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 9
Average hourly rate £11.00 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.00% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £15.83 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.30 £25.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
Gloucestershire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

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

Gloucester Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 25 (64.10%) SQL
2 17 (43.59%) XML
3 16 (41.03%) C#
3 16 (41.03%) .NET
4 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 12 (30.77%) Java
5 12 (30.77%) Web Services
5 12 (30.77%) Security Cleared
6 11 (28.21%) J2SE
6 11 (28.21%) UML
6 11 (28.21%) Swing
6 11 (28.21%) JSP
6 11 (28.21%) J2EE
7 10 (25.64%) VB.NET
7 10 (25.64%) DV Cleared
8 9 (23.08%) PL/SQL
8 9 (23.08%) Oracle
8 9 (23.08%) Visual Studio
8 9 (23.08%) ASP.NET
9 8 (20.51%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
10 7 (17.95%) QA
11 6 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
11 6 (15.38%) Finance
12 5 (12.82%) OO
12 5 (12.82%) Business Objects
12 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (10.26%) TOAD

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 17 (43.59%) XML
2 16 (41.03%) .NET
3 12 (30.77%) Web Services
4 11 (28.21%) J2SE
4 11 (28.21%) Swing
4 11 (28.21%) JSP
4 11 (28.21%) J2EE
5 9 (23.08%) ASP.NET
6 3 (7.692%) CSS
6 3 (7.692%) HTML
6 3 (7.692%) Silverlight
7 2 (5.128%) WCF
7 2 (5.128%) LINQ
7 2 (5.128%) Spring
7 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (5.128%) Hibernate
8 1 (2.564%) ODBC
8 1 (2.564%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (2.564%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (2.564%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (5.128%) IIS
1 2 (5.128%) Apache
1 2 (5.128%) SharePoint
1 2 (5.128%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.564%) SAS
2 1 (2.564%) CMS
2 1 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.564%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (7.692%) INSURE/90
2 1 (2.564%) Movex
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (20.51%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (10.26%) TOAD
5 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (10.26%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (10.26%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (5.128%) MySQL
8 1 (2.564%) RDBMS
8 1 (2.564%) MS Access
8 1 (2.564%) GIS
8 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (2.564%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (23.08%) Visual Studio
2 4 (10.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (5.128%) Banking
3 1 (2.564%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.692%) AS400
3 1 (2.564%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.564%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.128%) Linux
2 1 (2.564%) UNIX
2 1 (2.564%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) UML
2 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (12.82%) OO
4 4 (10.26%) Systems Analysis
4 4 (10.26%) Dimensional Modelling
4 4 (10.26%) Data Architecture
4 4 (10.26%) Stochastic Modelling
4 4 (10.26%) Project Management
5 3 (7.692%) OOP
5 3 (7.692%) Unit Testing
5 3 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (5.128%) Web Development
6 2 (5.128%) MVC
6 2 (5.128%) Migration
7 1 (2.564%) ERP
7 1 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.564%) TDD
7 1 (2.564%) Scrum
7 1 (2.564%) Change Control
7 1 (2.564%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (64.10%) SQL
2 16 (41.03%) C#
3 12 (30.77%) Java
4 10 (25.64%) VB.NET
5 9 (23.08%) PL/SQL
6 4 (10.26%) T-SQL
7 3 (7.692%) RPG
7 3 (7.692%) JavaScript
8 2 (5.128%) PowerShell
8 2 (5.128%) PHP
8 2 (5.128%) Delphi
8 2 (5.128%) Python
9 1 (2.564%) VB
9 1 (2.564%) RPG IV
9 1 (2.564%) VB6
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.64%) DV Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) MCP
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.564%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) QA
2 3 (7.692%) Basel II
System Software
1 2 (5.128%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.564%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Oracle
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.82%) Business Objects