The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 22 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 Gloucestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 33 63 47
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 5 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.818% 0.897% 0.469%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.908% 0.966% 0.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 1
Average daily rate £275 £656 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-58.09% +87.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £350 £351
% change year-on-year
+4.28% -0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -17.64%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
262 621 398
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.27% 92.83% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 366 159
Average daily rate £380 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £276 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 61
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £21.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.40 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Developer
South West

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheltenham +28 1 £400 -43.85%
Senior Developer
South West

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 8 (53.33%) Java
1 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (46.67%) TDD
2 7 (46.67%) DV Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) REST
2 7 (46.67%) C
2 7 (46.67%) JUnit
2 7 (46.67%) EJB
2 7 (46.67%) SOAP
2 7 (46.67%) Linux
2 7 (46.67%) JBoss
2 7 (46.67%) JavaBeans
3 4 (26.67%) LabVIEW
3 4 (26.67%) XML
3 4 (26.67%) CSS
3 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (26.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (20.00%) C#
4 3 (20.00%) C++
4 3 (20.00%) HTML
4 3 (20.00%) VB
4 3 (20.00%) VB.NET
4 3 (20.00%) .NET
4 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (20.00%) XSLT
5 1 (6.667%) Hibernate
5 1 (6.667%) Scrum
5 1 (6.667%) Oracle

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 7 (46.67%) REST
1 7 (46.67%) EJB
1 7 (46.67%) SOAP
1 7 (46.67%) JavaBeans
2 4 (26.67%) XML
2 4 (26.67%) CSS
3 3 (20.00%) HTML
3 3 (20.00%) .NET
3 3 (20.00%) XSLT
4 1 (6.667%) Hibernate
4 1 (6.667%) XSL
4 1 (6.667%) Spring
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) JUnit
2 4 (26.67%) LabVIEW
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (46.67%) TDD
3 1 (6.667%) Scrum
3 1 (6.667%) Web Development
3 1 (6.667%) System Testing
3 1 (6.667%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) C
3 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (20.00%) C#
4 3 (20.00%) C++
4 3 (20.00%) VB
4 3 (20.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
5 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) DV Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) JBoss
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle