The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hemel Hempstead 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 23 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 Hemel Hempstead 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 4 9
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 13 21 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 27.66% 21.43% 6.349%
As % of the Job Titles category 29.55% 25.00% 7.273%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 0
Average daily rate £315 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Hemel Hempstead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44 84 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 93.62% 85.71% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 11
Average daily rate £300 £350 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +169.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £250 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £350 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 3
Average hourly rate £19.00 £12.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+58.33% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £17.50 £24.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
Hertfordshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 26 (63.41%) JavaScript
2 20 (48.78%) SQL
3 19 (46.34%) T-SQL
3 19 (46.34%) HTML
4 18 (43.90%) SQL Server
4 18 (43.90%) .NET
5 16 (39.02%) VB.NET
6 15 (36.59%) Web Services
6 15 (36.59%) jQuery
7 13 (31.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (29.27%) Ajax
8 12 (29.27%) Windows
8 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
8 12 (29.27%) VBScript
9 11 (26.83%) ADO.NET
9 11 (26.83%) DHTML
9 11 (26.83%) DTS
9 11 (26.83%) FTP
9 11 (26.83%) WinForms
9 11 (26.83%) .NET Framework
10 10 (24.39%) Telecoms
10 10 (24.39%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (24.39%) Windows Server 2003
11 9 (21.95%) MySQL
12 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
13 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (17.07%) CSS
13 7 (17.07%) PHP
13 7 (17.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (12.20%) MS Office

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 19 (46.34%) HTML
2 18 (43.90%) .NET
3 15 (36.59%) Web Services
3 15 (36.59%) jQuery
4 12 (29.27%) Ajax
4 12 (29.27%) ASP.NET
5 11 (26.83%) ADO.NET
5 11 (26.83%) DHTML
5 11 (26.83%) WinForms
5 11 (26.83%) .NET Framework
6 7 (17.07%) CSS
7 5 (12.20%) LAMP
8 2 (4.878%) XML
8 2 (4.878%) Silverlight
9 1 (2.439%) CSS3
9 1 (2.439%) HTML5
9 1 (2.439%) KnockoutJS
9 1 (2.439%) Sass
9 1 (2.439%) LESS
9 1 (2.439%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.878%) Apache
2 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) MS Office
2 1 (2.439%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.439%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.83%) FTP
2 1 (2.439%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (43.90%) SQL Server
2 13 (31.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (26.83%) DTS
4 10 (24.39%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (21.95%) MySQL
6 7 (17.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (7.317%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (7.317%) OLAP
8 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (2.439%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (7.317%) Git (software)
2 2 (4.878%) Subversion
3 1 (2.439%) Jasmine
3 1 (2.439%) LoadRunner
General
1 10 (24.39%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.317%) Finance
3 1 (2.439%) Marketing
3 1 (2.439%) Electronics
3 1 (2.439%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.878%) Replication
2 1 (2.439%) Animation
2 1 (2.439%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.439%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (4.878%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (4.878%) ETL
2 2 (4.878%) Unit Testing
3 1 (2.439%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (2.439%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (2.439%) Analytics
3 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
3 1 (2.439%) Data Analysis
3 1 (2.439%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (2.439%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (2.439%) Time Management
3 1 (2.439%) MVC
3 1 (2.439%) TDD
3 1 (2.439%) Migration
3 1 (2.439%) Web Design
3 1 (2.439%) Programme Management
3 1 (2.439%) ITIL
3 1 (2.439%) OO
Programming Languages
1 26 (63.41%) JavaScript
2 20 (48.78%) SQL
3 19 (46.34%) T-SQL
4 16 (39.02%) VB.NET
5 12 (29.27%) VBScript
6 7 (17.07%) PHP
7 3 (7.317%) C#
8 1 (2.439%) CoffeeScript
8 1 (2.439%) F#
8 1 (2.439%) C++
8 1 (2.439%) Java
8 1 (2.439%) VB
8 1 (2.439%) PL/SQL
8 1 (2.439%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (2.439%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.878%) Cognos
3 1 (2.439%) SAP
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle
3 1 (2.439%) Business Objects