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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank12
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads334299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.440 %0.313 %
As % of the category below22.55 %18.00 %
Daily rates quoted151115
Average minimum daily rate£317£301
Average daily rate£348£326
% change on same period last year+6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£333
% change on same period last year+0.13 %
Hourly rates quoted1718
Average minimum hourly rate£27.91£28.39
Average hourly rate£30.17£30.06
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.43£31.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.22
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Job Titles HertfordshireJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads14811661
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.952 %1.737 %
Daily rates quoted576660
Average minimum daily rate£364£328
Average daily rate£390£348
% change on same period last year+12.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted174147
Average minimum hourly rate£23.34£21.93
Average hourly rate£24.32£23.06
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.30£24.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.89
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Hertfordshire Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordUp+544£383+55.85 %
StevenageUp+622£250-25.69 %
St AlbansNo change011£363-9.37 %
RickmansworthDown-511£433+23.80 %
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-3£350-
WareUp+12£200-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-71--
Potters BarNew entry-1--
LetchworthNew entry-1--
HertfordUp+21£425-6.59 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1224 (34.25 %)XML
2219 (33.49 %)Java
3174 (26.61 %)CSS
4170 (25.99 %)SQL
5163 (24.92 %)JavaScript
5163 (24.92 %).NET
6161 (24.62 %)HTML
7148 (22.63 %)XHTML
8131 (20.03 %)J2EE
9127 (19.42 %)C#
10121 (18.50 %)Oracle
11114 (17.43 %)SQL Server
12113 (17.28 %)Spring
13110 (16.82 %)WebServices
14107 (16.36 %)OO
15106 (16.21 %)AJAX
16105 (16.06 %)Hibernate
1798 (14.98 %)UML
1890 (13.76 %)E-Commerce
1989 (13.61 %)Finance
2081 (12.39 %)JUnit
2178 (11.93 %)ASP.NET
2276 (11.62 %)Eclipse
2372 (11.01 %)XSL
2471 (10.86 %)Retail
2567 (10.24 %)W3C
2664 (9.786 %)Internet
2664 (9.786 %)Telecoms
2762 (9.480 %)XSLT
2762 (9.480 %)RAD

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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
1224 (34.25 %)XML
2174 (26.61 %)CSS
3163 (24.92 %).NET
4161 (24.62 %)HTML
5148 (22.63 %)XHTML
6131 (20.03 %)J2EE
7113 (17.28 %)Spring
8110 (16.82 %)WebServices
9106 (16.21 %)AJAX
10105 (16.06 %)Hibernate
1178 (11.93 %)ASP.NET
1272 (11.01 %)XSL
1362 (9.480 %)XSLT
1444 (6.728 %)JSP
1542 (6.422 %)Java EE
1632 (4.893 %)Struts
1632 (4.893 %)WebSphere
1730 (4.587 %)JSF
1829 (4.434 %)ASP
1928 (4.281 %)EJB
Application Platforms
161 (9.327 %)WebLogic
235 (5.352 %)TeamSite
327 (4.128 %)BizTalk Server
424 (3.670 %)CMS
519 (2.905 %)JBoss
617 (2.599 %)Apache
715 (2.294 %)SharePoint
813 (1.988 %)Tomcat
911 (1.682 %)IIS
911 (1.682 %)WebSphere Application Server
1010 (1.529 %)WebLogic Portal
119 (1.376 %)Commerce Server
119 (1.376 %)MQSeries
128 (1.223 %)Commerce Server 2007
134 (0.612 %)ESB
134 (0.612 %)Joomla!
134 (0.612 %)Mambo
134 (0.612 %)SAS
143 (0.459 %)SharePoint Server 2007
143 (0.459 %)Resin
Applications
123 (3.517 %)Photoshop
218 (2.752 %)MS Excel
310 (1.529 %)Acrobat
49 (1.376 %)MS Office
57 (1.070 %)Adobe Illustrator
66 (0.917 %)Fireworks
75 (0.765 %)RoboDemo
75 (0.765 %)RoboHelp
75 (0.765 %)Adobe Captivate
84 (0.612 %)FreeHand
92 (0.306 %)MS Visio
101 (0.153 %)Quicktime
101 (0.153 %)ImageReady
101 (0.153 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.153 %)MS PowerPoint
101 (0.153 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
16 (0.917 %)SAP HR
24 (0.612 %)Oracle EBS
24 (0.612 %)BASE24
33 (0.459 %)SAP CRM
42 (0.306 %)AWD
42 (0.306 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.153 %)SAP PS
51 (0.153 %)Axapta
51 (0.153 %)Navision
51 (0.153 %)Oracle CRM
51 (0.153 %)Oracle HRMS
51 (0.153 %)SAP HCM
51 (0.153 %)Summit
51 (0.153 %)MAXIMO
51 (0.153 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
164 (9.786 %)Internet
224 (3.670 %)TCP/IP
317 (2.599 %)SMTP
416 (2.446 %)HTTP
515 (2.294 %)FTP
612 (1.835 %)CTI
75 (0.765 %)SMPP
84 (0.612 %)SSH
93 (0.459 %)Intranet
93 (0.459 %)DSL
102 (0.306 %)ATM
102 (0.306 %)Ethernet
102 (0.306 %)LDAP
111 (0.153 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1114 (17.43 %)SQL Server
258 (8.869 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (3.976 %)MySQL
425 (3.823 %)SQL Server 2000
523 (3.517 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
620 (3.058 %)SQL Server Integration Services
716 (2.446 %)DB2
814 (2.141 %)MS Access
913 (1.988 %)Datawarehouse
1012 (1.835 %)Oracle Reports
118 (1.223 %)RDBMS
127 (1.070 %)SQL Server 7
136 (0.917 %)Oracle 10g
145 (0.765 %)Oracle Discoverer
145 (0.765 %)ETL
145 (0.765 %)Crystal Reports
154 (0.612 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
154 (0.612 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
154 (0.612 %)Oracle 8/8i
154 (0.612 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
181 (12.39 %)JUnit
276 (11.62 %)Eclipse
332 (4.893 %)Flash
422 (3.364 %)Visual Studio
520 (3.058 %)OpenDeploy
616 (2.446 %)ClearQuest
616 (2.446 %)ClearCase
714 (2.141 %)Subversion
811 (1.682 %)Dreamweaver
811 (1.682 %)JIRA
98 (1.223 %)VSS/SourceSafe
107 (1.070 %)QuickTest Pro
115 (0.765 %)JDeveloper
115 (0.765 %)NUnit
124 (0.612 %)Oracle Forms
124 (0.612 %)JBuilder
133 (0.459 %)LabVIEW
142 (0.306 %)Ant
142 (0.306 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
142 (0.306 %)IntelliJ
General
189 (13.61 %)Finance
271 (10.86 %)Retail
364 (9.786 %)Telecoms
455 (8.410 %)Back Office
554 (8.257 %)Banking
617 (2.599 %)Games
716 (2.446 %)Marketing
814 (2.141 %)Financial Institution
912 (1.835 %)Pharmaceutical
109 (1.376 %)Insurance
116 (0.917 %)Multimedia
125 (0.765 %)Education
134 (0.612 %)Graphic Design
134 (0.612 %)Animation
134 (0.612 %)Government
134 (0.612 %)Publishing
134 (0.612 %)Mobile Games
143 (0.459 %)Advertising
152 (0.306 %)Billing
152 (0.306 %)Health
Miscellaneous
167 (10.24 %)W3C
231 (4.740 %)iDTV
39 (1.376 %)Handset
48 (1.223 %)Web 2.0
56 (0.917 %)Multithreading
65 (0.765 %)Mainframe
74 (0.612 %)N-Tier
74 (0.612 %)Client/Server
83 (0.459 %)DTV
83 (0.459 %)Streaming Video
83 (0.459 %)Data Extraction
83 (0.459 %)IVR
92 (0.306 %)Streaming Media
92 (0.306 %)PDA
92 (0.306 %)Tandem
92 (0.306 %)APACS
92 (0.306 %)AS400
92 (0.306 %)EFT
92 (0.306 %)LIMS
101 (0.153 %)NHS
Operating Systems
146 (7.034 %)Windows
225 (3.823 %)Unix
323 (3.517 %)Linux
417 (2.599 %)Solaris
511 (1.682 %)Windows NT
511 (1.682 %)Windows Mobile
65 (0.765 %)Ubuntu
73 (0.459 %)HPUX
82 (0.306 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1107 (16.36 %)OO
298 (14.98 %)UML
390 (13.76 %)E-Commerce
462 (9.480 %)RAD
556 (8.563 %)SOA
648 (7.339 %)Web Development
733 (5.046 %)CRM
830 (4.587 %)Content Management
927 (4.128 %)Agile Software Development
1021 (3.211 %)Scrum
1120 (3.058 %)Continuous Integration
1216 (2.446 %)SEO
1315 (2.294 %)Security Cleared
1414 (2.141 %)Web Design
1512 (1.835 %)OOP
1611 (1.682 %)OOD
1710 (1.529 %)Business Intelligence
189 (1.376 %)Data Modelling
189 (1.376 %)User Acceptance Testing
197 (1.070 %)Project Planning
Programming Languages
1219 (33.49 %)Java
2170 (25.99 %)SQL
3163 (24.92 %)JavaScript
4127 (19.42 %)C#
560 (9.174 %)PL/SQL
653 (8.104 %)C++
750 (7.645 %)DHTML
838 (5.810 %)VB
934 (5.199 %)VB.NET
1029 (4.434 %)PHP
1124 (3.670 %)C
1221 (3.211 %)ActionScript
1221 (3.211 %)Perl
1319 (2.905 %)VC++
1417 (2.599 %)VB6
1417 (2.599 %)VBScript
1514 (2.141 %)Transact-SQL
1613 (1.988 %)XPath
179 (1.376 %)ABAP
185 (0.765 %)PHP5
Qualifications
110 (1.529 %)Degree
27 (1.070 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (0.765 %)MCAD
35 (0.765 %)MCSD
44 (0.612 %)HND
52 (0.306 %)Sun Certification
61 (0.153 %)MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
131 (4.740 %)WCAG
211 (1.682 %)WAI
32 (0.306 %)ISO8583
41 (0.153 %)GxP
41 (0.153 %)QA
System Software
13 (0.459 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.153 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
13 (0.459 %)ServiceCenter
Vendors
1121 (18.50 %)Oracle
249 (7.492 %)Microsoft
330 (4.587 %)BEA
330 (4.587 %)Interwoven
422 (3.364 %)Amdocs
516 (2.446 %)IBM
614 (2.141 %)Symbian
614 (2.141 %)Adobe
614 (2.141 %)SAP
77 (1.070 %)Remedy
86 (0.917 %)InterSystems
95 (0.765 %)Macromedia
104 (0.612 %)Business Objects
104 (0.612 %)Sony
113 (0.459 %)HP
113 (0.459 %)Ericsson
113 (0.459 %)Nokia
113 (0.459 %)Sun
113 (0.459 %)PeopleSoft
113 (0.459 %)Teradata
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