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This section looks at the demand for the Lead 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 jobs that have cited Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8196
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.077 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£428
% change on same period last year-5.76 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.29£41.88
% change on same period last year+0.98 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads12921748
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.722 %1.744 %
Daily rates quoted480712
Average minimum daily rate£357£325
Average daily rate£383£345
% change on same period last year+11.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted158189
Average minimum hourly rate£25.25£24.11
Average hourly rate£26.39£25.21
% change on same period last year+4.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.54£26.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Lead Developer East of EnglandLead Developer
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.

Lead Developer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Lead Developer Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
WatfordNew entry-1--
Lead Developer East of EnglandLead Developer
East of England

Lead Developer
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)CSS
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XHTML
14 (100.00 %)AJAX
22 (50.00 %)jQuery
22 (50.00 %)Telecoms
22 (50.00 %)DHTML
22 (50.00 %)Internet
22 (50.00 %)iDTV
22 (50.00 %)Flash
22 (50.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (50.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)W3C
31 (25.00 %)WCAG

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)CSS
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XHTML
14 (100.00 %)AJAX
22 (50.00 %)jQuery
22 (50.00 %)J2EE
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)Internet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)iDTV
21 (25.00 %)W3C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)DHTML
12 (50.00 %)Java
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)WCAG