Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6467
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads729
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.031 %
As % of the category below0.760 %1.814 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£350£256
Average daily rate£350£281
% change on same period last year+24.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£306
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£318
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£26.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.04£30.95
% change on same period last year+6.76 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Programmer East of EnglandProgrammer
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.

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

18 (40.00 %)SAS
25 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
25 (25.00 %)SQL
34 (20.00 %)Validation
34 (20.00 %)Base SAS
43 (15.00 %)Java
43 (15.00 %)J2EE
43 (15.00 %)Oracle
43 (15.00 %)XML
52 (10.00 %)JDBC
52 (10.00 %)JSP
52 (10.00 %)Servlets
52 (10.00 %)Linux
52 (10.00 %)JUnit
52 (10.00 %)C
52 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
52 (10.00 %)RPG
52 (10.00 %)JSF
52 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
52 (10.00 %)Movex
52 (10.00 %)MPEG
52 (10.00 %)Symbian
52 (10.00 %)Microsoft
52 (10.00 %)SAS Macro
52 (10.00 %)iSeries
61 (5.000 %)AJAX
61 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (5.000 %)Statistics
61 (5.000 %)Project Planning
61 (5.000 %)StreamServe

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.00 %)J2EE
13 (15.00 %)XML
22 (10.00 %)JSF
22 (10.00 %)JDBC
22 (10.00 %)JSP
22 (10.00 %)Servlets
31 (5.000 %)SOAP
31 (5.000 %)Struts
31 (5.000 %)ASP
31 (5.000 %)EJB
31 (5.000 %)CSS
31 (5.000 %)AJAX
31 (5.000 %).NET
31 (5.000 %)Swing
31 (5.000 %)J2SE
31 (5.000 %)JavaBeans
31 (5.000 %)Hibernate
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (40.00 %)SAS
21 (5.000 %)JBoss
21 (5.000 %)Tomcat
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (10.00 %)Movex
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)Intranet
11 (5.000 %)Internet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (20.00 %)Base SAS
21 (5.000 %)MySQL
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server
21 (5.000 %)ETL
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.00 %)JUnit
21 (5.000 %)Flash
21 (5.000 %)Eclipse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (5.000 %)Retail
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.00 %)MPEG
12 (10.00 %)iSeries
21 (5.000 %)LIMS
21 (5.000 %)AS400
21 (5.000 %)Streaming Video
21 (5.000 %)Statistics
21 (5.000 %)Mathematics
21 (5.000 %)Computer Science
21 (5.000 %)Life Science
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (10.00 %)Linux
21 (5.000 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)Validation
22 (10.00 %)Software Engineering
31 (5.000 %)Project Planning
31 (5.000 %)Cluster Analysis
31 (5.000 %)Biostatistics
31 (5.000 %)UML
31 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.000 %)ERP
31 (5.000 %)Data Modelling
31 (5.000 %)OOD
31 (5.000 %)Business Intelligence
31 (5.000 %)CHAID
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (25.00 %)SQL
23 (15.00 %)Java
32 (10.00 %)C
32 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
32 (10.00 %)RPG
32 (10.00 %)SAS Macro
41 (5.000 %)VB
41 (5.000 %)C++
41 (5.000 %)DHTML
41 (5.000 %)JavaScript
41 (5.000 %)PHP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)PhD
11 (5.000 %)SAS Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (15.00 %)Oracle
22 (10.00 %)Symbian
22 (10.00 %)Microsoft
31 (5.000 %)StreamServe