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The table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6482
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.459 %0.562 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£350£240
Average daily rate£368£248
% change on same period last year+48.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£255
UK excluding London average daily rate£277£320
% change on same period last year-13.52 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.00
Average hourly rate-£35.40
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.59£33.55
% change on same period last year-8.81 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads10891601
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.540 %1.621 %
Daily rates quoted385654
Average minimum daily rate£343£328
Average daily rate£366£348
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted138182
Average minimum hourly rate£25.89£24.29
Average hourly rate£27.01£25.55
% change on same period last year+5.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.14£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Software Developer East of EnglandSoftware 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.

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Hertfordshire Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Software Developer East of EnglandSoftware Developer
East of England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

110 (66.67 %)SQL Server
110 (66.67 %)WebServices
29 (60.00 %).NET
38 (53.33 %)C#
47 (46.67 %)C++
47 (46.67 %)SQL
56 (40.00 %)XML
56 (40.00 %)XSL
56 (40.00 %)OO
65 (33.33 %)Java
65 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (26.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
74 (26.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (26.67 %)SOAP
74 (26.67 %)VC++
74 (26.67 %)MS Access
83 (20.00 %)SOA
83 (20.00 %)Microsoft
83 (20.00 %)IIS
83 (20.00 %)ASP
83 (20.00 %)Windows
83 (20.00 %)Linux
83 (20.00 %)UML
83 (20.00 %)JavaScript
83 (20.00 %)HTML
83 (20.00 %)VBScript
83 (20.00 %)VB
83 (20.00 %)VB6
83 (20.00 %)Hibernate
83 (20.00 %).NET Framework

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (66.67 %)WebServices
29 (60.00 %).NET
36 (40.00 %)XML
36 (40.00 %)XSL
44 (26.67 %)SOAP
53 (20.00 %)HTML
53 (20.00 %)ASP
53 (20.00 %)Hibernate
53 (20.00 %).NET Framework
62 (13.33 %)Java SE
62 (13.33 %)CSS
71 (6.667 %)Struts
71 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
71 (6.667 %)J2EE
71 (6.667 %)ADO.NET
71 (6.667 %)WinForms
71 (6.667 %)AJAX
71 (6.667 %)WebSphere
71 (6.667 %)Swing
71 (6.667 %)Java EE
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (20.00 %)IIS
22 (13.33 %)Lotus Notes
31 (6.667 %)Apache
31 (6.667 %)Tomcat
31 (6.667 %)Resin
31 (6.667 %)WebLogic
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (13.33 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)SMTP
11 (6.667 %)HTTP
11 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
11 (6.667 %)Intranet
11 (6.667 %)Internet
11 (6.667 %)Extranet
11 (6.667 %)SMPP
11 (6.667 %)Softphone
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (66.67 %)SQL Server
25 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (26.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (26.67 %)MS Access
34 (26.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (13.33 %)DB2
42 (13.33 %)DB2 UDB
51 (6.667 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Ant
11 (6.667 %)JUnit
11 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
11 (6.667 %)Eclipse
11 (6.667 %)Subversion
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (6.667 %)Telecoms
21 (6.667 %)Education
21 (6.667 %)Health
21 (6.667 %)Billing
21 (6.667 %)Insurance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)NHS
12 (13.33 %)Informatics
21 (6.667 %)Computer Science
21 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (20.00 %)Linux
13 (20.00 %)Windows
21 (6.667 %)Solaris
21 (6.667 %)UNIX
21 (6.667 %)Windows XP
21 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (6.667 %)Ubuntu
21 (6.667 %)Windows Vista
21 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2008
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)OO
23 (20.00 %)SOA
23 (20.00 %)UML
32 (13.33 %)RUP
32 (13.33 %)Web Development
41 (6.667 %)Use Case
41 (6.667 %)Continuous Integration
41 (6.667 %)B2B
41 (6.667 %)Code Coverage
41 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
41 (6.667 %)Software Engineering
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (53.33 %)C#
27 (46.67 %)C++
27 (46.67 %)SQL
35 (33.33 %)Java
44 (26.67 %)VC++
53 (20.00 %)VB6
53 (20.00 %)JavaScript
53 (20.00 %)VBScript
53 (20.00 %)VB
61 (6.667 %)VB.NET
61 (6.667 %)PHP
61 (6.667 %)C
61 (6.667 %)Embedded C
61 (6.667 %)Embedded C++
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (13.33 %)IBM
22 (13.33 %)Lotus
31 (6.667 %)Oracle
31 (6.667 %)Genesys