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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Home Counties 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank62
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads931
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.031 %
As % of the category below9.783 %24.22 %
Daily rates quoted09
Average minimum daily rate-£361
Average daily rate-£369
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£332
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£45.00
Average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£33.31
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads92128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.129 %
Daily rates quoted1724
Average minimum daily rate£317£383
Average daily rate£326£391
% change on same period last year-16.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted47
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£27.83
Average hourly rate£17.00£29.08
% change on same period last year-41.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£30.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Developer South EastDeveloper
South East

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Home Counties Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

156 (71.79 %)Security Cleared
255 (70.51 %)Java
349 (62.82 %)DV Cleared
431 (39.74 %)SC Cleared
526 (33.33 %)C
624 (30.77 %)J2EE
722 (28.21 %)HTML
821 (26.92 %)JSP
920 (25.64 %)Oracle
1019 (24.36 %)Linux
1118 (23.08 %)Hibernate
1118 (23.08 %)Spring
1215 (19.23 %).NET
1215 (19.23 %)JavaScript
1314 (17.95 %)CSS
1413 (16.67 %)C++
1512 (15.38 %)C#
1512 (15.38 %)XML
1611 (14.10 %)Windows
1611 (14.10 %)WebLogic
1611 (14.10 %)SQL
178 (10.26 %)Oracle 10g
187 (8.974 %)Microsoft
187 (8.974 %)Government
196 (7.692 %)Rational Rose
196 (7.692 %)Eclipse
196 (7.692 %)BEA
196 (7.692 %)UML
196 (7.692 %)RUP
196 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (30.77 %)J2EE
222 (28.21 %)HTML
321 (26.92 %)JSP
418 (23.08 %)Hibernate
418 (23.08 %)Spring
515 (19.23 %).NET
614 (17.95 %)CSS
712 (15.38 %)XML
86 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
86 (7.692 %)EJB
94 (5.128 %)AJAX
103 (3.846 %)XSLT
103 (3.846 %)Struts
112 (2.564 %)WebSphere
112 (2.564 %)WCF
121 (1.282 %).NET Framework
121 (1.282 %)WebServices
121 (1.282 %)WinForms
121 (1.282 %)XHTML
121 (1.282 %)LAMP
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (14.10 %)WebLogic
23 (3.846 %)SharePoint
32 (2.564 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (1.282 %)CMS
41 (1.282 %)ColdFusion
41 (1.282 %)TeamSite
41 (1.282 %)BizTalk Server
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.564 %)InfoPath
21 (1.282 %)MS Excel
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.282 %)Pivotal CRM
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (10.26 %)Oracle 10g
26 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
35 (6.410 %)SQL Server
44 (5.128 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (2.564 %)MySQL
52 (2.564 %)DB2
61 (1.282 %)Oracle 9i
61 (1.282 %)SQL Server 7
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (7.692 %)Ant
16 (7.692 %)JUnit
16 (7.692 %)Rational Rose
16 (7.692 %)Eclipse
22 (2.564 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.282 %)OpenDeploy
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (8.974 %)Government
23 (3.846 %)Manufacturing
32 (2.564 %)Telecoms
41 (1.282 %)Finance
41 (1.282 %)Marketing
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (6.410 %)Device Driver
21 (1.282 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (1.282 %)PKI
21 (1.282 %)Web 2.0
21 (1.282 %)PDA
21 (1.282 %)German Language
21 (1.282 %)EPoS
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (24.36 %)Linux
211 (14.10 %)Windows
31 (1.282 %)Solaris
31 (1.282 %)Windows NT
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (71.79 %)Security Cleared
249 (62.82 %)DV Cleared
331 (39.74 %)SC Cleared
46 (7.692 %)RUP
46 (7.692 %)UML
53 (3.846 %)OO
62 (2.564 %)Web Development
71 (1.282 %)Unit Testing
71 (1.282 %)Data Migration
71 (1.282 %)CRM
71 (1.282 %)CAD
71 (1.282 %)Migration
71 (1.282 %)Asset Management
71 (1.282 %)Content Management
71 (1.282 %)Automated Testing
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
155 (70.51 %)Java
226 (33.33 %)C
315 (19.23 %)JavaScript
413 (16.67 %)C++
512 (15.38 %)C#
611 (14.10 %)SQL
73 (3.846 %)PHP
82 (2.564 %)ABAP
82 (2.564 %)Perl
91 (1.282 %)VBScript
91 (1.282 %)VB.NET
91 (1.282 %)Delphi
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (25.64 %)Oracle
27 (8.974 %)Microsoft
36 (7.692 %)BEA
42 (2.564 %)SAP
51 (1.282 %)Interwoven
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