The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Huddersfield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Huddersfield region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 9 13 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huddersfield 47.37% 52.00% 27.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% 52.00% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 3
Average daily rate £313 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
All Job Titles
Huddersfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
18 25 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huddersfield 94.74% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 7
Average daily rate £313 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
Average hourly rate £8.76 £10.30 £8.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +21.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Developer
West Yorkshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Huddersfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Huddersfield Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Huddersfield Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Huddersfield region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Huddersfield Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Huddersfield Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huddersfield 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.

1 10 (62.50%) .NET
2 9 (56.25%) C#
3 7 (43.75%) SQL
4 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 6 (37.50%) jQuery
4 6 (37.50%) .NET Framework
5 5 (31.25%) MVC
6 4 (25.00%) PHP
6 4 (25.00%) CSS
6 4 (25.00%) HTML
7 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (18.75%) WCF
7 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
7 3 (18.75%) MySQL
7 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
7 3 (18.75%) SOAP
7 3 (18.75%) XML
7 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
7 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (18.75%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 3 (18.75%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
8 2 (12.50%) VB
8 2 (12.50%) WordPress
8 2 (12.50%) Marketing
9 1 (6.250%) Web Development
9 1 (6.250%) VB6

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huddersfield 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
1 10 (62.50%) .NET
2 6 (37.50%) jQuery
2 6 (37.50%) .NET Framework
3 4 (25.00%) CSS
3 4 (25.00%) HTML
4 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 3 (18.75%) Razor View Engine
4 3 (18.75%) SOAP
4 3 (18.75%) XML
4 3 (18.75%) WCF
4 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
4 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (18.75%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (6.250%) CSS3
5 1 (6.250%) HTML5
5 1 (6.250%) SAP PI
5 1 (6.250%) Symfony
5 1 (6.250%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (6.250%) Grails
5 1 (6.250%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) WordPress
2 1 (6.250%) Magento
2 1 (6.250%) Apache
2 1 (6.250%) CMS
2 1 (6.250%) Joomla!
2 1 (6.250%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (18.75%) MySQL
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 2 (12.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) W3C
1 1 (6.250%) Graphic Design
1 1 (6.250%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) MVC
2 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.250%) CRM
4 1 (6.250%) SEO
4 1 (6.250%) Web Development
4 1 (6.250%) Internet Marketing
4 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
4 1 (6.250%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) C#
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) PHP
4 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
5 2 (12.50%) VB
6 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
6 1 (6.250%) ABAP
6 1 (6.250%) VBA
6 1 (6.250%) VB6
6 1 (6.250%) PHP5
6 1 (6.250%) Groovy
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) SAP
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.250%) Adobe
1 1 (6.250%) Google
1 1 (6.250%) Zend