Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Kent 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank61
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads78128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.137 %
As % of the category below20.10 %23.10 %
Daily rates quoted3835
Average minimum daily rate£281£302
Average daily rate£299£323
% change on same period last year-7.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£330
% change on same period last year-4.76 %
Hourly rates quoted28
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00£25.63
Average hourly rate£36.00£25.94
% change on same period last year+38.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.59£32.07
% change on same period last year-10.86 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads388554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.623 %0.595 %
Daily rates quoted117122
Average minimum daily rate£285£326
Average daily rate£298£344
% change on same period last year-13.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5285
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50£20.05
Average hourly rate£18.77£21.76
% change on same period last year-13.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.03£23.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
MaidstoneDown-213£315-3.60 %
DartfordNew entry-5£410-
DoverNew entry-3£315-
SevenoaksNew entry-3£213-
SandwichNew entry-2£325-
EdenbridgeNew entry-2£275-
TonbridgeDown-12£207-43.16 %
GravesendNew entry-1£175-
West MallingDown-21£325+6.12 %
Developer South EastDeveloper
South East

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

1111 (67.27 %).NET
299 (60.00 %)C#
389 (53.94 %)ASP.NET
480 (48.48 %)SQL Server
561 (36.97 %)HTML
649 (29.70 %)XML
746 (27.88 %)SQL Server 2005
845 (27.27 %)JavaScript
939 (23.64 %)SQL
1035 (21.21 %)Microsoft
1134 (20.61 %)CSS
1225 (15.15 %)SharePoint
1324 (14.55 %)AJAX
1423 (13.94 %)ASP
1423 (13.94 %)WebServices
1520 (12.12 %)IIS
1618 (10.91 %)Finance
1618 (10.91 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1717 (10.30 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1717 (10.30 %)Internet
1717 (10.30 %)Oracle
1816 (9.697 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1816 (9.697 %)VB
1816 (9.697 %)Intranet
1912 (7.273 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1912 (7.273 %)ADO.NET
1912 (7.273 %)Windows
2011 (6.667 %)VB.NET
2011 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
2011 (6.667 %)GIS

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1111 (67.27 %).NET
289 (53.94 %)ASP.NET
361 (36.97 %)HTML
449 (29.70 %)XML
534 (20.61 %)CSS
624 (14.55 %)AJAX
723 (13.94 %)WebServices
723 (13.94 %)ASP
818 (10.91 %)ASP.NET 2.0
912 (7.273 %)ADO.NET
107 (4.242 %)XSL
116 (3.636 %)XHTML
116 (3.636 %)ArcObjects
125 (3.030 %)Struts
134 (2.424 %)SOAP
134 (2.424 %)J2EE
134 (2.424 %).NET Framework
143 (1.818 %)Spring
143 (1.818 %)JSF
143 (1.818 %)MVC
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (15.15 %)SharePoint
220 (12.12 %)IIS
311 (6.667 %)SharePoint Server 2007
410 (6.061 %)ArcIMS
55 (3.030 %)ArcSDE
62 (1.212 %)CMS
62 (1.212 %)Papyrus
62 (1.212 %)JBoss
62 (1.212 %)SAS
62 (1.212 %)Apache
71 (0.606 %)Tomcat
71 (0.606 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.606 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.606 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.606 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.606 %)Jetty
71 (0.606 %)WebLogic
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (6.061 %)MS Excel
24 (2.424 %)Spreadsheet
33 (1.818 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.212 %)MS Visio
42 (1.212 %)Photoshop
51 (0.606 %)MS Office
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.030 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
23 (1.818 %)Summit
31 (0.606 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.606 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.606 %)SAP CRM
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (10.30 %)Internet
216 (9.697 %)Intranet
34 (2.424 %)Extranet
42 (1.212 %)HTTP
42 (1.212 %)SAN
51 (0.606 %)DMZ
51 (0.606 %)SSL
51 (0.606 %)TELNET
51 (0.606 %)Firewall
51 (0.606 %)IPsec
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
180 (48.48 %)SQL Server
246 (27.88 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (10.30 %)SQL Server Integration Services
412 (7.273 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
511 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
511 (6.667 %)GIS
67 (4.242 %)Datawarehouse
76 (3.636 %)DTS
76 (3.636 %)BusinessObjects
85 (3.030 %)DB2
94 (2.424 %)MySQL
103 (1.818 %)Crystal Reports
103 (1.818 %)Oracle Reports
103 (1.818 %)ETL
103 (1.818 %)BusinessObjects XI
103 (1.818 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
112 (1.212 %)Oracle 10g
112 (1.212 %)SAP BW
121 (0.606 %)SAP BI
121 (0.606 %)PowerCenter
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (9.697 %)VSS/SourceSafe
25 (3.030 %)Flash
25 (3.030 %)Visual Studio
32 (1.212 %)Subversion
32 (1.212 %)ClearQuest
32 (1.212 %)Oracle Forms
32 (1.212 %)Ant
32 (1.212 %)JUnit
41 (0.606 %)NUnit
41 (0.606 %)ARTiSAN
41 (0.606 %)ProC
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (10.91 %)Finance
210 (6.061 %)Government
36 (3.636 %)Banking
36 (3.636 %)Local Government
44 (2.424 %)Insurance
44 (2.424 %)Publishing
44 (2.424 %)Marketing
53 (1.818 %)Investment Banking
53 (1.818 %)Legal
62 (1.212 %)Manufacturing
62 (1.212 %)Advertising
62 (1.212 %)Health
62 (1.212 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (1.212 %)Home Office
62 (1.212 %)Military
71 (0.606 %)Retail
71 (0.606 %)Pensions
71 (0.606 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.606 %)Back Office
71 (0.606 %)Electronics
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (1.818 %)AS400
22 (1.212 %)N-Tier
22 (1.212 %)NHS
22 (1.212 %)Mainframe
22 (1.212 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (0.606 %)W3C
31 (0.606 %)Device Driver
31 (0.606 %)Computer Science
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (7.273 %)Windows
29 (5.455 %)UNIX
31 (0.606 %)Linux
31 (0.606 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.606 %)Windows 2000 Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (5.455 %)OO
19 (5.455 %)Unit Testing
28 (4.848 %)Business Intelligence
37 (4.242 %)Migration
46 (3.636 %)Web Development
55 (3.030 %)Data Migration
64 (2.424 %)Scrum
64 (2.424 %)UML
64 (2.424 %)CRM
73 (1.818 %)Agile Software Development
73 (1.818 %)Data Mapping
73 (1.818 %)Investment Management
73 (1.818 %)Fund Management
73 (1.818 %)Asset Management
73 (1.818 %)Content Management
73 (1.818 %)E-business
73 (1.818 %)Incident Management
82 (1.212 %)Software Engineering
82 (1.212 %)Security Cleared
82 (1.212 %)Project Management
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
199 (60.00 %)C#
245 (27.27 %)JavaScript
339 (23.64 %)SQL
416 (9.697 %)VB
511 (6.667 %)VB.NET
610 (6.061 %)Java
78 (4.848 %)Transact-SQL
85 (3.030 %)DHTML
94 (2.424 %)PHP
103 (1.818 %)PL/SQL
103 (1.818 %)RPG
103 (1.818 %)C
103 (1.818 %)VB6
112 (1.212 %)COBOL
112 (1.212 %)VBScript
121 (0.606 %)Perl
121 (0.606 %)Korn
121 (0.606 %)XPath
121 (0.606 %)PHP5
121 (0.606 %)ActionScript
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (4.242 %)Degree
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.606 %)ISO9001
11 (0.606 %)QA
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.606 %)MSMQ
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (21.21 %)Microsoft
217 (10.30 %)Oracle
311 (6.667 %)ESRI
46 (3.636 %)Business Objects
46 (3.636 %)Cognos
53 (1.818 %)IBM
62 (1.212 %)SAP
71 (0.606 %)Informatica
71 (0.606 %)Lotus
71 (0.606 %)Sage
71 (0.606 %)VMware
71 (0.606 %)Teradata
71 (0.606 %)Zend