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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Lancashire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads72114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.144 %0.143 %
As % of the category below28.13 %27.87 %
Daily rates quoted1717
Average minimum daily rate£279£282
Average daily rate£293£311
% change on same period last year-5.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£307£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£332
% change on same period last year-6.42 %
Hourly rates quoted1519
Average minimum hourly rate£19.83£24.47
Average hourly rate£21.80£26.87
% change on same period last year-18.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.77£29.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.66£32.69
% change on same period last year-12.33 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads256409
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.513 %0.512 %
Daily rates quoted5785
Average minimum daily rate£296£298
Average daily rate£316£316
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted5782
Average minimum hourly rate£20.19£19.68
Average hourly rate£22.05£21.85
% change on same period last year+0.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.90£24.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PrestonNo change018£290+22.00 %
DarwenNew entry-5--
BlackburnDown-24£210+5.66 %
FleetwoodNew entry-4£318-
LancasterNew entry-4--
BlackpoolDown-63£388+10.71 %
Lytham St AnnesUp+42£325-3.70 %
ChorleyUp+11--
MorecambeNew entry-1--
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

176 (51.01 %)SQL
269 (46.31 %).NET
346 (30.87 %)Oracle
346 (30.87 %)SQL Server
346 (30.87 %)JavaScript
441 (27.52 %)CSS
537 (24.83 %)ASP
537 (24.83 %)ASP.NET
633 (22.15 %)PL/SQL
732 (21.48 %)C#
830 (20.13 %)SQL Server 2005
929 (19.46 %)Crystal Reports
1028 (18.79 %)VB.NET
1127 (18.12 %)VBScript
1225 (16.78 %)Visual Studio
1324 (16.11 %)HTML
1417 (11.41 %)Oracle Reports
1516 (10.74 %)Transact-SQL
1615 (10.07 %)Business Intelligence
1714 (9.396 %)Microsoft
1813 (8.725 %)Dreamweaver
1813 (8.725 %)XHTML
1813 (8.725 %)VB
1912 (8.054 %)TOAD
1912 (8.054 %)Government
1912 (8.054 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2011 (7.383 %)Local Government
2011 (7.383 %)Oracle Applications
2011 (7.383 %)InterDev
2011 (7.383 %)XML

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (46.31 %).NET
241 (27.52 %)CSS
337 (24.83 %)ASP
337 (24.83 %)ASP.NET
424 (16.11 %)HTML
513 (8.725 %)XHTML
611 (7.383 %)XML
76 (4.027 %)XSLT
85 (3.356 %)AJAX
94 (2.685 %).NET Framework
94 (2.685 %)Flash
94 (2.685 %)ADO
102 (1.342 %)DHTML
102 (1.342 %)Hibernate
102 (1.342 %)Spring
111 (0.671 %)Java RMI
111 (0.671 %)LAMP
111 (0.671 %)XSD
111 (0.671 %)XSL
111 (0.671 %)ADO.NET
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (2.685 %)IIS
23 (2.013 %)SharePoint
32 (1.342 %)CMS
41 (0.671 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (0.671 %)Drupal
41 (0.671 %)WebLogic
41 (0.671 %)ColdFusion
41 (0.671 %)Apache
41 (0.671 %)Tomcat
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (3.356 %)Photoshop
23 (2.013 %)CA Clarity
32 (1.342 %)Adobe Premiere
32 (1.342 %)MS Excel
32 (1.342 %)Fireworks
41 (0.671 %)3ds Max
41 (0.671 %)CorelDRAW
41 (0.671 %)Adobe Illustrator
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (7.383 %)Oracle Applications
25 (3.356 %)Summit
32 (1.342 %)INSURE/90
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (5.369 %)FTP
25 (3.356 %)Intranet
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (30.87 %)SQL Server
230 (20.13 %)SQL Server 2005
329 (19.46 %)Crystal Reports
417 (11.41 %)Oracle Reports
512 (8.054 %)TOAD
512 (8.054 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
69 (6.040 %)SQL Server 2000
69 (6.040 %)DTS
77 (4.698 %)SQL Server Integration Services
84 (2.685 %)MySQL
84 (2.685 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (2.685 %)MS Access
84 (2.685 %)Datawarehouse
84 (2.685 %)Oracle 10g
93 (2.013 %)Data Mart
102 (1.342 %)BusinessObjects
111 (0.671 %)SQL Server 7
111 (0.671 %)Oracle Discoverer
111 (0.671 %)RDBMS
111 (0.671 %)SAP BI
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
125 (16.78 %)Visual Studio
213 (8.725 %)Dreamweaver
311 (7.383 %)InterDev
43 (2.013 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.671 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.671 %)Eclipse
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (8.054 %)Government
211 (7.383 %)Local Government
310 (6.711 %)Pensions
48 (5.369 %)Construction
57 (4.698 %)Finance
63 (2.013 %)Manufacturing
63 (2.013 %)Graphic Design
63 (2.013 %)Insurance
72 (1.342 %)Multimedia
72 (1.342 %)General Ledger
72 (1.342 %)Banking
81 (0.671 %)Retail
81 (0.671 %)Military
81 (0.671 %)Health
81 (0.671 %)Animation
81 (0.671 %)Video Editing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.685 %)NHS
23 (2.013 %)W3C
32 (1.342 %)Client/Server
32 (1.342 %)Data Integration
41 (0.671 %)Management Information System
41 (0.671 %)AS400
41 (0.671 %)SCORM
41 (0.671 %)VLE
41 (0.671 %)PDA
41 (0.671 %)Photography
41 (0.671 %)Spread Betting
41 (0.671 %)Computer Science
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (1.342 %)AIX
12 (1.342 %)Solaris
12 (1.342 %)Linux
12 (1.342 %)UNIX
21 (0.671 %)Windows
21 (0.671 %)OS/400
21 (0.671 %)Windows Mobile
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (10.07 %)Business Intelligence
29 (6.040 %)e-GIF
35 (3.356 %)CRM
35 (3.356 %)Web Development
44 (2.685 %)Resource Management
44 (2.685 %)RAD
53 (2.013 %)SEO
53 (2.013 %)Web Design
62 (1.342 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (1.342 %)E-Commerce
62 (1.342 %)Project Management
62 (1.342 %)Service Delivery
71 (0.671 %)EAI
71 (0.671 %)SOA
71 (0.671 %)Time Management
71 (0.671 %)QMS
71 (0.671 %)Migration
71 (0.671 %)PRINCE2
71 (0.671 %)Content Management
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (51.01 %)SQL
246 (30.87 %)JavaScript
333 (22.15 %)PL/SQL
432 (21.48 %)C#
528 (18.79 %)VB.NET
627 (18.12 %)VBScript
716 (10.74 %)Transact-SQL
813 (8.725 %)VB
98 (5.369 %)VB6
106 (4.027 %)PHP
106 (4.027 %)Java
114 (2.685 %)C++
122 (1.342 %)C
131 (0.671 %)Ruby
131 (0.671 %)XPath
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (4.027 %)Security Cleared
22 (1.342 %)Degree
31 (0.671 %)SC Cleared
31 (0.671 %)BC Cleared
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (30.87 %)Oracle
214 (9.396 %)Microsoft
35 (3.356 %)Cognos
44 (2.685 %)Lagan
53 (2.013 %)Actuate
53 (2.013 %)CA
53 (2.013 %)Adobe
62 (1.342 %)Business Objects
71 (0.671 %)SAP
71 (0.671 %)Sybase
71 (0.671 %)Macromedia
71 (0.671 %)IBM
71 (0.671 %)webMethods
71 (0.671 %)Autodesk
71 (0.671 %)Infragistics
71 (0.671 %)Zend