Programmer Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 30 - 25
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 2 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.990% - 2.155%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.036% - 2.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £31.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+21.93% -4.61%
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 193 397 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 95.54% 92.97% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 216 91
Average daily rate £288 £365 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.23% +21.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £239 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 22 34
Average hourly rate £19.04 £18.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.77% -52.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Programmer
North West

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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
Newton-le-Willows - 1 £350 -
Preston - 1 - -
Programmer
North West

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 3 (42.86%) zOS
2 2 (28.57%) HTML5
2 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) CSS3
3 1 (14.29%) Facebook
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 8
3 1 (14.29%) Database Security
3 1 (14.29%) C
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) SEO
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) LAMP
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (14.29%) Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (14.29%) MS Access
3 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) VBA
3 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
3 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Android

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) HTML5
1 2 (28.57%) jQuery
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) CSS3
2 1 (14.29%) LAMP
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) Ajax
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
1 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
1 1 (14.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
1 1 (14.29%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) zOS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 8
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Database Security
1 1 (14.29%) SEO
1 1 (14.29%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Plesk
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Facebook
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