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The table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-36
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads09
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.883 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£282£313
% change on same period last year-9.64 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.61£33.82
% change on same period last year-6.55 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads353478
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.502 %0.483 %
Daily rates quoted7194
Average minimum daily rate£291£316
Average daily rate£307£329
% change on same period last year-6.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted10981
Average minimum hourly rate£24.45£22.39
Average hourly rate£25.79£24.21
% change on same period last year+6.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.12£26.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Software Developer North WestSoftware Developer
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.

Software Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Developer across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lancashire Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

16 (60.00 %)LDAP
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
16 (60.00 %)C#
16 (60.00 %)HTML
16 (60.00 %).NET
16 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
16 (60.00 %)ASP
16 (60.00 %)CSS
16 (60.00 %)WebServices
16 (60.00 %)JavaScript
25 (50.00 %)MS Excel
33 (30.00 %)Java
42 (20.00 %)C++
42 (20.00 %)J2EE
42 (20.00 %)C
42 (20.00 %)Tomcat
42 (20.00 %)OO
42 (20.00 %)JBoss
42 (20.00 %)Eclipse
42 (20.00 %)Baan
42 (20.00 %)Government
42 (20.00 %)Hibernate
42 (20.00 %)CATIA
42 (20.00 %)PDM
42 (20.00 %)Teamcenter
42 (20.00 %)Data Management
42 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
51 (10.00 %)AJAX
51 (10.00 %)Degree
51 (10.00 %)Information Management

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (60.00 %)HTML
16 (60.00 %).NET
16 (60.00 %)ASP
16 (60.00 %)CSS
16 (60.00 %)WebServices
22 (20.00 %)J2EE
22 (20.00 %)Hibernate
31 (10.00 %)AJAX
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Tomcat
12 (20.00 %)JBoss
21 (10.00 %)Apache
21 (10.00 %)IIS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (50.00 %)MS Excel
22 (20.00 %)CATIA
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (20.00 %)Teamcenter
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (60.00 %)LDAP
21 (10.00 %)SSL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (60.00 %)Visual Studio
22 (20.00 %)Eclipse
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Government
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)OO
12 (20.00 %)PDM
12 (20.00 %)Data Management
12 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (10.00 %)Information Management
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)C#
16 (60.00 %)JavaScript
23 (30.00 %)Java
32 (20.00 %)C++
32 (20.00 %)C
41 (10.00 %)Perl
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Baan