The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 19 June 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 Leeds 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 171 261 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 21.59% 25.82% 26.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.11% 27.10% 27.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 188 82
Average daily rate £275 £323 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% +7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £416 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 14
Average hourly rate £37.75 £18.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+109.72% -38.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.35 £17.20 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.80 £18.00 £187.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
740 963 640
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 93.43% 95.25% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 562 307
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 46 60
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £10.00 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £50.00 £29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Developer
West Yorkshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 178 (51.59%) .NET
2 144 (41.74%) C#
3 118 (34.20%) JavaScript
4 112 (32.46%) SQL Server
5 110 (31.88%) ASP.NET
6 98 (28.41%) CSS
7 96 (27.83%) SQL
8 85 (24.64%) HTML
9 82 (23.77%) Web Services
10 73 (21.16%) MVC
11 66 (19.13%) jQuery
12 64 (18.55%) Java
13 58 (16.81%) .NET Framework
14 57 (16.52%) Agile Software Development
15 52 (15.07%) Oracle
16 47 (13.62%) ASP.NET MVC
17 45 (13.04%) Scrum
18 44 (12.75%) TDD
19 43 (12.46%) SharePoint
19 43 (12.46%) SQL Server 2008
20 40 (11.59%) Web Development
20 40 (11.59%) XML
21 38 (11.01%) OO
22 37 (10.72%) Microsoft
23 36 (10.43%) J2EE
23 36 (10.43%) HTML5
24 35 (10.14%) Visual Studio
25 34 (9.855%) MySQL
25 34 (9.855%) Data Warehouse
26 33 (9.565%) PHP

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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
1 178 (51.59%) .NET
2 110 (31.88%) ASP.NET
3 98 (28.41%) CSS
4 85 (24.64%) HTML
5 82 (23.77%) Web Services
6 66 (19.13%) jQuery
7 58 (16.81%) .NET Framework
8 47 (13.62%) ASP.NET MVC
9 40 (11.59%) XML
10 36 (10.43%) J2EE
10 36 (10.43%) HTML5
11 32 (9.275%) REST
12 28 (8.116%) Hibernate
13 27 (7.826%) WCF
13 27 (7.826%) Spring
13 27 (7.826%) SOAP
14 26 (7.536%) Ajax
15 25 (7.246%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 22 (6.377%) WPF
17 21 (6.087%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 43 (12.46%) SharePoint
2 22 (6.377%) Amazon AWS
3 20 (5.797%) Apache
3 20 (5.797%) CMS
3 20 (5.797%) SharePoint 2010
4 19 (5.507%) Adobe CQ
5 18 (5.217%) Amazon EC2
5 18 (5.217%) Amazon S3
5 18 (5.217%) Route 53
6 9 (2.609%) Tomcat
6 9 (2.609%) Apache Solr
7 8 (2.319%) nginx
7 8 (2.319%) EPiServer CMS
8 7 (2.029%) IIS
9 5 (1.449%) MTS
9 5 (1.449%) Drupal
10 4 (1.159%) WordPress
10 4 (1.159%) Magento
10 4 (1.159%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.870%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (4.058%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.449%) PowerPivot
3 4 (1.159%) InfoPath
4 3 (0.870%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.580%) MS Project
5 2 (0.580%) DOC1
6 1 (0.290%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.928%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (2.609%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.290%) BASE24
3 1 (0.290%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.290%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.290%) JDE OneWorld
3 1 (0.290%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.290%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.667%) Internet
2 11 (3.188%) HTTP
3 7 (2.029%) DNS
4 2 (0.580%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.290%) Firewall
5 1 (0.290%) Wireless
5 1 (0.290%) IPsec
5 1 (0.290%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.290%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.290%) VPN
5 1 (0.290%) ATM
5 1 (0.290%) LAN
5 1 (0.290%) WAN
5 1 (0.290%) SSL
5 1 (0.290%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (32.46%) SQL Server
2 43 (12.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 34 (9.855%) MySQL
3 34 (9.855%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (8.406%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 28 (8.116%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 26 (7.536%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (5.797%) MongoDB
8 18 (5.217%) Amazon RDS
8 18 (5.217%) Redis
9 14 (4.058%) SQL Server 2005
9 14 (4.058%) RDBMS
10 13 (3.768%) Oracle OWB
11 11 (3.188%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 11 (3.188%) SQL Server 2012
12 9 (2.609%) OLAP
13 7 (2.029%) Oracle 10g
13 7 (2.029%) SQL Server 2000
14 6 (1.739%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (0.870%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 35 (10.14%) Visual Studio
2 22 (6.377%) Git (software)
3 19 (5.507%) Jenkins
4 16 (4.638%) Maven
5 15 (4.348%) JIRA
6 9 (2.609%) Subversion
7 6 (1.739%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
7 6 (1.739%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 5 (1.449%) NUnit
8 5 (1.449%) Selenium
9 4 (1.159%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.870%) JUnit
10 3 (0.870%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.580%) Hudson
11 2 (0.580%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.580%) Dreamweaver
11 2 (0.580%) Xcode
12 1 (0.290%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.290%) WebSpeed
12 1 (0.290%) PVCS
General
1 20 (5.797%) Finance
2 13 (3.768%) Telecoms
3 9 (2.609%) Banking
3 9 (2.609%) Investment Banking
4 3 (0.870%) Retail
5 2 (0.580%) Marketing
5 2 (0.580%) Advertising
5 2 (0.580%) Law
5 2 (0.580%) Legal
6 1 (0.290%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.290%) Electronics
6 1 (0.290%) Online Betting
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.058%) Client/Server
2 10 (2.899%) Open Source
2 10 (2.899%) NHS
3 8 (2.319%) Computer Science
4 6 (1.739%) Mathematics
5 5 (1.449%) W3C
5 5 (1.449%) RIA
6 4 (1.159%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.159%) Data Integration
6 4 (1.159%) N-Tier
7 3 (0.870%) iPhone
8 2 (0.580%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.580%) iPad
8 2 (0.580%) IVR
9 1 (0.290%) Handset
9 1 (0.290%) Streaming Video
9 1 (0.290%) Statistics
9 1 (0.290%) DTV
9 1 (0.290%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.290%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.406%) Linux
2 12 (3.478%) Windows
3 6 (1.739%) UNIX
4 4 (1.159%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.159%) Android
5 1 (0.290%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.16%) MVC
2 57 (16.52%) Agile Software Development
3 45 (13.04%) Scrum
4 44 (12.75%) TDD
5 40 (11.59%) Web Development
6 38 (11.01%) OO
7 27 (7.826%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (6.377%) E-Commerce
9 21 (6.087%) BDD
10 19 (5.507%) Kanban
11 18 (5.217%) Security Testing
11 18 (5.217%) SOA
12 17 (4.928%) Software Engineering
13 16 (4.638%) Workflow
14 15 (4.348%) Automated Testing
14 15 (4.348%) Migration
14 15 (4.348%) Dimensional Modelling
15 12 (3.478%) Unit Testing
15 12 (3.478%) Kimball Methodology
15 12 (3.478%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 144 (41.74%) C#
2 118 (34.20%) JavaScript
3 96 (27.83%) SQL
4 64 (18.55%) Java
5 33 (9.565%) PHP
6 21 (6.087%) T-SQL
6 21 (6.087%) VB.NET
7 16 (4.638%) C++
8 15 (4.348%) PL/SQL
8 15 (4.348%) Ruby
9 13 (3.768%) VB
10 12 (3.478%) XAML
10 12 (3.478%) Python
11 10 (2.899%) VB6
12 9 (2.609%) Perl
12 9 (2.609%) Bash shell
13 5 (1.449%) VBA
13 5 (1.449%) PHP5
14 3 (0.870%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.870%) XPath
Qualifications
1 24 (6.957%) Degree
2 13 (3.768%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.899%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.580%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.290%) CCIE
5 1 (0.290%) CCNA
5 1 (0.290%) CCDA
5 1 (0.290%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.449%) QA
2 2 (0.580%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.290%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (0.290%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 1 (0.290%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.290%) Puppet
Vendors
1 52 (15.07%) Oracle
2 37 (10.72%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.797%) Adobe
4 17 (4.928%) Percona
5 14 (4.058%) hybris
6 10 (2.899%) EPiServer
7 8 (2.319%) Zend
7 8 (2.319%) Perforce
8 6 (1.739%) RedDot
9 5 (1.449%) Business Objects
10 3 (0.870%) Sybase
10 3 (0.870%) JBoss
10 3 (0.870%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.580%) Progress
12 1 (0.290%) Open Text
12 1 (0.290%) Omniture
12 1 (0.290%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.290%) Salesforce.com
12 1 (0.290%) HP
12 1 (0.290%) Informatica
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Rate: £0.00 per annum
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Rate: £0.00 per annum
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Rate: Unspecified Excellent Rate
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Rate: £350 - £380 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
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Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £250 to £275 per day
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £1 - £1000 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Rate: GBP175 to GBP275 per day
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £175 to £275 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £175 to £275 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £380 per day
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Capita Resourcing
Posted: 5 June 2013