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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Leeds 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads308286
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.411 %0.289 %
As % of the category below27.07 %28.34 %
Daily rates quoted7133
Average minimum daily rate£272£314
Average daily rate£288£340
% change on same period last year-15.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£332
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted1726
Average minimum hourly rate£26.88£24.54
Average hourly rate£29.47£26.25
% change on same period last year+12.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.06£27.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£33.31
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11381009
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.517 %1.021 %
Daily rates quoted292194
Average minimum daily rate£324£312
Average daily rate£344£332
% change on same period last year+3.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted5474
Average minimum hourly rate£22.29£22.09
Average hourly rate£24.13£23.54
% change on same period last year+2.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.97£24.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Developer West YorkshireDeveloper
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Leeds Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1313 (53.32 %).NET
2218 (37.14 %)C#
3213 (36.29 %)SQL Server
4196 (33.39 %)ASP.NET
5152 (25.89 %)SQL
6127 (21.64 %)XML
7115 (19.59 %)Oracle
8106 (18.06 %)SQL Server 2005
9101 (17.21 %)Java
10100 (17.04 %)HTML
1190 (15.33 %)Finance
1289 (15.16 %)CSS
1375 (12.78 %)Microsoft
1464 (10.90 %)WebServices
1464 (10.90 %)JavaScript
1561 (10.39 %)Windows
1657 (9.710 %)VB.NET
1752 (8.859 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1851 (8.688 %)Visual Studio
1851 (8.688 %)SharePoint
1950 (8.518 %)J2EE
2049 (8.348 %)VB
2147 (8.007 %)Agile Software Development
2246 (7.836 %)SQL Server 2000
2337 (6.303 %)Health
2337 (6.303 %)E-Commerce
2436 (6.133 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2436 (6.133 %)ASP
2535 (5.963 %)Oracle 8/8i
2634 (5.792 %)SQL Server 7

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1313 (53.32 %).NET
2196 (33.39 %)ASP.NET
3127 (21.64 %)XML
4100 (17.04 %)HTML
589 (15.16 %)CSS
664 (10.90 %)WebServices
752 (8.859 %)ASP.NET 2.0
850 (8.518 %)J2EE
936 (6.133 %)ASP
1032 (5.451 %)Hibernate
1131 (5.281 %)XHTML
1228 (4.770 %).NET Framework
1327 (4.600 %)Spring
1327 (4.600 %)JSP
1424 (4.089 %)WebSphere
1521 (3.578 %)AJAX
1521 (3.578 %)XSLT
1620 (3.407 %)WinForms
1715 (2.555 %)WCF
1812 (2.044 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
151 (8.688 %)SharePoint
216 (2.726 %)CMS
315 (2.555 %)SharePoint Server 2007
414 (2.385 %)IIS
511 (1.874 %)Apache
610 (1.704 %)ATG Dynamo
78 (1.363 %)Lotus Notes
86 (1.022 %)ColdFusion
86 (1.022 %)BizTalk Server
95 (0.852 %)Lotus Domino
95 (0.852 %)WebLogic
104 (0.681 %)Tomcat
113 (0.511 %)MS Exchange
113 (0.511 %)WebSphere MQ
122 (0.341 %)Commerce Server
122 (0.341 %)ArcIMS
122 (0.341 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.341 %)ArcSDE
131 (0.170 %)Exchange Server 2000
131 (0.170 %)Exchange Server 2003
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
130 (5.111 %)MS Excel
219 (3.237 %)MS Office
314 (2.385 %)Photoshop
47 (1.193 %)MS Visio
56 (1.022 %)Fireworks
56 (1.022 %)InfoPath
63 (0.511 %)Spreadsheet
63 (0.511 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.170 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.170 %)ImageReady
71 (0.170 %)Acrobat
71 (0.170 %)ArcView
71 (0.170 %)CA Clarity
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.533 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
23 (0.511 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.341 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.170 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.170 %)BusinessWorks
41 (0.170 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.170 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.170 %)TIBCO iProcess
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (2.555 %)Internet
29 (1.533 %)Extranet
37 (1.193 %)HTTP
45 (0.852 %)Intranet
54 (0.681 %)SSH
62 (0.341 %)CTI
71 (0.170 %)LDAP
71 (0.170 %)VoIP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1213 (36.29 %)SQL Server
2106 (18.06 %)SQL Server 2005
346 (7.836 %)SQL Server 2000
436 (6.133 %)SQL Server Integration Services
535 (5.963 %)Oracle 8/8i
634 (5.792 %)SQL Server 7
728 (4.770 %)Datawarehouse
819 (3.237 %)MS Access
918 (3.066 %)BusinessObjects
918 (3.066 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1012 (2.044 %)MySQL
1110 (1.704 %)DTS
128 (1.363 %)Oracle 9i
137 (1.193 %)OLAP
137 (1.193 %)BusinessObjects XI
146 (1.022 %)TOAD
155 (0.852 %)Oracle 10g
164 (0.681 %)RDBMS
164 (0.681 %)Data Mining
173 (0.511 %)ETL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (8.688 %)Visual Studio
225 (4.259 %)Flash
321 (3.578 %)JUnit
413 (2.215 %)Ant
413 (2.215 %)Dreamweaver
511 (1.874 %)Oracle APEX
610 (1.704 %)Eclipse
79 (1.533 %)Visual Studio Team System
79 (1.533 %)NUnit
79 (1.533 %)Oracle Forms
82 (0.341 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.341 %)Subversion
91 (0.170 %)FrontPage
91 (0.170 %)StarTeam
91 (0.170 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.170 %)WebSpeed
91 (0.170 %)ClearCase
91 (0.170 %)PVCS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (15.33 %)Finance
237 (6.303 %)Health
320 (3.407 %)Telecoms
416 (2.726 %)Banking
514 (2.385 %)Government
613 (2.215 %)Retail
78 (1.363 %)Insurance
86 (1.022 %)Back Office
95 (0.852 %)Legal
95 (0.852 %)Pensions
104 (0.681 %)Marketing
113 (0.511 %)Advertising
113 (0.511 %)Publishing
113 (0.511 %)Multimedia
113 (0.511 %)Billing
113 (0.511 %)Law
113 (0.511 %)Education
122 (0.341 %)Financial Institution
122 (0.341 %)Investment Banking
131 (0.170 %)Games
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (4.770 %)NHS
227 (4.600 %)Computer Science
314 (2.385 %)E-Learning
412 (2.044 %)Multithreading
511 (1.874 %)SCORM
69 (1.533 %)W3C
75 (0.852 %)N-Tier
75 (0.852 %)CMDB
84 (0.681 %)Web 2.0
92 (0.341 %)Informatics
92 (0.341 %)Client/Server
92 (0.341 %)Smartcard
101 (0.170 %)Mainframe
101 (0.170 %)AS400
101 (0.170 %)Replication
101 (0.170 %)Clustering
101 (0.170 %)Thin Client
101 (0.170 %)Mathematics
101 (0.170 %)IVR
101 (0.170 %)Fat Client
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
161 (10.39 %)Windows
226 (4.429 %)UNIX
312 (2.044 %)Solaris
312 (2.044 %)Linux
410 (1.704 %)Windows 2000
57 (1.193 %)HPUX
63 (0.511 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.341 %)Ubuntu
72 (0.341 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.170 %)SUSE
81 (0.170 %)AIX
81 (0.170 %)Windows XP
81 (0.170 %)NetWare
81 (0.170 %)zOS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
147 (8.007 %)Agile Software Development
237 (6.303 %)E-Commerce
330 (5.111 %)Unit Testing
428 (4.770 %)Migration
525 (4.259 %)UML
624 (4.089 %)Web Development
722 (3.748 %)OO
813 (2.215 %)Content Management
912 (2.044 %)SOA
1011 (1.874 %)Configuration Management
1110 (1.704 %)Business Intelligence
1110 (1.704 %)Workflow
1110 (1.704 %)Data Migration
127 (1.193 %)Security Cleared
127 (1.193 %)System Testing
136 (1.022 %)Time Management
136 (1.022 %)Performance Management
136 (1.022 %)Web Design
136 (1.022 %)Software Testing
136 (1.022 %)Project Management
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1218 (37.14 %)C#
2152 (25.89 %)SQL
3101 (17.21 %)Java
464 (10.90 %)JavaScript
557 (9.710 %)VB.NET
649 (8.348 %)VB
732 (5.451 %)Transact-SQL
826 (4.429 %)VB6
924 (4.089 %)PL/SQL
1021 (3.578 %)PHP
1117 (2.896 %)VBScript
1214 (2.385 %)C++
1312 (2.044 %)VBA
1312 (2.044 %)Shell Script
1410 (1.704 %)DHTML
159 (1.533 %)C
166 (1.022 %)LotusScript
175 (0.852 %)ActionScript
184 (0.681 %)Perl
192 (0.341 %)XPath
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (5.111 %)Degree
27 (1.193 %)Sun Certification
35 (0.852 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (0.511 %)IBM Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.363 %)QA
22 (0.341 %)SLA
31 (0.170 %)HL7
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (2.555 %)Active Directory
22 (0.341 %)ISA Server
31 (0.170 %)Novell eDirectory
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (1.193 %)OpenView
17 (1.193 %)OVSD
17 (1.193 %)AssetCenter
21 (0.170 %)MAINVIEW
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1115 (19.59 %)Oracle
275 (12.78 %)Microsoft
318 (3.066 %)Business Objects
412 (2.044 %)ATG
58 (1.363 %)IBM
58 (1.363 %)Lotus
67 (1.193 %)Sun
75 (0.852 %)Cognos
84 (0.681 %)HP
84 (0.681 %)Citrix
84 (0.681 %)BEA
84 (0.681 %)MicroStrategy
84 (0.681 %)Novell
84 (0.681 %)RedDot
93 (0.511 %)Perforce
93 (0.511 %)PeopleSoft
102 (0.341 %)Adobe
102 (0.341 %)Apple
102 (0.341 %)TIBCO
102 (0.341 %)webMethods
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