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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the Leicester 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank18-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.031 %0.000 %
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£288£314
% change on same period last year-8.22 %
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£28.68£35.31
% change on same period last year-18.77 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads97188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.157 %0.205 %
Daily rates quoted2847
Average minimum daily rate£306£329
Average daily rate£315£357
% change on same period last year-11.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted1934
Average minimum hourly rate£23.54£18.85
Average hourly rate£24.40£20.21
% change on same period last year+20.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.25£21.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.15£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Applications Developer LeicestershireApplications Developer
Leicestershire

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.

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

Leicester Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leicester Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicester Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

11 (50.00 %)XAML
11 (50.00 %)LAMP
11 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
11 (50.00 %)WinForms
11 (50.00 %)TDD
11 (50.00 %).NET Framework
11 (50.00 %)Degree
11 (50.00 %)Mathematics
11 (50.00 %)Computer Science
11 (50.00 %)WPF
11 (50.00 %)Silverlight
11 (50.00 %)PHP5
11 (50.00 %)C++/CLI
11 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
11 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)PHP
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
11 (50.00 %)SOAP
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSD
11 (50.00 %)XSLT
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)UML

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)SOAP
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSD
11 (50.00 %)XSLT
11 (50.00 %)LAMP
11 (50.00 %)WinForms
11 (50.00 %).NET Framework
11 (50.00 %)WPF
11 (50.00 %)Silverlight
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Apache
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
11 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Mathematics
11 (50.00 %)Computer Science
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Linux
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (50.00 %)TDD
11 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
11 (50.00 %)Continuous Integration
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)PHP
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)XAML
11 (50.00 %)PHP5
11 (50.00 %)C++/CLI
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree