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This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1727
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.419 %1.198 %
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£323£318
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
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£33.08£36.43
% change on same period last year-9.20 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads124167
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.164 %0.166 %
Daily rates quoted2441
Average minimum daily rate£296£390
Average daily rate£325£410
% change on same period last year-20.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted1525
Average minimum hourly rate£14.71£18.15
Average hourly rate£15.99£19.08
% change on same period last year-16.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.28£20.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Software Developer LeicestershireSoftware 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.

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Leicester Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)Web Design
22 (66.67 %)OO
22 (66.67 %)EPoS
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)VB.NET
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)EPoS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Web Design
12 (66.67 %)OO
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)VB.NET