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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the Leicestershire 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
Rank2640
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.064 %1.015 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£248
Average daily rate-£248
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£248
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£314
% change on same period last year-8.22 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£34.84
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£39.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.68£35.31
% change on same period last year-18.77 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads188394
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.430 %
Daily rates quoted5383
Average minimum daily rate£288£310
Average daily rate£302£336
% change on same period last year-10.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted5388
Average minimum hourly rate£20.12£17.77
Average hourly rate£20.73£19.01
% change on same period last year+9.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.35£20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.15£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Applications Developer East MidlandsApplications Developer
East Midlands

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicesterNew entry-1--
Applications Developer East MidlandsApplications Developer
East Midlands

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

13 (75.00 %)SQL
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)Mathematics
31 (25.00 %)Computer Science
31 (25.00 %)WPF
31 (25.00 %)Silverlight
31 (25.00 %)PHP5
31 (25.00 %)C++/CLI
31 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
31 (25.00 %)Continuous Integration
31 (25.00 %)TDD
31 (25.00 %)VB6
31 (25.00 %).NET Framework
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %)PHP
31 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (25.00 %)XAML
31 (25.00 %)LAMP
31 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (25.00 %)WinForms
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)UML
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)Apache
31 (25.00 %)Client/Server
31 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
31 (25.00 %)VB

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)SOAP
11 (25.00 %)WebServices
11 (25.00 %)XML
11 (25.00 %)XSD
11 (25.00 %)XSLT
11 (25.00 %)LAMP
11 (25.00 %)WinForms
11 (25.00 %).NET Framework
11 (25.00 %)WPF
11 (25.00 %)Silverlight
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Apache
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)Photoshop
11 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)MySQL
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Client/Server
11 (25.00 %)Mathematics
11 (25.00 %)Computer Science
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)UML
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (25.00 %)TDD
11 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
11 (25.00 %)Continuous Integration
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %)PHP
31 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (25.00 %)VB
31 (25.00 %)XAML
31 (25.00 %)VB6
31 (25.00 %)PHP5
31 (25.00 %)C++/CLI
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle