The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Leicestershire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank - 21 25
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 0 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire - 1.869% 3.879%
As % of the Job Titles category - 2.030% 4.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £31.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+19.05% -2.30%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
201 197 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 95.26% 92.06% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 50 60
Average daily rate £325 £313 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £150 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £520 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 31 32
Average hourly rate £13.00 £11.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -66.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Programmer
East Midlands

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programmer across the Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) AS400
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) RPG
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) XHTML
1 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
1 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) jQuery
1 2 (40.00%) CSS3
1 2 (40.00%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
2 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) XHTML
1 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (40.00%) jQuery
1 2 (40.00%) CSS3
1 2 (40.00%) Razor View Engine
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) AS400
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
1 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) RPG
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens