The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer 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 Liverpool 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
Developer
Rank 7 1 6
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 21 47 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 15.33% 25.82% 12.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.67% 27.17% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 29 12
Average daily rate £325 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £262 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £400 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
134 173 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 97.81% 95.05% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 96 87
Average daily rate £325 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £216 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 14
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.00 £16.61
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +2.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.87 £9.16 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £100.00 £29.50 £22.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
Merseyside

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Liverpool Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Liverpool Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Liverpool Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

1 33 (42.86%) .NET
2 30 (38.96%) SQL Server
3 28 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 28 (36.36%) CSS
3 28 (36.36%) MVC
4 26 (33.77%) JavaScript
5 24 (31.17%) C#
6 23 (29.87%) PHP
6 23 (29.87%) jQuery
7 21 (27.27%) HTML5
8 18 (23.38%) CSS3
8 18 (23.38%) Oracle
9 17 (22.08%) MySQL
10 16 (20.78%) Zend
11 15 (19.48%) Visual Studio
11 15 (19.48%) CMS
12 14 (18.18%) HTML
13 13 (16.88%) SQL
14 12 (15.58%) XML
14 12 (15.58%) OO
14 12 (15.58%) WCF
14 12 (15.58%) Umbraco
15 11 (14.29%) CodeIgniter
16 10 (12.99%) Mobile App
16 10 (12.99%) Git (software)
17 9 (11.69%) C
17 9 (11.69%) Oracle 11g
18 8 (10.39%) ASP.NET MVC
18 8 (10.39%) MS Access
18 8 (10.39%) E-Commerce

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Application Development
1 33 (42.86%) .NET
2 28 (36.36%) ASP.NET
2 28 (36.36%) CSS
3 23 (29.87%) jQuery
4 21 (27.27%) HTML5
5 18 (23.38%) CSS3
6 14 (18.18%) HTML
7 12 (15.58%) XML
7 12 (15.58%) WCF
8 11 (14.29%) CodeIgniter
9 8 (10.39%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (6.494%) Google Maps API
10 5 (6.494%) CakePHP
10 5 (6.494%) Zend Framework
10 5 (6.494%) Razor View Engine
10 5 (6.494%) XSD
10 5 (6.494%) XSLT
10 5 (6.494%) Ajax
11 4 (5.195%) JSON
11 4 (5.195%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 15 (19.48%) CMS
2 12 (15.58%) Umbraco
3 6 (7.792%) Magento
4 5 (6.494%) WordPress
5 3 (3.896%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.597%) Oracle 10gAS
6 2 (2.597%) Windows Azure
7 1 (1.299%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (1.299%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (1.299%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (2.597%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.299%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (2.597%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.597%) Internet
2 1 (1.299%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (38.96%) SQL Server
2 17 (22.08%) MySQL
3 9 (11.69%) Oracle 11g
4 8 (10.39%) MS Access
5 6 (7.792%) RDBMS
5 6 (7.792%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (6.494%) Informix
6 5 (6.494%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (5.195%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (2.597%) Siebel EIM
8 2 (2.597%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (2.597%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (2.597%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (2.597%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (2.597%) Xcelsius
8 2 (2.597%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (1.299%) PerformancePoint
9 1 (1.299%) Pentaho
9 1 (1.299%) MongoDB
9 1 (1.299%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 15 (19.48%) Visual Studio
2 10 (12.99%) Git (software)
3 5 (6.494%) NetBeans
4 3 (3.896%) NUnit
4 3 (3.896%) Subversion
5 1 (1.299%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (1.299%) Rhino Mocks
5 1 (1.299%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (1.299%) Maven
General
1 6 (7.792%) Retail
2 5 (6.494%) Finance
2 5 (6.494%) Games
3 3 (3.896%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.896%) Mathematics
2 3 (3.896%) Social Media
2 3 (3.896%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (2.597%) Mobile Games
4 1 (1.299%) iPhone
4 1 (1.299%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.494%) UNIX
1 5 (6.494%) Windows
1 5 (6.494%) Linux
2 3 (3.896%) Android
3 2 (2.597%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.299%) VMS
4 1 (1.299%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.36%) MVC
2 12 (15.58%) OO
3 8 (10.39%) E-Commerce
4 7 (9.091%) Web Development
4 7 (9.091%) SEO
5 6 (7.792%) Migration
5 6 (7.792%) Data Migration
6 5 (6.494%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (6.494%) OOD
6 5 (6.494%) Business Development
7 4 (5.195%) Scrum
7 4 (5.195%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (5.195%) Game Development
7 4 (5.195%) Unit Testing
7 4 (5.195%) Web Application Development
8 3 (3.896%) Kanban
8 3 (3.896%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (3.896%) 3D Modelling
8 3 (3.896%) ETL
8 3 (3.896%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.77%) JavaScript
2 24 (31.17%) C#
3 23 (29.87%) PHP
4 13 (16.88%) SQL
5 9 (11.69%) C
6 7 (9.091%) Java
7 6 (7.792%) Perl
8 5 (6.494%) PHP5
8 5 (6.494%) XPath
9 4 (5.195%) C++
9 4 (5.195%) Uniface
10 3 (3.896%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.299%) Pascal
11 1 (1.299%) PowerHouse
11 1 (1.299%) ActionScript
11 1 (1.299%) COBOL
11 1 (1.299%) DCL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.091%) Degree
2 5 (6.494%) SC Cleared
2 5 (6.494%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.195%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.896%) MCP
4 3 (3.896%) MCAD
4 3 (3.896%) MCSD
4 3 (3.896%) MCTS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.299%) Plesk
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) Oracle
2 16 (20.78%) Zend
3 6 (7.792%) Facebook
3 6 (7.792%) Twitter
4 5 (6.494%) Google
5 2 (2.597%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.597%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.597%) Adobe
5 2 (2.597%) Intel
5 2 (2.597%) Siebel
5 2 (2.597%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.299%) Informatica
6 1 (1.299%) Hummingbird
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