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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT contracts within the London 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSenior Software Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank367454
Rank change on same period last yearUp+87
Matching contract IT job ads611
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.025 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£350£593
Average daily rate£350£637
% change on same period last year-45.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£682
UK excluding London average daily rate-£520
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£42.00
Average hourly rate-£42.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.63-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2424839496
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled38.19 %42.32 %
Daily rates quoted987414909
Average minimum daily rate£390£424
Average daily rate£418£452
% change on same period last year-7.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted14742042
Average minimum hourly rate£23.27£25.05
Average hourly rate£24.69£26.61
% change on same period last year-7.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.11£28.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Senior Software Developer EnglandSenior Software Developer
England

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.

Senior Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

London Senior Software Developer Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Senior Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Senior Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
City of LondonNew entry-1--
Senior Software Developer EnglandSenior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title.

19 (60.00 %)Java
28 (53.33 %)OO
36 (40.00 %)Oracle
36 (40.00 %).NET
45 (33.33 %)PHP
45 (33.33 %)C++
45 (33.33 %)UML
45 (33.33 %)MVC
54 (26.67 %)RUP
54 (26.67 %)XML
54 (26.67 %)SQL Server
63 (20.00 %)DB2
63 (20.00 %)J2EE
63 (20.00 %)MySQL
63 (20.00 %)C
63 (20.00 %)SQL
63 (20.00 %)EAI
63 (20.00 %)OOD
63 (20.00 %)IBM
63 (20.00 %)OOP
63 (20.00 %)UNIX
63 (20.00 %)Apache
63 (20.00 %)CMS
63 (20.00 %)Middleware
63 (20.00 %)Ruby
63 (20.00 %)Degree
63 (20.00 %)Computer Science
63 (20.00 %)QA
72 (13.33 %)Spring MVC
72 (13.33 %)Eclipse

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (40.00 %).NET
25 (33.33 %)MVC
34 (26.67 %)XML
43 (20.00 %)Middleware
43 (20.00 %)J2EE
52 (13.33 %)XSLT
52 (13.33 %)Hibernate
52 (13.33 %)Spring
52 (13.33 %)Spring MVC
61 (6.667 %)WCF
61 (6.667 %)AJAX
61 (6.667 %).NET Framework
61 (6.667 %)CGI
61 (6.667 %)HTML
61 (6.667 %)ASP
61 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
61 (6.667 %)SOAP
61 (6.667 %)WebServices
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (20.00 %)Apache
13 (20.00 %)CMS
22 (13.33 %)JBoss
22 (13.33 %)Tomcat
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)Internet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (26.67 %)SQL Server
23 (20.00 %)DB2
23 (20.00 %)MySQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (13.33 %)Eclipse
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Telecoms
11 (6.667 %)Marketing
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)Computer Science
21 (6.667 %)Dutch Language
21 (6.667 %)German Language
21 (6.667 %)NHS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (20.00 %)UNIX
22 (13.33 %)Linux
31 (6.667 %)Solaris
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (53.33 %)OO
25 (33.33 %)UML
34 (26.67 %)RUP
43 (20.00 %)EAI
43 (20.00 %)OOD
43 (20.00 %)OOP
51 (6.667 %)OOA/OOD
51 (6.667 %)SOA
51 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
51 (6.667 %)Project Management
51 (6.667 %)SEO
51 (6.667 %)Software Engineering
51 (6.667 %)Software Testing
51 (6.667 %)Internet Marketing
51 (6.667 %)Time Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (60.00 %)Java
25 (33.33 %)PHP
25 (33.33 %)C++
33 (20.00 %)Ruby
33 (20.00 %)SQL
33 (20.00 %)C
42 (13.33 %)C#
42 (13.33 %)Perl
42 (13.33 %)Python
42 (13.33 %)Shell Script
51 (6.667 %)Embedded C++
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (20.00 %)Degree
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (20.00 %)QA
21 (6.667 %)HL7
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (40.00 %)Oracle
23 (20.00 %)IBM
31 (6.667 %)Yahoo!
31 (6.667 %)Google