Software Developer Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 London 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 305 339 334
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 84 66 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.381% 0.245% 0.313%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.413% 0.264% 0.338%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 43 54
Average daily rate £425 £375 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -8.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
Average hourly rate £42.90 - £47.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.22 - £37.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £56.58 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 20317 24960 28380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.22% 92.51% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13701 16102 18232
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 621 671
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Software Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Software Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +23 29 £515 +21.17%
Hounslow -4 2 £475 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 112 (60.54%) C#
2 88 (47.57%) .NET
3 75 (40.54%) SQL Server
4 66 (35.68%) SQL
5 55 (29.73%) XML
6 52 (28.11%) ASP.NET
7 50 (27.03%) Java
8 49 (26.49%) TDD
9 46 (24.86%) Agile Software Development
10 45 (24.32%) Web Services
11 44 (23.78%) OO
12 40 (21.62%) JavaScript
13 38 (20.54%) MVC
14 37 (20.00%) Multithreading
15 35 (18.92%) WCF
16 32 (17.30%) Microsoft
17 31 (16.76%) HTML
17 31 (16.76%) Windows
17 31 (16.76%) ASP.NET MVC
18 29 (15.68%) jQuery
19 28 (15.14%) Banking
19 28 (15.14%) Finance
19 28 (15.14%) CSS
20 26 (14.05%) Scrum
21 25 (13.51%) .NET Framework
22 24 (12.97%) C++
23 22 (11.89%) Telecoms
24 20 (10.81%) N-Tier
24 20 (10.81%) Oracle
24 20 (10.81%) BDD

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 88 (47.57%) .NET
2 55 (29.73%) XML
3 52 (28.11%) ASP.NET
4 45 (24.32%) Web Services
5 35 (18.92%) WCF
6 31 (16.76%) HTML
6 31 (16.76%) ASP.NET MVC
7 29 (15.68%) jQuery
8 28 (15.14%) CSS
9 25 (13.51%) .NET Framework
10 16 (8.649%) JSON
10 16 (8.649%) Ajax
11 15 (8.108%) XSLT
12 14 (7.568%) RESTful
13 13 (7.027%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 11 (5.946%) ADO.NET
14 11 (5.946%) Spring
15 10 (5.405%) HTML5
15 10 (5.405%) REST
16 9 (4.865%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 12 (6.486%) IIS
2 7 (3.784%) Apache
3 5 (2.703%) Windows Azure
3 5 (2.703%) Apache Solr
3 5 (2.703%) nginx
3 5 (2.703%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.703%) ESB
4 4 (2.162%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.622%) Umbraco
5 3 (1.622%) CMS
6 2 (1.081%) SAS
6 2 (1.081%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.541%) Route 53
7 1 (0.541%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.541%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.541%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.541%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (0.541%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.541%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (8.108%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.541%) TargetLink
2 1 (0.541%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.081%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.541%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.541%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.108%) HTTP
2 4 (2.162%) Internet
3 1 (0.541%) AMQP
3 1 (0.541%) Wireless
3 1 (0.541%) DVB
3 1 (0.541%) RTP
3 1 (0.541%) SS7
3 1 (0.541%) Intranet
3 1 (0.541%) ISDN
3 1 (0.541%) SMS
3 1 (0.541%) VoIP
3 1 (0.541%) DNS
3 1 (0.541%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (40.54%) SQL Server
2 19 (10.27%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (6.486%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.784%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (3.243%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.243%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (2.703%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.703%) Redis
6 5 (2.703%) MySQL
7 4 (2.162%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (2.162%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (2.162%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.162%) Data Mining
7 4 (2.162%) MarkLogic
8 3 (1.622%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.622%) OLAP
9 2 (1.081%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (1.081%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.081%) Big Data
10 1 (0.541%) HBase
Development Applications
1 15 (8.108%) Visual Studio
2 12 (6.486%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (4.865%) Cucumber
3 9 (4.865%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.865%) Selenium
4 8 (4.324%) Git (software)
5 7 (3.784%) Subversion
6 5 (2.703%) JIRA
7 4 (2.162%) Maven
7 4 (2.162%) WebDriver
7 4 (2.162%) MSBuild
7 4 (2.162%) Capistrano
7 4 (2.162%) SpecFlow
8 2 (1.081%) WATIR
8 2 (1.081%) NUnit
8 2 (1.081%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (1.081%) Ant
8 2 (1.081%) JUnit
8 2 (1.081%) Eclipse
8 2 (1.081%) Moq
General
1 28 (15.14%) Banking
1 28 (15.14%) Finance
2 22 (11.89%) Telecoms
3 14 (7.568%) Front Office
4 7 (3.784%) Retail
5 6 (3.243%) Back Office
6 4 (2.162%) Electronics
6 4 (2.162%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.081%) French Language
7 2 (1.081%) German Language
7 2 (1.081%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.081%) Publishing
7 2 (1.081%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.541%) Automotive
8 1 (0.541%) Legal
8 1 (0.541%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.541%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.81%) N-Tier
2 18 (9.730%) Open Source
3 16 (8.649%) Computer Science
4 7 (3.784%) Mathematics
4 7 (3.784%) Physics
5 6 (3.243%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.703%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.162%) Derivative
7 4 (2.162%) Statistics
7 4 (2.162%) Equities
7 4 (2.162%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.162%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.622%) Data Integration
8 3 (1.622%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.081%) Economics
9 2 (1.081%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.081%) Video on Demand
9 2 (1.081%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.541%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.541%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.76%) Windows
2 16 (8.649%) Linux
3 10 (5.405%) UNIX
4 4 (2.162%) Ubuntu
4 4 (2.162%) Gentoo
4 4 (2.162%) Mac OS X
4 4 (2.162%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.541%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.541%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.49%) TDD
2 46 (24.86%) Agile Software Development
3 44 (23.78%) OO
4 38 (20.54%) MVC
5 37 (20.00%) Multithreading
6 26 (14.05%) Scrum
7 20 (10.81%) BDD
8 17 (9.189%) Continuous Integration
8 17 (9.189%) Memory Management
9 14 (7.568%) UML
9 14 (7.568%) Web Development
10 13 (7.027%) Unit Testing
11 10 (5.405%) Pair Programming
12 9 (4.865%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (4.324%) Release Management
13 8 (4.324%) SOA
13 8 (4.324%) Test Automation
14 7 (3.784%) Kanban
14 7 (3.784%) Software Engineering
15 6 (3.243%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (60.54%) C#
2 66 (35.68%) SQL
3 50 (27.03%) Java
4 40 (21.62%) JavaScript
5 24 (12.97%) C++
6 13 (7.027%) Ruby
6 13 (7.027%) T-SQL
7 10 (5.405%) VB
8 9 (4.865%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.865%) Python
9 8 (4.324%) PHP
10 6 (3.243%) VBA
11 5 (2.703%) XPath
12 4 (2.162%) Perl
12 4 (2.162%) C
12 4 (2.162%) Scala
13 3 (1.622%) XQuery
14 2 (1.081%) Bash shell
14 2 (1.081%) SPARQL
15 1 (0.541%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (8.108%) Degree
2 11 (5.946%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.703%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.162%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.081%) PhD
5 2 (1.081%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.541%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.541%) MBA
6 1 (0.541%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.243%) QA
2 3 (1.622%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.541%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.541%) WCAG
3 1 (0.541%) WAI
System Software
1 4 (2.162%) Varnish
2 3 (1.622%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.541%) Puppet
1 1 (0.541%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.541%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
Vendors
1 32 (17.30%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.81%) Oracle
3 8 (4.324%) VMware
4 5 (2.703%) JBoss
5 4 (2.162%) Apple
6 3 (1.622%) Syncfusion
7 2 (1.081%) Zend
7 2 (1.081%) Perforce
7 2 (1.081%) IBM
7 2 (1.081%) hybris
8 1 (0.541%) Twitter
8 1 (0.541%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.541%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.541%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.541%) Infragistics
8 1 (0.541%) HP
8 1 (0.541%) Citrix
8 1 (0.541%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.541%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.541%) PolarLake
.NET Software Developer - Global Presence
City of London
Position: .NET Software Developer (Linux/Unix)Rate: Up to £600 / Day Location: Central London Duration: Initial 6 Months (Extension possible)Apply To: The Background:Due to an office...
JAM
Rate: £0.00 - £600 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
C++ Software Developer - World Leader
City of London
Position: C++ Software Developer (Linux/Unix)Rate: Up to £600 / Day Location: Central London Duration: Initial 6 Months (Extension possible)Apply To: The Background:Due to an office...
JAM
Rate: £0.00 - £600 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Java & Spring Software Developer
City of London
Position: Java & Spring Software Developer (Linux/Unix)Rate: Up to £600 / Day Location: Central London Duration: Initial 7 Months (Extension possible)Apply To: The Background:Due to an...
JAM
Rate: £0.00 - £600 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Java Software Engineer Java Developer Java Programmer
London
The contract is based in London and requires 2 years experience of the following: Java Coding. Java Design patterns. Java Algorithms. XML Web Services... Lazy loading (dynamic function...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £21.75 - £29.86 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
PHP Developer / Software Engineer / Web Developer / Programmer (Agile,
London
working in a LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) - developing software to use TCP, DNS and HTTP... - NoSQL solutions (Mongo DB, Simple DB, Membase, Redis) - RDBMS technologies (MySQL) -...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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