The first table below looks at the demand for the Web 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 Web 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
Web Developer
Rank 167 145 153
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Web Developer 263 353 393
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.194% 1.308% 1.281%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.294% 1.414% 1.385%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 225 258
Average daily rate £328 £350 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.42% +4.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £472 £483
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 18
Average hourly rate £32.50 £19.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.83% -45.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.77 £15.00 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £47.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+75.00% -33.33%
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%
Web Developer
England

Web Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Web Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Web Developer Daily Rate Trend

Web Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Web Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Web Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

London Web Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web 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 +13 67 £300 -10.44%
Canary Wharf -6 4 £306 -
Docklands, London - 2 £358 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 2 £263 -
Surbiton - 1 £275 -
Brentford - 1 £425 -
Enfield - 1 - -
Hackney - 1 - -
Paddington - 1 - -
Web Developer
England

Web Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Web 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 Web Developer in their job title.

1 412 (73.97%) CSS
2 411 (73.79%) JavaScript
3 344 (61.76%) HTML
4 303 (54.40%) jQuery
5 213 (38.24%) HTML5
6 166 (29.80%) CSS3
7 156 (28.01%) .NET
8 131 (23.52%) MVC
9 126 (22.62%) Ajax
10 119 (21.36%) ASP.NET
11 114 (20.47%) OO
12 111 (19.93%) C#
13 110 (19.75%) TDD
14 104 (18.67%) Web Development
15 98 (17.59%) SQL Server
16 92 (16.52%) Java
17 86 (15.44%) PHP
18 85 (15.26%) XML
19 84 (15.08%) E-Commerce
20 79 (14.18%) SQL
20 79 (14.18%) Agile Software Development
21 78 (14.00%) Web Services
22 72 (12.93%) MySQL
23 71 (12.75%) CMS
24 69 (12.39%) JSON
25 68 (12.21%) XHTML
26 53 (9.515%) Banking
26 53 (9.515%) Backbone.js
27 51 (9.156%) Finance
28 50 (8.977%) Scrum

Web Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Web 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 Web Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 412 (73.97%) CSS
2 344 (61.76%) HTML
3 303 (54.40%) jQuery
4 213 (38.24%) HTML5
5 166 (29.80%) CSS3
6 156 (28.01%) .NET
7 126 (22.62%) Ajax
8 119 (21.36%) ASP.NET
9 85 (15.26%) XML
10 78 (14.00%) Web Services
11 69 (12.39%) JSON
12 68 (12.21%) XHTML
13 53 (9.515%) Backbone.js
14 49 (8.797%) ASP.NET MVC
15 43 (7.720%) Spring
16 42 (7.540%) RESTful
17 38 (6.822%) .NET Framework
18 36 (6.463%) WCF
19 30 (5.386%) Node.js
20 28 (5.027%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 71 (12.75%) CMS
2 28 (5.027%) Apache
3 25 (4.488%) Drupal
4 22 (3.950%) SharePoint
5 18 (3.232%) Amazon AWS
6 13 (2.334%) nginx
7 12 (2.154%) Magento
8 10 (1.795%) WordPress
8 10 (1.795%) SharePoint Server
9 9 (1.616%) IIS
9 9 (1.616%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (1.616%) Alfresco
10 8 (1.436%) Amazon S3
10 8 (1.436%) Windows Azure
11 7 (1.257%) Tomcat
11 7 (1.257%) Route 53
12 6 (1.077%) Kentico
12 6 (1.077%) Documentum
13 5 (0.898%) SharePoint 2010
13 5 (0.898%) Umbraco
Applications
1 43 (7.720%) Photoshop
2 10 (1.795%) MS Excel
3 9 (1.616%) MS Office
3 9 (1.616%) GIMP
4 5 (0.898%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.718%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.180%) Shockwave
6 1 (0.180%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.077%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.718%) Google Analytics
2 4 (0.718%) SiteCatalyst
3 3 (0.539%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.180%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.180%) Tridion
4 1 (0.180%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.180%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.668%) HTTP
2 23 (4.129%) Internet
3 10 (1.795%) Intranet
4 3 (0.539%) FTP
5 2 (0.359%) DNS
5 2 (0.359%) LDAP
6 1 (0.180%) Extranet
6 1 (0.180%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.180%) SSL
6 1 (0.180%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (17.59%) SQL Server
2 72 (12.93%) MySQL
3 28 (5.027%) SQL Server 2008
4 20 (3.591%) SQL Server 2005
5 16 (2.873%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.795%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.257%) Redis
7 7 (1.257%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.898%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.898%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.718%) Big Data
10 3 (0.539%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (0.539%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.539%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.539%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.539%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.359%) Oracle 11g
11 2 (0.359%) GIS
11 2 (0.359%) DTS
11 2 (0.359%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 44 (7.899%) Visual Studio
2 39 (7.002%) Git (software)
3 36 (6.463%) Jasmine
4 31 (5.566%) Subversion
5 20 (3.591%) Dreamweaver
6 17 (3.052%) JUnit
7 15 (2.693%) Hudson
8 14 (2.513%) Jenkins
9 13 (2.334%) Maven
9 13 (2.334%) Selenium
10 12 (2.154%) Eclipse
11 10 (1.795%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (1.795%) Balsamiq Mockups
12 9 (1.616%) NUnit
13 8 (1.436%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.898%) JSUnit
14 5 (0.898%) JIRA
15 4 (0.718%) GitHub
15 4 (0.718%) PhoneGap
16 3 (0.539%) Spring Roo
General
1 53 (9.515%) Banking
2 51 (9.156%) Finance
3 27 (4.847%) Games
3 27 (4.847%) Investment Banking
4 24 (4.309%) Publishing
5 16 (2.873%) Retail
6 14 (2.513%) Marketing
7 11 (1.975%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.257%) Online Betting
9 5 (0.898%) Front Office
9 5 (0.898%) Multimedia
10 3 (0.539%) Back Office
10 3 (0.539%) Legal
10 3 (0.539%) Music
10 3 (0.539%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.359%) Advertising
12 1 (0.180%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.180%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.180%) Automotive
12 1 (0.180%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.463%) W3C
2 30 (5.386%) Social Media
3 25 (4.488%) Digital Media
4 23 (4.129%) Computer Science
5 21 (3.770%) Open Source
6 14 (2.513%) Social Network
7 13 (2.334%) Online Games
8 11 (1.975%) Mobile App
8 11 (1.975%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.795%) Web 2.0
10 9 (1.616%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.616%) Visualisation
11 7 (1.257%) Spread Betting
12 6 (1.077%) SaaS
12 6 (1.077%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.898%) Video on Demand
13 5 (0.898%) Graphic Design
13 5 (0.898%) RIA
14 4 (0.718%) Mathematics
14 4 (0.718%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.899%) Linux
2 42 (7.540%) Apple iOS
3 34 (6.104%) Android
4 16 (2.873%) Windows
5 14 (2.513%) UNIX
6 4 (0.718%) Windows Phone
7 2 (0.359%) CentOS
7 2 (0.359%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.180%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.180%) Solaris
8 1 (0.180%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.180%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.180%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.180%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.180%) Windows Phone 8
8 1 (0.180%) Windows Phone 7
8 1 (0.180%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (23.52%) MVC
2 114 (20.47%) OO
3 110 (19.75%) TDD
4 104 (18.67%) Web Development
5 84 (15.08%) E-Commerce
6 79 (14.18%) Agile Software Development
7 50 (8.977%) Scrum
8 37 (6.643%) BDD
8 37 (6.643%) Content Management
9 30 (5.386%) Continuous Integration
10 21 (3.770%) Unit Testing
11 17 (3.052%) OOP
11 17 (3.052%) CRM
12 15 (2.693%) Web Design
12 15 (2.693%) Kanban
13 14 (2.513%) SOA
13 14 (2.513%) SEO
14 12 (2.154%) Data Modelling
14 12 (2.154%) OOD
15 11 (1.975%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 411 (73.79%) JavaScript
2 111 (19.93%) C#
3 92 (16.52%) Java
4 86 (15.44%) PHP
5 79 (14.18%) SQL
6 36 (6.463%) Ruby
7 21 (3.770%) PHP5
8 20 (3.591%) Groovy
9 19 (3.411%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.334%) VB.NET
11 9 (1.616%) Scala
12 6 (1.077%) Python
12 6 (1.077%) ActionScript
13 5 (0.898%) Perl
14 4 (0.718%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.539%) C
15 3 (0.539%) C++
15 3 (0.539%) VBA
15 3 (0.539%) VBScript
15 3 (0.539%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 37 (6.643%) Degree
2 7 (1.257%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.257%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.975%) WCAG
2 5 (0.898%) QA
3 4 (0.718%) WAI
4 1 (0.180%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.180%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (1.975%) Varnish
2 1 (0.180%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 2 (0.359%) Puppet
2 1 (0.180%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (5.925%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.386%) Google
2 30 (5.386%) Oracle
3 24 (4.309%) Facebook
4 23 (4.129%) Zend
5 21 (3.770%) Adobe
6 12 (2.154%) EPiServer
7 11 (1.975%) IBM
8 8 (1.436%) Sencha
9 7 (1.257%) Twitter
10 6 (1.077%) Percona
11 5 (0.898%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.539%) Lombardi
13 2 (0.359%) Omniture
13 2 (0.359%) Perforce
13 2 (0.359%) Progress
13 2 (0.359%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.359%) Salesforce.com
13 2 (0.359%) Lotus
13 2 (0.359%) Bloomberg
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