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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the Merseyside 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3742
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.563 %1.643 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£80
Average daily rate-£93
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£105
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£327
% change on same period last year+6.73 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£26.50
Average hourly rate-£28.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£30.63
% change on same period last year-2.04 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads355426
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.480 %0.420 %
Daily rates quoted113134
Average minimum daily rate£327£299
Average daily rate£343£315
% change on same period last year+8.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted4268
Average minimum hourly rate£18.98£19.48
Average hourly rate£21.07£21.22
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.15£22.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Applications Developer North WestApplications Developer
North West

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.

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
LiverpoolNo change02--
Applications Developer North WestApplications Developer
North West

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

14 (57.14 %)SQL
14 (57.14 %)Oracle
14 (57.14 %)Java
23 (42.86 %)XML
23 (42.86 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (42.86 %)Oracle 9i
23 (42.86 %)QA
32 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
32 (28.57 %)Oracle Applications
32 (28.57 %)BC Cleared
32 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
32 (28.57 %)UNIX
32 (28.57 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (28.57 %)Oracle 11i
32 (28.57 %)CRM
32 (28.57 %)JavaScript
32 (28.57 %)UML
32 (28.57 %)Oracle Forms
32 (28.57 %)Oracle Reports
32 (28.57 %).NET
32 (28.57 %)J2EE
32 (28.57 %)C
32 (28.57 %)C#
32 (28.57 %)C++
32 (28.57 %)HTML
41 (14.29 %)MySQL
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)Ant
41 (14.29 %)JUnit
41 (14.29 %)Photoshop

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (42.86 %)XML
22 (28.57 %)HTML
22 (28.57 %).NET
22 (28.57 %)J2EE
31 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
31 (14.29 %)EJB
31 (14.29 %)JSP
31 (14.29 %)Servlets
31 (14.29 %)Struts
31 (14.29 %)WebServices
31 (14.29 %)LAMP
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (14.29 %)WebLogic
21 (14.29 %)Apache
21 (14.29 %)ArcIMS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)Photoshop
11 (14.29 %)Adobe Illustrator
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (28.57 %)Oracle 11i
12 (28.57 %)Oracle Applications
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (42.86 %)Oracle 8/8i
13 (42.86 %)Oracle 9i
22 (28.57 %)Oracle Reports
31 (14.29 %)MySQL
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server
31 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
31 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
31 (14.29 %)BusinessObjects
31 (14.29 %)GIS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)Oracle Forms
21 (14.29 %)Eclipse
21 (14.29 %)WebLogic Workshop
21 (14.29 %)HttpUnit
21 (14.29 %)Ant
21 (14.29 %)JUnit
21 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)UNIX
21 (14.29 %)Linux
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)UML
12 (28.57 %)CRM
12 (28.57 %)BC Cleared
12 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
21 (14.29 %)ITIL
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (57.14 %)Java
14 (57.14 %)SQL
22 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
22 (28.57 %)JavaScript
22 (28.57 %)C
22 (28.57 %)C#
22 (28.57 %)C++
31 (14.29 %)PHP
31 (14.29 %)PHP5
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (42.86 %)QA
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)Business Objects
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft