Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank3424
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads812
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.013 %
As % of the category below2.174 %3.191 %
Daily rates quoted52
Average minimum daily rate£381£325
Average daily rate£381£338
% change on same period last year+12.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£319
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.50
Average hourly rate-£32.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.72£31.79
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads368376
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.580 %0.403 %
Daily rates quoted9366
Average minimum daily rate£343£297
Average daily rate£369£316
% change on same period last year+16.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted6983
Average minimum hourly rate£17.29£17.71
Average hourly rate£18.80£19.58
% change on same period last year-3.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.31£21.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Programmer North WestProgrammer
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.

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programmer across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Merseyside Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Merseyside 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
WirralDown-15£381-
LiverpoolDown-72£382+13.18 %
Programmer North WestProgrammer
North West

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

117 (100.00 %)SQL
212 (70.59 %)Business Objects
212 (70.59 %)BusinessObjects
311 (64.71 %)SQL Server
311 (64.71 %)DTS
47 (41.18 %)BusinessObjects XI
56 (35.29 %)Xcelsius
63 (17.65 %)Oracle
72 (11.76 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
72 (11.76 %)PL/SQL
72 (11.76 %)UNIX
72 (11.76 %)Intranet
81 (5.882 %)Shell Script
81 (5.882 %)NATURAL
81 (5.882 %)JCL
81 (5.882 %)ProC
81 (5.882 %)Autodesk
81 (5.882 %)Windows CE
81 (5.882 %)MVS
81 (5.882 %)Mapinfo
81 (5.882 %)GIS
81 (5.882 %)ESRI
81 (5.882 %)Windows
81 (5.882 %)AIX
81 (5.882 %)LDAP
81 (5.882 %)MS Access
81 (5.882 %)Client/Server
81 (5.882 %)MS Visio
81 (5.882 %)Adabas
81 (5.882 %)Active Directory

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.882 %).NET
11 (5.882 %)ASP.NET
11 (5.882 %)AJAX
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Visio
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)Intranet
21 (5.882 %)LDAP
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (70.59 %)BusinessObjects
211 (64.71 %)SQL Server
211 (64.71 %)DTS
37 (41.18 %)BusinessObjects XI
46 (35.29 %)Xcelsius
52 (11.76 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
61 (5.882 %)GIS
61 (5.882 %)Adabas
61 (5.882 %)MS Access
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)ProC
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Client/Server
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.76 %)UNIX
21 (5.882 %)Windows
21 (5.882 %)AIX
21 (5.882 %)Windows CE
21 (5.882 %)MVS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.882 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (5.882 %)Unit Testing
11 (5.882 %)System Testing
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)SQL
22 (11.76 %)PL/SQL
31 (5.882 %)C
31 (5.882 %)C#
31 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
31 (5.882 %)Shell Script
31 (5.882 %)NATURAL
31 (5.882 %)JCL
31 (5.882 %)Korn
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.882 %)Active Directory
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (70.59 %)Business Objects
23 (17.65 %)Oracle
31 (5.882 %)Mapinfo
31 (5.882 %)Autodesk
31 (5.882 %)ESRI