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This section looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts within the North East 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4846
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads516
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.785 %2.015 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£540
Average daily rate-£540
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£540
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£372
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.00
Average hourly rate-£28.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.29£39.87
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North East
Matching contract IT job ads637794
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.841 %0.791 %
Daily rates quoted130154
Average minimum daily rate£326£335
Average daily rate£341£355
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted9375
Average minimum hourly rate£22.74£21.21
Average hourly rate£23.63£22.75
% change on same period last year+3.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.52£24.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Senior Developer EnglandSenior 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 Developer
Demand Trend

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

North East Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the North East region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Tyne and WearUp+142--
Senior Developer EnglandSenior Developer
England

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Senior 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 Developer in their job title.

15 (50.00 %)SQL Server
15 (50.00 %).NET
24 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (40.00 %)C#
33 (30.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)Java
33 (30.00 %)J2EE
33 (30.00 %)Struts
33 (30.00 %)XML
33 (30.00 %)Apache
33 (30.00 %)Oracle
33 (30.00 %).NET Framework
33 (30.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (20.00 %)Spring
42 (20.00 %)Linux
42 (20.00 %)MySQL
42 (20.00 %)JavaScript
42 (20.00 %)PHP
51 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
51 (10.00 %)VB
51 (10.00 %)HTML
51 (10.00 %)EJB
51 (10.00 %)CSS
51 (10.00 %)JSP
51 (10.00 %)Servlets
51 (10.00 %)JUnit
51 (10.00 %)Business Objects
51 (10.00 %)MS Office
51 (10.00 %)ASP

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (50.00 %).NET
24 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (30.00 %)J2EE
33 (30.00 %)Struts
33 (30.00 %)XML
33 (30.00 %).NET Framework
33 (30.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
42 (20.00 %)Spring
51 (10.00 %)HTML
51 (10.00 %)EJB
51 (10.00 %)CSS
51 (10.00 %)JSP
51 (10.00 %)Servlets
51 (10.00 %)ASP
51 (10.00 %)WebServices
51 (10.00 %)Swing
51 (10.00 %)AWT
51 (10.00 %)Hibernate
51 (10.00 %)AJAX
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)Apache
21 (10.00 %)JBoss
21 (10.00 %)Tomcat
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
11 (10.00 %)MS Visio
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (50.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (20.00 %)MySQL
31 (10.00 %)BusinessObjects
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)JUnit
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Telecoms
11 (10.00 %)Publishing
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)Linux
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)UML
11 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
11 (10.00 %)OO
11 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (10.00 %)ERD
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)C#
23 (30.00 %)SQL
23 (30.00 %)Java
32 (20.00 %)JavaScript
32 (20.00 %)PHP
41 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
41 (10.00 %)VB
41 (10.00 %)PHP5
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)Sun Certification
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Oracle
21 (10.00 %)Business Objects
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Sun