The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the North Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 North Wales 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 4 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 28.57% 18.75% 9.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.77% 21.43% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £300 £250 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +4.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
North Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
13 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 92.86% 87.50% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 1
Average daily rate £195 £155 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.80% -35.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 7
Average hourly rate £12.42 £14.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.34% -35.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
Wales

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Wales Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North Wales Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the North Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North Wales Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North Wales Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
Denbighshire - 1 £350 -
Flintshire - 1 £175 -
Developer
Wales

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) HTML
2 9 (81.82%) JavaScript
3 8 (72.73%) .NET
4 7 (63.64%) PHP
5 6 (54.55%) MySQL
5 6 (54.55%) PHP5
5 6 (54.55%) HTML5
6 5 (45.45%) Ajax
6 5 (45.45%) CSS
6 5 (45.45%) OO
7 4 (36.36%) jQuery
8 3 (27.27%) MVC
8 3 (27.27%) C#
8 3 (27.27%) Java
9 2 (18.18%) SQL
9 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
9 2 (18.18%) OOP
9 2 (18.18%) Web Services
9 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
9 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
9 2 (18.18%) CMS
9 2 (18.18%) LAMP
9 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
9 2 (18.18%) WordPress
9 2 (18.18%) Joomla!
9 2 (18.18%) CSS3
10 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 1 (9.091%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
10 1 (9.091%) Spring MVC

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
2 8 (72.73%) .NET
3 6 (54.55%) HTML5
4 5 (45.45%) Ajax
4 5 (45.45%) CSS
5 4 (36.36%) jQuery
6 2 (18.18%) CSS3
6 2 (18.18%) Web Services
6 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
6 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
6 2 (18.18%) LAMP
7 1 (9.091%) Hibernate
7 1 (9.091%) Spring
7 1 (9.091%) Spring MVC
7 1 (9.091%) Spring Security
7 1 (9.091%) XML
7 1 (9.091%) XSLT
7 1 (9.091%) J2SE
7 1 (9.091%) JDBC
7 1 (9.091%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) CMS
1 2 (18.18%) Joomla!
1 2 (18.18%) WordPress
2 1 (9.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) MySQL
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Ant
1 1 (9.091%) JUnit
1 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
1 1 (9.091%) Maven
1 1 (9.091%) TestNG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) OO
2 3 (27.27%) MVC
3 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
3 2 (18.18%) OOP
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
4 1 (9.091%) CAD
4 1 (9.091%) PLM
4 1 (9.091%) PDM
4 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (9.091%) Data Management
4 1 (9.091%) SysML
4 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Web Development
4 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) JavaScript
2 7 (63.64%) PHP
3 6 (54.55%) PHP5
4 3 (27.27%) C#
4 3 (27.27%) Java
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
6 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) HND
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle