North West Graduate Software Developer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Developer role in IT contracts within the North West 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 Graduate Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Graduate Software Developer
Location North West	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	2380	3450
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.771 %	4.316 %
Daily rates quoted	523	707
Average minimum daily rate	£309	£334
Average daily rate	£332	£349
% change on same period last year	-4.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£354	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£357
% change on same period last year	-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted	343	427
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.13	£18.57
Average hourly rate	£20.92	£20.36
% change on same period last year	+2.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.71	£22.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.16	£23.50
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Graduate Software 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.

Graduate Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Graduate Software Developer
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Graduate Software 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 Graduate Software Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00 %) C# 1 1 (100.00 %) SQL 1 1 (100.00 %) VB 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Excel 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree

Graduate Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Graduate Software 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 Graduate Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Excel	Programming Languages 1 1 (100.00 %) C# 1 1 (100.00 %) SQL 1 1 (100.00 %) VB
Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft