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

 Senior Application Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank128-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.030 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£45.00
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads33343919
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.507 %3.865 %
Daily rates quoted779880
Average minimum daily rate£322£325
Average daily rate£339£343
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted422410
Average minimum hourly rate£21.09£21.02
Average hourly rate£23.04£22.64
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£24.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Senior Applications Developer EnglandSenior Applications 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 Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

North West Senior Applications Developer Demand Trend

Senior Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Senior Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Applications Developer within the North West 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
ManchesterNew entry-1--
Senior Applications Developer EnglandSenior Applications Developer
England

Senior Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

12 (50.00 %)J2EE
12 (50.00 %)Java
12 (50.00 %)UML
21 (25.00 %)Computer Science
21 (25.00 %)QA
21 (25.00 %)Apache
21 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (25.00 %)Eclipse
21 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (25.00 %)WebLogic Workshop
21 (25.00 %)PHP
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)MySQL
21 (25.00 %)Oracle
21 (25.00 %)Ant
21 (25.00 %)JUnit
21 (25.00 %)Photoshop
21 (25.00 %)WebLogic
21 (25.00 %)EJB
21 (25.00 %)JSP
21 (25.00 %)Servlets
21 (25.00 %)Struts
21 (25.00 %)WebServices
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)LAMP
21 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator

Senior Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (25.00 %)EJB
21 (25.00 %)JSP
21 (25.00 %)Servlets
21 (25.00 %)Struts
21 (25.00 %)WebServices
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)LAMP
21 (25.00 %).NET Framework
21 (25.00 %).NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)WebLogic
11 (25.00 %)Apache
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)Photoshop
11 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)MySQL
11 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Ant
11 (25.00 %)JUnit
11 (25.00 %)Eclipse
11 (25.00 %)WebLogic Workshop
11 (25.00 %)HttpUnit
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Computer Science
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)UML
21 (25.00 %)Document Management
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)PHP
21 (25.00 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)QA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle