Software Developer Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 94 109 110
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 23 23 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.001% 0.726% 0.715%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.073% 0.793% 0.770%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 4
Average daily rate £288 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £230 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £305 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +85.18%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2144 2900 2856
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.34% 91.57% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1014 1446 1426
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 169 190
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.12% +14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.29 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester +11 13 £270 +17.39%
Merseyside +8 4 - -
Lancashire - 4 £290 -
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 47 (79.66%) SQL Server
2 46 (77.97%) C#
2 46 (77.97%) .NET
3 35 (59.32%) ASP.NET
4 30 (50.85%) CSS
5 29 (49.15%) WCF
6 28 (47.46%) HTML
7 24 (40.68%) JavaScript
7 24 (40.68%) MVC
8 23 (38.98%) jQuery
8 23 (38.98%) SQL Server 2008
9 22 (37.29%) Web Services
10 20 (33.90%) SQL Server 2005
11 18 (30.51%) XML
11 18 (30.51%) Visual Studio
12 15 (25.42%) Windows
13 14 (23.73%) Microsoft
13 14 (23.73%) SQL
14 12 (20.34%) Java
14 12 (20.34%) .NET Framework
15 11 (18.64%) Agile Software Development
16 10 (16.95%) MS Excel
17 9 (15.25%) XSD
17 9 (15.25%) XSLT
17 9 (15.25%) ASP.NET MVC
18 8 (13.56%) C++
18 8 (13.56%) Ajax
18 8 (13.56%) NHS
19 7 (11.86%) TDD
19 7 (11.86%) VB

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (77.97%) .NET
2 35 (59.32%) ASP.NET
3 30 (50.85%) CSS
4 29 (49.15%) WCF
5 28 (47.46%) HTML
6 23 (38.98%) jQuery
7 22 (37.29%) Web Services
8 18 (30.51%) XML
9 12 (20.34%) .NET Framework
10 9 (15.25%) ASP.NET MVC
10 9 (15.25%) XSD
10 9 (15.25%) XSLT
11 8 (13.56%) Ajax
12 7 (11.86%) HTML5
12 7 (11.86%) CSS3
12 7 (11.86%) Backbone.js
13 6 (10.17%) ASP.NET MVC 2
13 6 (10.17%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 6 (10.17%) LINQ
13 6 (10.17%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.780%) IIS
3 3 (5.085%) ESB
4 2 (3.390%) Apache
5 1 (1.695%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.695%) SonicMQ
5 1 (1.695%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (1.695%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (16.95%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.695%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.695%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (79.66%) SQL Server
2 23 (38.98%) SQL Server 2008
3 20 (33.90%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (11.86%) MongoDB
5 6 (10.17%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (6.780%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (6.780%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (5.085%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (5.085%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (3.390%) MySQL
8 2 (3.390%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (1.695%) SQLPlus
9 1 (1.695%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (1.695%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (1.695%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.695%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (1.695%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.695%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 18 (30.51%) Visual Studio
2 7 (11.86%) Git (software)
3 5 (8.475%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.390%) NUnit
4 2 (3.390%) Subversion
4 2 (3.390%) JUnit
4 2 (3.390%) JIRA
4 2 (3.390%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.695%) Maven
5 1 (1.695%) InstallShield
5 1 (1.695%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (5.085%) Games
2 2 (3.390%) Finance
3 1 (1.695%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.695%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) NHS
2 4 (6.780%) N-Tier
3 3 (5.085%) W3C
4 2 (3.390%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.390%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.695%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.695%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.695%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.42%) Windows
2 4 (6.780%) Linux
2 4 (6.780%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (6.780%) Android
2 4 (6.780%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (6.780%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.085%) UNIX
3 3 (5.085%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (3.390%) Mac OS X
4 2 (3.390%) AIX
4 2 (3.390%) Solaris
5 1 (1.695%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) MVC
2 11 (18.64%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (11.86%) TDD
3 7 (11.86%) OO
4 6 (10.17%) Scrum
4 6 (10.17%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (10.17%) Web Application Development
5 5 (8.475%) Unit Testing
5 5 (8.475%) UML
6 4 (6.780%) OOP
6 4 (6.780%) Project Management
6 4 (6.780%) Domain-Driven Design
7 2 (3.390%) Dependency Injection
7 2 (3.390%) MVVM
7 2 (3.390%) BDD
7 2 (3.390%) Regression Testing
7 2 (3.390%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (3.390%) Web Development
7 2 (3.390%) Pair Programming
7 2 (3.390%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (77.97%) C#
2 24 (40.68%) JavaScript
3 14 (23.73%) SQL
4 12 (20.34%) Java
5 8 (13.56%) C++
6 7 (11.86%) VB
7 5 (8.475%) PHP
8 4 (6.780%) T-SQL
8 4 (6.780%) VBScript
9 3 (5.085%) Shell Script
10 2 (3.390%) VB6
10 2 (3.390%) Ruby
10 2 (3.390%) VB.NET
10 2 (3.390%) ActionScript
10 2 (3.390%) PL/SQL
10 2 (3.390%) Perl
11 1 (1.695%) VBA
11 1 (1.695%) XPath
Qualifications
1 4 (6.780%) Degree
2 1 (1.695%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.695%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.695%) TickIT
Vendors
1 14 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.475%) Oracle
3 2 (3.390%) HP
3 2 (3.390%) Twitter
4 1 (1.695%) Adobe
4 1 (1.695%) SunGard
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Manchester, Lancashire
The key skills they are looking for are: Experience of .net up to and including .net 4.5 and C# .Net Web Application Development (ASP.NET/MVC) HTML,...
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Rate: £230.00 - £290.00 per annum
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Rate: £230.00 - £290.00 per annum
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