Developer IT Contracts in Northern Ireland
 
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 Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 24 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 Northern Ireland 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 76 54 115
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 32.62% 27.41% 31.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 44.19% 31.95% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 19 14
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £245 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £418
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
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 172 169 346
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 73.82% 85.79% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 50 116
Average daily rate £350 £328 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.87% -2.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £228 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 19
Average hourly rate £12.42 £12.50 £19.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.64% -35.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
UK

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim 0 67 £350 +18.14%
County Armagh - 4 - -
County Londonderry - 3 £463 -
Developer
UK

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 75 (46.01%) .NET
2 71 (43.56%) C#
3 51 (31.29%) SQL
4 41 (25.15%) JavaScript
5 39 (23.93%) SQL Server
6 38 (23.31%) Java
7 32 (19.63%) Oracle
7 32 (19.63%) CSS
8 30 (18.40%) Sybase
9 28 (17.18%) WCF
9 28 (17.18%) WPF
10 26 (15.95%) Finance
11 22 (13.50%) OO
12 21 (12.88%) Web Services
12 21 (12.88%) jQuery
13 20 (12.27%) WF
13 20 (12.27%) SharePoint
13 20 (12.27%) ASP.NET
13 20 (12.27%) HTML
13 20 (12.27%) WinForms
14 18 (11.04%) Banking
14 18 (11.04%) UNIX
15 17 (10.43%) SQL Server 2008
16 16 (9.816%) UML
17 15 (9.202%) C++
17 15 (9.202%) J2EE
17 15 (9.202%) VB
18 14 (8.589%) Ajax
18 14 (8.589%) HTML5
19 12 (7.362%) SharePoint 2010

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 75 (46.01%) .NET
2 32 (19.63%) CSS
3 28 (17.18%) WCF
3 28 (17.18%) WPF
4 21 (12.88%) Web Services
4 21 (12.88%) jQuery
5 20 (12.27%) WF
5 20 (12.27%) ASP.NET
5 20 (12.27%) HTML
5 20 (12.27%) WinForms
6 15 (9.202%) J2EE
7 14 (8.589%) Ajax
7 14 (8.589%) HTML5
8 12 (7.362%) CSS3
8 12 (7.362%) Dojo
8 12 (7.362%) XML
9 8 (4.908%) .NET Framework
9 8 (4.908%) WebSphere
10 7 (4.294%) JSON
11 5 (3.067%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 20 (12.27%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.362%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (5.521%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (2.454%) Adobe CQ
4 4 (2.454%) TIBCO EMS
5 3 (1.840%) StreamWeaver
5 3 (1.840%) ESB
6 2 (1.227%) WordPress
6 2 (1.227%) CMS
6 2 (1.227%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.613%) SAS
7 1 (0.613%) WebSphere Process Server
7 1 (0.613%) Exstream Dialogue
7 1 (0.613%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.613%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.613%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.613%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (0.613%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (3.067%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.454%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (1.840%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
4 1 (0.613%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.613%) Exstream
4 1 (0.613%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.454%) Internet
1 4 (2.454%) HTTP
2 3 (1.840%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.613%) FTP
3 1 (0.613%) SSH
3 1 (0.613%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (23.93%) SQL Server
2 17 (10.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (5.521%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (4.294%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (3.067%) MySQL
6 4 (2.454%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (2.454%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.840%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.227%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (1.227%) OLAP
8 2 (1.227%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.613%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.613%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.613%) SQLite
9 1 (0.613%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 8 (4.908%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (4.294%) JUnit
3 6 (3.681%) Git (software)
3 6 (3.681%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.454%) JDeveloper
5 2 (1.227%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.613%) Ant
6 1 (0.613%) Subversion
6 1 (0.613%) Maven
6 1 (0.613%) NUnit
6 1 (0.613%) MSTest
6 1 (0.613%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.613%) Selenium
6 1 (0.613%) JIRA
General
1 26 (15.95%) Finance
2 18 (11.04%) Banking
3 7 (4.294%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.454%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (2.454%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.613%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.681%) Computer Science
2 4 (2.454%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (2.454%) Digital Media
2 4 (2.454%) Credit Risk
3 3 (1.840%) Equities
4 2 (1.227%) Derivative
4 2 (1.227%) IPTV
4 2 (1.227%) iPhone
4 2 (1.227%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.227%) STB
5 1 (0.613%) W3C
5 1 (0.613%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.04%) UNIX
2 11 (6.748%) Linux
3 5 (3.067%) Android
4 3 (1.840%) Windows
4 3 (1.840%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (13.50%) OO
2 16 (9.816%) UML
3 10 (6.135%) Web Development
3 10 (6.135%) E-Commerce
3 10 (6.135%) TDD
3 10 (6.135%) MVC
4 7 (4.294%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (4.294%) Workflow
4 7 (4.294%) Web Design
5 6 (3.681%) Integration Testing
5 6 (3.681%) ETL
6 5 (3.067%) CRM
7 4 (2.454%) Responsive Web Design
7 4 (2.454%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 4 (2.454%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (2.454%) Product Management
7 4 (2.454%) System Testing
7 4 (2.454%) Multithreading
7 4 (2.454%) Release Management
7 4 (2.454%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 71 (43.56%) C#
2 51 (31.29%) SQL
3 41 (25.15%) JavaScript
4 38 (23.31%) Java
5 15 (9.202%) C++
5 15 (9.202%) VB
6 8 (4.908%) T-SQL
7 6 (3.681%) PHP
8 5 (3.067%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.454%) Ruby
9 4 (2.454%) Groovy
9 4 (2.454%) Perl
10 3 (1.840%) Python
10 3 (1.840%) VBA
11 2 (1.227%) C
11 2 (1.227%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.613%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.613%) Delphi
12 1 (0.613%) PHP5
12 1 (0.613%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (6.748%) Degree
2 2 (1.227%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.227%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.227%) QA
2 1 (0.613%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (0.613%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 2 (1.227%) Puppet
2 1 (0.613%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.613%) TIBCO Hawk
2 1 (0.613%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 32 (19.63%) Oracle
2 30 (18.40%) Sybase
3 8 (4.908%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.681%) HP
5 5 (3.067%) Twitter
6 4 (2.454%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.227%) Metastorm
7 2 (1.227%) IBM
8 1 (0.613%) Business Objects
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