The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 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 Nottinghamshire 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
Software Developer
Rank 40 36 31
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 3 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.901% 1.053% 1.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.952% 1.124% 1.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £400 £263 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
315 267 276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 94.59% 93.68% 93.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 138 88
Average daily rate £350 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £154
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 14 26
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £10.27
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Developer
East Midlands

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham -9 2 £400 +52.38%
Software Developer
East Midlands

Software Developer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) C
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (50.00%) Freescale
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) SSADM
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Uniface
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
4 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 1 (16.67%) QMS
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) SSADM
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
1 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Scrum
1 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
1 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
1 1 (16.67%) QMS
1 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Freescale
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft