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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads192180
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.256 %0.182 %
As % of the category below29.63 %29.70 %
Daily rates quoted3340
Average minimum daily rate£315£288
Average daily rate£342£321
% change on same period last year+6.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£332
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted197
Average minimum hourly rate£32.11£30.38
Average hourly rate£34.00£32.13
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.89£33.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£33.31
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads648606
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.864 %0.613 %
Daily rates quoted128119
Average minimum daily rate£293£311
Average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted144124
Average minimum hourly rate£18.70£20.16
Average hourly rate£20.33£21.65
% change on same period last year-6.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.96£23.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Developer South EastDeveloper
South East

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxfordshire Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxfordshire Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
OxfordNo change072£399+21.52 %
BicesterDown-114--
AbingdonDown-84£275-21.42 %
BanburyNew entry-4£285-
Henley-on-ThamesNo change02--
ThameUp+11£340-
FaringdonNo change01--
Developer South EastDeveloper
South East

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1176 (44.22 %).NET
2143 (35.93 %)C#
3123 (30.90 %)SQL Server
4118 (29.65 %)ASP.NET
5114 (28.64 %)SQL
683 (20.85 %)HTML
780 (20.10 %)JavaScript
872 (18.09 %)CSS
971 (17.84 %)SQL Server 2005
1063 (15.83 %)XML
1160 (15.08 %)PHP
1258 (14.57 %)OO
1352 (13.07 %)MySQL
1444 (11.06 %)WebServices
1543 (10.80 %)VB.NET
1641 (10.30 %)Microsoft
1740 (10.05 %)Ingres
1740 (10.05 %)Java
1839 (9.799 %)C++
1839 (9.799 %)SQL Server 2000
1935 (8.794 %)XHTML
2032 (8.040 %)PHP5
2127 (6.784 %)Security Cleared
2225 (6.281 %)Web Development
2324 (6.030 %)Unit Testing
2324 (6.030 %)SharePoint
2324 (6.030 %)UNIX
2423 (5.779 %)Transact-SQL
2522 (5.528 %)VB
2522 (5.528 %)Shell Script

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1176 (44.22 %).NET
2118 (29.65 %)ASP.NET
383 (20.85 %)HTML
472 (18.09 %)CSS
563 (15.83 %)XML
644 (11.06 %)WebServices
735 (8.794 %)XHTML
820 (5.025 %)ASP
919 (4.774 %)WinForms
919 (4.774 %)AJAX
1018 (4.523 %)WCF
1018 (4.523 %)Zend Framework
1115 (3.769 %)J2EE
1213 (3.266 %)XSLT
1213 (3.266 %)WebSphere
1312 (3.015 %)WPF
1411 (2.764 %)Fusebox
1411 (2.764 %).NET Framework
1411 (2.764 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1411 (2.764 %)OpenGL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (6.030 %)SharePoint
212 (3.015 %)ColdFusion
311 (2.764 %)ColdFusion MX
311 (2.764 %)Commerce Server
49 (2.261 %)SharePoint Server 2007
49 (2.261 %)BizTalk Server
49 (2.261 %)Apache
58 (2.010 %)CMS
58 (2.010 %)SugarCRM
67 (1.759 %)IIS
75 (1.256 %)Commerce Server 2007
83 (0.754 %)JBoss
92 (0.503 %)WebLogic
92 (0.503 %)MTS
101 (0.251 %)Oracle Spatial
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.005 %)Photoshop
14 (1.005 %)MS Office
23 (0.754 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (0.503 %)MS Excel
32 (0.503 %)Fireworks
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.251 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.251 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.251 %)Axapta
11 (0.251 %)Dynamics AX
11 (0.251 %)FRx
11 (0.251 %)SAP ERP
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (2.010 %)Internet
26 (1.508 %)LDAP
35 (1.256 %)Intranet
43 (0.754 %)DNS
52 (0.503 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.503 %)Firewall
52 (0.503 %)GPRS
52 (0.503 %)GSM
52 (0.503 %)UMTS
52 (0.503 %)DHCP
61 (0.251 %)Ethernet
61 (0.251 %)HTTP
61 (0.251 %)WAN
61 (0.251 %)LAN
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1123 (30.90 %)SQL Server
271 (17.84 %)SQL Server 2005
352 (13.07 %)MySQL
440 (10.05 %)Ingres
539 (9.799 %)SQL Server 2000
620 (5.025 %)SQL Server 7
711 (2.764 %)Crystal Reports
88 (2.010 %)Oracle 9i
88 (2.010 %)PostgreSQL
97 (1.759 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
97 (1.759 %)Datawarehouse
97 (1.759 %)BusinessObjects
106 (1.508 %)DB2
115 (1.256 %)Oracle 10g
124 (1.005 %)RDBMS
133 (0.754 %)TOAD
133 (0.754 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
142 (0.503 %)UniData
142 (0.503 %)Oracle Discoverer
142 (0.503 %)Oracle Reports
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (5.276 %)Visual Studio
216 (4.020 %)Flash
38 (2.010 %)NUnit
47 (1.759 %)Eclipse
55 (1.256 %)Subversion
63 (0.754 %)VSS/SourceSafe
63 (0.754 %)Oracle Forms
72 (0.503 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.251 %)JUnit
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (4.523 %)Games
217 (4.271 %)Marketing
314 (3.518 %)Finance
411 (2.764 %)Government
59 (2.261 %)Back Office
59 (2.261 %)3D Graphics
64 (1.005 %)Automotive
64 (1.005 %)Construction
73 (0.754 %)Front Office
73 (0.754 %)Retail
73 (0.754 %)Local Government
73 (0.754 %)Flash Games
82 (0.503 %)Insurance
82 (0.503 %)Education
91 (0.251 %)Banking
91 (0.251 %)Telecoms
91 (0.251 %)Aerospace
91 (0.251 %)Health
91 (0.251 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.251 %)Publishing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (1.256 %)Physics
15 (1.256 %)Computer Science
24 (1.005 %)Web 2.0
33 (0.754 %)Client/Server
33 (0.754 %)Mathematics
42 (0.503 %)E-Learning
51 (0.251 %)Chemistry
51 (0.251 %)W3C
51 (0.251 %)Pocket PC
51 (0.251 %)PDA
51 (0.251 %)Social Network
51 (0.251 %)Mashup
51 (0.251 %)Multithreading
51 (0.251 %)Data Extraction
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (6.030 %)UNIX
216 (4.020 %)Windows
36 (1.508 %)HPUX
36 (1.508 %)Linux
43 (0.754 %)Windows CE
52 (0.503 %)Windows Mobile
52 (0.503 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.251 %)Mac OS X
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
158 (14.57 %)OO
227 (6.784 %)Security Cleared
325 (6.281 %)Web Development
424 (6.030 %)Unit Testing
520 (5.025 %)E-Commerce
619 (4.774 %)SC Cleared
716 (4.020 %)UML
716 (4.020 %)Content Management
813 (3.266 %)OOD
911 (2.764 %)CRM
1010 (2.513 %)Digital Marketing
118 (2.010 %)ERP
127 (1.759 %)OOP
127 (1.759 %)Data Management
136 (1.508 %)Web Design
136 (1.508 %)BC Cleared
145 (1.256 %)Programme Management
145 (1.256 %)Data Modelling
154 (1.005 %)OOA/OOD
154 (1.005 %)Business Intelligence
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1143 (35.93 %)C#
2114 (28.64 %)SQL
380 (20.10 %)JavaScript
460 (15.08 %)PHP
543 (10.80 %)VB.NET
640 (10.05 %)Java
739 (9.799 %)C++
832 (8.040 %)PHP5
923 (5.779 %)Transact-SQL
1022 (5.528 %)VB
1022 (5.528 %)Shell Script
1115 (3.769 %)ActionScript
1210 (2.513 %)PL/SQL
1210 (2.513 %)PHP4
137 (1.759 %)VB6
137 (1.759 %)C
145 (1.256 %)VC++
154 (1.005 %)VBScript
154 (1.005 %)XPath
154 (1.005 %)XQuery
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (3.015 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (2.010 %)MCAD
28 (2.010 %)MCSD
35 (1.256 %)MCP
42 (0.503 %)MCTS
42 (0.503 %)Degree
42 (0.503 %)MCDBA
51 (0.251 %)IBM Certification
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.251 %)HL7
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.251 %)Active Directory
11 (0.251 %)AquaLogic
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.508 %)Tivoli
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
141 (10.30 %)Microsoft
222 (5.528 %)Zend
315 (3.769 %)HP
315 (3.769 %)Oracle
410 (2.513 %)IBM
57 (1.759 %)Business Objects
57 (1.759 %)Epicor
64 (1.005 %)SEEBURGER
64 (1.005 %)SAP
72 (0.503 %)Google
72 (0.503 %)Mercator
81 (0.251 %)Perforce
81 (0.251 %)Trolltech
81 (0.251 %)Borland
81 (0.251 %)PeopleSoft
81 (0.251 %)BEA
81 (0.251 %)Adobe
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