Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3442
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads157
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.009 %
As % of the category below3.472 %1.549 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£238£300
Average daily rate£256£325
% change on same period last year-21.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£322
% 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£30.06£32.64
% change on same period last year-7.92 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads432452
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.871 %0.554 %
Daily rates quoted10191
Average minimum daily rate£293£333
Average daily rate£312£353
% change on same period last year-11.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted113100
Average minimum hourly rate£21.97£16.84
Average hourly rate£22.85£18.82
% change on same period last year+21.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.72£20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.06£23.41
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Programmer South EastProgrammer
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.

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programmer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009.

Oxfordshire Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BicesterNew entry-1--
AbingdonNew entry-1--
OxfordUp+21--
Programmer South EastProgrammer
South East

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

113 (52.00 %)C++
26 (24.00 %)Java
26 (24.00 %)Linux
26 (24.00 %)OO
35 (20.00 %)Pascal
35 (20.00 %)UNIX
35 (20.00 %)Python
35 (20.00 %)C#
35 (20.00 %)Perforce
35 (20.00 %)Degree
35 (20.00 %)Computer Science
44 (16.00 %)SQL
53 (12.00 %)C
53 (12.00 %).NET
53 (12.00 %)LDAP
53 (12.00 %)Microsoft
62 (8.000 %)Government
62 (8.000 %)PHP
62 (8.000 %)XML
62 (8.000 %)MySQL
62 (8.000 %)Oracle
62 (8.000 %)VBA
71 (4.000 %)Perl
71 (4.000 %)COBOL
71 (4.000 %)SQL Server
71 (4.000 %)Visual Studio
71 (4.000 %)ASP.NET
71 (4.000 %)ATL
71 (4.000 %)COM
71 (4.000 %)MFC

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (12.00 %).NET
22 (8.000 %)XML
31 (4.000 %)ActiveX
31 (4.000 %)MFC
31 (4.000 %)ASP.NET
31 (4.000 %)ATL
31 (4.000 %)COM
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (12.00 %)LDAP
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.000 %)MySQL
21 (4.000 %)SQL Server
21 (4.000 %)MS Access
21 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.000 %)Visual Studio
11 (4.000 %)Subversion
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.000 %)Government
21 (4.000 %)Local Government
21 (4.000 %)Automotive
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (20.00 %)Computer Science
21 (4.000 %)Mathematics
21 (4.000 %)Physics
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (24.00 %)Linux
25 (20.00 %)UNIX
31 (4.000 %)Windows
31 (4.000 %)Windows Vista
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (24.00 %)OO
21 (4.000 %)E-Commerce
21 (4.000 %)EAI
21 (4.000 %)OOD
21 (4.000 %)SOA
21 (4.000 %)Project Management
21 (4.000 %)Content Management
21 (4.000 %)Logistics
21 (4.000 %)Software Engineering
21 (4.000 %)UML
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (52.00 %)C++
26 (24.00 %)Java
35 (20.00 %)C#
35 (20.00 %)Python
35 (20.00 %)Pascal
44 (16.00 %)SQL
53 (12.00 %)C
62 (8.000 %)VBA
62 (8.000 %)PHP
71 (4.000 %)VC++
71 (4.000 %)Perl
71 (4.000 %)COBOL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (20.00 %)Degree
21 (4.000 %)Security Cleared
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (20.00 %)Perforce
23 (12.00 %)Microsoft
32 (8.000 %)Oracle