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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5050
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.840 %0.535 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£359
% change on same period last year+9.87 %
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£34.42£38.12
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads595561
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.846 %0.567 %
Daily rates quoted152100
Average minimum daily rate£285£295
Average daily rate£302£316
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted97102
Average minimum hourly rate£17.93£16.27
Average hourly rate£19.10£17.50
% change on same period last year+9.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.28£18.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Senior Developer South EastSenior Developer
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.

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
OxfordNew entry-1--
Senior Developer South EastSenior Developer
South East

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

17 (63.64 %)C++
25 (45.45 %)OO
34 (36.36 %)E-Commerce
34 (36.36 %).NET
43 (27.27 %)J2EE
43 (27.27 %)Java
43 (27.27 %)Swing
43 (27.27 %)Hibernate
52 (18.18 %)OOP
52 (18.18 %)WCF
52 (18.18 %)WPF
52 (18.18 %)WinForms
52 (18.18 %)OpenGL
52 (18.18 %)STL
52 (18.18 %)XML
52 (18.18 %)Microsoft
52 (18.18 %)C#
52 (18.18 %)VB.NET
52 (18.18 %)SQL Server
61 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
61 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
61 (9.091 %)CSS
61 (9.091 %)MFC
61 (9.091 %)MySQL
61 (9.091 %)HTML
61 (9.091 %)JavaScript
61 (9.091 %)PHP
61 (9.091 %)VB
61 (9.091 %)Epicor
61 (9.091 %)Commerce Server

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (36.36 %).NET
23 (27.27 %)J2EE
23 (27.27 %)Swing
23 (27.27 %)Hibernate
32 (18.18 %)WCF
32 (18.18 %)WPF
32 (18.18 %)WinForms
32 (18.18 %)OpenGL
32 (18.18 %)STL
32 (18.18 %)XML
41 (9.091 %)CSS
41 (9.091 %)MFC
41 (9.091 %)HTML
41 (9.091 %)XHTML
41 (9.091 %)DirectX
41 (9.091 %)MVC
41 (9.091 %)AJAX
41 (9.091 %)Symfony
41 (9.091 %)LINQ
41 (9.091 %)Drupal
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)Commerce Server
11 (9.091 %)SharePoint
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (9.091 %)FRx
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)Ethernet
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server
21 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
21 (9.091 %)MySQL
21 (9.091 %)PostgreSQL
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Front Office
11 (9.091 %)Back Office
11 (9.091 %)3D Graphics
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)Mathematics
11 (9.091 %)Computer Science
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (9.091 %)Windows
11 (9.091 %)Linux
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (45.45 %)OO
24 (36.36 %)E-Commerce
32 (18.18 %)OOP
41 (9.091 %)ERP
41 (9.091 %)EAI
41 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (63.64 %)C++
23 (27.27 %)Java
32 (18.18 %)C#
32 (18.18 %)VB.NET
41 (9.091 %)JavaScript
41 (9.091 %)PHP
41 (9.091 %)VB
41 (9.091 %)VC++
41 (9.091 %)PHP5
41 (9.091 %)PHP4
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft
21 (9.091 %)Epicor
21 (9.091 %)Infragistics