The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lead 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 Portsmouth 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
Lead Developer
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.190% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.299% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+17.24% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.95% +33.33%
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
77 100 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 91.67% 100.00% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 40 42
Average daily rate £370 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £545 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 28 52
Average hourly rate £26.98 £21.75 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.02% -6.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £14.25 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Lead Developer
Hampshire

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth Lead Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience Design
2 1 (50.00%) Ektron

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience Design
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ektron