The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Preston 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 7 4 3
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 5 44 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 10.20% 25.58% 18.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% 28.03% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 37 2
Average daily rate £264 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.42% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £290 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £441 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
45 157 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 91.84% 91.28% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 126 4
Average daily rate £300 £388 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.58% +46.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £282 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £475 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 1
Average hourly rate £19.00 £29.50 £11.07
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.59% +166.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
Lancashire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Preston Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Preston region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Preston Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Preston Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) BC Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) C#
2 7 (26.92%) .NET
3 6 (23.08%) J2EE
3 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
3 6 (23.08%) SQL
3 6 (23.08%) WCF
4 5 (19.23%) WebSphere
4 5 (19.23%) WebSphere Process Server
4 5 (19.23%) MVC
4 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
5 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (15.38%) IBM
5 4 (15.38%) WSDL
5 4 (15.38%) HTML
5 4 (15.38%) Java
5 4 (15.38%) CSS
5 4 (15.38%) SOAP
5 4 (15.38%) Web Services
5 4 (15.38%) XSD
5 4 (15.38%) Windows
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (11.54%) FindBugs
6 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
6 3 (11.54%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (11.54%) Hudson
6 3 (11.54%) jQuery

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

Application Development
1 7 (26.92%) .NET
2 6 (23.08%) J2EE
2 6 (23.08%) WCF
3 5 (19.23%) WebSphere
4 4 (15.38%) WSDL
4 4 (15.38%) HTML
4 4 (15.38%) CSS
4 4 (15.38%) SOAP
4 4 (15.38%) Web Services
4 4 (15.38%) XSD
5 3 (11.54%) jQuery
5 3 (11.54%) XML
5 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
6 2 (7.692%) Hibernate
6 2 (7.692%) JMS
6 2 (7.692%) ADO.NET
6 2 (7.692%) EJB
6 2 (7.692%) WPF
6 2 (7.692%) .NET Framework
6 2 (7.692%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (7.692%) IIS
2 2 (7.692%) Umbraco
3 1 (3.846%) Force.com
3 1 (3.846%) ESB
3 1 (3.846%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.846%) Photoshop
1 1 (3.846%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 7
3 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) FindBugs
1 3 (11.54%) Hudson
1 3 (11.54%) Checkstyle
1 3 (11.54%) AppScan
1 3 (11.54%) Maven
1 3 (11.54%) Ant
1 3 (11.54%) JUnit
2 1 (3.846%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.846%) Subversion
2 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (3.846%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.692%) NHS
4 1 (3.846%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) MVC
2 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (11.54%) Mobile Application Development
3 3 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (11.54%) TDD
3 3 (11.54%) UML
3 3 (11.54%) OO
3 3 (11.54%) Code Coverage
3 3 (11.54%) Workflow
4 2 (7.692%) Migration
4 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.692%) SOA
4 2 (7.692%) Document Management
4 2 (7.692%) Content Management
4 2 (7.692%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.692%) Dependency Injection
4 2 (7.692%) Web Application Development
5 1 (3.846%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) C#
2 6 (23.08%) SQL
3 4 (15.38%) Java
4 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.692%) T-SQL
4 2 (7.692%) VB
4 2 (7.692%) VB.NET
4 2 (7.692%) VB6
5 1 (3.846%) VC++
5 1 (3.846%) PHP
5 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.846%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) BC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Plesk
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) IBM
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 1 (3.846%) Facebook
4 1 (3.846%) Twitter
4 1 (3.846%) Salesforce.com