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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts within the Preston 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
Rank17-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.333 %0.000 %
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 %
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Preston
Matching contract IT job ads7583
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted2011
Average minimum daily rate£237£339
Average daily rate£250£349
% change on same period last year-28.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£262£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted3119
Average minimum hourly rate£20.55£25.29
Average hourly rate£22.60£26.18
% change on same period last year-13.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.65£27.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Senior Developer LancashireSenior Developer
Lancashire

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 Preston region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Preston Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
31 (33.33 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (33.33 %)DHTML
31 (33.33 %)JavaScript
31 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)AJAX

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)DHTML
21 (33.33 %)JavaScript
21 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
21 (33.33 %)SQL