The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 68 82 76
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 2 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.240% 0.179% 0.864%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.263% 0.195% 0.981%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £425 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +39.34%
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
760 1028 917
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.02% 92.20% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 347 409
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 61 42
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.58 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.56% +24.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £22.60 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Lead Developer
Berkshire

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Lead Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (50.00%) Web Development
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) XAML
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) RUP
2 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 8
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) RUP
2 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) XAML
Reading, Thames Valley
A national media organisation are urgently seeking an experienced Lead Developer to come on board and lead the update of their customer membership system which is currently developed...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013