The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire 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 23 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 Shropshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 18 47 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 16.51% 37.01% 36.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.95% 39.17% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 19
Average daily rate £250 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
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
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95 120 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 87.16% 94.49% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 75 39
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £563 £500 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £10.00 £10.00 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
West Midlands

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Telford -6 8 £250 -33.33%
Developer
West Midlands

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 20 (47.62%) SQL
2 16 (38.10%) .NET
3 15 (35.71%) UNIX
3 15 (35.71%) Waterfall
4 13 (30.95%) C#
4 13 (30.95%) Java
5 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
6 10 (23.81%) J2EE
7 9 (21.43%) RUP
8 8 (19.05%) OO
8 8 (19.05%) Oracle
8 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
8 8 (19.05%) Pega
9 7 (16.67%) ASP.NET
10 6 (14.29%) Informatica
10 6 (14.29%) PL/SQL
11 5 (11.90%) C
11 5 (11.90%) Web Services
11 5 (11.90%) MS Excel
11 5 (11.90%) webMethods
11 5 (11.90%) Data Analysis
12 4 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
12 4 (9.524%) Shell Script
12 4 (9.524%) SharePoint
12 4 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (9.524%) Perl
13 3 (7.143%) VB
13 3 (7.143%) VB.NET
13 3 (7.143%) Windows
13 3 (7.143%) Business Intelligence

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 16 (38.10%) .NET
2 10 (23.81%) J2EE
3 7 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 5 (11.90%) Web Services
5 2 (4.762%) Silverlight
5 2 (4.762%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.762%) XML
5 2 (4.762%) XSLT
5 2 (4.762%) CSS
5 2 (4.762%) HTML
6 1 (2.381%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (2.381%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 1 (2.381%) jQuery
6 1 (2.381%) JSON
6 1 (2.381%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (4.762%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.381%) MQSeries
4 1 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.381%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.381%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.381%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.381%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (2.381%) Swedish Language
Operating Systems
1 15 (35.71%) UNIX
2 3 (7.143%) Windows
3 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (4.762%) Windows 7
3 2 (4.762%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Waterfall
2 9 (21.43%) RUP
3 8 (19.05%) OO
4 5 (11.90%) Data Analysis
5 4 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.762%) Configuration Management
7 2 (4.762%) Validation
8 1 (2.381%) Data Modelling
8 1 (2.381%) OOD
8 1 (2.381%) ETL
8 1 (2.381%) MVC
8 1 (2.381%) ERP
8 1 (2.381%) Test Strategy
8 1 (2.381%) Problem Management
8 1 (2.381%) Performance Testing
8 1 (2.381%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (47.62%) SQL
2 13 (30.95%) C#
2 13 (30.95%) Java
3 6 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 5 (11.90%) C
5 4 (9.524%) Shell Script
5 4 (9.524%) Perl
6 3 (7.143%) VB
6 3 (7.143%) VB.NET
7 2 (4.762%) VB6
7 2 (4.762%) VBA
7 2 (4.762%) T-SQL
7 2 (4.762%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.381%) C++
8 1 (2.381%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.762%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Oracle
2 8 (19.05%) Pega
3 6 (14.29%) Informatica
4 5 (11.90%) webMethods
5 2 (4.762%) Twitter
5 2 (4.762%) BEA
5 2 (4.762%) ION Trading
6 1 (2.381%) Business Objects
6 1 (2.381%) SAP
6 1 (2.381%) JD Edwards
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