The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull 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 21 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 Solihull 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 5 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 11 11 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 18.33% 13.58% 17.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.57% 16.42% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
Average daily rate £275 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £148 £143
10% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £457 £208
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
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
51 67 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 85.00% 82.72% 84.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 19
Average daily rate £295 £225 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.11% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £165 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £445 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 £8.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.58% -50.00%
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 Solihull region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solihull Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 16 (76.19%) .NET
2 15 (71.43%) C#
3 11 (52.38%) SQL Server
4 10 (47.62%) CSS
5 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET
6 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
7 7 (33.33%) XHTML
7 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
7 7 (33.33%) .NET Framework
8 6 (28.57%) jQuery
8 6 (28.57%) SQL
8 6 (28.57%) HTML
8 6 (28.57%) Web Services
9 5 (23.81%) MVC
9 5 (23.81%) CSS3
10 4 (19.05%) HTML5
10 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
11 3 (14.29%) Windows
11 3 (14.29%) OO
11 3 (14.29%) ASP
11 3 (14.29%) SOAP
11 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
11 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (14.29%) Ajax
11 3 (14.29%) Workflow
11 3 (14.29%) Finance
11 3 (14.29%) Degree
11 3 (14.29%) Web Development
11 3 (14.29%) Web Application Development

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 (76.19%) .NET
2 10 (47.62%) CSS
3 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET
4 7 (33.33%) XHTML
4 7 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 6 (28.57%) jQuery
5 6 (28.57%) HTML
5 6 (28.57%) Web Services
6 5 (23.81%) CSS3
7 4 (19.05%) HTML5
8 3 (14.29%) ASP
8 3 (14.29%) SOAP
8 3 (14.29%) Ajax
9 2 (9.524%) JSON
9 2 (9.524%) Dojo
9 2 (9.524%) WCF
9 2 (9.524%) YUI
9 2 (9.524%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (9.524%) XML
9 2 (9.524%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.762%) IIS
1 1 (4.762%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.762%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.762%) MS Office
2 1 (4.762%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (4.762%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.762%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (52.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.762%) DTS
4 1 (4.762%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.762%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.762%) MorphX
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) NHS
1 1 (4.762%) Web 2.0
1 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.762%) Digital Media
1 1 (4.762%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) MVC
2 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (14.29%) OO
3 3 (14.29%) Workflow
3 3 (14.29%) Web Development
3 3 (14.29%) Web Application Development
4 2 (9.524%) Graceful Degradation
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) CRM
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE
5 1 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) Content Management
5 1 (4.762%) Information Management
5 1 (4.762%) Industrial Design
5 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.762%) Scrum
5 1 (4.762%) Progressive Enhancement
5 1 (4.762%) Data Entry
5 1 (4.762%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) C#
2 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 6 (28.57%) SQL
4 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 2 (9.524%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.762%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.762%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle
3 1 (4.762%) CODA
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