The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Somerset 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 31 26 36
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.639% 2.890% 0.478%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.786% 2.976% 0.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £363 £355
% change year-on-year
+0.68% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -17.64%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
168 168 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.80% 97.11% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 90 96
Average daily rate £275 £350 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +22.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £230 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.69 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.29% +51.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £9.85 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £27.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Senior Developer
South West

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Vacancies
Taunton +1 3 - -
Bath - - - - 2
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Senior Developer
South West

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

1 18 (94.74%) .NET
2 16 (84.21%) SharePoint
3 15 (78.95%) C#
4 14 (73.68%) Oracle
4 14 (73.68%) ASP.NET
5 13 (68.42%) XML
5 13 (68.42%) SQL
6 12 (63.16%) JavaScript
6 12 (63.16%) HTML
6 12 (63.16%) IIS
6 12 (63.16%) UML
6 12 (63.16%) VB.NET
7 11 (57.89%) Unit Testing
7 11 (57.89%) ASP
7 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
7 11 (57.89%) C++
7 11 (57.89%) VB
8 10 (52.63%) Java
8 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
8 10 (52.63%) Ingres
8 10 (52.63%) NUnit
8 10 (52.63%) .NET Framework
8 10 (52.63%) UNIX
8 10 (52.63%) MSTest
9 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
10 8 (42.11%) ITIL
11 7 (36.84%) OpenROAD
11 7 (36.84%) Subversion
11 7 (36.84%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (36.84%) Jenkins

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Application Development
1 18 (94.74%) .NET
2 14 (73.68%) ASP.NET
3 13 (68.42%) XML
4 12 (63.16%) HTML
5 11 (57.89%) ASP
6 10 (52.63%) .NET Framework
7 2 (10.53%) WCF
7 2 (10.53%) Web Services
8 1 (5.263%) JMS
8 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 16 (84.21%) SharePoint
2 12 (63.16%) IIS
3 7 (36.84%) OpenROAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
1 10 (52.63%) Ingres
2 6 (31.58%) SQLPlus
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.263%) DB2
3 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 10 (52.63%) NUnit
1 10 (52.63%) MSTest
2 7 (36.84%) Subversion
2 7 (36.84%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (36.84%) Jenkins
3 5 (26.32%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 5 (26.32%) CruiseControl
3 5 (26.32%) TeamCity
4 2 (10.53%) MSBuild
4 2 (10.53%) Rhino Mocks
5 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
Operating Systems
1 10 (52.63%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) UML
2 11 (57.89%) Unit Testing
3 8 (42.11%) ITIL
4 6 (31.58%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Scrum
7 1 (5.263%) OpenUP
7 1 (5.263%) OOP
7 1 (5.263%) OO
7 1 (5.263%) ETL
7 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.263%) Kanban
7 1 (5.263%) ITSM
7 1 (5.263%) Workflow
7 1 (5.263%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) C#
2 13 (68.42%) SQL
3 12 (63.16%) JavaScript
3 12 (63.16%) VB.NET
4 11 (57.89%) C++
4 11 (57.89%) VB
5 10 (52.63%) Java
6 1 (5.263%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) ISEB
4 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (15.79%) MCP
4 3 (15.79%) MCTS
4 3 (15.79%) MCPD
5 1 (5.263%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Oracle
2 11 (57.89%) Microsoft