The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Programmer 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 Software Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Programmer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Programmer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £225 £350
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.53%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
167 166 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.26% 97.08% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 93 65
Average daily rate £301 £320 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.93% -5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £436 £450 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 23
Average hourly rate £10.00 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Software Programmer
South West

Software Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Software Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Software Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Software Programmer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Software Programmer 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 Software Programmer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) MFC
1 5 (100.00%) VC++
1 5 (100.00%) Fortran
1 5 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 5 (100.00%) DirectX
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics

Software Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Software Programmer 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 Software Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) MFC
1 5 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 5 (100.00%) DirectX
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) VC++
1 5 (100.00%) Fortran