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Developer IT Contracts in the South East

Browse 654 Developer job vacancies in the South East

The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 20 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 South East 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.

3 months to
20 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Developer

Rank

Rank change year-on-year

-1

Contract jobs requiring a Developer

1418

1708

2068

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East

17.43%

17.38%

19.56%

As % of the Job Titles category

18.77%

18.89%

21.13%

Number of daily rates quoted

746

924

985

Average daily rate

£350

£325

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+7.69%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£225

£250

£226

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£425

£438

£425

UK excluding London average daily rate

£325

Number of hourly rates quoted

123

Average hourly rate

£35.00

£40.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-12.50%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£21.55

£19.00

£26.50

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£45.00

£42.50

£45.00

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£35.00

£31.50

£35.00

% change year-on-year

+11.11%

-10.00%

All Job Titles
South East

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category

7554

9043

9785

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East

92.84%

92.03%

92.56%

Number of daily rates quoted

3818

4070

4253

Average daily rate

£350

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£200

£225

£215

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£500

£494

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

Number of hourly rates quoted

593

676

850

Average hourly rate

£18.00

£18.50

£19.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-2.70%

-2.63%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£12.00

£11.00

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£40.00

£42.50

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£17.50

£18.00

£20.00

% change year-on-year

-2.77%

-10.00%

Developer
England

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 (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	Find Job Vacancies
Berkshire	-1	383	£350	+9.37%	115
Hampshire	-2	287	£325	-	132
Surrey	0	252	£350	+2.94%	134
Buckinghamshire	0	159	£325	+4.83%	50
East Sussex	0	87	£350	+8.52%	36
Oxfordshire	-2	80	£325	-3.70%	91
West Sussex	-1	61	£350	+6.87%	22
Kent	-1	43	£325	+8.33%	49
Middlesex	+1	19	£350	-3.44%	4
Home Counties	+3	10	£310	-22.50%
Sussex	-1	6	£300	-4.76%
Thames Valley	-2	4	£450	+55.17%
Isle of Wight	-	-	-	-
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Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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	950 (34.41%)	.NET
2	907 (32.85%)	SQL
3	905 (32.78%)	JavaScript
4	839 (30.39%)	C#
5	812 (29.41%)	CSS
6	746 (27.02%)	SQL Server
7	733 (26.55%)	HTML
8	620 (22.46%)	jQuery
9	533 (19.30%)	ASP.NET
10	526 (19.05%)	XML
11	523 (18.94%)	MVC
12	497 (18.00%)	Java
13	385 (13.94%)	Oracle
14	353 (12.79%)	Microsoft
15	332 (12.02%)	Agile Software Development

16	322 (11.66%)	HTML5
17	319 (11.55%)	Web Services
18	318 (11.52%)	TDD
19	300 (10.87%)	Scrum
20	277 (10.03%)	Windows
21	265 (9.598%)	PHP
22	264 (9.562%)	OO
23	257 (9.308%)	WCF
24	255 (9.236%)	Finance
25	230 (8.330%)	Ajax
26	221 (8.004%)	ASP.NET MVC
27	220 (7.968%)	Web Development
28	210 (7.606%)	SQL Server 2008
29	203 (7.352%)	CSS3
30	202 (7.316%)	.NET Framework

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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	950 (34.41%)	.NET
2	812 (29.41%)	CSS
3	733 (26.55%)	HTML
4	620 (22.46%)	jQuery
5	533 (19.30%)	ASP.NET
6	526 (19.05%)	XML
7	322 (11.66%)	HTML5
8	319 (11.55%)	Web Services
9	257 (9.308%)	WCF
10	230 (8.330%)	Ajax
11	221 (8.004%)	ASP.NET MVC
12	203 (7.352%)	CSS3
13	202 (7.316%)	.NET Framework
14	195 (7.063%)	Spring
15	156 (5.650%)	Hibernate
16	153 (5.541%)	XSLT
17	140 (5.071%)	JSP
18	138 (4.998%)	JSON
19	137 (4.962%)	J2EE
19	137 (4.962%)	XHTML

Application Platforms
1	189 (6.845%)	SharePoint
2	145 (5.252%)	CMS
3	81 (2.934%)	SharePoint 2010
4	78 (2.825%)	Apache
5	68 (2.463%)	Windows Azure
6	65 (2.354%)	ESB
7	54 (1.956%)	Drupal
8	47 (1.702%)	BizTalk Server
9	45 (1.630%)	IIS
9	45 (1.630%)	Tomcat
10	40 (1.449%)	SharePoint Server
11	39 (1.413%)	WebLogic
12	25 (0.905%)	Umbraco
12	25 (0.905%)	SAS
13	24 (0.869%)	Adobe CQ
14	22 (0.797%)	Oracle Workflow
15	21 (0.761%)	Sitecore CMS
15	21 (0.761%)	SharePoint 2013
16	20 (0.724%)	WordPress
17	19 (0.688%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	134 (4.853%)	MS Excel
2	98 (3.549%)	Photoshop
3	85 (3.079%)	MS Office
4	21 (0.761%)	InfoPath
5	11 (0.398%)	Fireworks
6	9 (0.326%)	MS Visio
7	8 (0.290%)	MS Project
8	7 (0.254%)	Adobe Illustrator
9	4 (0.145%)	Spreadsheet
10	3 (0.109%)	MS PowerPoint
10	3 (0.109%)	InDesign
11	2 (0.072%)	Maya
11	2 (0.072%)	DOC1
11	2 (0.072%)	PowerPivot
12	1 (0.036%)	GIMP
12	1 (0.036%)	Office 365
12	1 (0.036%)	3ds Max
12	1 (0.036%)	PaintShop Pro
12	1 (0.036%)	Acrobat

Business Applications
1	51 (1.847%)	Dynamics CRM
2	17 (0.616%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
3	12 (0.435%)	Oracle EBS
4	9 (0.326%)	Oracle EBS R12
5	6 (0.217%)	Dynamics NAV
6	5 (0.181%)	Remedy ITSM
6	5 (0.181%)	Apache OFBiz
6	5 (0.181%)	SAP Oil and Gas
6	5 (0.181%)	SAP FI
7	4 (0.145%)	Oracle 11i
7	4 (0.145%)	CSG Singleview
7	4 (0.145%)	SAP HR
7	4 (0.145%)	SAP ERP
8	3 (0.109%)	Oracle Retail
8	3 (0.109%)	SAP Business One
8	3 (0.109%)	Pivotal CRM
8	3 (0.109%)	Oracle Applications
8	3 (0.109%)	Oracle Financials
9	2 (0.072%)	Tridion
9	2 (0.072%)	Maximo

Communications & Networking
1	42 (1.521%)	Internet
2	33 (1.195%)	HTTP
3	26 (0.942%)	Intranet
4	16 (0.580%)	TCP/IP
5	12 (0.435%)	3G
5	12 (0.435%)	Radio Access Network
6	11 (0.398%)	LDAP
7	10 (0.362%)	2G
8	9 (0.326%)	Wireless
8	9 (0.326%)	SSL
8	9 (0.326%)	FTP
9	8 (0.290%)	TELNET
10	5 (0.181%)	LAN
10	5 (0.181%)	WAN
10	5 (0.181%)	SMTP
11	4 (0.145%)	Firewall
11	4 (0.145%)	BSS
12	3 (0.109%)	LTE
12	3 (0.109%)	RNC
12	3 (0.109%)	GSM

Database & Business Intelligence
1	746 (27.02%)	SQL Server
2	210 (7.606%)	SQL Server 2008
3	190 (6.882%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	188 (6.809%)	MySQL
5	178 (6.447%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	163 (5.904%)	Data Warehouse
7	114 (4.129%)	SQL Server 2005
8	90 (3.260%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	71 (2.572%)	Oracle 11g
10	43 (1.557%)	OLAP
11	40 (1.449%)	Oracle 10g
12	37 (1.340%)	Crystal Reports
13	35 (1.268%)	SQL Server 2012
14	34 (1.231%)	DB2
15	31 (1.123%)	PostgreSQL
16	25 (0.905%)	SQL Server 2000
16	25 (0.905%)	Oracle Reports
16	25 (0.905%)	NoSQL
17	24 (0.869%)	Oracle 8/8i
18	23 (0.833%)	MS Access

Development Applications
1	177 (6.411%)	Visual Studio
2	125 (4.527%)	JUnit
3	124 (4.491%)	Subversion
4	95 (3.441%)	Team Foundation Server
5	94 (3.405%)	Git (software)
6	93 (3.368%)	Maven
7	67 (2.427%)	Selenium
8	60 (2.173%)	NUnit
9	58 (2.101%)	Eclipse
10	51 (1.847%)	Mockito
10	51 (1.847%)	SpecFlow
11	50 (1.811%)	Jenkins
12	39 (1.413%)	Ant
13	30 (1.087%)	JIRA
14	21 (0.761%)	ReSharper
15	20 (0.724%)	Moq
15	20 (0.724%)	Oracle APEX
16	19 (0.688%)	VSS/SourceSafe
17	18 (0.652%)	DbUnit
17	18 (0.652%)	Jasmine

General
1	255 (9.236%)	Finance
2	146 (5.288%)	Telecoms
3	80 (2.898%)	Retail
4	71 (2.572%)	Banking
5	56 (2.028%)	Marketing
6	46 (1.666%)	Games
7	29 (1.050%)	Manufacturing
8	23 (0.833%)	Back Office
9	15 (0.543%)	Billing
9	15 (0.543%)	Front Office
9	15 (0.543%)	Automotive
10	14 (0.507%)	Publishing
11	12 (0.435%)	Legal
12	10 (0.362%)	Advertising
12	10 (0.362%)	Pharmaceutical
12	10 (0.362%)	Investment Banking
13	9 (0.326%)	Electronics
13	9 (0.326%)	Financial Institution
14	5 (0.181%)	Retail Banking
14	5 (0.181%)	Law

Miscellaneous
1	55 (1.992%)	Mobile App
2	40 (1.449%)	iPhone
3	39 (1.413%)	Open Source
4	37 (1.340%)	N-Tier
4	37 (1.340%)	Digital Media
5	34 (1.231%)	iPad
6	33 (1.195%)	Computer Science
7	31 (1.123%)	SaaS
8	30 (1.087%)	Enterprise Software
9	28 (1.014%)	W3C
10	22 (0.797%)	NHS
11	20 (0.724%)	iSeries
11	20 (0.724%)	Mathematics
12	19 (0.688%)	Management Information System
13	18 (0.652%)	Client/Server
13	18 (0.652%)	Cloud Computing
14	17 (0.616%)	Inversion of Control
15	16 (0.580%)	Mainframe
16	15 (0.543%)	Data Integration
16	15 (0.543%)	Blackberry

Operating Systems
1	277 (10.03%)	Windows
2	145 (5.252%)	Linux
3	139 (5.034%)	UNIX
4	74 (2.680%)	Android
5	68 (2.463%)	Apple iOS
6	37 (1.340%)	Windows Server 2003
7	17 (0.616%)	Solaris
8	15 (0.543%)	Windows 7
8	15 (0.543%)	Windows Server 2008
9	12 (0.435%)	Windows 8
10	11 (0.398%)	Windows Phone
11	10 (0.362%)	Windows XP
12	9 (0.326%)	AIX
13	7 (0.254%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14	6 (0.217%)	Oracle Linux
15	5 (0.181%)	Windows Mobile
16	3 (0.109%)	Windows Server 2012
16	3 (0.109%)	Windows Phone 8
16	3 (0.109%)	CentOS
17	2 (0.072%)	VMS

Processes & Methodologies
1	523 (18.94%)	MVC
2	332 (12.02%)	Agile Software Development
3	318 (11.52%)	TDD
4	300 (10.87%)	Scrum
5	264 (9.562%)	OO
6	220 (7.968%)	Web Development
7	187 (6.773%)	Business Intelligence
8	163 (5.904%)	ETL
9	150 (5.433%)	UML
10	143 (5.179%)	E-Commerce
10	143 (5.179%)	BDD
11	127 (4.600%)	SOA
12	125 (4.527%)	Unit Testing
13	119 (4.310%)	Continuous Integration
14	105 (3.803%)	Migration
15	98 (3.549%)	Workflow
16	94 (3.405%)	OOP
17	85 (3.079%)	OOD
18	81 (2.934%)	CRM
19	59 (2.137%)	Data Modelling

Programming Languages
1	907 (32.85%)	SQL
2	905 (32.78%)	JavaScript
3	839 (30.39%)	C#
4	497 (18.00%)	Java
5	265 (9.598%)	PHP
6	187 (6.773%)	T-SQL
7	168 (6.085%)	PL/SQL
8	136 (4.926%)	VB.NET
9	113 (4.093%)	C++
10	87 (3.151%)	VB
11	82 (2.970%)	Perl
12	68 (2.463%)	C
13	51 (1.847%)	Python
14	50 (1.811%)	VBA
15	44 (1.594%)	Shell Script
16	38 (1.376%)	PHP5
17	35 (1.268%)	Ruby
18	31 (1.123%)	Objective-C
19	27 (0.978%)	VB6
20	22 (0.797%)	COBOL

Qualifications
1	162 (5.867%)	Security Cleared
2	116 (4.201%)	SC Cleared
3	97 (3.513%)	Degree
4	35 (1.268%)	Microsoft Certification
5	19 (0.688%)	DV Cleared
6	11 (0.398%)	MCSD
7	8 (0.290%)	MCP
7	8 (0.290%)	MCAD
8	7 (0.254%)	MCITP
9	6 (0.217%)	Sun Certification
10	5 (0.181%)	BC Cleared
10	5 (0.181%)	MCPD
10	5 (0.181%)	Oracle Certification
10	5 (0.181%)	SAS Certification
11	4 (0.145%)	MCSE
11	4 (0.145%)	PMP
11	4 (0.145%)	PMI Certification
12	3 (0.109%)	MCTS
12	3 (0.109%)	OCP
13	2 (0.072%)	PRINCE2 Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	43 (1.557%)	QA
2	17 (0.616%)	SLA
3	11 (0.398%)	Data Quality
3	11 (0.398%)	ISO 9001
4	10 (0.362%)	HL7
5	4 (0.145%)	WAI
6	2 (0.072%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	2 (0.072%)	WCAG
7	1 (0.036%)	PCI DSS
7	1 (0.036%)	GxP

System Software
1	25 (0.905%)	Active Directory
2	5 (0.181%)	Varnish
2	5 (0.181%)	Oracle RAC
2	5 (0.181%)	VMware ESX
3	3 (0.109%)	Hyper-V
4	2 (0.072%)	LiteSpeed

Systems Management
1	18 (0.652%)	Tivoli
2	12 (0.435%)	SCCM
3	8 (0.290%)	Tivoli Identity Manager
4	5 (0.181%)	SCOM
5	3 (0.109%)	HP Quality Center
5	3 (0.109%)	Ganglia
5	3 (0.109%)	Netcool
5	3 (0.109%)	Netcool/OMNIbus
6	2 (0.072%)	Control-M
6	2 (0.072%)	Tivoli Monitoring
6	2 (0.072%)	Plesk
7	1 (0.036%)	WebInspect
7	1 (0.036%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)

Vendors
1	385 (13.94%)	Oracle
2	353 (12.79%)	Microsoft
3	103 (3.731%)	IBM
4	68 (2.463%)	Business Objects
5	67 (2.427%)	SAP
6	55 (1.992%)	Adobe
7	53 (1.920%)	JBoss
8	45 (1.630%)	Google
9	44 (1.594%)	Zend
10	35 (1.268%)	Cognos
11	30 (1.087%)	Twitter
12	21 (0.761%)	Sitecore
13	18 (0.652%)	Informatica
14	16 (0.580%)	Nokia Siemens Networks
14	16 (0.580%)	Talend
15	15 (0.543%)	Facebook
15	15 (0.543%)	Greenplum
15	15 (0.543%)	Ericsson
15	15 (0.543%)	Red Hat
16	13 (0.471%)	Meridio

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