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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 -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 £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 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 82 123
Average hourly rate £35.00 £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 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £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 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.50 £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.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Developer Hourly Rate Trend

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.

South East Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 - - - -
Developer
England

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
Hampshire, South East
CSS and HTML5 would be an advantage.We are keen to interview immediately and the first ASP.NET Developer will be appointed as early as Monday.This is...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
You are required to work on a business critical application which is integral to the success of the company.The individualYou must a proficient programmer in C# and...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £240 - £280 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Buckinghamshire
Roc Search are seeking a PHP Developer of a Senior level to join a large scale Digital Agency based near Uxbridge... Knowledge of C# or ASP.Net is...
Roc Search
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
3 Month Contract - Front End Developer - Hampshire - £280/Day Due to continued large amounts of project work my market leading client has an immediate requirement for an experienced...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £260 - £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
My market leading software client is looking for a C# WPF developer for an initial 6 month contract based in Portsmouth. As a C# WPF developer you will...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire
Stott & May
Rate: £275 - £305 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Austin Fraser
Rate: £230 - £250 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
South East England
McGregor Boyall
Posted: 10 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Computer Futures
Posted: 3 June 2013
Hampshire
Computer People
Rate: £350.00 - £370.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hampshire
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hampshire
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £320 - £390 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + Market Rates
Posted: 19 June 2013
East Sussex
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Involved Solutions Ltd
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + Market Rates
Posted: 19 June 2013
Guildford, South East
E-Resourcing
Rate: £200 - £220 per day + Negotiable depending on experience
Posted: 19 June 2013
Surrey
Proactive Appointments
Rate: Unspecified Market Rate
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Woking, Surrey
ninesharp
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 18 June 2013
West Malling, Kent
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Redhill, South East
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP450 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £280 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £270 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Slough, South East
OCC Computing
Rate: £150 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013