Software Programmer Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Programmer 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 Software Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Programmer
Rank 228 243 240
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Software Programmer 1 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.029% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.031% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £375 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £225 -
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7340 9547 9507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.65% 92.30% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3646 4278 4096
Average daily rate £350 £350 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 732 811
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Programmer
England

Software Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Software Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Software Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Programmer within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Surrey - 1 £375 -
Software Programmer
England

Software Programmer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Ada
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (50.00%) German Language
2 1 (50.00%) Japanese Language
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery

Software Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
1 1 (50.00%) Japanese Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmacovigilance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
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