The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Developer
Rank 201 221 242
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Developer 23 18 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.295% 0.177% 0.106%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.319% 0.192% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 9
Average daily rate £360 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.20% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £300 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £395 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £338 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - £17.27
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
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 577 716 825
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 £11.38 £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%
Systems Developer
England

Systems Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Systems Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Systems Developer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Systems Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Systems Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire - 10 £400 -
West Sussex - 10 £360 -
Surrey +16 2 £320 +6.66%
Oxfordshire -5 1 - -
Systems Developer
England

Systems Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Developer in their job title.

1 30 (63.83%) SQL
2 17 (36.17%) .NET
3 16 (34.04%) Java
3 16 (34.04%) XML
3 16 (34.04%) Windows
4 15 (31.91%) Retail
5 14 (29.79%) SQL Server
6 13 (27.66%) ASP.NET
7 12 (25.53%) VB
8 11 (23.40%) Oracle
9 10 (21.28%) PL/SQL
9 10 (21.28%) J2EE
9 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
9 10 (21.28%) UNIX
10 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
10 9 (19.15%) HTML
11 8 (17.02%) C#
11 8 (17.02%) DB2
11 8 (17.02%) MS Office
11 8 (17.02%) Migration
11 8 (17.02%) Ajax
12 7 (14.89%) Software Testing
12 7 (14.89%) WebSphere
12 7 (14.89%) VB6
12 7 (14.89%) JSTL
12 7 (14.89%) SCCM
12 7 (14.89%) EJB
12 7 (14.89%) CSS
12 7 (14.89%) JSP
12 7 (14.89%) JUnit

Systems Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (36.17%) .NET
2 16 (34.04%) XML
3 13 (27.66%) ASP.NET
4 10 (21.28%) J2EE
5 9 (19.15%) HTML
6 8 (17.02%) Ajax
7 7 (14.89%) WebSphere
7 7 (14.89%) JSTL
7 7 (14.89%) EJB
7 7 (14.89%) CSS
7 7 (14.89%) JSP
7 7 (14.89%) JMS
8 4 (8.511%) XSLT
8 4 (8.511%) Web Services
8 4 (8.511%) WCF
8 4 (8.511%) WF
9 3 (6.383%) .NET Framework
10 1 (2.128%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (2.128%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (2.128%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.64%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (8.511%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.383%) SAS
4 2 (4.255%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (17.02%) MS Office
2 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.511%) LAN
1 4 (8.511%) WAN
2 2 (4.255%) Wireless
3 1 (2.128%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (2.128%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.128%) Intranet
3 1 (2.128%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.79%) SQL Server
2 8 (17.02%) DB2
3 6 (12.77%) Oracle 8/8i
3 6 (12.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (10.64%) RDBMS
5 3 (6.383%) Base SAS
5 3 (6.383%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (6.383%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (4.255%) MS Access
7 1 (2.128%) MySQL
7 1 (2.128%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (2.128%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (2.128%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JUnit
2 4 (8.511%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.128%) InterDev
3 1 (2.128%) MSI
General
1 15 (31.91%) Retail
2 2 (4.255%) Advertising
3 1 (2.128%) Finance
3 1 (2.128%) Back Office
3 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Kindle
2 4 (8.511%) Smart Meter
3 3 (6.383%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.128%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.128%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 10 (21.28%) UNIX
3 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (6.383%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Migration
2 7 (14.89%) Software Testing
2 7 (14.89%) E-Commerce
3 6 (12.77%) ETL
3 6 (12.77%) RAD
3 6 (12.77%) Workflow
4 4 (8.511%) UML
4 4 (8.511%) CRM
4 4 (8.511%) MVC
4 4 (8.511%) Scrum
5 3 (6.383%) HOOD
5 3 (6.383%) Automated Testing
5 3 (6.383%) Performance Testing
6 2 (4.255%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.255%) Data Architecture
6 2 (4.255%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (4.255%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (2.128%) Validation
7 1 (2.128%) PRINCE
7 1 (2.128%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 30 (63.83%) SQL
2 16 (34.04%) Java
3 12 (25.53%) VB
4 10 (21.28%) PL/SQL
5 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
6 8 (17.02%) C#
7 7 (14.89%) VB6
8 6 (12.77%) VB.NET
9 4 (8.511%) PowerShell
10 2 (4.255%) JCL
10 2 (4.255%) VBA
10 2 (4.255%) COBOL
11 1 (2.128%) C++
11 1 (2.128%) Perl
11 1 (2.128%) T-SQL
11 1 (2.128%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) Degree
2 1 (2.128%) OCP
2 1 (2.128%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (2.128%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.255%) QA
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) SCCM
2 4 (8.511%) SCOM
3 2 (4.255%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Oracle
2 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.64%) SAP
3 5 (10.64%) Citrix
4 3 (6.383%) Adobe
4 3 (6.383%) IBM
5 1 (2.128%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.128%) Sun
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