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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts within the South Wales region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5547
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.317 %1.368 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£369
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.58£40.27
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads630585
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.852 %0.577 %
Daily rates quoted178137
Average minimum daily rate£314£350
Average daily rate£342£384
% change on same period last year-10.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted9863
Average minimum hourly rate£29.03£17.87
Average hourly rate£30.87£19.59
% change on same period last year+57.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.70£21.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Senior Developer WalesSenior Developer
Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Developer across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South Wales Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Senior Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewportNew entry-2--
Senior Developer WalesSenior Developer
Wales

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

16 (66.67 %)SQL Server
16 (66.67 %)VB
25 (55.56 %)Java
34 (44.44 %)VBScript
34 (44.44 %)XML
34 (44.44 %)Crystal Reports
34 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (44.44 %)VB6
34 (44.44 %)assyst
42 (22.22 %)Oracle Application Server
42 (22.22 %)Oracle Applications
42 (22.22 %)Web Development
42 (22.22 %)CSS
42 (22.22 %)Sybase
42 (22.22 %)J2EE
42 (22.22 %)Oracle
42 (22.22 %)Finance
42 (22.22 %)UNIX
42 (22.22 %)AIX
42 (22.22 %)UML
42 (22.22 %)OO
42 (22.22 %)Oracle Forms
42 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
42 (22.22 %)RUP
42 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
42 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
42 (22.22 %)Oracle Discoverer
42 (22.22 %)Microsoft
42 (22.22 %)HTML
42 (22.22 %)JavaScript

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (44.44 %)XML
22 (22.22 %)HTML
22 (22.22 %)J2EE
22 (22.22 %)CSS
31 (11.11 %).NET
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (11.11 %)ColdFusion
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (44.44 %)assyst
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Applications
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (66.67 %)SQL Server
24 (44.44 %)Crystal Reports
24 (44.44 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
32 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
32 (22.22 %)Oracle Discoverer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Forms
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Finance
21 (11.11 %)Education
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Tandem
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)UNIX
12 (22.22 %)AIX
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)UML
12 (22.22 %)OO
12 (22.22 %)RUP
12 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
12 (22.22 %)Web Development
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
21 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)VB
25 (55.56 %)Java
34 (44.44 %)VB6
34 (44.44 %)VBScript
42 (22.22 %)JavaScript
42 (22.22 %)Perl
42 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
42 (22.22 %)SQL
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
12 (22.22 %)Sybase
12 (22.22 %)Microsoft