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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the South West 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank113150
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads2213
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.557 %0.242 %
Daily rates quoted112
Average minimum daily rate£312£325
Average daily rate£335£353
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£311
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£24.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£24.50
% change on same period last year+42.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.21£31.11
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching contract IT job ads39505371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.222 %5.755 %
Daily rates quoted11381373
Average minimum daily rate£346£342
Average daily rate£367£362
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted557675
Average minimum hourly rate£23.34£25.38
Average hourly rate£24.90£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.46£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Applications Developer EnglandApplications Developer
England

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.

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

South West Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

South West Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
WiltshireNew entry-10£402-
BristolUp+118£256-
GloucestershireUp+53--
CornwallNew entry-1--
Applications Developer EnglandApplications Developer
England

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

118 (36.00 %)SQL
217 (34.00 %)HTML
217 (34.00 %).NET
313 (26.00 %)Java
313 (26.00 %)Security Cleared
412 (24.00 %)JavaScript
412 (24.00 %)Oracle
412 (24.00 %)CSS
510 (20.00 %)XML
510 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
510 (20.00 %)Web Development
510 (20.00 %)AJAX
67 (14.00 %)SQL Server
67 (14.00 %)VB
67 (14.00 %)VB.NET
67 (14.00 %)C#
67 (14.00 %)Finance
76 (12.00 %)PL/SQL
76 (12.00 %)JSP
76 (12.00 %)Struts
85 (10.00 %)JSTL
85 (10.00 %)Servlets
85 (10.00 %)J2EE
85 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
94 (8.000 %)CRM
94 (8.000 %)C++
94 (8.000 %)COBOL
94 (8.000 %)ASP.NET
94 (8.000 %)Integration Testing
94 (8.000 %).NET Framework

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (34.00 %)HTML
117 (34.00 %).NET
212 (24.00 %)CSS
310 (20.00 %)XML
310 (20.00 %)AJAX
46 (12.00 %)Struts
46 (12.00 %)JSP
55 (10.00 %)Servlets
55 (10.00 %)J2EE
55 (10.00 %)JSTL
64 (8.000 %).NET Framework
64 (8.000 %)ASP.NET
64 (8.000 %)Spring
73 (6.000 %)JSF
73 (6.000 %)Hibernate
73 (6.000 %)Java EE
73 (6.000 %)WebServices
73 (6.000 %)XML Schema
73 (6.000 %)XSLT
82 (4.000 %)XHTML
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.000 %)WebSphere MQ
12 (4.000 %)LiveLink
12 (4.000 %)ESB
12 (4.000 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (2.000 %)JBoss
21 (2.000 %)Tomcat
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.000 %)MS Office
12 (4.000 %)MS Excel
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (6.000 %)Oracle Applications
21 (2.000 %)SAP FI
21 (2.000 %)Oracle ERP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.000 %)SMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (14.00 %)SQL Server
25 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
32 (4.000 %)DB2
41 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (2.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (6.000 %)Visual Studio
13 (6.000 %)Selenium
21 (2.000 %)Ant
21 (2.000 %)PVCS
21 (2.000 %)Flash
21 (2.000 %)Log4j
21 (2.000 %)Oracle APEX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (14.00 %)Finance
22 (4.000 %)Education
22 (4.000 %)Government
22 (4.000 %)Banking
31 (2.000 %)Marketing
31 (2.000 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (2.000 %)Back Office
31 (2.000 %)Health
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (6.000 %)AIX
13 (6.000 %)HPUX
13 (6.000 %)Solaris
22 (4.000 %)Windows
31 (2.000 %)UNIX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (26.00 %)Security Cleared
210 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
210 (20.00 %)Web Development
34 (8.000 %)Integration Testing
34 (8.000 %)Agile Software Development
34 (8.000 %)CRM
34 (8.000 %)Requirements Analysis
43 (6.000 %)DV Cleared
43 (6.000 %)Project Management
43 (6.000 %)Workflow
43 (6.000 %)Migration
43 (6.000 %)Scrum
52 (4.000 %)TDD
52 (4.000 %)EAI
52 (4.000 %)OO
61 (2.000 %)PRINCE2
61 (2.000 %)ERP
61 (2.000 %)SOA
61 (2.000 %)Configuration Management
61 (2.000 %)Change Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (36.00 %)SQL
213 (26.00 %)Java
312 (24.00 %)JavaScript
47 (14.00 %)C#
47 (14.00 %)VB
47 (14.00 %)VB.NET
56 (12.00 %)PL/SQL
64 (8.000 %)C++
64 (8.000 %)COBOL
73 (6.000 %)XQuery
73 (6.000 %)XPath
82 (4.000 %)FoxPro (VFP)
82 (4.000 %)Transact-SQL
91 (2.000 %)VBScript
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.000 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (24.00 %)Oracle
23 (6.000 %)SAP
23 (6.000 %)Northgate
23 (6.000 %)HP
23 (6.000 %)Intel
32 (4.000 %)Lagan
32 (4.000 %)Microsoft
41 (2.000 %)Remedy
41 (2.000 %)Micro Focus