Software Programmer Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram 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 West 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 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 West 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
Software Programmer
Rank 104 134 -
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Programmer 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.198% 0.062% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.211% 0.066% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £600 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+166.66% -
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%
Search 1 Software Programmer jobs in the South West
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South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
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 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Software Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Software Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West Software Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Wiltshire +4 4 £600 -
Software Programmer
England

Software Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 13 (76.47%) C#
2 10 (58.82%) .NET
3 9 (52.94%) C++
4 8 (47.06%) ESRI
4 8 (47.06%) ArcGIS
4 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
4 8 (47.06%) IIS
4 8 (47.06%) Visual Studio
4 8 (47.06%) Web Services
4 8 (47.06%) Windows
4 8 (47.06%) Client/Server
4 8 (47.06%) UML
4 8 (47.06%) WCF
4 8 (47.06%) Silverlight
4 8 (47.06%) RIA
4 8 (47.06%) DV Cleared
4 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
4 8 (47.06%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (47.06%) Unit Testing
4 8 (47.06%) Windows 7
4 8 (47.06%) MSTest
4 8 (47.06%) Moq
4 8 (47.06%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 8 (47.06%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 6 (35.29%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (29.41%) .NET Framework
6 5 (29.41%) Mathematics
6 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (29.41%) VC++
6 5 (29.41%) OpenGL

Software Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 10 (58.82%) .NET
2 8 (47.06%) Web Services
2 8 (47.06%) WCF
2 8 (47.06%) Silverlight
2 8 (47.06%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 8 (47.06%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 5 (29.41%) .NET Framework
3 5 (29.41%) OpenGL
3 5 (29.41%) DirectX
3 5 (29.41%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 8 (47.06%) ArcGIS
1 8 (47.06%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
1 8 (47.06%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Visual Studio
1 8 (47.06%) MSTest
1 8 (47.06%) Moq
2 6 (35.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Client/Server
1 8 (47.06%) RIA
2 5 (29.41%) Mathematics
3 4 (23.53%) EPoS
3 4 (23.53%) EMV
3 4 (23.53%) Chip and PIN
3 4 (23.53%) APACS
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
1 8 (47.06%) Windows 7
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) UML
1 8 (47.06%) Unit Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) C#
2 9 (52.94%) C++
3 5 (29.41%) VC++
3 5 (29.41%) Fortran
4 4 (23.53%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) DV Cleared
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) ESRI
2 4 (23.53%) VeriFone
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