The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Yorkshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 31 31 35
Rank change year-on-year
0 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 2 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.775% 1.434% 0.699%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.820% 1.509% 0.741%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.51 £30.25 £28.75
% change year-on-year
+20.69% +5.21%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
244 265 270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 94.57% 94.98% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 139 175
Average daily rate £300 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £165 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 24
Average hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.09% -39.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.04 £10.60 £14.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Programmer
Yorkshire

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Sheffield 0 2 - -
Doncaster +1 1 - -
Rotherham - - - - 1
Programmer
Yorkshire

Programmer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 2 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) CMS
2 1 (25.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (25.00%) Joomla!
2 1 (25.00%) Zend
2 1 (25.00%) CodeIgniter
2 1 (25.00%) Drupal
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) WordPress
2 1 (25.00%) Magento
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) CodeIgniter
1 1 (25.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) Joomla!
1 1 (25.00%) Drupal
1 1 (25.00%) WordPress
1 1 (25.00%) Magento
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Zend