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This section looks at the demand for the Software Designer role in IT contracts within the South Yorkshire 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 Software Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Designer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank39-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.750 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£380-
Average daily rate£380-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£380-
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£438
% change on same period last year-18.71 %
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£37.50£35.00
% change on same period last year+7.14 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads400458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.528 %0.456 %
Daily rates quoted8979
Average minimum daily rate£276£317
Average daily rate£294£333
% change on same period last year-11.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted10792
Average minimum hourly rate£24.08£23.40
Average hourly rate£25.19£24.51
% change on same period last year+2.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.30£25.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Software Designer YorkshireSoftware Designer
Yorkshire

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.

Software Designer
Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Software Designer Demand Trend

Software Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Software Designer Daily Rate Trend

Software Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Designer across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

South Yorkshire Software Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Software Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Designer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Designer within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
SheffieldNew entry-3£380-
Software Designer YorkshireSoftware Designer
Yorkshire

Software Designer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Software Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

18 (100.00 %)UML
27 (87.50 %)Internet
27 (87.50 %)Use Case
27 (87.50 %)J2EE
35 (62.50 %)Hibernate
35 (62.50 %)E-Learning
35 (62.50 %)SCORM
44 (50.00 %)Content Management
44 (50.00 %)Lucene
44 (50.00 %)Spring
44 (50.00 %)HTML
44 (50.00 %)JUnit
44 (50.00 %)CSS
44 (50.00 %)JSP
44 (50.00 %)Struts
44 (50.00 %)XML
44 (50.00 %)RSS
44 (50.00 %)JSTL
44 (50.00 %)HttpUnit
52 (25.00 %)OO
61 (12.50 %)RUP
61 (12.50 %)Education
61 (12.50 %)Java
61 (12.50 %)Oracle
61 (12.50 %)Degree

Software Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited Software Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %)J2EE
25 (62.50 %)Hibernate
34 (50.00 %)Lucene
34 (50.00 %)Spring
34 (50.00 %)HTML
34 (50.00 %)CSS
34 (50.00 %)JSP
34 (50.00 %)Struts
34 (50.00 %)XML
34 (50.00 %)RSS
34 (50.00 %)JSTL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (87.50 %)Internet
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (50.00 %)JUnit
14 (50.00 %)HttpUnit
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Education
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (62.50 %)E-Learning
15 (62.50 %)SCORM
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (100.00 %)UML
27 (87.50 %)Use Case
34 (50.00 %)Content Management
42 (25.00 %)OO
51 (12.50 %)RUP
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)Java
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle