The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Software Developer 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 Southampton 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
Senior Software Developer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £348 £250
% change year-on-year
+36.54% +39.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £41.25 - -
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
285 223 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 94.68% 94.49% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 114 77
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 52 32
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £8.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Software Developer
Hampshire

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Southampton Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Southampton region.

Southampton Senior Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region that cited Senior Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Log4j
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) JPA

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region that cited Senior Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Log4j
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft