The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Stockport 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 8 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 72.73% 25.00% 25.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 72.73% 26.67% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 3
Average daily rate £315 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
All Job Titles
Stockport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11 15 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 100.00% 93.75% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 6
Average daily rate £315 £338 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +35.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £314 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £388 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Developer
Manchester

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stockport Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Stockport Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Java
2 12 (54.55%) J2EE
3 9 (40.91%) Adobe
3 9 (40.91%) Adobe CQ
4 8 (36.36%) SQL
5 6 (27.27%) Oracle
6 5 (22.73%) HTML
6 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
6 5 (22.73%) jQuery
7 4 (18.18%) C#
7 4 (18.18%) .NET
7 4 (18.18%) Web Services
7 4 (18.18%) XML
7 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
7 4 (18.18%) Shell Script
7 4 (18.18%) Linux
7 4 (18.18%) JBoss
7 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (13.64%) Gradle
8 3 (13.64%) SOA
8 3 (13.64%) MVC
8 3 (13.64%) Hibernate
8 3 (13.64%) ESB
8 3 (13.64%) Spring MVC
8 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (13.64%) Pair Programming
8 3 (13.64%) Spring
8 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (9.091%) PL/SQL

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (54.55%) J2EE
2 5 (22.73%) HTML
2 5 (22.73%) jQuery
3 4 (18.18%) .NET
3 4 (18.18%) Web Services
3 4 (18.18%) XML
4 3 (13.64%) Hibernate
4 3 (13.64%) Spring
4 3 (13.64%) Spring MVC
5 1 (4.545%) WCF
5 1 (4.545%) HTML5
5 1 (4.545%) CSS3
5 1 (4.545%) WinForms
5 1 (4.545%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 9 (40.91%) Adobe CQ
2 3 (13.64%) ESB
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (13.64%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Gradle
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) iSeries
1 1 (4.545%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) SOA
1 3 (13.64%) MVC
1 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (13.64%) Pair Programming
2 1 (4.545%) Unit Testing
2 1 (4.545%) Integration Testing
2 1 (4.545%) Multithreading
2 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (4.545%) CRM
2 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) Java
2 8 (36.36%) SQL
3 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 4 (18.18%) C#
4 4 (18.18%) Shell Script
5 2 (9.091%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.545%) RPG
6 1 (4.545%) VBA
6 1 (4.545%) C++
6 1 (4.545%) PHP
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Adobe
2 6 (27.27%) Oracle
3 4 (18.18%) JBoss
4 1 (4.545%) Cognos
4 1 (4.545%) NetApp
4 1 (4.545%) Sage
4 1 (4.545%) VMware