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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Stockport 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank25
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.009 %
As % of the category below42.86 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£210
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£329
% change on same period last year-3.74 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£25.00
Average hourly rate£31.25£32.00
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.04£32.05
% change on same period last year-9.39 %
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Stockport
Matching contract IT job ads724
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.026 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£245£200
Average daily rate£245£210
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£245£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted36
Average minimum hourly rate£23.90£26.13
Average hourly rate£27.15£30.73
% change on same period last year-11.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.40£35.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Developer ManchesterDeveloper
Manchester

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Stockport Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Stockport Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

17 (36.84 %)C#
17 (36.84 %).NET
17 (36.84 %)SQL Server
26 (31.58 %)Java
35 (26.32 %)JavaScript
35 (26.32 %)SQL
35 (26.32 %)VB.NET
35 (26.32 %)ASP.NET
35 (26.32 %)XML
35 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (21.05 %)OO
44 (21.05 %)XHTML
44 (21.05 %)CSS
44 (21.05 %)C++
44 (21.05 %)Oracle
53 (15.79 %)Microsoft
53 (15.79 %)Agile Software Development
53 (15.79 %)Retail
53 (15.79 %)HTML
53 (15.79 %)PHP
53 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
53 (15.79 %)B2B
53 (15.79 %)STL
53 (15.79 %)HPUX
53 (15.79 %)AJAX
62 (10.53 %)WebSphere
62 (10.53 %)UML
62 (10.53 %)Oracle Discoverer
62 (10.53 %)C
62 (10.53 %)WebSphere Application Server

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (36.84 %).NET
25 (26.32 %)ASP.NET
25 (26.32 %)XML
34 (21.05 %)XHTML
34 (21.05 %)CSS
43 (15.79 %)STL
43 (15.79 %)AJAX
43 (15.79 %)HTML
52 (10.53 %)WebSphere
52 (10.53 %)Hibernate
52 (10.53 %)JRules
52 (10.53 %)Spring
61 (5.263 %)OCX
61 (5.263 %).NET Framework
61 (5.263 %)Struts
61 (5.263 %)WebServices
61 (5.263 %)SOAP
61 (5.263 %)COM
61 (5.263 %)J2EE
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (5.263 %)Lotus Notes
21 (5.263 %)Lotus Domino
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (36.84 %)SQL Server
25 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (10.53 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (5.263 %)MS Access
41 (5.263 %)MySQL
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.53 %)Visual Studio
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Retail
21 (5.263 %)Insurance
21 (5.263 %)Marketing
21 (5.263 %)Graphic Design
21 (5.263 %)Manufacturing
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Social Network
11 (5.263 %)Multithreading
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (15.79 %)HPUX
21 (5.263 %)Linux
21 (5.263 %)Windows
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (21.05 %)OO
23 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
23 (15.79 %)B2B
23 (15.79 %)Agile Software Development
32 (10.53 %)UML
41 (5.263 %)OOP
41 (5.263 %)RAD
41 (5.263 %)Web Development
41 (5.263 %)Internet Marketing
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (36.84 %)C#
26 (31.58 %)Java
35 (26.32 %)JavaScript
35 (26.32 %)VB.NET
35 (26.32 %)SQL
44 (21.05 %)C++
53 (15.79 %)PHP
62 (10.53 %)C
71 (5.263 %)VB
71 (5.263 %)LotusScript
71 (5.263 %)VB6
71 (5.263 %)XPath
71 (5.263 %)PHP5
71 (5.263 %)PHP4
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (21.05 %)Oracle
23 (15.79 %)Microsoft
32 (10.53 %)ILOG
41 (5.263 %)Lotus
41 (5.263 %)Adobe