The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent 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 19 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 4 1
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 19 21 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 67.86% 34.43% 61.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 67.86% 34.43% 61.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 13
Average daily rate £315 £320 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.56% +28.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Stoke-on-Trent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
28 61 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 35 18
Average daily rate £325 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £255 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £370 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Developer
Staffordshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 34 (87.18%) .NET
2 30 (76.92%) C#
3 29 (74.36%) VB.NET
4 24 (61.54%) SQL
4 24 (61.54%) ASP.NET
5 23 (58.97%) SQL Server
6 21 (53.85%) JavaScript
7 20 (51.28%) CSS
8 19 (48.72%) XML
8 19 (48.72%) XSLT
9 17 (43.59%) jQuery
10 14 (35.90%) E-Commerce
10 14 (35.90%) HTML5
10 14 (35.90%) CSS3
11 13 (33.33%) N-Tier
11 13 (33.33%) SOA
11 13 (33.33%) XHTML
11 13 (33.33%) SEO
11 13 (33.33%) Unit Testing
11 13 (33.33%) Ajax
11 13 (33.33%) Document Management
12 11 (28.21%) .NET Framework
13 10 (25.64%) Degree
13 10 (25.64%) Web Application Development
14 9 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (17.95%) JIRA
15 7 (17.95%) TDD
15 7 (17.95%) HTML
15 7 (17.95%) AccuRev
16 5 (12.82%) Android

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 34 (87.18%) .NET
2 24 (61.54%) ASP.NET
3 20 (51.28%) CSS
4 19 (48.72%) XML
4 19 (48.72%) XSLT
5 17 (43.59%) jQuery
6 14 (35.90%) HTML5
6 14 (35.90%) CSS3
7 13 (33.33%) XHTML
7 13 (33.33%) Ajax
8 11 (28.21%) .NET Framework
9 7 (17.95%) HTML
10 3 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 3 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 3 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (7.692%) LINQ
11 2 (5.128%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.128%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.564%) CMS
2 1 (2.564%) WordPress
2 1 (2.564%) Magento
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (58.97%) SQL Server
2 9 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.128%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) JIRA
2 3 (7.692%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.128%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (10.26%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) N-Tier
2 3 (7.692%) WURFL
2 3 (7.692%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.564%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Android
1 5 (12.82%) Apple iOS
2 3 (7.692%) BlackBerry OS
2 3 (7.692%) Windows
2 3 (7.692%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) E-Commerce
2 13 (33.33%) SOA
2 13 (33.33%) SEO
2 13 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 13 (33.33%) Document Management
3 10 (25.64%) Web Application Development
4 7 (17.95%) TDD
5 5 (12.82%) Web Development
6 4 (10.26%) MVC
7 3 (7.692%) Change Control
7 3 (7.692%) Workflow
7 3 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (5.128%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (2.564%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (76.92%) C#
2 29 (74.36%) VB.NET
3 24 (61.54%) SQL
4 21 (53.85%) JavaScript
5 3 (7.692%) Shell Script
5 3 (7.692%) Java
5 3 (7.692%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.128%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) AccuRev
2 3 (7.692%) Oracle
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