The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank - - 19
Contract jobs requiring a Programmer 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent - - 5.263%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £30.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+22.92% -5.38%
All Job Titles
Stoke-on-Trent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
28 69 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 100.00% 97.18% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 44 17
Average daily rate £330 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% +30.00%
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 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Programmer
Staffordshire

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programmer across the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
1 4 (100.00%) OOD
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe
1 4 (100.00%) Graphic Design
1 4 (100.00%) Flash Builder
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
1 4 (100.00%) HTML5
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Flash Builder
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 4 (100.00%) ActionScript 3.0
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe