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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Suffolk 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank12
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads3345
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.046 %
As % of the category below20.89 %17.79 %
Daily rates quoted1210
Average minimum daily rate£338£323
Average daily rate£356£333
% change on same period last year+6.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£332
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted29
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£31.11
Average hourly rate£38.75£31.94
% change on same period last year+21.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.50£32.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£33.31
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads158253
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.256 %
Daily rates quoted4559
Average minimum daily rate£329£301
Average daily rate£348£316
% change on same period last year+10.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted3254
Average minimum hourly rate£21.79£19.94
Average hourly rate£22.77£20.77
% change on same period last year+9.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.75£21.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Suffolk Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
IpswichUp+221£347+3.71 %
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-4£425-
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

135 (34.65 %)WebServices
231 (30.69 %).NET
231 (30.69 %)C#
328 (27.72 %)AJAX
425 (24.75 %)SQL Server
520 (19.80 %)ASP.NET
619 (18.81 %)C++
619 (18.81 %).NET Framework
718 (17.82 %)Java
718 (17.82 %)TETRA
718 (17.82 %)CTI
817 (16.83 %)VB.NET
817 (16.83 %)J2EE
916 (15.84 %)Oracle
1015 (14.85 %)XML
1114 (13.86 %)Client/Server
1114 (13.86 %)SOA
1213 (12.87 %)Apache
1213 (12.87 %)SOAP
1312 (11.88 %)Struts
1312 (11.88 %)Finance
1411 (10.89 %)SQL
1411 (10.89 %)SQL Server 2005
1510 (9.901 %)WCF
1510 (9.901 %)WPF
1510 (9.901 %)OO
169 (8.911 %)UML
169 (8.911 %)WSDL
169 (8.911 %)C
169 (8.911 %)Windows

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (34.65 %)WebServices
231 (30.69 %).NET
328 (27.72 %)AJAX
420 (19.80 %)ASP.NET
519 (18.81 %).NET Framework
617 (16.83 %)J2EE
715 (14.85 %)XML
813 (12.87 %)SOAP
912 (11.88 %)Struts
1010 (9.901 %)WCF
1010 (9.901 %)WPF
119 (8.911 %)WSDL
128 (7.921 %)Hibernate
128 (7.921 %)Silverlight
128 (7.921 %)WebSphere
137 (6.931 %)HTML
137 (6.931 %)Tapestry
137 (6.931 %)WebWork
146 (5.941 %)XHTML
146 (5.941 %)Apache Wicket
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (12.87 %)Apache
27 (6.931 %)WebLogic
32 (1.980 %)JBoss
32 (1.980 %)Lotus Notes
32 (1.980 %)Lotus Domino
32 (1.980 %)Tomcat
32 (1.980 %)Oracle Workflow
41 (0.990 %)Jetty
41 (0.990 %)Resin
41 (0.990 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (0.990 %)JRun
41 (0.990 %)SAS
41 (0.990 %)IIS
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (1.980 %)MS Excel
21 (0.990 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (0.990 %)CA Clarity
21 (0.990 %)Spreadsheet
21 (0.990 %)Photoshop
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.980 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.990 %)TIBCO iProcess
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (17.82 %)CTI
118 (17.82 %)TETRA
27 (6.931 %)VoIP
33 (2.970 %)Internet
41 (0.990 %)SMS
41 (0.990 %)VPN
41 (0.990 %)Intranet
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (24.75 %)SQL Server
211 (10.89 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (8.911 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
48 (7.921 %)MySQL
57 (6.931 %)SQL Server Integration Services
66 (5.941 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
73 (2.970 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (2.970 %)Cognos Powerplay
73 (2.970 %)Cognos Impromptu
82 (1.980 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.990 %)OLAP
91 (0.990 %)Oracle Discoverer
91 (0.990 %)RDBMS
91 (0.990 %)SQL Server 7
91 (0.990 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.990 %)Ant
11 (0.990 %)JUnit
11 (0.990 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.990 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (0.990 %)Flash
11 (0.990 %)Subversion
11 (0.990 %)StarTeam
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (11.88 %)Finance
28 (7.921 %)Telecoms
36 (5.941 %)Insurance
45 (4.950 %)Banking
54 (3.960 %)Government
54 (3.960 %)Advertising
62 (1.980 %)Local Government
71 (0.990 %)Music
71 (0.990 %)Retail
71 (0.990 %)Criminal Justice
71 (0.990 %)Education
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (13.86 %)Client/Server
22 (1.980 %)NHS
22 (1.980 %)E-Learning
31 (0.990 %)IVR
31 (0.990 %)PDA
31 (0.990 %)Computer Science
31 (0.990 %)Clustering
31 (0.990 %)N-Tier
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (8.911 %)Windows
27 (6.931 %)Linux
27 (6.931 %)Windows 2000
32 (1.980 %)UNIX
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (13.86 %)SOA
210 (9.901 %)OO
39 (8.911 %)UML
47 (6.931 %)Agile Software Development
47 (6.931 %)Use Case
55 (4.950 %)Web Design
64 (3.960 %)Statistical Analysis
73 (2.970 %)OOA/OOD
73 (2.970 %)Workflow
82 (1.980 %)E-Commerce
82 (1.980 %)Data Modelling
82 (1.980 %)OOD
82 (1.980 %)Business Intelligence
82 (1.980 %)QMS
91 (0.990 %)Web Development
91 (0.990 %)Load Balancing
91 (0.990 %)Unit Testing
91 (0.990 %)Configuration Management
91 (0.990 %)Service Management
91 (0.990 %)Service Delivery
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (30.69 %)C#
219 (18.81 %)C++
318 (17.82 %)Java
417 (16.83 %)VB.NET
511 (10.89 %)SQL
69 (8.911 %)C
77 (6.931 %)JavaScript
86 (5.941 %)PHP
94 (3.960 %)PL/SQL
102 (1.980 %)Delphi
111 (0.990 %)Transact-SQL
111 (0.990 %)ActionScript
111 (0.990 %)VBA
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (0.990 %)Degree
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (4.950 %)AquaLogic
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (15.84 %)Oracle
23 (2.970 %)Cognos
23 (2.970 %)Microsoft
23 (2.970 %)DoubleClick
32 (1.980 %)Lotus
41 (0.990 %)Red Hat
41 (0.990 %)TIBCO
41 (0.990 %)Citrix
41 (0.990 %)BEA
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