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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the Swansea 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank10-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads190
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.000 %
As % of the category below14.39 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted130
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£406-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£412-
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£289
% change on same period last year+21.38 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.28£30.90
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Swansea
Matching contract IT job ads132102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.102 %
Daily rates quoted5533
Average minimum daily rate£397£359
Average daily rate£414£398
% change on same period last year+4.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted114
Average minimum hourly rate£15.86£14.50
Average hourly rate£16.74£14.60
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.62£14.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Applications Developer West WalesApplications Developer
West Wales

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.

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

Swansea Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swansea Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the Swansea region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Swansea Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swansea Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

116 (55.17 %)Java
215 (51.72 %)Security Cleared
314 (48.28 %)UNIX
412 (41.38 %)XML
510 (34.48 %)SQL
510 (34.48 %)J2EE
69 (31.03 %)JUnit
69 (31.03 %)SC Cleared
78 (27.59 %)Government
78 (27.59 %)Oracle
87 (24.14 %)ClearCase
96 (20.69 %)TestDirector
105 (17.24 %)Telecoms
105 (17.24 %)XSL
105 (17.24 %)XSLT
114 (13.79 %)WebLogic
114 (13.79 %)Business Intelligence
114 (13.79 %)Oracle Discoverer
114 (13.79 %)Oracle 10g
114 (13.79 %)Mainframe
123 (10.34 %)ClearQuest
123 (10.34 %)Configuration Management
123 (10.34 %)Enterprise Architecture
123 (10.34 %)Change Management
123 (10.34 %)Web Development
123 (10.34 %)RequisitePro
123 (10.34 %)AIX
123 (10.34 %)OO
123 (10.34 %)JSP
123 (10.34 %)Struts

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (41.38 %)XML
210 (34.48 %)J2EE
35 (17.24 %)XSL
35 (17.24 %)XSLT
43 (10.34 %)JSP
43 (10.34 %)Struts
43 (10.34 %)HTML
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (13.79 %)WebLogic
21 (3.448 %)IIS
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (13.79 %)Oracle Discoverer
14 (13.79 %)Oracle 10g
22 (6.897 %)DataStage
22 (6.897 %)TOAD
22 (6.897 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (6.897 %)MS Access
31 (3.448 %)ETL
31 (3.448 %)Oracle 9i
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (31.03 %)JUnit
27 (24.14 %)ClearCase
36 (20.69 %)TestDirector
43 (10.34 %)RequisitePro
43 (10.34 %)ClearQuest
51 (3.448 %)Ant
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (27.59 %)Government
25 (17.24 %)Telecoms
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (13.79 %)Mainframe
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (48.28 %)UNIX
23 (10.34 %)AIX
31 (3.448 %)Windows
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (51.72 %)Security Cleared
29 (31.03 %)SC Cleared
34 (13.79 %)Business Intelligence
43 (10.34 %)Configuration Management
43 (10.34 %)OO
43 (10.34 %)Change Management
43 (10.34 %)Enterprise Architecture
43 (10.34 %)Web Development
52 (6.897 %)Unit Testing
52 (6.897 %)CTC Cleared
52 (6.897 %)Project Planning
61 (3.448 %)Workflow
61 (3.448 %)Data Modelling
61 (3.448 %)SOA
61 (3.448 %)Project Management
61 (3.448 %)UML
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (55.17 %)Java
210 (34.48 %)SQL
33 (10.34 %)Perl
33 (10.34 %)PL/SQL
41 (3.448 %)Shell Script
41 (3.448 %)C
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (27.59 %)Oracle