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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT contracts within the Swindon 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4646
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.180 %0.170 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£323
% change on same period last year-8.28 %
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£32.18£35.19
% change on same period last year-8.55 %
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads556588
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.754 %0.582 %
Daily rates quoted205162
Average minimum daily rate£377£351
Average daily rate£398£376
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£356
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
Hourly rates quoted6568
Average minimum hourly rate£26.79£30.51
Average hourly rate£28.50£31.98
% change on same period last year-10.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.22£33.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£25.65
% change on same period last year-7.28 %
Software Developer WiltshireSoftware Developer
Wiltshire

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.

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Swindon Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swindon Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)C#
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)VB.NET
21 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)CMS
21 (50.00 %)Content Management

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)HTML
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)CMS
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Content Management
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)VB.NET