The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton 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 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 Taunton 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
Developer
Rank 11 3 7
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 8 23 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 10.81% 38.98% 23.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.12% 40.35% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 4
Average daily rate £293 £358 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +9.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £321 £326
10% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £365 £329
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
All Job Titles
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
66 57 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 89.19% 96.61% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 35 10
Average daily rate £310 £358 £269
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.28% +33.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £235 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £420 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Developer
Somerset

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Taunton Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 22 (75.86%) .NET
2 21 (72.41%) C#
2 21 (72.41%) SQL
3 19 (65.52%) Java
3 19 (65.52%) SharePoint
4 18 (62.07%) HTML
4 18 (62.07%) XML
4 18 (62.07%) JavaScript
4 18 (62.07%) ASP
5 17 (58.62%) ASP.NET
6 16 (55.17%) Oracle
6 16 (55.17%) IIS
7 15 (51.72%) NUnit
7 15 (51.72%) Team Foundation Server
7 15 (51.72%) MSTest
8 14 (48.28%) Jenkins
8 14 (48.28%) Subversion
8 14 (48.28%) UNIX
8 14 (48.28%) UML
8 14 (48.28%) Ingres
8 14 (48.28%) VB
8 14 (48.28%) VB.NET
8 14 (48.28%) C++
9 13 (44.83%) SQL Server
9 13 (44.83%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 13 (44.83%) CruiseControl
9 13 (44.83%) Unit Testing
9 13 (44.83%) TeamCity
10 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
11 11 (37.93%) ITIL

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 22 (75.86%) .NET
2 18 (62.07%) ASP
2 18 (62.07%) XML
2 18 (62.07%) HTML
3 17 (58.62%) ASP.NET
4 11 (37.93%) .NET Framework
5 5 (17.24%) Web Services
6 3 (10.34%) EJB
6 3 (10.34%) XSLT
7 2 (6.897%) CSS
8 1 (3.448%) JMS
8 1 (3.448%) Spring
8 1 (3.448%) Spring MVC
8 1 (3.448%) WCF
8 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 19 (65.52%) SharePoint
2 16 (55.17%) IIS
3 11 (37.93%) OpenROAD
4 3 (10.34%) JCAPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (48.28%) Ingres
2 13 (44.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.897%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 15 (51.72%) NUnit
1 15 (51.72%) Team Foundation Server
1 15 (51.72%) MSTest
2 14 (48.28%) Subversion
2 14 (48.28%) Jenkins
3 13 (44.83%) TeamCity
3 13 (44.83%) CruiseControl
3 13 (44.83%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (3.448%) JUnit
4 1 (3.448%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (3.448%) MSBuild
General
1 3 (10.34%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) UNIX
2 1 (3.448%) OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) UML
2 13 (44.83%) Unit Testing
3 11 (37.93%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (37.93%) ITIL
4 10 (34.48%) Service Delivery
5 9 (31.03%) ITSM
5 9 (31.03%) Service Management
6 3 (10.34%) BPEL
7 2 (6.897%) Web Development
7 2 (6.897%) MVC
7 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (6.897%) TDD
8 1 (3.448%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 21 (72.41%) SQL
1 21 (72.41%) C#
2 19 (65.52%) Java
3 18 (62.07%) JavaScript
4 14 (48.28%) VB
4 14 (48.28%) VB.NET
4 14 (48.28%) C++
5 2 (6.897%) PL/SQL
5 2 (6.897%) RPG
6 1 (3.448%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) MCP
1 10 (34.48%) ISEB
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (34.48%) MCTS
1 10 (34.48%) MCPD
2 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.448%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Oracle
2 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) Altova
Taunton, South West
C# ASP.Net Developer - 3 month contract - Immediate start A C# ASP.Net developer is immediately required for a client in the South West.
Computer Futures
Rate: £280 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Taunton, South West
Skills/ Experience Required Essential Skills The post-holder must have: *Have demonstrable working knowledge of the following programming languages:- oC# oASP.net oSQL *Have demonstrable working knowledge of...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 14 May 2013