The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 15 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 4.688% 7.407% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.263% 7.692% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £320 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £361 £353
% change year-on-year
+1.03% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -17.64%
All Job Titles
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
57 52 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 89.06% 96.30% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 17
Average daily rate £325 £365 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.95% +30.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £310 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £429 £389
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
Average hourly rate £10.58 £13.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.61% -3.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.88 £13.00 £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Developer
Somerset

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Taunton Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
3 7 (77.78%) C#
3 7 (77.78%) Subversion
3 7 (77.78%) NUnit
3 7 (77.78%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (77.78%) MSTest
3 7 (77.78%) Jenkins
4 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 5 (55.56%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
4 5 (55.56%) CruiseControl
4 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
4 5 (55.56%) TeamCity
5 4 (44.44%) ASP
5 4 (44.44%) XML
5 4 (44.44%) IIS
5 4 (44.44%) VB
5 4 (44.44%) VB.NET
5 4 (44.44%) Oracle
5 4 (44.44%) C++
5 4 (44.44%) HTML
5 4 (44.44%) Java
5 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
5 4 (44.44%) Ingres
5 4 (44.44%) UNIX
5 4 (44.44%) UML
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 4 (44.44%) ASP
3 4 (44.44%) XML
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (44.44%) IIS
3 1 (11.11%) OpenROAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Ingres
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Subversion
1 7 (77.78%) NUnit
1 7 (77.78%) Team Foundation Server
1 7 (77.78%) MSTest
1 7 (77.78%) Jenkins
2 5 (55.56%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 5 (55.56%) CruiseControl
2 5 (55.56%) TeamCity
3 2 (22.22%) MSBuild
3 2 (22.22%) Rhino Mocks
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
2 4 (44.44%) UML
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Service Management
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) OpenUP
5 1 (11.11%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) VB
3 4 (44.44%) VB.NET
3 4 (44.44%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) Java
3 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) MCTS
1 2 (22.22%) MCPD
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft