The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Telford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Telford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 17 - 15
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 1.149% - 1.786%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.351% - 2.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+17.24% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.95% +33.33%
All Job Titles
Telford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
74 86 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 85.06% 95.56% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 68 22
Average daily rate £315 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £257 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Lead Developer
Shropshire

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Telford Lead Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Telford Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) RUP
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (100.00%) Pega
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) OO
3 2 (50.00%) Perl
3 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
3 2 (50.00%) BEA
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) webMethods
4 1 (25.00%) ClearCase
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Business Objects

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) ClearCase
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) RUP
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) OO
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (50.00%) Perl
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Pega
2 2 (50.00%) BEA
3 1 (25.00%) webMethods
3 1 (25.00%) Business Objects