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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Thames Valley 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads96226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.229 %
As % of the category below25.74 %29.97 %
Daily rates quoted828
Average minimum daily rate£283£336
Average daily rate£323£349
% change on same period last year-7.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£332
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£34.13
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£33.31
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads373754
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.497 %0.763 %
Daily rates quoted3885
Average minimum daily rate£323£327
Average daily rate£354£339
% change on same period last year+4.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2527
Average minimum hourly rate£28.34£32.64
Average hourly rate£31.24£34.66
% change on same period last year-9.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.13£36.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Developer South EastDeveloper
South East

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Thames Valley Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Thames Valley Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

187 (36.71 %).NET
267 (28.27 %)C#
358 (24.47 %)ASP.NET
447 (19.83 %)SQL Server
535 (14.77 %)Java
634 (14.35 %)XML
732 (13.50 %)JavaScript
831 (13.08 %)C++
930 (12.66 %)SQL Server 2005
930 (12.66 %)SQL
930 (12.66 %)WebServices
1025 (10.55 %)CSS
1124 (10.13 %)Oracle
1222 (9.283 %)CRM
1320 (8.439 %)SharePoint
1419 (8.017 %)MySQL
1518 (7.595 %)J2EE
1518 (7.595 %)Linux
1518 (7.595 %)XHTML
1518 (7.595 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1617 (7.173 %)HTML
1617 (7.173 %)PHP
1716 (6.751 %)Windows
1716 (6.751 %)CMS
1814 (5.907 %)PL/SQL
1814 (5.907 %)Microsoft
1913 (5.485 %)C
1913 (5.485 %)UNIX
2012 (5.063 %)VB.NET
2012 (5.063 %)Oracle 10g

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
187 (36.71 %).NET
258 (24.47 %)ASP.NET
334 (14.35 %)XML
430 (12.66 %)WebServices
525 (10.55 %)CSS
618 (7.595 %)J2EE
618 (7.595 %)XHTML
717 (7.173 %)HTML
811 (4.641 %)Struts
811 (4.641 %)LAMP
811 (4.641 %)Drupal
910 (4.219 %)XSLT
109 (3.797 %)Hibernate
109 (3.797 %)AJAX
118 (3.376 %)Spring
118 (3.376 %)SOAP
127 (2.954 %)JSP
127 (2.954 %)WinForms
136 (2.532 %)Silverlight
145 (2.110 %)ASP
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (8.439 %)SharePoint
218 (7.595 %)SharePoint Server 2007
316 (6.751 %)CMS
49 (3.797 %)BizTalk Server
49 (3.797 %)Apache
54 (1.688 %)Tomcat
54 (1.688 %)ArcGIS
63 (1.266 %)WebLogic
63 (1.266 %)CICS
72 (0.844 %)JBoss
72 (0.844 %)MQSeries
72 (0.844 %)ArcSDE
81 (0.422 %)Live Communications Server
81 (0.422 %)SharePoint Portal Server
81 (0.422 %)ArcIMS
81 (0.422 %)Office Communications Server
81 (0.422 %)NetWeaver
81 (0.422 %)Content Management Server
81 (0.422 %)WebSphere MQ
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (2.110 %)MS Excel
24 (1.688 %)InfoPath
24 (1.688 %)Photoshop
31 (0.422 %)ArcView
31 (0.422 %)Shockwave
31 (0.422 %)Adobe Illustrator
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (5.063 %)Microsoft CRM
29 (3.797 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
32 (0.844 %)Pivotal CRM
32 (0.844 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.422 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.422 %)Great Plains
41 (0.422 %)SAP FI
41 (0.422 %)Oracle ERP
41 (0.422 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.422 %)SAP FI/CO
41 (0.422 %)SAP CO
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (2.532 %)LDAP
25 (2.110 %)SMS
34 (1.688 %)Wireless
34 (1.688 %)HTTP
34 (1.688 %)TCP/IP
43 (1.266 %)Internet
43 (1.266 %)Extranet
43 (1.266 %)GPRS
43 (1.266 %)GSM
52 (0.844 %)UMTS
61 (0.422 %)RTSP
61 (0.422 %)Bluetooth
61 (0.422 %)3G
61 (0.422 %)UTRAN
61 (0.422 %)DVB
61 (0.422 %)H.323
61 (0.422 %)Wi-Fi
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (19.83 %)SQL Server
230 (12.66 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (8.017 %)MySQL
412 (5.063 %)Datawarehouse
412 (5.063 %)Oracle 10g
57 (2.954 %)Oracle 9i
57 (2.954 %)OLAP
65 (2.110 %)ETL
65 (2.110 %)SQL Server Integration Services
65 (2.110 %)GIS
74 (1.688 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (1.688 %)SQL Server 7
74 (1.688 %)Oracle Reports
83 (1.266 %)Crystal Reports
83 (1.266 %)ReportNet
83 (1.266 %)BusinessObjects
83 (1.266 %)Cognos Powerplay
83 (1.266 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
92 (0.844 %)BusinessObjects XI
92 (0.844 %)SQL Server 2000
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (5.063 %)Eclipse
24 (1.688 %)Oracle Forms
24 (1.688 %)Flash
33 (1.266 %)Subversion
42 (0.844 %)JUnit
42 (0.844 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.422 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.422 %)JDeveloper
51 (0.422 %)InterDev
51 (0.422 %)ClearCase
51 (0.422 %)Rational Rose
51 (0.422 %)Ant
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (4.219 %)Finance
28 (3.376 %)Games
28 (3.376 %)Telecoms
35 (2.110 %)Manufacturing
42 (0.844 %)Aerospace
42 (0.844 %)Automotive
42 (0.844 %)Retail
51 (0.422 %)Insurance
51 (0.422 %)Marketing
51 (0.422 %)Electric
51 (0.422 %)Advertising
51 (0.422 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (0.422 %)Electronics
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (1.266 %)N-Tier
22 (0.844 %)Mathematics
22 (0.844 %)Handset
22 (0.844 %)E-Learning
31 (0.422 %)STB
31 (0.422 %)Web 2.0
31 (0.422 %)PDA
31 (0.422 %)Video Conferencing
31 (0.422 %)MPEG
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (7.595 %)Linux
216 (6.751 %)Windows
313 (5.485 %)UNIX
44 (1.688 %)Windows Mobile
53 (1.266 %)Windows CE
62 (0.844 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (0.844 %)Mac OS X
71 (0.422 %)Embedded Linux
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (9.283 %)CRM
212 (5.063 %)Business Intelligence
311 (4.641 %)Migration
410 (4.219 %)OO
59 (3.797 %)E-Commerce
59 (3.797 %)Data Modelling
66 (2.532 %)Content Management
66 (2.532 %)Data Migration
75 (2.110 %)Web Development
75 (2.110 %)Security Cleared
75 (2.110 %)UML
84 (1.688 %)Technical Architecture
93 (1.266 %)SOA
102 (0.844 %)SC Cleared
102 (0.844 %)OOP
102 (0.844 %)OOD
102 (0.844 %)ERP
102 (0.844 %)Agile Software Development
102 (0.844 %)TDD
111 (0.422 %)Data Management
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
167 (28.27 %)C#
235 (14.77 %)Java
332 (13.50 %)JavaScript
431 (13.08 %)C++
530 (12.66 %)SQL
617 (7.173 %)PHP
714 (5.907 %)PL/SQL
813 (5.485 %)C
912 (5.063 %)VB.NET
109 (3.797 %)VB
116 (2.532 %)VC++
116 (2.532 %)Python
116 (2.532 %)DHTML
125 (2.110 %)Embedded C
125 (2.110 %)PHP5
134 (1.688 %)Shell Script
134 (1.688 %)VB6
143 (1.266 %)Embedded C++
143 (1.266 %)Assembly Language
143 (1.266 %)COBOL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.266 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.422 %)MCSD
21 (0.422 %)MCSE
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.422 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (10.13 %)Oracle
214 (5.907 %)Microsoft
312 (5.063 %)Cognos
45 (2.110 %)Ab Initio
54 (1.688 %)SAP
54 (1.688 %)Red Hat
54 (1.688 %)ESRI
63 (1.266 %)Business Objects
72 (0.844 %)CA
72 (0.844 %)Informatica
72 (0.844 %)Teradata
72 (0.844 %)salesforce.com
81 (0.422 %)Brio
81 (0.422 %)Onyx
81 (0.422 %)Yahoo!
81 (0.422 %)Google
81 (0.422 %)RedDot
81 (0.422 %)Mapinfo
81 (0.422 %)Epicor
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