The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 31 61 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 17.51% 19.12% 30.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.38% 20.40% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 39 46
Average daily rate £275 £338 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £235 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Average hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.55% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -8.57%
All Job Titles
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
160 299 248
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 90.40% 93.73% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 152 120
Average daily rate £301 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.14% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 27 15
Average hourly rate £13.11 £20.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.45% +23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.90 £37.25 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Developer
North East

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Tyne and Wear Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 24 £305 +1.66%
Sunderland -2 4 £215 -38.57%
Developer
North East

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 53 (64.63%) .NET
2 45 (54.88%) C#
3 26 (31.71%) ASP.NET
4 24 (29.27%) CSS
5 23 (28.05%) SQL
6 19 (23.17%) SQL Server
7 17 (20.73%) HTML
8 15 (18.29%) JavaScript
9 13 (15.85%) VB.NET
9 13 (15.85%) HTML5
10 12 (14.63%) Web Services
11 11 (13.41%) Oracle
11 11 (13.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
12 9 (10.98%) CSS3
12 9 (10.98%) jQuery
13 8 (9.756%) SQL Server 2008
13 8 (9.756%) Java
14 7 (8.537%) SharePoint
14 7 (8.537%) Agile Software Development
15 6 (7.317%) MVC
15 6 (7.317%) PL/SQL
15 6 (7.317%) Unit Testing
16 5 (6.098%) Security Cleared
16 5 (6.098%) VB
16 5 (6.098%) XML
16 5 (6.098%) Photoshop
16 5 (6.098%) Visual Studio
16 5 (6.098%) CRM
16 5 (6.098%) UML

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 53 (64.63%) .NET
2 26 (31.71%) ASP.NET
3 24 (29.27%) CSS
4 17 (20.73%) HTML
5 13 (15.85%) HTML5
6 12 (14.63%) Web Services
7 9 (10.98%) CSS3
7 9 (10.98%) jQuery
8 5 (6.098%) XML
9 4 (4.878%) XHTML
9 4 (4.878%) Ajax
10 3 (3.659%) .NET Framework
10 3 (3.659%) Flash
10 3 (3.659%) ASP
11 2 (2.439%) J2EE
11 2 (2.439%) Cocoa
11 2 (2.439%) CAML
11 2 (2.439%) WCF
11 2 (2.439%) Cocoa Touch
12 1 (1.220%) UIKit
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.537%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.878%) CMS
3 3 (3.659%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (2.439%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.220%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (1.220%) Apache
5 1 (1.220%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.220%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (1.220%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (6.098%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.220%) MS Office
2 1 (1.220%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.220%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 4 (4.878%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.659%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (1.220%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.220%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.220%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.220%) HTTP
1 1 (1.220%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.220%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (23.17%) SQL Server
2 11 (13.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (9.756%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (4.878%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (4.878%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (3.659%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.220%) QlikView
7 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.220%) Star Schema
7 1 (1.220%) OLAP
7 1 (1.220%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.220%) DecisionStream
7 1 (1.220%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (6.098%) Visual Studio
2 4 (4.878%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.439%) Flash Builder
4 1 (1.220%) JUnit
4 1 (1.220%) Xcode
4 1 (1.220%) Subversion
4 1 (1.220%) Maven
4 1 (1.220%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (3.659%) Publishing
2 2 (2.439%) Finance
3 1 (1.220%) Law
3 1 (1.220%) Legal
3 1 (1.220%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.878%) W3C
2 3 (3.659%) N-Tier
2 3 (3.659%) Graphic Design
2 3 (3.659%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.439%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.220%) NHS
4 1 (1.220%) Animation
4 1 (1.220%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.220%) Social Network
4 1 (1.220%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.220%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.220%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.659%) Android
1 3 (3.659%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.220%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (8.537%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (7.317%) Unit Testing
2 6 (7.317%) MVC
3 5 (6.098%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (6.098%) UML
3 5 (6.098%) CRM
4 4 (4.878%) OO
5 3 (3.659%) Web Development
5 3 (3.659%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (3.659%) Supplier Management
5 3 (3.659%) Migration
5 3 (3.659%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (3.659%) Scrum
6 2 (2.439%) Web Design
6 2 (2.439%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (2.439%) ITIL
6 2 (2.439%) OOD
6 2 (2.439%) ETL
6 2 (2.439%) Workflow
6 2 (2.439%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (54.88%) C#
2 23 (28.05%) SQL
3 15 (18.29%) JavaScript
4 13 (15.85%) VB.NET
5 8 (9.756%) Java
6 6 (7.317%) PL/SQL
7 5 (6.098%) VB
8 4 (4.878%) C++
9 3 (3.659%) C
9 3 (3.659%) VC++
10 2 (2.439%) Objective-C
10 2 (2.439%) ActionScript
10 2 (2.439%) T-SQL
10 2 (2.439%) OCaml
10 2 (2.439%) ActionScript 3.0
11 1 (1.220%) GLSL
11 1 (1.220%) HLSL
11 1 (1.220%) PHP
11 1 (1.220%) LotusScript
11 1 (1.220%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 5 (6.098%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.659%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.439%) Degree
4 1 (1.220%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.220%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (1.220%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (13.41%) Oracle
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.659%) Cognos
3 2 (2.439%) Adobe
4 1 (1.220%) Informatica
4 1 (1.220%) Lotus
4 1 (1.220%) Apple
4 1 (1.220%) Google
4 1 (1.220%) Siebel
4 1 (1.220%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.220%) SAP
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