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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Tyne and Wear 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads97144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.143 %
As % of the category below28.96 %27.80 %
Daily rates quoted1225
Average minimum daily rate£311£378
Average daily rate£326£391
% change on same period last year-16.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£404
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Hourly rates quoted1117
Average minimum hourly rate£32.15£33.35
Average hourly rate£33.85£36.12
% change on same period last year-6.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.54£38.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.01£33.46
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads335518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.442 %0.516 %
Daily rates quoted74113
Average minimum daily rate£310£325
Average daily rate£322£342
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted4353
Average minimum hourly rate£21.22£22.77
Average hourly rate£22.43£24.22
% change on same period last year-7.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.63£25.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Developer North EastDeveloper
North 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 Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The 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 20 August 2008.

Tyne and Wear Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewcastleUp+148£353-4.56 %
Newcastle Upon TyneNo change040£300-23.45 %
SunderlandNew entry-15--
GatesheadNew entry-1--
Developer North EastDeveloper
North East

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

183 (37.90 %).NET
277 (35.16 %)C#
373 (33.33 %)SQL
448 (21.92 %)SQL Server
547 (21.46 %)ASP.NET
547 (21.46 %)PHP
642 (19.18 %)Linux
737 (16.89 %)Apache
835 (15.98 %)LAMP
934 (15.53 %)COBOL
1033 (15.07 %)Oracle
1033 (15.07 %)Dreamweaver
1131 (14.16 %)SQL Server 2005
1227 (12.33 %)PL/SQL
1325 (11.42 %)Macromedia
1424 (10.96 %)XML
1522 (10.05 %)HTML
1522 (10.05 %)Web Development
1620 (9.132 %)VB.NET
1719 (8.676 %)MySQL
1719 (8.676 %)Visual Studio
1817 (7.763 %)Microsoft
1916 (7.306 %)C++
2015 (6.849 %)ETL
2114 (6.393 %)CSS
2114 (6.393 %)Windows
2114 (6.393 %).NET Framework
2213 (5.936 %)Java
2213 (5.936 %)Transact-SQL
2213 (5.936 %)Datawarehouse

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
183 (37.90 %).NET
247 (21.46 %)ASP.NET
335 (15.98 %)LAMP
424 (10.96 %)XML
522 (10.05 %)HTML
614 (6.393 %)CSS
614 (6.393 %).NET Framework
712 (5.479 %)ASP
811 (5.023 %)XHTML
910 (4.566 %)J2EE
109 (4.110 %)AJAX
109 (4.110 %)ATL
116 (2.740 %)XSLT
116 (2.740 %)Struts
116 (2.740 %)WebServices
125 (2.283 %)Hibernate
125 (2.283 %)Spring
125 (2.283 %)XSL
133 (1.370 %)Java EE
133 (1.370 %)EJB
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
137 (16.89 %)Apache
29 (4.110 %)SharePoint
37 (3.196 %)WebLogic
45 (2.283 %)SharePoint Server 2007
45 (2.283 %)PowerExchange
52 (0.913 %)SAS
52 (0.913 %)CMS
52 (0.913 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (0.457 %)Oracle Spatial
61 (0.457 %)Tomcat
61 (0.457 %)IIS
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.826 %)MS Office
22 (0.913 %)MS Excel
22 (0.913 %)InfoPath
31 (0.457 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.457 %)Photoshop
31 (0.457 %)MS Visio
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.913 %)Oracle 11i
12 (0.913 %)Oracle Applications
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.370 %)Internet
21 (0.457 %)Extranet
21 (0.457 %)SSL
21 (0.457 %)FTP
21 (0.457 %)Intranet
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (21.92 %)SQL Server
231 (14.16 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (8.676 %)MySQL
415 (6.849 %)ETL
513 (5.936 %)Datawarehouse
611 (5.023 %)SQL Server 2000
611 (5.023 %)PowerCenter
710 (4.566 %)Oracle 10g
88 (3.653 %)BusinessObjects
97 (3.196 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
97 (3.196 %)Oracle 9i
97 (3.196 %)Oracle Reports
97 (3.196 %)RDBMS
106 (2.740 %)BusinessObjects XI
106 (2.740 %)SQL Server Integration Services
115 (2.283 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
115 (2.283 %)OLAP
124 (1.826 %)Oracle 8/8i
124 (1.826 %)Oracle OWB
133 (1.370 %)Data Mart
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
133 (15.07 %)Dreamweaver
219 (8.676 %)Visual Studio
36 (2.740 %)Oracle Forms
45 (2.283 %)NUnit
45 (2.283 %)Visual Studio Team System
54 (1.826 %)JUnit
63 (1.370 %)Telon
72 (0.913 %)Rational Rose
72 (0.913 %)JDeveloper
72 (0.913 %)ProC
72 (0.913 %)Ant
72 (0.913 %)ClearCase
72 (0.913 %)COOL:Gen
81 (0.457 %)PVCS
81 (0.457 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.457 %)Eclipse
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (5.479 %)Telecoms
29 (4.110 %)Government
36 (2.740 %)Finance
45 (2.283 %)Education
53 (1.370 %)Police
53 (1.370 %)Banking
53 (1.370 %)Health
62 (0.913 %)Automotive
62 (0.913 %)Local Government
62 (0.913 %)Games
62 (0.913 %)Publishing
71 (0.457 %)Retail
71 (0.457 %)Pensions
71 (0.457 %)Interactive Media
71 (0.457 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.457 %)Advertising
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (3.196 %)Multithreading
23 (1.370 %)Blog
23 (1.370 %)N-Tier
32 (0.913 %)NHS
32 (0.913 %)Statistics
32 (0.913 %)Data Extraction
41 (0.457 %)VLE
41 (0.457 %)PDA
41 (0.457 %)Web 2.0
41 (0.457 %)Contract for Difference
41 (0.457 %)Spread Betting
41 (0.457 %)W3C
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
142 (19.18 %)Linux
214 (6.393 %)Windows
312 (5.479 %)UNIX
43 (1.370 %)Solaris
52 (0.913 %)MVS
61 (0.457 %)OS/390
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (10.05 %)Web Development
28 (3.653 %)UML
37 (3.196 %)Migration
37 (3.196 %)Dimensional Modelling
46 (2.740 %)Security Cleared
46 (2.740 %)Business Analysis
55 (2.283 %)Business Intelligence
64 (1.826 %)OOA/OOD
64 (1.826 %)OO
64 (1.826 %)Data Migration
64 (1.826 %)Agile Software Development
64 (1.826 %)Data Management
73 (1.370 %)Unit Testing
82 (0.913 %)Workflow
82 (0.913 %)Project Management
82 (0.913 %)PRINCE2
82 (0.913 %)RUP
82 (0.913 %)Test Scripting
82 (0.913 %)Content Management
82 (0.913 %)Unified Process
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
177 (35.16 %)C#
273 (33.33 %)SQL
347 (21.46 %)PHP
434 (15.53 %)COBOL
527 (12.33 %)PL/SQL
620 (9.132 %)VB.NET
716 (7.306 %)C++
813 (5.936 %)Java
813 (5.936 %)Transact-SQL
911 (5.023 %)VB
109 (4.110 %)C
118 (3.653 %)JavaScript
118 (3.653 %)VB6
125 (2.283 %)Korn
134 (1.826 %)JCL
142 (0.913 %)PHP4
151 (0.457 %)PHP5
151 (0.457 %)RPG
151 (0.457 %)DHTML
151 (0.457 %)VBA
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (2.283 %)Degree
23 (1.370 %)Sun Certification
31 (0.457 %)Oracle Certification
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.457 %)QA
11 (0.457 %)HL7
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.913 %)ISA Server
12 (0.913 %)Active Directory
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.913 %)CONTROL-M
Tyne and Wear IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (15.07 %)Oracle
225 (11.42 %)Macromedia
317 (7.763 %)Microsoft
412 (5.479 %)Informatica
58 (3.653 %)Business Objects
66 (2.740 %)BEA
73 (1.370 %)Sun
82 (0.913 %)Plumtree
82 (0.913 %)webMethods
91 (0.457 %)Metastorm
91 (0.457 %)Genesys
91 (0.457 %)Compuware