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The table looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads738316284
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK21.49 %21.15 %
As % of the Job Titles category24.20 %23.35 %
Daily rates quoted30225441
Average daily rate£375£395
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-5.060 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£325
% change on same period last year-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted344846
Average hourly rate£27.50£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-15.38 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£32.50
% change on same period last year-15.38 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3051169739
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.82 %90.58 %
Daily rates quoted1179222223
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23755970
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

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 within the UK.

Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandNo change06919£400-0.12 %
LondonNo change04156£450-
City of LondonUp+21477£475-
South EastDown-11036£300-7.69 %
North WestNo change0416£278-14.61 %
South WestNo change0412£275-8.33 %
HampshireDown-2302£325-13.33 %
East of EnglandNo change0270£300-14.28 %
BerkshireDown-3261£300-3.22 %
YorkshireDown-1209£275-8.33 %
ScotlandNo change0193£259-20.38 %
West MidlandsDown-1175£256-23.22 %
ManchesterNo change0164£230-23.33 %
SurreyNo change0140£325+4.41 %
West YorkshireDown-2122£275-8.33 %
ReadingUp+1118£309+3.00 %
East MidlandsNo change0106£270-20.00 %
CambridgeshireNo change0104£325-7.14 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1101£500-16.66 %
WalesNo change099£300-14.28 %
BristolNo change094£300-
LeedsDown-389£275-5.17 %
WiltshireUp+1088£275-26.66 %
CheshireUp+478£295-9.23 %
North EastDown-169£316-6.64 %
HertfordshireDown-1168£268-23.57 %
CambridgeUp+161£275-18.51 %
BirminghamDown-161£375+7.14 %
EssexDown-361£350+7.69 %
South WalesNo change059£260-22.96 %

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

14522 (29.07 %).NET
24079 (26.22 %)C#
34025 (25.87 %)SQL
43517 (22.61 %)Java
53117 (20.04 %)SQL Server
62733 (17.57 %)Oracle
72440 (15.69 %)JavaScript
82377 (15.28 %)Banking
92316 (14.89 %)ASP.NET
102299 (14.78 %)XML
112209 (14.20 %)HTML
122088 (13.42 %)CSS
132080 (13.37 %)Finance
141688 (10.85 %)Investment Banking
151645 (10.57 %)C++
161525 (9.803 %)PHP
171394 (8.961 %)UNIX
181357 (8.723 %)AJAX
191266 (8.138 %)SQL Server 2005
201249 (8.029 %)OO
211201 (7.720 %)Front Office
221183 (7.605 %)MySQL
231113 (7.155 %)Derivative
241111 (7.142 %)J2EE
251091 (7.013 %)Microsoft
261053 (6.769 %)WebServices
271038 (6.673 %)Windows
28996 (6.403 %)Linux
29893 (5.741 %)XHTML
30885 (5.689 %)PL/SQL

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14522 (29.07 %).NET
22316 (14.89 %)ASP.NET
32299 (14.78 %)XML
42209 (14.20 %)HTML
52088 (13.42 %)CSS
61357 (8.723 %)AJAX
71111 (7.142 %)J2EE
81053 (6.769 %)WebServices
9893 (5.741 %)XHTML
10815 (5.239 %)Spring
11788 (5.066 %)Flash
12628 (4.037 %)Hibernate
13533 (3.426 %).NET Framework
14524 (3.368 %)JSP
15516 (3.317 %)XSLT
16501 (3.221 %)ASP
17480 (3.086 %)WinForms
18432 (2.777 %)WebSphere
19380 (2.443 %)Adobe Flex
20348 (2.237 %)LAMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1846 (5.438 %)SharePoint
2593 (3.812 %)CMS
3454 (2.918 %)Apache
4449 (2.886 %)SharePoint Server 2007
5266 (1.710 %)IIS
6225 (1.446 %)Drupal
7224 (1.440 %)WebLogic
8214 (1.376 %)Tomcat
9208 (1.337 %)BizTalk Server
10129 (0.829 %)ESB
11110 (0.707 %)Joomla!
12109 (0.701 %)WebSphere Portal
12109 (0.701 %)WebSphere MQ
13108 (0.694 %)SAS
14107 (0.688 %)ColdFusion
1598 (0.630 %)MQSeries
1695 (0.611 %)Rendezvous
1774 (0.476 %)Lotus Notes
1870 (0.450 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1961 (0.392 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1490 (3.150 %)MS Excel
2291 (1.871 %)Photoshop
3146 (0.939 %)MS Office
488 (0.566 %)Spreadsheet
580 (0.514 %)Adobe Illustrator
663 (0.405 %)InfoPath
745 (0.289 %)MS Visio
836 (0.231 %)Fireworks
929 (0.186 %)MS PowerPoint
1023 (0.148 %)CA Clarity
1023 (0.148 %)MATLAB
1121 (0.135 %)MS Project
1213 (0.084 %)3ds Max
1311 (0.071 %)FreeHand
149 (0.058 %)Shockwave
149 (0.058 %)Simulink
156 (0.039 %)ImageReady
156 (0.039 %)Doxygen
156 (0.039 %)Adobe Captivate
165 (0.032 %)Adobe Director
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1102 (0.656 %)Dynamics CRM
290 (0.579 %)Oracle Applications
378 (0.501 %)Oracle EBS
467 (0.431 %)BusinessWorks
563 (0.405 %)Dynamics AX
662 (0.399 %)Endur
746 (0.296 %)Microsoft CRM
844 (0.283 %)Sophis RISQUE
943 (0.276 %)RMDS
943 (0.276 %)Axapta
1036 (0.231 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1135 (0.225 %)Summit
1232 (0.206 %)SAP CRM
1330 (0.193 %)Oracle 11i
1330 (0.193 %)ION MarketView
1429 (0.186 %)TIBCO iProcess
1528 (0.180 %)Oracle Financials
1620 (0.129 %)SAP HR
1718 (0.116 %)Navision
1817 (0.109 %)BASE24
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1411 (2.642 %)Internet
2269 (1.729 %)Intranet
385 (0.546 %)HTTP
474 (0.476 %)TCP/IP
562 (0.399 %)LDAP
637 (0.238 %)SSL
731 (0.199 %)Extranet
827 (0.174 %)3G
924 (0.154 %)Wireless
1020 (0.129 %)SMTP
1119 (0.122 %)FTP
1218 (0.116 %)LTE
1317 (0.109 %)DVB
1415 (0.096 %)DNS
1514 (0.090 %)SAN
1611 (0.071 %)UTRAN
1710 (0.064 %)SNMP
1710 (0.064 %)SMS
1710 (0.064 %)SSH
1710 (0.064 %)BSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13117 (20.04 %)SQL Server
21266 (8.138 %)SQL Server 2005
31183 (7.605 %)MySQL
4665 (4.275 %)Datawarehouse
5578 (3.716 %)Oracle 10g
6472 (3.034 %)SQL Server 2000
7438 (2.816 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8430 (2.764 %)BusinessObjects
8430 (2.764 %)ETL
9403 (2.591 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10291 (1.871 %)Oracle Reports
11271 (1.742 %)RDBMS
12228 (1.466 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13225 (1.446 %)Crystal Reports
14219 (1.408 %)Oracle 9i
15207 (1.331 %)SQL Server 2008
16164 (1.054 %)Oracle 8/8i
17162 (1.041 %)OLAP
18155 (0.996 %)BusinessObjects XI
19154 (0.990 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1549 (3.529 %)Visual Studio
2322 (2.070 %)ClearCase
3295 (1.896 %)Subversion
4265 (1.704 %)Eclipse
5208 (1.337 %)Oracle Forms
6180 (1.157 %)Ant
7171 (1.099 %)JUnit
8135 (0.868 %)Dreamweaver
9120 (0.771 %)NUnit
1076 (0.489 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1170 (0.450 %)Team Foundation Server
1260 (0.386 %)JDeveloper
1358 (0.373 %)ClearQuest
1447 (0.302 %)Selenium
1543 (0.276 %)Oracle APEX
1641 (0.264 %)CruiseControl
1739 (0.251 %)JCAPS
1832 (0.206 %)Visual Studio Team System
1930 (0.193 %)MorphX
2028 (0.180 %)Xcode
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12377 (15.28 %)Banking
22080 (13.37 %)Finance
31688 (10.85 %)Investment Banking
41201 (7.720 %)Front Office
5456 (2.931 %)Government
6307 (1.974 %)Insurance
7264 (1.697 %)Telecoms
8252 (1.620 %)Games
9214 (1.376 %)Back Office
10213 (1.369 %)Marketing
11203 (1.305 %)Education
12181 (1.164 %)Retail
13144 (0.926 %)Financial Institution
14137 (0.881 %)Publishing
15116 (0.746 %)Health
1673 (0.469 %)Billing
1764 (0.411 %)Animation
1863 (0.405 %)Pensions
1962 (0.399 %)Advertising
2061 (0.392 %)Graphic Design
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11113 (7.155 %)Derivative
2752 (4.834 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3450 (2.893 %)Fixed Income
4340 (2.186 %)Multithreading
5319 (2.051 %)Equities
6265 (1.704 %)Credit Risk
7243 (1.562 %)NHS
8239 (1.536 %)Credit Derivative
9218 (1.401 %)Equity Derivative
10212 (1.363 %)Interest Rate Derivative
11199 (1.279 %)W3C
12152 (0.977 %)Client/Server
13131 (0.842 %)Market Risk
14123 (0.791 %)Computer Science
14123 (0.791 %)iPhone
15118 (0.759 %)N-Tier
16106 (0.681 %)Web 2.0
17104 (0.669 %)E-Learning
1889 (0.572 %)Grid Computing
1978 (0.501 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11394 (8.961 %)UNIX
21038 (6.673 %)Windows
3996 (6.403 %)Linux
4236 (1.517 %)Solaris
5112 (0.720 %)Windows Server 2003
670 (0.450 %)Windows XP
765 (0.418 %)Red Hat Linux
849 (0.315 %)Windows Mobile
937 (0.238 %)Android
1030 (0.193 %)Windows 2000
1129 (0.186 %)Windows NT
1227 (0.174 %)Mac OS
1326 (0.167 %)AIX
1420 (0.129 %)Mac OS X
1420 (0.129 %)Windows CE
1420 (0.129 %)MVS
1516 (0.103 %)VMS
1615 (0.096 %)Windows Server 2008
1712 (0.077 %)Windows 2000 Server
1811 (0.071 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11249 (8.029 %)OO
2660 (4.243 %)Web Development
3623 (4.005 %)Agile Software Development
4537 (3.452 %)Business Intelligence
5508 (3.266 %)E-Commerce
6447 (2.873 %)UML
7428 (2.751 %)Migration
8424 (2.726 %)TDD
9386 (2.481 %)Content Management
10351 (2.256 %)Workflow
11346 (2.224 %)SOA
12338 (2.173 %)CRM
13333 (2.141 %)Unit Testing
14330 (2.121 %)Scrum
15271 (1.742 %)Data Modelling
16270 (1.736 %)OOP
17259 (1.665 %)RAD
18202 (1.299 %)Risk Management
19194 (1.247 %)OOD
20192 (1.234 %)Electronic Trading
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14079 (26.22 %)C#
24025 (25.87 %)SQL
33517 (22.61 %)Java
42440 (15.69 %)JavaScript
51645 (10.57 %)C++
61525 (9.803 %)PHP
7885 (5.689 %)PL/SQL
8775 (4.982 %)VB.NET
9718 (4.616 %)VB
10643 (4.133 %)C
11565 (3.632 %)T-SQL
12548 (3.523 %)Perl
13534 (3.433 %)VBA
14497 (3.195 %)ActionScript
15334 (2.147 %)PHP5
16272 (1.749 %)Python
17269 (1.729 %)VB6
18196 (1.260 %)Shell Script
19189 (1.215 %)Ruby
20183 (1.176 %)VC++
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1874 (5.618 %)Security Cleared
2535 (3.439 %)SC Cleared
3505 (3.246 %)Degree
491 (0.585 %)Microsoft Certification
581 (0.521 %)DV Cleared
638 (0.244 %)BC Cleared
732 (0.206 %)CTC Cleared
830 (0.193 %)Sun Certification
928 (0.180 %)MCTS
1023 (0.148 %)PhD
1116 (0.103 %)MCP
1215 (0.096 %)MCSD
1314 (0.090 %)MCAD
1410 (0.064 %)Oracle Certification
1410 (0.064 %)IBM Certification
158 (0.051 %)MCDBA
167 (0.045 %)MCSE
176 (0.039 %)HND
176 (0.039 %)MOS
184 (0.026 %)SCJP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1111 (0.714 %)QA
223 (0.148 %)HL7
315 (0.096 %)WCAG
315 (0.096 %)WAI
414 (0.090 %)ISO9001
510 (0.064 %)Basel II
69 (0.058 %)SLA
75 (0.032 %)ISO8583
84 (0.026 %)RosettaNet
93 (0.019 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
93 (0.019 %)PCI DSS
102 (0.013 %)ISO12207
111 (0.006 %)21 CFR Part 11
111 (0.006 %)GCP
111 (0.006 %)JTAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
179 (0.508 %)Active Directory
242 (0.270 %)AquaLogic
322 (0.141 %)Oracle RAC
420 (0.129 %)VMware Infrastructure
517 (0.109 %)MSMQ
69 (0.058 %)ISA Server
73 (0.019 %)Orbix
73 (0.019 %)NDS
82 (0.013 %)MetaFrame
82 (0.013 %)Squid
82 (0.013 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
82 (0.013 %)NetBackup
82 (0.013 %)XenApp
91 (0.006 %)Artix
91 (0.006 %)Hyper-V
91 (0.006 %)OpenLDAP
91 (0.006 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.006 %)VMware ESX
91 (0.006 %)RACF
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
170 (0.450 %)AutoSys
225 (0.161 %)Sun Identity Manager
322 (0.141 %)Tivoli
416 (0.103 %)CA SiteMinder
514 (0.090 %)OpenView
613 (0.084 %)CONTROL-M
712 (0.077 %)TIBCO Hawk
811 (0.071 %)OpenView Configuration Management
97 (0.045 %)OVSD
105 (0.032 %)Netcool
105 (0.032 %)MIIS
113 (0.019 %)OVPM
113 (0.019 %)SCCM
113 (0.019 %)HP NNM
122 (0.013 %)OVIS
122 (0.013 %)WSUS
122 (0.013 %)OVPI
122 (0.013 %)BMC PATROL
122 (0.013 %)ServiceCenter
122 (0.013 %)Cisco IPCC
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12733 (17.57 %)Oracle
21091 (7.013 %)Microsoft
3663 (4.262 %)Sybase
4430 (2.764 %)Business Objects
5293 (1.884 %)SAP
6248 (1.594 %)TIBCO
7245 (1.575 %)Adobe
8200 (1.286 %)Cognos
9187 (1.202 %)JBoss
10168 (1.080 %)Murex
11161 (1.035 %)Informatica
12159 (1.022 %)IBM
13130 (0.836 %)Zend
14109 (0.701 %)Sun
15108 (0.694 %)DataSynapse
1692 (0.591 %)OpenLink
1791 (0.585 %)Siebel
1886 (0.553 %)Lotus
1982 (0.527 %)Bloomberg
2076 (0.489 %)Sophis