The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 currently tracked.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Development Engineer
Rank 465 502 541
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Development Engineer 76 68 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.158% 0.117% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.171% 0.127% 0.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 16 5
Average daily rate £400 £331 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.75% -11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £253 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £305 £388
% change year-on-year
- -21.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 22
Average hourly rate £32.50 £39.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.19% +12.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.80 £32.40 £29.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £60.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.16% +5.71%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2099 2560 2964
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Development Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Development Engineer within the UK.

Development Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Development Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Development Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Development Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Development Engineer within the UK.

Development Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Development Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Development Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Development Engineer
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 Development Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +17 64 £400 +20.75% 32
London +27 35 £400 +8.47% 5
South East +38 17 £450 +73.07% 12
Berkshire +24 10 £475 - 2
Reading +10 5 £475 - 2
City of London +6 5 £388 -8.82% 3
East of England +16 4 £263 -25.00% 5
Cambridgeshire +13 4 £263 -25.00% 3
Cambridge +15 3 £263 -25.00% 2
South West +27 2 £275 -21.42% 1
West Midlands +6 2 - - 2
Hampshire -4 2 - - 5
Scotland -10 2 - -
Ealing - - - -
West Wales - - - -
Wales - - - -
South Wales - - - -
Merseyside - - - -
North East - - - - 2
North West - - - - 1
Hertfordshire - - - - 1
Kent - - - -
Lancashire - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - - 2
Suffolk - - - -
Warwickshire - - - - 2
West Sussex - - - - 1
West Yorkshire - - - - 4
Worcestershire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - - 4

Development Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

1 37 (32.74%) C#
2 35 (30.97%) C
3 32 (28.32%) C++
4 28 (24.78%) Java
4 28 (24.78%) SQL
5 25 (22.12%) Agile Software Development
6 24 (21.24%) Degree
6 24 (21.24%) Windows
6 24 (21.24%) Linux
6 24 (21.24%) Games
7 23 (20.35%) Computer Science
8 20 (17.70%) Test Automation
8 20 (17.70%) Microsoft
9 19 (16.81%) SQL Server
9 19 (16.81%) TDD
10 18 (15.93%) REST
10 18 (15.93%) HTTP
11 17 (15.04%) Telecoms
12 16 (14.16%) Solaris
13 15 (13.27%) Visual Studio
14 14 (12.39%) .NET
14 14 (12.39%) Python
14 14 (12.39%) MS Excel
14 14 (12.39%) Windows Azure
14 14 (12.39%) Automated Testing
15 13 (11.50%) XMPP
15 13 (11.50%) Erlang
15 13 (11.50%) Android
15 13 (11.50%) Mac OS X
15 13 (11.50%) SMPP

Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (15.93%) REST
2 14 (12.39%) .NET
3 13 (11.50%) XMPP
4 12 (10.62%) XML
5 9 (7.965%) Web Services
6 8 (7.080%) HTML
6 8 (7.080%) WCF
6 8 (7.080%) JSON
7 4 (3.540%) Flash
7 4 (3.540%) XSLT
7 4 (3.540%) ASP.NET
7 4 (3.540%) CSS
7 4 (3.540%) Silverlight
8 3 (2.655%) MDX
8 3 (2.655%) OpenGL
8 3 (2.655%) WinForms
8 3 (2.655%) WSH
9 2 (1.770%) XML Schema
9 2 (1.770%) SOAP
9 2 (1.770%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 14 (12.39%) Windows Azure
2 11 (9.735%) IIS
3 5 (4.425%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.655%) Confluence
4 3 (2.655%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.885%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.885%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (12.39%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.195%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.655%) MS Office
4 2 (1.770%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.885%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.93%) HTTP
2 13 (11.50%) SMPP
3 9 (7.965%) LTE
3 9 (7.965%) Wireless
4 8 (7.080%) 3G
5 7 (6.195%) 3GPP
6 6 (5.310%) UMTS
6 6 (5.310%) 4G
6 6 (5.310%) WiMAX
7 5 (4.425%) GPRS
7 5 (4.425%) GSM
8 3 (2.655%) Internet
9 2 (1.770%) ISDN
9 2 (1.770%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.770%) CDMA
10 1 (0.885%) SSH
10 1 (0.885%) Network Security
10 1 (0.885%) MPLS
10 1 (0.885%) OSPF
10 1 (0.885%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.81%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.080%) Data Mining
2 8 (7.080%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (4.425%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.540%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (3.540%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.655%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (2.655%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.655%) OLAP
5 3 (2.655%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.885%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.885%) Big Data
6 1 (0.885%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.885%) DB2
6 1 (0.885%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (13.27%) Visual Studio
2 11 (9.735%) LabVIEW
3 5 (4.425%) JIRA
4 4 (3.540%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.655%) Selenium
5 3 (2.655%) Maven
5 3 (2.655%) Git (software)
5 3 (2.655%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (2.655%) JBehave
5 3 (2.655%) Ant
6 2 (1.770%) WebDriver
6 2 (1.770%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.770%) Hudson
7 1 (0.885%) WATIR
7 1 (0.885%) Subversion
7 1 (0.885%) RSpec
7 1 (0.885%) JMeter
7 1 (0.885%) JUnit
7 1 (0.885%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.885%) Eclipse
General
1 24 (21.24%) Games
2 17 (15.04%) Telecoms
3 11 (9.735%) Electronics
4 5 (4.425%) Finance
5 3 (2.655%) Banking
5 3 (2.655%) Retail
5 3 (2.655%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.770%) Automotive
6 2 (1.770%) Military
6 2 (1.770%) Avionics
7 1 (0.885%) German Language
7 1 (0.885%) Marketing
7 1 (0.885%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.885%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 23 (20.35%) Computer Science
2 11 (9.735%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (6.195%) Mobile App
4 6 (5.310%) Kinect
4 6 (5.310%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 5 (4.425%) Machine Learning
6 4 (3.540%) Streaming Video
6 4 (3.540%) Visualisation
7 3 (2.655%) Mathematics
8 2 (1.770%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (1.770%) DTV
8 2 (1.770%) Open Source
8 2 (1.770%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.885%) Streaming Media
9 1 (0.885%) IPTV
9 1 (0.885%) CPLD
9 1 (0.885%) STB
9 1 (0.885%) FMCG
9 1 (0.885%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.885%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 24 (21.24%) Windows
1 24 (21.24%) Linux
2 16 (14.16%) Solaris
3 13 (11.50%) Android
3 13 (11.50%) Mac OS X
4 7 (6.195%) Apple iOS
5 6 (5.310%) UNIX
6 4 (3.540%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (3.540%) Windows 8
7 3 (2.655%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.655%) Windows Phone
7 3 (2.655%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.655%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.770%) SUSE
9 1 (0.885%) Windows CE
9 1 (0.885%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.12%) Agile Software Development
2 20 (17.70%) Test Automation
3 19 (16.81%) TDD
4 14 (12.39%) Automated Testing
5 11 (9.735%) Scrum
5 11 (9.735%) Test Strategy
6 10 (8.850%) Analytics
7 9 (7.965%) Game Development
7 9 (7.965%) Configuration Management
8 7 (6.195%) Load Testing
8 7 (6.195%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (6.195%) MVC
9 6 (5.310%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (5.310%) Code Coverage
9 6 (5.310%) Software Architecture
9 6 (5.310%) Process Architecture
9 6 (5.310%) Web Development
10 5 (4.425%) Software Engineering
10 5 (4.425%) Software Testing
10 5 (4.425%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (32.74%) C#
2 35 (30.97%) C
3 32 (28.32%) C++
4 28 (24.78%) Java
4 28 (24.78%) SQL
5 14 (12.39%) Python
6 13 (11.50%) Erlang
6 13 (11.50%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.655%) Ruby
7 3 (2.655%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.655%) Groovy
7 3 (2.655%) Embedded C
7 3 (2.655%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.655%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.770%) Perl
9 1 (0.885%) GLSL
9 1 (0.885%) Scala
9 1 (0.885%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (21.24%) Degree
2 6 (5.310%) PhD
2 6 (5.310%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.425%) ISTQB
3 5 (4.425%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.885%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.885%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.885%) MBA
4 1 (0.885%) HND
4 1 (0.885%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.655%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.655%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.770%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.425%) Puppet
2 2 (1.770%) HP Operations Orchestration
2 2 (1.770%) BladeLogic
3 1 (0.885%) Nagios
Vendors
1 20 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.425%) Facebook
3 4 (3.540%) VMware
4 3 (2.655%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.655%) Omniture
4 3 (2.655%) Anite
5 2 (1.770%) Cisco
5 2 (1.770%) NetIQ
5 2 (1.770%) HP
5 2 (1.770%) BMC
6 1 (0.885%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.885%) Tableau
6 1 (0.885%) Twitter
6 1 (0.885%) EMC
6 1 (0.885%) Cadence
6 1 (0.885%) Perforce
6 1 (0.885%) Oracle
6 1 (0.885%) SAP
6 1 (0.885%) JBoss
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