The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate 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 Graduate Developer 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
Graduate Developer
Rank 515 547 587
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate Developer 26 23 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.054% 0.040% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.043% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 6
Average daily rate £225 £120 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -26.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £90 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £222 £180
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £138 £163
% change year-on-year
+89.09% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £60.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -72.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year
- -72.50%
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%

Graduate Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Graduate Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Graduate Developer Daily Rate Trend

Graduate Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Graduate Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Graduate 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 Graduate Developer 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 +13 23 £225 +87.50% 132
London +25 14 £225 +95.65% 24
City of London +7 9 £225 +150.00% 7
South East +25 3 - - 32
East Midlands +1 3 - - 6
Scotland - 3 - - 6
Glasgow - 3 - - 3
East of England - 2 - - 12
West Sussex - 2 - -
Worthing - 2 - -
Hampshire -3 1 - - 4
West Yorkshire - 1 £260 - 6
Suffolk - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 £260 - 5
Essex - 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £260 - 10
Colchester - 1 - - 1
Coventry - - - - 1
Crewe - - - - 1
Dartford - - - -
Derby - - - -
Edinburgh - - - - 2
Ellesmere Port - - - - 2
Falkirk - - - -
Fareham - - - -
Farnham - - - - 2
Gerrards Cross - - - - 1
Godalming - - - - 1
Guildford - - - - 4
Halifax - - - -

Graduate Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 30 (69.77%) Java
2 21 (48.84%) Finance
3 18 (41.86%) Computer Science
4 16 (37.21%) Degree
5 15 (34.88%) Banking
6 12 (27.91%) C#
6 12 (27.91%) SQL
7 9 (20.93%) Investment Banking
8 8 (18.60%) .NET
8 8 (18.60%) OO
8 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
8 8 (18.60%) Mathematics
9 6 (13.95%) TCP/IP
9 6 (13.95%) MS Excel
9 6 (13.95%) Multithreading
10 5 (11.63%) C++
10 5 (11.63%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (9.302%) Marketing
11 4 (9.302%) Ant
11 4 (9.302%) MS Office
11 4 (9.302%) Oracle
11 4 (9.302%) Regular Expression
11 4 (9.302%) MS PowerPoint
12 3 (6.977%) Physics
12 3 (6.977%) SQL Server
12 3 (6.977%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET
12 3 (6.977%) C
12 3 (6.977%) Web Development
12 3 (6.977%) Ruby

Graduate Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (18.60%) .NET
2 4 (9.302%) Regular Expression
3 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.651%) HTML
4 2 (4.651%) CSS
4 2 (4.651%) XML
4 2 (4.651%) XSLT
4 2 (4.651%) Middleware
5 1 (2.326%) Ext JS
5 1 (2.326%) HTML5
5 1 (2.326%) CSS3
5 1 (2.326%) JSON
5 1 (2.326%) Silverlight
5 1 (2.326%) jQuery
5 1 (2.326%) DOM
5 1 (2.326%) DHTML
5 1 (2.326%) COM
5 1 (2.326%) J2EE
5 1 (2.326%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.651%) Documentum
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.302%) MS Office
2 4 (9.302%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.326%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.977%) SQL Server
1 3 (6.977%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.326%) Big Data
2 1 (2.326%) QlikView
2 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Ant
General
1 21 (48.84%) Finance
2 15 (34.88%) Banking
3 9 (20.93%) Investment Banking
4 4 (9.302%) Marketing
5 1 (2.326%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 18 (41.86%) Computer Science
2 8 (18.60%) Mathematics
3 3 (6.977%) Physics
4 2 (4.651%) NHS
4 2 (4.651%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.326%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.326%) Web 2.0
5 1 (2.326%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.60%) OO
2 6 (13.95%) Multithreading
3 5 (11.63%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (6.977%) Web Development
5 2 (4.651%) Business Analysis
5 2 (4.651%) Software Testing
6 1 (2.326%) Customer Insight
6 1 (2.326%) Rapid Prototyping
6 1 (2.326%) Dimensional Modelling
6 1 (2.326%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.326%) Data Modelling
6 1 (2.326%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 30 (69.77%) Java
2 12 (27.91%) C#
2 12 (27.91%) SQL
3 5 (11.63%) C++
4 3 (6.977%) C
4 3 (6.977%) Ruby
5 2 (4.651%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.326%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.326%) VBScript
6 1 (2.326%) VB
6 1 (2.326%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) Degree
2 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.302%) Oracle
3 1 (2.326%) Sencha
London
Regular Expression and scripting experience - Javascript+Must haver a genuine interest in UI DevelopmentEssential: +Graduated in the last 2 years +Strong Javascript experience+Ability to self motivate +Ability...
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Successful candidates must have a real passion for Java development and have the drive to succeed within a large global space and enhance your career prospects. The client...
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Job Title: Graduate Developer (C#, Java, ANT)Location: LondonContract: 6 months+Rate: £200-250 per dayGraduate Developer (C#, Java, ANT)Role:A great opportunity for a graduate who...
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
We are looking to appoint a well-rounded software engineering graduate to join an enthusiastic team creating a new series of business software applications aimed at small and...
Acumen Synergy
Rate: From £14,000 to £26,000 per annum Salary dependent upon experience
Posted: 3 June 2013
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