The first table below looks at the demand for the Interactive 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 Interactive Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Interactive Developer
Rank 549 587 -
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -
Contract jobs requiring an Interactive Developer 5 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.010% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.004% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
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 2132 2587 2980
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 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Interactive Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Interactive Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Interactive Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Interactive Developer Daily Rate Trend

Interactive Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Interactive Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Interactive Developer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Interactive Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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
London +23 4 £475 -
England +16 4 £475 -
Bristol - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Stoke-on-Trent - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
North West - - - -
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -

Interactive Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Interactive 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 Interactive Developer in their job title.

1 9 (69.23%) ActionScript
2 8 (61.54%) Flash
2 8 (61.54%) Games
3 7 (53.85%) Scrum
4 6 (46.15%) IPTV
5 5 (38.46%) Web Services
5 5 (38.46%) Linux
5 5 (38.46%) Java
5 5 (38.46%) PHP
5 5 (38.46%) Interactive Media
5 5 (38.46%) Interactive TV
5 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
6 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
7 3 (23.08%) HTML
7 3 (23.08%) CMS
8 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (15.38%) TDD
8 2 (15.38%) Content Management
8 2 (15.38%) OO
8 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
8 2 (15.38%) CSS
8 2 (15.38%) Digital Media
8 2 (15.38%) HTML5
8 2 (15.38%) Product Management
9 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
9 1 (7.692%) JSON
9 1 (7.692%) Lua
9 1 (7.692%) IVR
9 1 (7.692%) Statistics
9 1 (7.692%) Degree

Interactive Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Interactive 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 Interactive Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (61.54%) Flash
2 5 (38.46%) Web Services
3 3 (23.08%) HTML
4 2 (15.38%) HTML5
4 2 (15.38%) CSS
5 1 (7.692%) REST
5 1 (7.692%) cocos2d
5 1 (7.692%) JSON
5 1 (7.692%) WML
5 1 (7.692%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) LAN
1 1 (7.692%) PBX
1 1 (7.692%) WAN
1 1 (7.692%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) Big Data
General
1 8 (61.54%) Games
2 5 (38.46%) Interactive Media
3 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.692%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) IPTV
2 5 (38.46%) Interactive TV
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Media
4 1 (7.692%) IVR
4 1 (7.692%) Statistics
4 1 (7.692%) Graphic Design
4 1 (7.692%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Scrum
2 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
3 2 (15.38%) OO
3 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (15.38%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) Content Management
3 2 (15.38%) Product Management
4 1 (7.692%) Memory Management
4 1 (7.692%) DRM
4 1 (7.692%) MVC
4 1 (7.692%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) ActionScript
2 5 (38.46%) Java
2 5 (38.46%) PHP
3 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.692%) C
4 1 (7.692%) C++
4 1 (7.692%) SQL
4 1 (7.692%) VBScript
4 1 (7.692%) VB
4 1 (7.692%) Lua
4 1 (7.692%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Adobe
1 1 (7.692%) OpenTV