The first table below looks at the demand for the Portal 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 Portal Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Portal Developer
Rank 512 565 547
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Portal Developer 17 19 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.037% 0.033% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.035% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 7
Average daily rate £406 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £265 £384
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £480 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £381
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -14.58%
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
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2112 2572 2930
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 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Portal Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portal Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Portal Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Portal Developer Daily Rate Trend

Portal Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Portal Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Portal Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Portal Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portal Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Portal 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 Portal Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
England +40 11 £425 +21.42%
London +37 7 £456 -10.97%
Edinburgh +11 6 £406 -
Scotland -3 6 £406 -
East of England - 4 £228 -
Hertfordshire - 4 £228 -
Rickmansworth - 4 £228 -
City of London +11 1 £400 -33.33%
Docklands, London - 1 £463 -

Portal Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Portal 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 Portal Developer in their job title.

1 23 (79.31%) Java
2 16 (55.17%) Spring
3 14 (48.28%) JSF
4 13 (44.83%) WebSphere
5 11 (37.93%) jQuery
5 11 (37.93%) WebSphere Portal
5 11 (37.93%) Web Services
5 11 (37.93%) Content Management
6 10 (34.48%) Finance
6 10 (34.48%) J2EE
7 9 (31.03%) JavaScript
7 9 (31.03%) WebSphere Application Server
7 9 (31.03%) SOAP
8 8 (27.59%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (27.59%) Banking
9 7 (24.14%) JSP
9 7 (24.14%) JSON
9 7 (24.14%) JSR 286
10 6 (20.69%) RESTful
10 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
10 6 (20.69%) REST
10 6 (20.69%) OO
10 6 (20.69%) IBM
10 6 (20.69%) IBM Certification
11 5 (17.24%) Servlets
11 5 (17.24%) CSS
11 5 (17.24%) Rational Application Developer
11 5 (17.24%) HTML5
11 5 (17.24%) Dojo
11 5 (17.24%) WSRP

Portal Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Portal 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 Portal Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (55.17%) Spring
2 14 (48.28%) JSF
3 13 (44.83%) WebSphere
4 11 (37.93%) jQuery
4 11 (37.93%) Web Services
5 10 (34.48%) J2EE
6 9 (31.03%) SOAP
7 7 (24.14%) JSP
7 7 (24.14%) JSON
7 7 (24.14%) JSR 286
8 6 (20.69%) RESTful
8 6 (20.69%) REST
9 5 (17.24%) Servlets
9 5 (17.24%) CSS
9 5 (17.24%) HTML5
9 5 (17.24%) Dojo
9 5 (17.24%) WSRP
10 4 (13.79%) Spring MVC
10 4 (13.79%) Ajax
10 4 (13.79%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 11 (37.93%) WebSphere Portal
2 9 (31.03%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (13.79%) Liferay
3 4 (13.79%) CMS
4 2 (6.897%) SAP Portal
4 2 (6.897%) WebLogic
4 2 (6.897%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) SAP CRM
2 1 (3.448%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) HTTP
2 2 (6.897%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Rational Application Developer
2 4 (13.79%) Eclipse
3 2 (6.897%) PhoneGap
3 2 (6.897%) Maven
3 2 (6.897%) WebLogic Workshop
4 1 (3.448%) Git (software)
4 1 (3.448%) NWDI
General
1 10 (34.48%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Retail Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
4 2 (6.897%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (6.897%) Billing
5 1 (3.448%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Graphic Design
1 4 (13.79%) Web 2.0
1 4 (13.79%) Open Source
2 3 (10.34%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.897%) Mobile Payment
3 2 (6.897%) PKI
3 2 (6.897%) iPhone
3 2 (6.897%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
2 4 (13.79%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Content Management
2 8 (27.59%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (20.69%) OO
4 4 (13.79%) User Stories
4 4 (13.79%) BDD
4 4 (13.79%) MVC
4 4 (13.79%) Web Design
5 2 (6.897%) Unit Testing
5 2 (6.897%) Cash Management
5 2 (6.897%) CRM
5 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
5 2 (6.897%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.448%) Change Management
6 1 (3.448%) Scrum
6 1 (3.448%) Project Management
6 1 (3.448%) Investment Management
6 1 (3.448%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (79.31%) Java
2 9 (31.03%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.34%) ABAP
4 2 (6.897%) Groovy
5 1 (3.448%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) IBM Certification
2 1 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) IBM
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 2 (6.897%) JBoss
West Central London
EPP/JBoss Portal/Spring/Development-Opus Recruitment Solutions require an experienced JBoss Portal developer for a flagship client in Central London-Working alongside like-minded developers, it is...
OPUS
Rate: GBP400 to GBP600 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Portal Developer Edinburgh 6 Months contract £400/day My client in Edinburgh is looking to interview Portal Developers this week for a 6 months contract.
Sanderson
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
JSF 1.2... JSP... Experience of JavaScript frameworks such as DOJO and jQuery. Knowledge of WebSphere Portal Administration (preferably candidates will be IBM certified). Experience of IBM Web...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013