The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Applications 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 Senior Applications 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
Senior Application Developer
Rank 514 578 567
Rank change year-on-year
+64 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Developer 15 6 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.032% 0.010% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.011% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 5
Average daily rate £380 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 - £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 - -
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%

Senior Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Senior Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Applications Developer
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications 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 +57 14 £380 -
London +43 7 £450 -
Staffordshire - 3 £380 -
West Midlands - 3 £380 -
South West +29 2 £425 -
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £365 -
Scotland -8 1 - -
Glasgow -14 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 £313 -
Liverpool - 1 £325 -
South East - 1 £313 -
North West - 1 £325 -
Merseyside - 1 £325 -
City of London - 1 £315 -
Wiltshire - 1 £425 -

Senior Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (57.14%) SQL
2 12 (42.86%) .NET
3 11 (39.29%) C#
4 9 (32.14%) Finance
5 8 (28.57%) Java
5 8 (28.57%) ASP.NET
6 7 (25.00%) VB
6 7 (25.00%) VB.NET
6 7 (25.00%) Windows
6 7 (25.00%) Android
7 6 (21.43%) Apple iOS
7 6 (21.43%) Banking
7 6 (21.43%) Technical Architecture
7 6 (21.43%) Oracle
7 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
7 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 5 (17.86%) Mobile App
8 5 (17.86%) Objective-C
8 5 (17.86%) C++
8 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (17.86%) Release Management
9 4 (14.29%) Investment Banking
9 4 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
9 4 (14.29%) Degree
9 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 4 (14.29%) DCOM
9 4 (14.29%) Web Services
9 4 (14.29%) C
9 4 (14.29%) RAD
9 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence

Senior Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (42.86%) .NET
2 8 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 4 (14.29%) DCOM
3 4 (14.29%) Web Services
4 2 (7.143%) HTML5
4 2 (7.143%) jQuery
4 2 (7.143%) HTML
4 2 (7.143%) ADO
4 2 (7.143%) CSS
4 2 (7.143%) ODBC
4 2 (7.143%) ActiveX
5 1 (3.571%) Middleware
5 1 (3.571%) OLE
5 1 (3.571%) XML
5 1 (3.571%) ASP
5 1 (3.571%) COM
5 1 (3.571%) MFC
5 1 (3.571%) Ajax
5 1 (3.571%) NHibernate
5 1 (3.571%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) IIS
1 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.571%) MSMQ
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) SSL
1 1 (3.571%) Firewall
1 1 (3.571%) FTP
1 1 (3.571%) HTTP
1 1 (3.571%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (7.143%) Big Data
3 2 (7.143%) DTS
4 1 (3.571%) SQLPlus
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Xcode
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (3.571%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Banking
3 4 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 2 (7.143%) Marketing
5 1 (3.571%) Electronics
5 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.571%) Music
5 1 (3.571%) Music Industry
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.71%) NHS
2 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.143%) Social Media
4 1 (3.571%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.571%) Handset
4 1 (3.571%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (3.571%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (3.571%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Windows
1 7 (25.00%) Android
2 6 (21.43%) Apple iOS
3 4 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (7.143%) Windows Phone
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Phone 8
5 1 (3.571%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Technical Architecture
2 5 (17.86%) Release Management
3 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 4 (14.29%) RAD
3 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (10.71%) OO
4 3 (10.71%) MVC
4 3 (10.71%) Information Management
4 3 (10.71%) Workflow
4 3 (10.71%) Information Architecture
5 2 (7.143%) Unit Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Multithreading
5 2 (7.143%) Time Management
5 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.143%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (7.143%) Change Control
6 1 (3.571%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (3.571%) Database Security
6 1 (3.571%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (3.571%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) SQL
2 11 (39.29%) C#
3 8 (28.57%) Java
4 7 (25.00%) VB
4 7 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 5 (17.86%) Objective-C
5 5 (17.86%) C++
6 4 (14.29%) C
6 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
7 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
7 3 (10.71%) PL/SQL
8 2 (7.143%) VB6
9 1 (3.571%) Python
9 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Facebook
2 3 (10.71%) Twitter
3 1 (3.571%) Apple