Software Developer Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 286 292 315
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 287 316 308
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.619% 0.541% 0.496%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.672% 0.585% 0.535%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 149 122
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £300 £298
% change year-on-year
+5.41% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 40 35
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £28.15 £22.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £43.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
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 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Software Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Software 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 Software Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +3 230 £345 +6.15%
London +49 82 £425 +11.47%
South East -28 40 £323 +11.20%
City of London +27 28 £515 +21.17%
East of England +13 28 £320 -
North West +13 24 £300 +4.34%
Scotland +5 24 £370 +62.63%
South West +20 23 £375 +27.65%
Yorkshire -1 15 £278 -20.71%
Wales +19 13 £325 +44.44%
Manchester +13 13 £270 +17.39%
Surrey +11 13 £350 +28.44%
Hampshire -21 13 £270 +35.00%
West Yorkshire +2 11 £280 -20.00%
South Wales +4 10 £325 +44.44%
Glasgow - 10 £475 -
Edinburgh +17 9 £250 -3.84%
Wiltshire +7 9 £525 +66.66%
West Midlands 0 9 £438 +59.09%
Norfolk +8 8 - -
East Midlands -5 8 £295 +26.20%
Leeds -7 8 £275 -21.42%
Cambridge +4 7 £285 -18.57%
Cambridgeshire -1 7 £285 -17.98%
Devon +5 6 £325 -
Essex +3 6 £325 +30.00%
Berkshire +14 5 £400 +23.07%
Birmingham +10 5 £525 +64.70%
Hertfordshire +6 5 £525 +50.00%
Merseyside +3 5 £300 +4.34%

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 331 (54.53%) C#
2 314 (51.73%) .NET
3 252 (41.52%) SQL Server
4 204 (33.61%) SQL
5 173 (28.50%) ASP.NET
6 143 (23.56%) JavaScript
7 136 (22.41%) Microsoft
8 131 (21.58%) XML
9 123 (20.26%) Windows
10 113 (18.62%) Visual Studio
11 112 (18.45%) OO
12 111 (18.29%) Web Services
13 110 (18.12%) Java
14 109 (17.96%) HTML
14 109 (17.96%) SQL Server 2008
15 104 (17.13%) C++
15 104 (17.13%) CSS
15 104 (17.13%) MVC
16 100 (16.47%) Agile Software Development
17 90 (14.83%) jQuery
18 88 (14.50%) .NET Framework
19 85 (14.00%) TDD
19 85 (14.00%) Linux
20 83 (13.67%) WCF
21 70 (11.53%) Multithreading
22 67 (11.04%) SQL Server 2005
22 67 (11.04%) Oracle
23 66 (10.87%) C
23 66 (10.87%) Finance
23 66 (10.87%) Degree

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 314 (51.73%) .NET
2 173 (28.50%) ASP.NET
3 131 (21.58%) XML
4 111 (18.29%) Web Services
5 109 (17.96%) HTML
6 104 (17.13%) CSS
7 90 (14.83%) jQuery
8 88 (14.50%) .NET Framework
9 83 (13.67%) WCF
10 55 (9.061%) ASP.NET MVC
11 48 (7.908%) Ajax
12 39 (6.425%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 35 (5.766%) WPF
14 33 (5.437%) HTML5
15 31 (5.107%) XSLT
16 28 (4.613%) WinForms
17 21 (3.460%) SOAP
17 21 (3.460%) XHTML
18 20 (3.295%) Spring
18 20 (3.295%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 39 (6.425%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.942%) IIS
3 10 (1.647%) Apache
4 8 (1.318%) CMS
4 8 (1.318%) ArcGIS
4 8 (1.318%) ESB
5 7 (1.153%) Drupal
5 7 (1.153%) Windows Azure
6 6 (0.988%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.824%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.824%) Amazon AWS
8 4 (0.659%) nginx
8 4 (0.659%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.659%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.494%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.494%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.329%) Route 53
10 2 (0.329%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.329%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.329%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 48 (7.908%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.318%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.988%) MS Office
4 4 (0.659%) TargetLink
4 4 (0.659%) Simulink
4 4 (0.659%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.165%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (0.329%) Bond Adapt
1 2 (0.329%) Summit
2 1 (0.165%) HFM
2 1 (0.165%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.165%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.165%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.165%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.165%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.460%) HTTP
2 17 (2.801%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.812%) Internet
3 11 (1.812%) Wireless
4 10 (1.647%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.318%) Modbus
5 8 (1.318%) Broadband
6 6 (0.988%) FTP
7 5 (0.824%) DNS
7 5 (0.824%) Firewall
7 5 (0.824%) 4G
8 4 (0.659%) DLNA
8 4 (0.659%) TELNET
8 4 (0.659%) 802.11
8 4 (0.659%) DSL
8 4 (0.659%) DHCP
8 4 (0.659%) WAN
8 4 (0.659%) UPnP
9 3 (0.494%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.494%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (41.52%) SQL Server
2 109 (17.96%) SQL Server 2008
3 67 (11.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 22 (3.624%) MySQL
5 20 (3.295%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (3.295%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 18 (2.965%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (2.306%) MongoDB
8 13 (2.142%) RDBMS
8 13 (2.142%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.812%) Ingres
10 9 (1.483%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (1.318%) Data Mining
11 8 (1.318%) Oracle 11g
12 7 (1.153%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.153%) SQL Server 2000
13 6 (0.988%) GIS
13 6 (0.988%) Oracle 10g
14 5 (0.824%) Oracle 8/8i
15 4 (0.659%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 113 (18.62%) Visual Studio
2 47 (7.743%) Team Foundation Server
3 25 (4.119%) Subversion
4 23 (3.789%) Git (software)
5 21 (3.460%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 19 (3.130%) NUnit
7 14 (2.306%) ClearCase
8 13 (2.142%) JIRA
9 12 (1.977%) Moq
9 12 (1.977%) Eclipse
10 11 (1.812%) CruiseControl
10 11 (1.812%) Selenium
10 11 (1.812%) Ant
10 11 (1.812%) MSTest
11 9 (1.483%) ClearQuest
11 9 (1.483%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.483%) CppUnit
11 9 (1.483%) GoogleTest
12 7 (1.153%) JUnit
12 7 (1.153%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (10.87%) Finance
2 42 (6.919%) Telecoms
3 32 (5.272%) Banking
4 16 (2.636%) Front Office
5 15 (2.471%) Games
6 12 (1.977%) Retail
7 9 (1.483%) Electronics
7 9 (1.483%) Publishing
8 8 (1.318%) Back Office
9 6 (0.988%) Interactive Media
10 5 (0.824%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.494%) Law
11 3 (0.494%) Legal
11 3 (0.494%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.329%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.329%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.329%) Automotive
12 2 (0.329%) French Language
12 2 (0.329%) German Language
12 2 (0.329%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.107%) Computer Science
2 27 (4.448%) N-Tier
2 27 (4.448%) Open Source
3 22 (3.624%) Client/Server
4 20 (3.295%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.471%) NHS
6 13 (2.142%) Derivative
7 12 (1.977%) EPoS
8 11 (1.812%) APACS
8 11 (1.812%) IPTV
8 11 (1.812%) EMV
9 10 (1.647%) Mathematics
10 9 (1.483%) Interactive TV
10 9 (1.483%) RIA
11 8 (1.318%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.153%) Physics
13 6 (0.988%) Video on Demand
13 6 (0.988%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.988%) Statistics
13 6 (0.988%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 123 (20.26%) Windows
2 85 (14.00%) Linux
3 34 (5.601%) UNIX
4 12 (1.977%) Android
5 11 (1.812%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.647%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (1.483%) Apple iOS
8 8 (1.318%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.153%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (0.988%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.659%) AIX
11 4 (0.659%) Solaris
12 3 (0.494%) Windows Mobile
13 2 (0.329%) Debian
13 2 (0.329%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.329%) Gentoo
13 2 (0.329%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.165%) Fedora
14 1 (0.165%) VME
14 1 (0.165%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (18.45%) OO
2 104 (17.13%) MVC
3 100 (16.47%) Agile Software Development
4 85 (14.00%) TDD
5 70 (11.53%) Multithreading
6 58 (9.555%) Scrum
6 58 (9.555%) UML
7 55 (9.061%) Unit Testing
8 44 (7.249%) Web Development
9 36 (5.931%) Continuous Integration
10 26 (4.283%) Memory Management
11 24 (3.954%) OOD
11 24 (3.954%) Configuration Management
11 24 (3.954%) BDD
12 22 (3.624%) Performance Management
12 22 (3.624%) Software Engineering
13 20 (3.295%) Project Management
14 19 (3.130%) ERP
15 18 (2.965%) ETL
15 18 (2.965%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 331 (54.53%) C#
2 204 (33.61%) SQL
3 143 (23.56%) JavaScript
4 110 (18.12%) Java
5 104 (17.13%) C++
6 66 (10.87%) C
7 49 (8.072%) VB
8 48 (7.908%) VB.NET
9 41 (6.755%) PHP
10 37 (6.096%) T-SQL
11 33 (5.437%) Python
12 24 (3.954%) VB6
13 22 (3.624%) Ruby
14 19 (3.130%) PL/SQL
14 19 (3.130%) Perl
15 13 (2.142%) XPath
16 11 (1.812%) VBA
17 10 (1.647%) Bash shell
17 10 (1.647%) XQuery
18 9 (1.483%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 66 (10.87%) Degree
2 57 (9.390%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.778%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.954%) DV Cleared
5 5 (0.824%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.494%) HND
7 2 (0.329%) PhD
8 1 (0.165%) MCPD
8 1 (0.165%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.165%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.165%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.165%) MCP
8 1 (0.165%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.165%) Sun Certification
8 1 (0.165%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.471%) QA
2 5 (0.824%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.329%) WAI
4 1 (0.165%) WCAG
4 1 (0.165%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.165%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.165%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.165%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (0.824%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.329%) Varnish
2 2 (0.329%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (0.494%) Tivoli
1 3 (0.494%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
2 2 (0.329%) Puppet
3 1 (0.165%) SCCM
Vendors
1 136 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 67 (11.04%) Oracle
3 17 (2.801%) Red Hat
4 11 (1.812%) VMware
5 10 (1.647%) JBoss
6 8 (1.318%) VeriFone
6 8 (1.318%) ESRI
6 8 (1.318%) Siemens
7 7 (1.153%) Telerik
7 7 (1.153%) Greenplum
8 5 (0.824%) Syncfusion
8 5 (0.824%) HP
9 4 (0.659%) Twitter
9 4 (0.659%) DevExpress
9 4 (0.659%) Perforce
9 4 (0.659%) Hyperion
9 4 (0.659%) IBM
10 3 (0.494%) Serena
10 3 (0.494%) LANDesk
10 3 (0.494%) Micro Focus
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