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This section looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank304272
Rank change on same period last yearDown-32
Matching contract IT job ads333544
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.444 %0.550 %
As % of the category below0.493 %0.600 %
Daily rates quoted59126
Average minimum daily rate£291£336
Average daily rate£319£357
% change on same period last year-10.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£313
% change on same period last year-0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted6260
Average minimum hourly rate£30.09£36.15
Average hourly rate£32.68£38.16
% change on same period last year-14.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.27£40.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.84£37.99
% change on same period last year-13.56 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6752690610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled90.01 %91.67 %
Daily rates quoted2212126824
Average minimum daily rate£378£390
Average daily rate£404£415
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted56807267
Average minimum hourly rate£22.08£24.52
Average hourly rate£23.72£26.04
% change on same period last year-8.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Software Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Software Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Software Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-25307£322-10.44 %
South EastDown-2675£305-7.34 %
LondonUp+1269£341-17.40 %
East of EnglandNo change039£336+7.92 %
South WestDown-1432£313+2.82 %
YorkshireUp+2529£355+17.96 %
North WestDown-623£250-37.50 %
HampshireUp+1522£313+18.76 %
CambridgeshireDown-320£320+15.16 %
East MidlandsUp+1117£313+27.55 %
City of LondonDown-1115£357-15.18 %
South YorkshireUp+913£362+20.26 %
ScotlandUp+2713£221-
BuckinghamshireUp+813£269-
CambridgeDown-113£340+22.36 %
MidlandsUp+1112£350-
BerkshireUp+311£289-10.22 %
SurreyDown-1810£317+5.69 %
OxfordshireNo change09--
SomersetUp+49--
South WalesDown-169£325+4.00 %
WalesDown-249£325+10.16 %
West MidlandsUp+29£275+10.00 %
North YorkshireUp+29£321-
CheshireDown-79--
BristolDown-78£313+3.99 %
CardiffUp+47£350+7.69 %
YorkNew entry-7£321-
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+97£316+26.26 %
West YorkshireUp+37--

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1340 (48.64 %).NET
2300 (42.92 %)C#
3238 (34.05 %)SQL Server
4202 (28.90 %)SQL
5173 (24.75 %)C++
6154 (22.03 %)ASP.NET
7153 (21.89 %)XML
8135 (19.31 %)Java
9118 (16.88 %)Windows
10111 (15.88 %)Oracle
11110 (15.74 %)C
12101 (14.45 %)VB.NET
13100 (14.31 %)HTML
1499 (14.16 %)JavaScript
1597 (13.88 %)OO
1696 (13.73 %)Microsoft
1790 (12.88 %)Security Cleared
1888 (12.59 %)WebServices
1986 (12.30 %)VB
1986 (12.30 %)UML
2069 (9.871 %)Linux
2168 (9.728 %)UNIX
2168 (9.728 %)Visual Studio
2168 (9.728 %)ASP
2266 (9.442 %)SQL Server 2005
2363 (9.013 %)AJAX
2456 (8.011 %).NET Framework
2554 (7.725 %)Transact-SQL
2649 (7.010 %)CSS
2748 (6.867 %)J2EE

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1340 (48.64 %).NET
2154 (22.03 %)ASP.NET
3153 (21.89 %)XML
4100 (14.31 %)HTML
588 (12.59 %)WebServices
668 (9.728 %)ASP
763 (9.013 %)AJAX
856 (8.011 %).NET Framework
949 (7.010 %)CSS
1048 (6.867 %)J2EE
1128 (4.006 %)SOAP
1223 (3.290 %)WinForms
1320 (2.861 %)Hibernate
1419 (2.718 %)Spring
1419 (2.718 %)XSLT
1518 (2.575 %)Struts
1518 (2.575 %)MFC
1615 (2.146 %)XSL
1714 (2.003 %)MVC
1813 (1.860 %)WCF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (3.004 %)IIS
216 (2.289 %)SharePoint
310 (1.431 %)CMS
49 (1.288 %)Tomcat
58 (1.144 %)ColdFusion
67 (1.001 %)Apache
76 (0.858 %)WebLogic
76 (0.858 %)BizTalk Server
76 (0.858 %)Oracle Spatial
84 (0.572 %)Content Management Server
84 (0.572 %)CICS
84 (0.572 %)JBoss
93 (0.429 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (0.286 %)Lotus Notes
102 (0.286 %)WebSphere Application Server
102 (0.286 %)SAS
102 (0.286 %)Oracle 9iAS
111 (0.143 %)SmartSockets
111 (0.143 %)Oracle Workflow
111 (0.143 %)WPS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (3.004 %)MS Excel
25 (0.715 %)Photoshop
25 (0.715 %)MS Office
34 (0.572 %)CATIA
43 (0.429 %)Adobe Illustrator
43 (0.429 %)Doxygen
52 (0.286 %)FrameMaker
61 (0.143 %)InfoPath
61 (0.143 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.572 %)Teamcenter
21 (0.143 %)TIBCO iProcess
21 (0.143 %)Great Plains
21 (0.143 %)Staffware
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (3.720 %)Internet
218 (2.575 %)TCP/IP
312 (1.717 %)LDAP
411 (1.574 %)3G
510 (1.431 %)Wireless
69 (1.288 %)TETRA
78 (1.144 %)Intranet
78 (1.144 %)WLAN
87 (1.001 %)UMTS
87 (1.001 %)HTTP
87 (1.001 %)GPRS
87 (1.001 %)CTI
96 (0.858 %)GSM
96 (0.858 %)Bluetooth
96 (0.858 %)VoIP
96 (0.858 %)UWB
105 (0.715 %)2G
105 (0.715 %)SSL
105 (0.715 %)Extranet
105 (0.715 %)SS7
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1238 (34.05 %)SQL Server
266 (9.442 %)SQL Server 2005
342 (6.009 %)SQL Server 2000
425 (3.577 %)MySQL
518 (2.575 %)Oracle 10g
617 (2.432 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
716 (2.289 %)Oracle Reports
815 (2.146 %)RDBMS
912 (1.717 %)MS Access
912 (1.717 %)Crystal Reports
1010 (1.431 %)SQL Server 7
118 (1.144 %)BusinessObjects
118 (1.144 %)Oracle 8/8i
127 (1.001 %)GIS
136 (0.858 %)SQL Server Integration Services
145 (0.715 %)OLTP
153 (0.429 %)DTS
153 (0.429 %)SQLBase
162 (0.286 %)Base SAS
162 (0.286 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
168 (9.728 %)Visual Studio
216 (2.289 %)JUnit
313 (1.860 %)ClearCase
313 (1.860 %)NUnit
412 (1.717 %)Subversion
510 (1.431 %)Ant
69 (1.288 %)Flash
69 (1.288 %)ARTiSAN
78 (1.144 %)Eclipse
78 (1.144 %)Oracle Forms
86 (0.858 %)Selenium
86 (0.858 %)Visual Studio Team System
94 (0.572 %)FitNesse
94 (0.572 %)HttpUnit
94 (0.572 %)QuickTest Pro
103 (0.429 %)ClearQuest
112 (0.286 %)Telelogic TAU
112 (0.286 %)IntelliJ
112 (0.286 %)Rational Rose
112 (0.286 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (6.009 %)Government
236 (5.150 %)Finance
334 (4.864 %)Telecoms
421 (3.004 %)Banking
520 (2.861 %)Aerospace
619 (2.718 %)Health
716 (2.289 %)Back Office
815 (2.146 %)Investment Banking
914 (2.003 %)Marketing
1012 (1.717 %)Retail
1012 (1.717 %)Military
1110 (1.431 %)Games
128 (1.144 %)Pensions
128 (1.144 %)Automotive
128 (1.144 %)Education
137 (1.001 %)Electronics
137 (1.001 %)Insurance
137 (1.001 %)3D Graphics
146 (0.858 %)Billing
154 (0.572 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (2.432 %)Computer Science
213 (1.860 %)Client/Server
311 (1.574 %)Device Driver
410 (1.431 %)Handset
410 (1.431 %)E-Learning
59 (1.288 %)Multithreading
68 (1.144 %)Firmware
76 (0.858 %)PDA
76 (0.858 %)Mathematics
85 (0.715 %)SCORM
85 (0.715 %)Clustering
85 (0.715 %)NHS
94 (0.572 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
94 (0.572 %)STB
103 (0.429 %)Biology
103 (0.429 %)W3C
103 (0.429 %)N-Tier
103 (0.429 %)DTV
112 (0.286 %)Management Information System
112 (0.286 %)Replication
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1118 (16.88 %)Windows
269 (9.871 %)Linux
368 (9.728 %)UNIX
413 (1.860 %)Windows Mobile
510 (1.431 %)Solaris
68 (1.144 %)Windows XP
74 (0.572 %)Windows CE
82 (0.286 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.286 %)Windows NT
82 (0.286 %)Embedded Linux
82 (0.286 %)VxWorks
82 (0.286 %)VMS
82 (0.286 %)OpenVMS
82 (0.286 %)AIX
82 (0.286 %)Ubuntu
91 (0.143 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.143 %)Symbian OS
91 (0.143 %)Palm OS
91 (0.143 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
197 (13.88 %)OO
290 (12.88 %)Security Cleared
386 (12.30 %)UML
447 (6.724 %)OOD
542 (6.009 %)Software Engineering
640 (5.722 %)SC Cleared
730 (4.292 %)Unit Testing
829 (4.149 %)Agile Software Development
920 (2.861 %)Workflow
920 (2.861 %)Web Development
1017 (2.432 %)Configuration Management
1115 (2.146 %)TDD
1211 (1.574 %)Migration
1211 (1.574 %)DV Cleared
1310 (1.431 %)Content Management
149 (1.288 %)CRM
149 (1.288 %)OOP
158 (1.144 %)RAD
158 (1.144 %)Project Management
158 (1.144 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1300 (42.92 %)C#
2202 (28.90 %)SQL
3173 (24.75 %)C++
4135 (19.31 %)Java
5110 (15.74 %)C
6101 (14.45 %)VB.NET
799 (14.16 %)JavaScript
886 (12.30 %)VB
954 (7.725 %)Transact-SQL
1034 (4.864 %)VB6
1126 (3.720 %)Perl
1222 (3.147 %)PL/SQL
1321 (3.004 %)PHP
1420 (2.861 %)VC++
1519 (2.718 %)Ada
1617 (2.432 %)Embedded C
1713 (1.860 %)Delphi
1812 (1.717 %)VBScript
1812 (1.717 %)Python
1910 (1.431 %)DHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
136 (5.150 %)Degree
27 (1.001 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (0.858 %)HND
45 (0.715 %)Oracle Certification
52 (0.286 %)Sun Certification
52 (0.286 %)Postgraduate
52 (0.286 %)HNC
61 (0.143 %)MCSD
61 (0.143 %)MCSE
61 (0.143 %)MCSA
61 (0.143 %)SCJD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.144 %)QA
22 (0.286 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.143 %)JTAG
31 (0.143 %)HL7
31 (0.143 %)MiFID
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.715 %)Active Directory
22 (0.286 %)MSMQ
31 (0.143 %)AquaLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.143 %)Tivoli
11 (0.143 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.143 %)MIIS
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1111 (15.88 %)Oracle
296 (13.73 %)Microsoft
311 (1.574 %)Sybase
311 (1.574 %)Murex
48 (1.144 %)Business Objects
57 (1.001 %)Adobe
66 (0.858 %)Symbian
66 (0.858 %)Infragistics
75 (0.715 %)Borland
75 (0.715 %)SAP
84 (0.572 %)Siebel
84 (0.572 %)Macromedia
84 (0.572 %)IBM
84 (0.572 %)BEA
84 (0.572 %)Baan
84 (0.572 %)telerik
93 (0.429 %)ATG
93 (0.429 %)Red Hat
93 (0.429 %)TIBCO
93 (0.429 %)Lotus
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