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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank298252300
Rank change year-on-year
Down-46Up+48
Matching contract IT job ads215200358
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.445 %0.507 %0.436 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.486 %0.554 %0.468 %
Daily rates quoted907666
Average daily rate£325£313£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.000 %-3.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£239
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£416£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£280£310
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-9.670 %
Hourly rates quoted173065
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£13.00£25.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.50£37.75£44.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-7.690 %-7.140 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
441973611776460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.56 %93.02 %
Daily rates quoted201431156723643
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted252830286720
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.67£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %

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.

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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-14207£325-
LondonDown-4079£363+2.11 %
South EastDown-146£300-11.11 %
City of LondonDown-4338£415+27.69 %
East of EnglandUp+2629£325+18.18 %
CambridgeshireUp+1920£325+14.03 %
South WestDown-519£325+6.55 %
HampshireDown-217£278-25.00 %
CambridgeUp+412£325+14.03 %
BerkshireUp+99£350+27.27 %
North WestDown-59£263-12.50 %
YorkshireUp+58£200-
SurreyDown-88£288-4.16 %
DevonDown-128£313-
ExeterNew entry-8£313-
West MidlandsUp+87£305+19.60 %
ManchesterDown-27£263-
HertfordshireUp+196£225-
LeedsUp+116£200-
West YorkshireDown-46£200-
East MidlandsDown-55£233+3.33 %
ScotlandDown-175£288-
ReadingUp+24£380+38.18 %
LancashireNew entry-4--
North EastUp+133--
Northern IrelandUp+33£325-
BedfordshireUp+23--
BracknellDown-13--
Canary WharfDown-283--
GloucesterNew entry-3£363-

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1177 (44.47 %)C#
2176 (44.22 %).NET
3140 (35.18 %)SQL Server
4118 (29.65 %)SQL
5116 (29.15 %)Java
6113 (28.39 %)XML
790 (22.61 %)Oracle
887 (21.86 %)C++
887 (21.86 %)ASP.NET
887 (21.86 %)OO
975 (18.84 %)JavaScript
1073 (18.34 %)C
1167 (16.83 %)HTML
1263 (15.83 %)Windows
1263 (15.83 %)Security Cleared
1361 (15.33 %)Web Services
1454 (13.57 %).NET Framework
1552 (13.07 %)Agile Software Development
1649 (12.31 %)SQL Server 2005
1649 (12.31 %)Linux
1745 (11.31 %)Microsoft
1844 (11.06 %)MVC
1943 (10.80 %)SC Cleared
2042 (10.55 %)Degree
2042 (10.55 %)TDD
2140 (10.05 %)VB
2239 (9.799 %)J2EE
2337 (9.296 %)T-SQL
2337 (9.296 %)CSS
2337 (9.296 %)Finance

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1176 (44.22 %).NET
2113 (28.39 %)XML
387 (21.86 %)ASP.NET
467 (16.83 %)HTML
561 (15.33 %)Web Services
654 (13.57 %).NET Framework
739 (9.799 %)J2EE
837 (9.296 %)CSS
933 (8.291 %)Spring
1032 (8.040 %)XSL
1131 (7.789 %)AJAX
1229 (7.286 %)WCF
1327 (6.784 %)WinForms
1423 (5.779 %)NHibernate
1423 (5.779 %)ASP.NET MVC
1522 (5.528 %)ASP
1522 (5.528 %)XSLT
1621 (5.276 %)XSD
1719 (4.774 %)EJB
1818 (4.523 %)XHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (2.764 %)Apache
111 (2.764 %)Oracle Application Server
27 (1.759 %)SharePoint
36 (1.508 %)WebLogic
44 (1.005 %)CMS
44 (1.005 %)Tomcat
53 (0.754 %)WebLogic Portal
62 (0.503 %)ESB
62 (0.503 %)Force.com
62 (0.503 %)BizTalk Server
62 (0.503 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.251 %)Confluence
71 (0.251 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.251 %)IIS
71 (0.251 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.251 %)MQSeries
71 (0.251 %)SAS
71 (0.251 %)WebLogic Integration
71 (0.251 %)LiveLink
71 (0.251 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
125 (6.281 %)MS Excel
26 (1.508 %)MS Office
35 (1.256 %)Photoshop
44 (1.005 %)MATLAB
53 (0.754 %)MS Visio
53 (0.754 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.251 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.754 %)Dynamics AX
22 (0.503 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.503 %)Summit
22 (0.503 %)Axapta
31 (0.251 %)Maximo
31 (0.251 %)Front Arena
31 (0.251 %)SalesLogix
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (6.030 %)HTTP
211 (2.764 %)TCP/IP
39 (2.261 %)Internet
39 (2.261 %)Wireless
48 (2.010 %)LDAP
57 (1.759 %)VoIP
66 (1.508 %)X.400
74 (1.005 %)Wi-Fi
83 (0.754 %)LAN
83 (0.754 %)WAN
92 (0.503 %)NAS
92 (0.503 %)2G
92 (0.503 %)DNS
92 (0.503 %)SSL
92 (0.503 %)X.500
92 (0.503 %)DVB
92 (0.503 %)3G
101 (0.251 %)3GPP
101 (0.251 %)UMTS
101 (0.251 %)SNMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1140 (35.18 %)SQL Server
249 (12.31 %)SQL Server 2005
325 (6.281 %)MySQL
413 (3.266 %)Oracle Reports
413 (3.266 %)SQL Server 2008
510 (2.513 %)Crystal Reports
69 (2.261 %)Oracle 10g
78 (2.010 %)SQL Server Integration Services
86 (1.508 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
86 (1.508 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
86 (1.508 %)RDBMS
94 (1.005 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
94 (1.005 %)SQL Server 2000
103 (0.754 %)Datawarehouse
103 (0.754 %)Ingres
103 (0.754 %)GIS
112 (0.503 %)MS Access
112 (0.503 %)Oracle 8/8i
112 (0.503 %)Oracle 9i
112 (0.503 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
130 (7.538 %)Eclipse
229 (7.286 %)Visual Studio
324 (6.030 %)Subversion
415 (3.769 %)ClearCase
514 (3.518 %)Ant
612 (3.015 %)VSS/SourceSafe
612 (3.015 %)JUnit
711 (2.764 %)Oracle Forms
711 (2.764 %)NCover
89 (2.261 %)NUnit
95 (1.256 %)Team Foundation Server
104 (1.005 %)JDeveloper
113 (0.754 %)PVCS
113 (0.754 %)JIRA
113 (0.754 %)Maven
122 (0.503 %)CruiseControl
122 (0.503 %)WATIR
122 (0.503 %)Selenium
122 (0.503 %)FitNesse
122 (0.503 %)ReSharper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
137 (9.296 %)Finance
223 (5.779 %)Banking
321 (5.276 %)Government
418 (4.523 %)Telecoms
513 (3.266 %)Back Office
513 (3.266 %)Manufacturing
611 (2.764 %)Investment Banking
79 (2.261 %)Education
79 (2.261 %)Electronics
88 (2.010 %)Marketing
97 (1.759 %)Games
106 (1.508 %)Advertising
115 (1.256 %)Aerospace
115 (1.256 %)Graphic Design
124 (1.005 %)Front Office
133 (0.754 %)Health
133 (0.754 %)Online Betting
133 (0.754 %)Mobile Games
142 (0.503 %)Multimedia
142 (0.503 %)Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (5.276 %)Computer Science
217 (4.271 %)Multithreading
38 (2.010 %)iPhone
38 (2.010 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
38 (2.010 %)Client/Server
47 (1.759 %)N-Tier
56 (1.508 %)Equities
56 (1.508 %)Firmware
65 (1.256 %)Derivative
65 (1.256 %)Equity Derivative
65 (1.256 %)Mathematics
65 (1.256 %)STB
74 (1.005 %)Fixed Income
74 (1.005 %)Device Driver
74 (1.005 %)Blackberry
74 (1.005 %)Open Source
83 (0.754 %)NHS
83 (0.754 %)Handset
83 (0.754 %)RIA
83 (0.754 %)IPTV
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
163 (15.83 %)Windows
249 (12.31 %)Linux
336 (9.045 %)UNIX
412 (3.015 %)Solaris
57 (1.759 %)VMS
66 (1.508 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (0.754 %)Windows XP
73 (0.754 %)Windows CE
73 (0.754 %)Android
82 (0.503 %)Windows Mobile
82 (0.503 %)Embedded Linux
82 (0.503 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.503 %)Windows NT
82 (0.503 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.503 %)AIX
91 (0.251 %)VxWorks
91 (0.251 %)zOS
91 (0.251 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.251 %)ThreadX
91 (0.251 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
187 (21.86 %)OO
252 (13.07 %)Agile Software Development
344 (11.06 %)MVC
442 (10.55 %)TDD
535 (8.794 %)Unit Testing
634 (8.543 %)UML
730 (7.538 %)Software Engineering
827 (6.784 %)OOD
915 (3.769 %)Web Development
915 (3.769 %)Scrum
1014 (3.518 %)Continuous Integration
1112 (3.015 %)SOA
129 (2.261 %)Workflow
138 (2.010 %)Extreme Programming
146 (1.508 %)Test Automation
146 (1.508 %)Test Scripting
146 (1.508 %)Validation
146 (1.508 %)Configuration Management
146 (1.508 %)Business Intelligence
146 (1.508 %)OOA/OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1177 (44.47 %)C#
2118 (29.65 %)SQL
3116 (29.15 %)Java
487 (21.86 %)C++
575 (18.84 %)JavaScript
673 (18.34 %)C
740 (10.05 %)VB
837 (9.296 %)T-SQL
929 (7.286 %)PL/SQL
1024 (6.030 %)VB.NET
1119 (4.774 %)VB6
1216 (4.020 %)Perl
1216 (4.020 %)PHP
1310 (2.513 %)Embedded C
1310 (2.513 %)VBA
149 (2.261 %)Python
155 (1.256 %)COBOL
155 (1.256 %)Korn
164 (1.005 %)PHP5
164 (1.005 %)PHP4
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
163 (15.83 %)Security Cleared
243 (10.80 %)SC Cleared
342 (10.55 %)Degree
412 (3.015 %)CTC Cleared
58 (2.010 %)DV Cleared
66 (1.508 %)Microsoft Certification
75 (1.256 %)MCSD
82 (0.503 %)HNC
91 (0.251 %)HND
91 (0.251 %)Oracle Certification
91 (0.251 %)MCPD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.010 %)WAI
26 (1.508 %)WCAG
33 (0.754 %)ISO12207
33 (0.754 %)QA
42 (0.503 %)TickIT
42 (0.503 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (1.005 %)Active Directory
21 (0.251 %)MSMQ
21 (0.251 %)Samba
21 (0.251 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.503 %)Tivoli
12 (0.503 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.251 %)Sun Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
190 (22.61 %)Oracle
245 (11.31 %)Microsoft
314 (3.518 %)Sybase
46 (1.508 %)Infragistics
46 (1.508 %)Sun
46 (1.508 %)JBoss
55 (1.256 %)SAP
55 (1.256 %)IBM
55 (1.256 %)Google
63 (0.754 %)Micro Focus
63 (0.754 %)Red Hat
63 (0.754 %)Apple
63 (0.754 %)Agresso
63 (0.754 %)Motorola
63 (0.754 %)Nokia
72 (0.503 %)Yahoo!
72 (0.503 %)Zend
72 (0.503 %)Perforce
72 (0.503 %)Kerridge
72 (0.503 %)Lotus