The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 advertised for the Wakefield region.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 7 3 3
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 3 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 13.04% 30.00% 22.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.04% 31.58% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £338 £350 £231
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +51.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
23 19 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 100.00% 95.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 3
Average daily rate £275 £350 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +40.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £150 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £471 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
Average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +30.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
West Yorkshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Developer across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) ASP
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Games
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Apache Flex
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
3 1 (25.00%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) Backbone.js
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (25.00%) ActionScript
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) OOP
3 1 (25.00%) Flash
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) BizTalk Server

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) ASP
3 1 (25.00%) Apache Flex
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) Backbone.js
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (25.00%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) PHP
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 1 (25.00%) ActionScript
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle