The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Watford 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank - 20 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford - 1.869% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.869% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £350 £354
% change year-on-year
+4.28% -1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -17.64%
All Job Titles
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
69 107 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 95.83% 100.00% 97.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 30
Average daily rate £355 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £280 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
Average hourly rate £35.00 £12.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+191.66% -14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Developer
Hertfordshire

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Watford Senior Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Developer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region that cited Senior 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 Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VB
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory