The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank - 21 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford - 0.971% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.971% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
All Job Titles
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
70 103 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 97.22% 100.00% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 35 35
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £280 £265
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 6 7 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%
Software Developer
Hertfordshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 across the Watford region.

Watford Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Software Developer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region 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 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Grails
1 2 (66.67%) Groovy
1 2 (66.67%) Build Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Objective-C

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region 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 2 (66.67%) Grails
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Build Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Groovy
2 1 (33.33%) Objective-C