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This section looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT contracts within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Developer
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank112121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.338 %0.222 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£458-
Average daily rate£475-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£492-
UK excluding London average daily rate£439£449
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.63£42.50
% change on same period last year-4.41 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads29613153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.941 %3.196 %
Daily rates quoted722681
Average minimum daily rate£325£328
Average daily rate£346£345
% change on same period last year+0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£352
% change on same period last year+1.32 %
Hourly rates quoted272429
Average minimum hourly rate£19.61£22.58
Average hourly rate£21.13£24.42
% change on same period last year-13.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.66£26.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£25.85
% change on same period last year-9.09 %
Lead Developer EnglandLead Developer
England

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.

Lead Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Lead Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Lead Developer Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lead Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Lead Developer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

West Midlands Lead Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Lead Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Lead Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Lead Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
BirminghamUp+197£475-
SolihullNew entry-4--
Lead Developer EnglandLead Developer
England

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title.

115 (60.00 %)JMS
212 (48.00 %)XSLT
39 (36.00 %)WebServices
39 (36.00 %)WebSphere
48 (32.00 %)Hibernate
48 (32.00 %)EJB
48 (32.00 %).NET
48 (32.00 %)J2EE
48 (32.00 %)UML
48 (32.00 %)OO
48 (32.00 %)SOA
57 (28.00 %)EAI
57 (28.00 %)SOAP
57 (28.00 %)XSD
57 (28.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
66 (24.00 %)XML
66 (24.00 %)JDBC
66 (24.00 %)Agile Software Development
66 (24.00 %)Scrum
75 (20.00 %)WSDL
75 (20.00 %)Ant
75 (20.00 %)JUnit
84 (16.00 %)SQL Server
84 (16.00 %)COBOL
84 (16.00 %)ASP.NET
84 (16.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
84 (16.00 %)Eclipse
84 (16.00 %)N-Tier
84 (16.00 %)CruiseControl
93 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2005

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Lead 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 Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (60.00 %)JMS
212 (48.00 %)XSLT
39 (36.00 %)WebServices
39 (36.00 %)WebSphere
48 (32.00 %).NET
48 (32.00 %)J2EE
48 (32.00 %)EJB
48 (32.00 %)Hibernate
57 (28.00 %)SOAP
57 (28.00 %)XSD
66 (24.00 %)XML
66 (24.00 %)JDBC
75 (20.00 %)WSDL
84 (16.00 %)ASP.NET
92 (8.000 %)HTML
92 (8.000 %)WBIMB
92 (8.000 %).NET Framework
101 (4.000 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
101 (4.000 %)WCF
101 (4.000 %)XHTML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (28.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
23 (12.00 %)SharePoint
32 (8.000 %)WebSphere Message Broker
41 (4.000 %)BizTalk Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)Photoshop
11 (4.000 %)InfoPath
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (16.00 %)SQL Server
23 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2005
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (20.00 %)Ant
15 (20.00 %)JUnit
24 (16.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
24 (16.00 %)Eclipse
24 (16.00 %)CruiseControl
31 (4.000 %)NUnit
31 (4.000 %)Visual Studio
31 (4.000 %)ClearCase
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.000 %)Finance
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (16.00 %)N-Tier
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (12.00 %)UNIX
13 (12.00 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (32.00 %)UML
18 (32.00 %)OO
18 (32.00 %)SOA
27 (28.00 %)EAI
36 (24.00 %)Agile Software Development
36 (24.00 %)Scrum
42 (8.000 %)Web Design
42 (8.000 %)RAD
51 (4.000 %)RUP
51 (4.000 %)E-Commerce
51 (4.000 %)ERP
51 (4.000 %)OOD
51 (4.000 %)SEO
51 (4.000 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (4.000 %)Unified Process
51 (4.000 %)Software Engineering
51 (4.000 %)Pay per click
51 (4.000 %)Web Development
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (16.00 %)COBOL
23 (12.00 %)VB.NET
32 (8.000 %)C#
41 (4.000 %)PHP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (4.000 %)SAP
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