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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the West Yorkshire 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8186
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads1213
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.688 %0.676 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£292£570
Average daily rate£312£575
% change on same period last year-45.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£580
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£327
% change on same period last year+6.73 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£16.25£25.00
Average hourly rate£21.25£27.50
% change on same period last year-22.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.25£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£30.63
% change on same period last year-2.04 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads17451922
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.359 %1.895 %
Daily rates quoted417328
Average minimum daily rate£324£335
Average daily rate£345£356
% change on same period last year-3.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted125178
Average minimum hourly rate£20.78£23.40
Average hourly rate£23.01£24.77
% change on same period last year-7.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.24£26.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Applications Developer YorkshireApplications Developer
Yorkshire

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.

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Yorkshire Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Yorkshire Applications Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
LeedsDown-144£294-48.91 %
CleckheatonNew entry-3--
BradfordNew entry-1--
Applications Developer YorkshireApplications Developer
Yorkshire

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

19 (42.86 %).NET
19 (42.86 %)SQL Server
28 (38.10 %)SQL
35 (23.81 %)HTML
44 (19.05 %)Java
44 (19.05 %)C#
44 (19.05 %)VB
44 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
44 (19.05 %)Lotus Notes
44 (19.05 %)Lotus
53 (14.29 %)VB6
53 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (14.29 %)Marketing
53 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (14.29 %)Oracle
53 (14.29 %)Finance
53 (14.29 %)CSS
53 (14.29 %)MS Excel
53 (14.29 %)MS Access
53 (14.29 %)SharePoint
53 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
53 (14.29 %)JavaScript
53 (14.29 %)PHP
62 (9.524 %)Crystal Reports
62 (9.524 %)Business Objects
62 (9.524 %)Datawarehouse
62 (9.524 %)UNIX
62 (9.524 %)Windows
62 (9.524 %)GIS
62 (9.524 %)ESRI

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (42.86 %).NET
25 (23.81 %)HTML
34 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
43 (14.29 %)CSS
52 (9.524 %)ASP
52 (9.524 %)JNI
52 (9.524 %)AJAX
52 (9.524 %)ActiveX
52 (9.524 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (4.762 %)XHTML
61 (4.762 %)WF
61 (4.762 %)Silverlight
61 (4.762 %)J2EE
61 (4.762 %)JSP
61 (4.762 %)XML
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (19.05 %)Lotus Notes
23 (14.29 %)SharePoint
32 (9.524 %)ColdFusion
32 (9.524 %)Lotus Domino
32 (9.524 %)ArcGIS
32 (9.524 %)Oracle Spatial
41 (4.762 %)BizTalk Server
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (14.29 %)MS Excel
21 (4.762 %)InfoPath
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.762 %)Internet
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (42.86 %)SQL Server
23 (14.29 %)MS Access
23 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (9.524 %)GIS
32 (9.524 %)Datawarehouse
32 (9.524 %)BusinessObjects
32 (9.524 %)Crystal Reports
32 (9.524 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (4.762 %)Oracle 9i
41 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (4.762 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (4.762 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.762 %)Visual Studio
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (14.29 %)Finance
13 (14.29 %)Marketing
21 (4.762 %)Government
21 (4.762 %)Health
21 (4.762 %)Legal
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (9.524 %)Smartcard
21 (4.762 %)PDA
21 (4.762 %)Multithreading
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (9.524 %)UNIX
12 (9.524 %)Windows
21 (4.762 %)Linux
21 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
21 (4.762 %)Windows XP
21 (4.762 %)Windows Mobile
21 (4.762 %)Windows Vista
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (9.524 %)Migration
12 (9.524 %)Web Development
21 (4.762 %)Unit Testing
21 (4.762 %)Performance Management
21 (4.762 %)Configuration Management
21 (4.762 %)Automated Testing
21 (4.762 %)Business Analysis
21 (4.762 %)Requirements Analysis
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (38.10 %)SQL
24 (19.05 %)VB
24 (19.05 %)C#
24 (19.05 %)Java
33 (14.29 %)JavaScript
33 (14.29 %)PHP
33 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
33 (14.29 %)VB6
42 (9.524 %)VBA
51 (4.762 %)Progress 4GL
51 (4.762 %)LotusScript
51 (4.762 %)C
51 (4.762 %)VB.NET
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (9.524 %)Degree
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.762 %)SLA
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (19.05 %)Lotus
23 (14.29 %)Oracle
32 (9.524 %)Business Objects
32 (9.524 %)Autodesk
32 (9.524 %)ESRI
32 (9.524 %)Adobe
41 (4.762 %)Progress