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

 Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank32
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.010 %
As % of the category below12.50 %29.03 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£330
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.65£32.06
% change on same period last year-10.64 %
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Worcester
Matching contract IT job ads2431
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£273£178
Average daily rate£310£210
% change on same period last year+47.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£243
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted57
Average minimum hourly rate£18.65£27.28
Average hourly rate£21.44£27.78
% change on same period last year-22.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.24£28.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Developer WorcestershireDeveloper
Worcestershire

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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Worcester Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Worcester Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcester Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcester 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.

12 (50.00 %).NET
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)Java
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)ActionScript
21 (25.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)Retail
21 (25.00 %)Spring
21 (25.00 %)JSF
21 (25.00 %)Insurance
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere
21 (25.00 %)Web Development
21 (25.00 %)JUnit
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (25.00 %)ASP
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (25.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)JSP
21 (25.00 %)Servlets
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)Flash
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)N-Tier

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcester 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.

Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)ASP
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (25.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)JSP
21 (25.00 %)Servlets
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)Hibernate
21 (25.00 %)Spring
21 (25.00 %)JSF
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Intranet
11 (25.00 %)Internet
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)JUnit
11 (25.00 %)Flash
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Retail
11 (25.00 %)Insurance
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)N-Tier
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (25.00 %)Quality Management
11 (25.00 %)Web Development
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)Java
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)ActionScript
21 (25.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)C++
Worcester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft