The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Worcestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 28 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 29.79% 21.43% 26.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.11% 27.27% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 6
Average daily rate £300 £200 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -23.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £200 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £320 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £36.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
93 44 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 98.94% 78.57% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 20 27
Average daily rate £325 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £212 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £470 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 11
Average hourly rate £20.00 £32.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% +16.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.80 £10.00 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £35.30 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Developer
West Midlands

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Worcestershire Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Worcester 0 16 £300 -14.28%
Droitwich -1 2 - -
Redditch - 1 £375 -
Bromsgrove - 1 - -
Developer
West Midlands

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

1 24 (61.54%) .NET
1 24 (61.54%) ASP.NET
2 22 (56.41%) C#
3 16 (41.03%) JavaScript
4 14 (35.90%) CSS
4 14 (35.90%) OO
5 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 12 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC
7 10 (25.64%) jQuery
7 10 (25.64%) SQL
8 9 (23.08%) Web Services
8 9 (23.08%) Content Management
8 9 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC 2
9 8 (20.51%) XHTML
9 8 (20.51%) CMS
9 8 (20.51%) UML
9 8 (20.51%) E-Commerce
9 8 (20.51%) N-Tier
10 7 (17.95%) SEO
10 7 (17.95%) MVC
10 7 (17.95%) SQL Server 2005
10 7 (17.95%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (15.38%) Adobe
11 6 (15.38%) XML
11 6 (15.38%) Photoshop
11 6 (15.38%) Oracle
12 5 (12.82%) HTML
12 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
12 5 (12.82%) Internet
12 5 (12.82%) Web Development

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Application Development
1 24 (61.54%) .NET
1 24 (61.54%) ASP.NET
2 14 (35.90%) CSS
3 12 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (25.64%) jQuery
5 9 (23.08%) Web Services
5 9 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 8 (20.51%) XHTML
7 6 (15.38%) XML
8 5 (12.82%) HTML
8 5 (12.82%) .NET Framework
8 5 (12.82%) HTML5
9 4 (10.26%) CSS3
9 4 (10.26%) Flash
10 3 (7.692%) XSLT
11 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 2 (5.128%) RESTful
11 2 (5.128%) Razor View Engine
11 2 (5.128%) JSON
11 2 (5.128%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.51%) CMS
2 4 (10.26%) SAS
3 2 (5.128%) Apache
3 2 (5.128%) Tomcat
4 1 (2.564%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Photoshop
2 4 (10.26%) MS Excel
2 4 (10.26%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) Internet
2 2 (5.128%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (17.95%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.564%) MySQL
4 1 (2.564%) OLAP
4 1 (2.564%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (10.26%) Marketing
2 3 (7.692%) Finance
2 3 (7.692%) Retail
3 1 (2.564%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) N-Tier
2 3 (7.692%) W3C
3 1 (2.564%) Social Network
3 1 (2.564%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Windows
2 2 (5.128%) UNIX
3 1 (2.564%) Android
3 1 (2.564%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) OO
2 9 (23.08%) Content Management
3 8 (20.51%) UML
3 8 (20.51%) E-Commerce
4 7 (17.95%) SEO
4 7 (17.95%) MVC
4 7 (17.95%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
5 5 (12.82%) Web Development
6 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Content Management
6 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.26%) Analytics
6 4 (10.26%) Web Analytics
6 4 (10.26%) Unit Testing
7 3 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.692%) Statistical Analysis
7 3 (7.692%) Incident Management
7 3 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (7.692%) Statistical Modelling
7 3 (7.692%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 22 (56.41%) C#
2 16 (41.03%) JavaScript
3 10 (25.64%) SQL
4 4 (10.26%) PHP
4 4 (10.26%) VBA
5 3 (7.692%) VB
5 3 (7.692%) VB.NET
6 2 (5.128%) J#
6 2 (5.128%) Shell Script
6 2 (5.128%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.128%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.564%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (7.692%) SAS Certification
2 2 (5.128%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.564%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Adobe
1 6 (15.38%) Oracle
2 3 (7.692%) Stellent
3 2 (5.128%) Northgate
3 2 (5.128%) Apple
3 2 (5.128%) Macromedia
3 2 (5.128%) JBoss
4 1 (2.564%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.564%) VMware
4 1 (2.564%) Telerik
4 1 (2.564%) Zend