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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank12
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads771850
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.017 %0.847 %
As % of the category below26.09 %23.96 %
Daily rates quoted150107
Average minimum daily rate£290£304
Average daily rate£308£316
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Hourly rates quoted8068
Average minimum hourly rate£27.73£28.41
Average hourly rate£30.46£30.23
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.19£32.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.01£33.46
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads29553548
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.900 %3.534 %
Daily rates quoted641679
Average minimum daily rate£319£329
Average daily rate£338£348
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted303319
Average minimum hourly rate£21.42£23.82
Average hourly rate£23.11£25.26
% change on same period last year-8.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.81£26.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Developer EnglandDeveloper
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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Yorkshire Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Developer across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Yorkshire Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
West YorkshireNo change0471£304-5.66 %
South YorkshireUp+391£304-6.08 %
North YorkshireNo change083£334+9.22 %
East YorkshireUp+524£200+108.33 %
Developer EnglandDeveloper
England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1690 (44.15 %).NET
2542 (34.68 %)C#
3512 (32.76 %)SQL Server
4429 (27.45 %)ASP.NET
5347 (22.20 %)SQL
6303 (19.39 %)XML
7279 (17.85 %)Java
8266 (17.02 %)Oracle
9254 (16.25 %)Finance
10242 (15.48 %)HTML
11235 (15.04 %)SQL Server 2005
12207 (13.24 %)CSS
13178 (11.39 %)JavaScript
14169 (10.81 %)Microsoft
15139 (8.893 %)WebServices
16124 (7.933 %)Visual Studio
17122 (7.806 %)SQL Server 2000
18120 (7.678 %)VB.NET
19119 (7.614 %)VB
20117 (7.486 %)J2EE
20117 (7.486 %)SharePoint
21115 (7.358 %)Windows
2293 (5.950 %)OO
2388 (5.630 %)ASP
2484 (5.374 %)E-Commerce
2578 (4.990 %)AJAX
2677 (4.926 %)Hibernate
2776 (4.862 %)JSP
2875 (4.798 %)Spring
2974 (4.734 %)VB6

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1690 (44.15 %).NET
2429 (27.45 %)ASP.NET
3303 (19.39 %)XML
4242 (15.48 %)HTML
5207 (13.24 %)CSS
6139 (8.893 %)WebServices
7117 (7.486 %)J2EE
888 (5.630 %)ASP
978 (4.990 %)AJAX
1077 (4.926 %)Hibernate
1176 (4.862 %)JSP
1275 (4.798 %)Spring
1373 (4.671 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1472 (4.607 %)XHTML
1562 (3.967 %).NET Framework
1652 (3.327 %)WebSphere
1652 (3.327 %)XSLT
1741 (2.623 %)Struts
1835 (2.239 %)WinForms
1931 (1.983 %)XSL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1117 (7.486 %)SharePoint
258 (3.711 %)CMS
354 (3.455 %)SharePoint Server 2007
442 (2.687 %)IIS
529 (1.855 %)BizTalk Server
620 (1.280 %)Lotus Notes
718 (1.152 %)ATG Dynamo
817 (1.088 %)Lotus Domino
817 (1.088 %)Apache
817 (1.088 %)Commerce Server
913 (0.832 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1012 (0.768 %)WebSphere MQ
1111 (0.704 %)SAS
1210 (0.640 %)Commerce Server 2007
139 (0.576 %)TeamSite
139 (0.576 %)ColdFusion
148 (0.512 %)Content Management Server
148 (0.512 %)Tomcat
157 (0.448 %)JBoss
157 (0.448 %)WebSphere Application Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (4.607 %)MS Excel
231 (1.983 %)Photoshop
327 (1.727 %)MS Office
416 (1.024 %)InfoPath
514 (0.896 %)Fireworks
68 (0.512 %)MS Visio
68 (0.512 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.192 %)Adobe Illustrator
73 (0.192 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.064 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.064 %)ImageReady
81 (0.064 %)Acrobat
81 (0.064 %)ArcView
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (0.960 %)BASE24
29 (0.576 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
33 (0.192 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
33 (0.192 %)Oracle Financials
33 (0.192 %)BusinessWorks
33 (0.192 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.128 %)Summit
42 (0.128 %)Oracle EBS
42 (0.128 %)Navision
51 (0.064 %)TIBCO iProcess
51 (0.064 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
51 (0.064 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.064 %)Great Plains
51 (0.064 %)Axapta
51 (0.064 %)SoftGrid
51 (0.064 %)Sophis RISQUE
51 (0.064 %)Dynamics AX
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
164 (4.095 %)Internet
228 (1.791 %)Intranet
320 (1.280 %)Extranet
417 (1.088 %)HTTP
58 (0.512 %)SSH
58 (0.512 %)ATM
66 (0.384 %)SNMP
66 (0.384 %)TCP/IP
74 (0.256 %)SAN
74 (0.256 %)DNS
74 (0.256 %)DHCP
74 (0.256 %)LDAP
82 (0.128 %)CTI
82 (0.128 %)LAN
91 (0.064 %)Network Security
91 (0.064 %)Ethernet
91 (0.064 %)Wireless
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1512 (32.76 %)SQL Server
2235 (15.04 %)SQL Server 2005
3122 (7.806 %)SQL Server 2000
456 (3.583 %)Datawarehouse
552 (3.327 %)BusinessObjects
650 (3.199 %)Oracle 8/8i
744 (2.815 %)SQL Server Integration Services
839 (2.495 %)MySQL
937 (2.367 %)MS Access
1035 (2.239 %)Oracle Reports
1132 (2.047 %)Crystal Reports
1231 (1.983 %)Oracle 10g
1231 (1.983 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1326 (1.663 %)Oracle 9i
1421 (1.344 %)ETL
1516 (1.024 %)OLAP
1516 (1.024 %)BusinessObjects XI
1614 (0.896 %)RDBMS
1614 (0.896 %)DB2
1711 (0.704 %)TOAD
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1124 (7.933 %)Visual Studio
274 (4.734 %)Flash
359 (3.775 %)JUnit
458 (3.711 %)Eclipse
526 (1.663 %)Ant
625 (1.599 %)Oracle Forms
721 (1.344 %)Dreamweaver
820 (1.280 %)NUnit
915 (0.960 %)Oracle APEX
109 (0.576 %)Visual Studio Team System
109 (0.576 %)VSS/SourceSafe
118 (0.512 %)Subversion
118 (0.512 %)HttpUnit
125 (0.320 %)QuickTest Pro
134 (0.256 %)TestDirector
134 (0.256 %)JDeveloper
143 (0.192 %)ClearCase
143 (0.192 %)ERwin
143 (0.192 %)InstallShield
152 (0.128 %)CruiseControl
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1254 (16.25 %)Finance
258 (3.711 %)Banking
351 (3.263 %)Health
445 (2.879 %)Financial Institution
529 (1.855 %)Retail
628 (1.791 %)Government
727 (1.727 %)Marketing
824 (1.536 %)Telecoms
920 (1.280 %)Insurance
1016 (1.024 %)Back Office
1110 (0.640 %)Legal
1110 (0.640 %)Publishing
128 (0.512 %)Pensions
137 (0.448 %)Education
146 (0.384 %)Manufacturing
146 (0.384 %)Graphic Design
155 (0.320 %)Billing
164 (0.256 %)Advertising
164 (0.256 %)3D Graphics
164 (0.256 %)Games
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (2.815 %)NHS
227 (1.727 %)Computer Science
326 (1.663 %)E-Learning
425 (1.599 %)W3C
522 (1.408 %)N-Tier
619 (1.216 %)Multithreading
715 (0.960 %)SCORM
811 (0.704 %)PDA
98 (0.512 %)Client/Server
106 (0.384 %)AS400
106 (0.384 %)RIA
115 (0.320 %)CMDB
115 (0.320 %)Management Information System
115 (0.320 %)Web 2.0
124 (0.256 %)Clustering
124 (0.256 %)Mainframe
124 (0.256 %)Smartcard
124 (0.256 %)Statistics
133 (0.192 %)Data Integration
133 (0.192 %)Informatics
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1115 (7.358 %)Windows
268 (4.351 %)UNIX
328 (1.791 %)Linux
425 (1.599 %)Solaris
512 (0.768 %)Windows 2000
611 (0.704 %)Windows Vista
710 (0.640 %)Windows XP
89 (0.576 %)Windows Server 2003
98 (0.512 %)AIX
106 (0.384 %)HPUX
106 (0.384 %)Windows Server 2008
114 (0.256 %)Windows 2000 Server
123 (0.192 %)zOS
123 (0.192 %)MVS
123 (0.192 %)Windows Mobile
132 (0.128 %)VMS
141 (0.064 %)Windows NT
141 (0.064 %)OpenVMS
141 (0.064 %)NetWare
141 (0.064 %)Windows CE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
193 (5.950 %)OO
284 (5.374 %)E-Commerce
365 (4.159 %)UML
365 (4.159 %)Agile Software Development
460 (3.839 %)Web Development
559 (3.775 %)Unit Testing
644 (2.815 %)Migration
644 (2.815 %)Content Management
738 (2.431 %)Business Intelligence
827 (1.727 %)SOA
924 (1.536 %)RAD
1023 (1.472 %)Security Cleared
1122 (1.408 %)Project Planning
1221 (1.344 %)Workflow
1315 (0.960 %)OOP
1315 (0.960 %)Business Analysis
1315 (0.960 %)Software Engineering
1414 (0.896 %)Time Management
1414 (0.896 %)Data Migration
1513 (0.832 %)PRINCE2
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1542 (34.68 %)C#
2347 (22.20 %)SQL
3279 (17.85 %)Java
4178 (11.39 %)JavaScript
5120 (7.678 %)VB.NET
6119 (7.614 %)VB
774 (4.734 %)VB6
867 (4.287 %)PHP
955 (3.519 %)PL/SQL
1047 (3.007 %)Transact-SQL
1142 (2.687 %)C++
1231 (1.983 %)VBA
1231 (1.983 %)C
1328 (1.791 %)ActionScript
1427 (1.727 %)VBScript
1520 (1.280 %)Shell Script
1619 (1.216 %)Perl
1718 (1.152 %)DHTML
1813 (0.832 %)COBOL
198 (0.512 %)Delphi
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
141 (2.623 %)Degree
213 (0.832 %)Sun Certification
35 (0.320 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.128 %)IBM Certification
51 (0.064 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.064 %)ITIL Certification
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.448 %)QA
22 (0.128 %)WAI
31 (0.064 %)HL7
31 (0.064 %)HIPAA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (1.536 %)Active Directory
24 (0.256 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (0.256 %)ISA Server
24 (0.256 %)Oracle RAC
32 (0.128 %)NFS
32 (0.128 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
41 (0.064 %)Novell eDirectory
41 (0.064 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.064 %)MSMQ
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.384 %)OVSD
16 (0.384 %)OpenView
16 (0.384 %)AssetCenter
22 (0.128 %)MAINVIEW
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1266 (17.02 %)Oracle
2169 (10.81 %)Microsoft
352 (3.327 %)Business Objects
443 (2.751 %)IBM
525 (1.599 %)Cognos
621 (1.344 %)Sun
621 (1.344 %)ATG
720 (1.280 %)Lotus
810 (0.640 %)HP
99 (0.576 %)Epicor
108 (0.512 %)Perforce
108 (0.512 %)Adobe
108 (0.512 %)Informatica
117 (0.448 %)RedDot
126 (0.384 %)TIBCO
126 (0.384 %)PeopleSoft
126 (0.384 %)Progress
135 (0.320 %)SAP
135 (0.320 %)MicroStrategy
135 (0.320 %)ESRI