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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT contracts within the Aberdeen 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2528
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.629 %0.495 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£276£313
% change on same period last year-11.81 %
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£31.43£33.57
% change on same period last year-6.39 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads159202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.224 %0.204 %
Daily rates quoted1723
Average minimum daily rate£256£239
Average daily rate£261£270
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£266£301
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted4233
Average minimum hourly rate£23.01£16.17
Average hourly rate£23.64£17.06
% change on same period last year+38.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.26£17.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Software Developer ScotlandSoftware Developer
Scotland

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.

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)JBuilder
11 (100.00 %)Workflow

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)JBuilder
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Workflow
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle