The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Developer
Rank - 53 70
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.453% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.483% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £310 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £306 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.69% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £39.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -8.23%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
777 1036 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.07% 93.84% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 510 600
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 27 36
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.60% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Developer
Scotland

Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Developer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Highcharts JS
1 2 (100.00%) Gephi
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) Data Virtualisation

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) Highcharts JS
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Gephi
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Edinburgh, Midlothian
PHP Developer / Application Developer / PHP - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - Contract - 6 months + possible extension - £Neg per day - Immediate start An expanding organisation is seeking to recruit a PHP Developer...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £0.00 per day + Neg per day
Posted: 21 May 2013