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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Edinburgh 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank33
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads153207
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.204 %0.209 %
As % of the category below18.48 %16.87 %
Daily rates quoted2531
Average minimum daily rate£314£329
Average daily rate£345£339
% change on same period last year+1.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£332
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted28
Average minimum hourly rate£100.00£26.94
Average hourly rate£103.75£27.63
% change on same period last year+275.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£107.50£28.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.12£33.31
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads8281227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.104 %1.241 %
Daily rates quoted197274
Average minimum daily rate£290£307
Average daily rate£314£322
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2348
Average minimum hourly rate£19.76£23.42
Average hourly rate£21.62£24.08
% change on same period last year-10.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.49£24.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Developer ScotlandDeveloper
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.

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

196 (34.16 %).NET
289 (31.67 %)Finance
376 (27.05 %)SQL
471 (25.27 %)ASP.NET
570 (24.91 %)C#
659 (21.00 %)SQL Server
753 (18.86 %)Java
847 (16.73 %)JavaScript
847 (16.73 %)HTML
945 (16.01 %)Oracle
945 (16.01 %)XML
1033 (11.74 %)J2EE
1132 (11.39 %)CSS
1228 (9.964 %)Visual Studio
1228 (9.964 %)PL/SQL
1327 (9.609 %)Banking
1327 (9.609 %)AJAX
1426 (9.253 %)Mainframe
1525 (8.897 %)Windows
1620 (7.117 %)COBOL
1620 (7.117 %)DB2
1620 (7.117 %)MS Excel
1620 (7.117 %)Microsoft
1719 (6.762 %)BusinessObjects
1719 (6.762 %)Business Objects
1818 (6.406 %)VB.NET
1818 (6.406 %)XHTML
1915 (5.338 %)SQL Server 2005
1915 (5.338 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
2014 (4.982 %).NET Framework

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
196 (34.16 %).NET
271 (25.27 %)ASP.NET
347 (16.73 %)HTML
445 (16.01 %)XML
533 (11.74 %)J2EE
632 (11.39 %)CSS
727 (9.609 %)AJAX
818 (6.406 %)XHTML
915 (5.338 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
1014 (4.982 %).NET Framework
1110 (3.559 %)XSLT
1110 (3.559 %)JSP
129 (3.203 %)WebServices
138 (2.847 %)XSL
138 (2.847 %)WebSphere
146 (2.135 %)Struts
146 (2.135 %)ASP.NET 2.0
155 (1.779 %)Adobe Flex
155 (1.779 %)SOAP
155 (1.779 %)ASP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (3.203 %)SharePoint
28 (2.847 %)Lotus Notes
28 (2.847 %)Lotus Domino
37 (2.491 %)IIS
44 (1.423 %)CICS
53 (1.068 %)SAS
53 (1.068 %)CMS
62 (0.712 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.356 %)ESB
71 (0.356 %)Joomla!
71 (0.356 %)Oracle 9iAS
71 (0.356 %)Content Management Server
71 (0.356 %)ArcGIS
71 (0.356 %)JBoss
71 (0.356 %)Tomcat
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (7.117 %)MS Excel
21 (0.356 %)Photoshop
21 (0.356 %)MS Office
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.068 %)SAP WM
21 (0.356 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.356 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.356 %)Siebel Analytics
21 (0.356 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.356 %)Oracle 11i
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (2.491 %)Internet
24 (1.423 %)Intranet
31 (0.356 %)Extranet
31 (0.356 %)LAN
31 (0.356 %)FTP
31 (0.356 %)HTTP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
159 (21.00 %)SQL Server
220 (7.117 %)DB2
319 (6.762 %)BusinessObjects
415 (5.338 %)SQL Server 2005
513 (4.626 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
513 (4.626 %)Datawarehouse
612 (4.270 %)Oracle 10g
612 (4.270 %)Oracle Reports
612 (4.270 %)Oracle 9i
711 (3.915 %)MySQL
711 (3.915 %)Oracle BI EE
89 (3.203 %)SQL Server Integration Services
89 (3.203 %)MS Access
98 (2.847 %)BusinessObjects XI
107 (2.491 %)SQL Server 2000
107 (2.491 %)ETL
115 (1.779 %)DataStage
115 (1.779 %)GIS
124 (1.423 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
124 (1.423 %)Cognos Powerplay
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (9.964 %)Visual Studio
210 (3.559 %)JUnit
37 (2.491 %)Oracle Forms
37 (2.491 %)NUnit
46 (2.135 %)Flash
55 (1.779 %)ClearCase
63 (1.068 %)Ant
63 (1.068 %)PVCS
63 (1.068 %)Eclipse
63 (1.068 %)Dreamweaver
63 (1.068 %)XMLSpy
63 (1.068 %)Telon
72 (0.712 %)CruiseControl
72 (0.712 %)Subversion
72 (0.712 %)FrontPage
72 (0.712 %)Visual LANSA
81 (0.356 %)Oracle APEX
81 (0.356 %)Selenium
81 (0.356 %)JMeter
81 (0.356 %)Log4j
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
189 (31.67 %)Finance
227 (9.609 %)Banking
314 (4.982 %)Retail
410 (3.559 %)Retail Banking
58 (2.847 %)Pensions
66 (2.135 %)Publishing
75 (1.779 %)Financial Institution
84 (1.423 %)Telecoms
93 (1.068 %)Games
93 (1.068 %)FMCG
93 (1.068 %)Online Banking
102 (0.712 %)Marketing
102 (0.712 %)Government
111 (0.356 %)Mobile Games
111 (0.356 %)Education
111 (0.356 %)Local Government
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (9.253 %)Mainframe
25 (1.779 %)Client/Server
33 (1.068 %)N-Tier
33 (1.068 %)IBM Mainframe
42 (0.712 %)RIA
42 (0.712 %)Mathematics
51 (0.356 %)Computer Science
51 (0.356 %)Fat Client
51 (0.356 %)Thin Client
51 (0.356 %)AS400
51 (0.356 %)SCADA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (8.897 %)Windows
212 (4.270 %)UNIX
34 (1.423 %)Linux
42 (0.712 %)Solaris
42 (0.712 %)OS/400
51 (0.356 %)zOS
51 (0.356 %)MVS
51 (0.356 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.356 %)Windows NT
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (4.270 %)Business Intelligence
112 (4.270 %)Migration
211 (3.915 %)OO
211 (3.915 %)Web Development
37 (2.491 %)Unit Testing
46 (2.135 %)Content Management
46 (2.135 %)Agile Software Development
55 (1.779 %)TDD
55 (1.779 %)Configuration Management
55 (1.779 %)RAD
64 (1.423 %)UML
64 (1.423 %)SOA
64 (1.423 %)Business Analysis
64 (1.423 %)User Acceptance Testing
73 (1.068 %)Logistics
73 (1.068 %)Web Design
82 (0.712 %)Systems Analysis
82 (0.712 %)Statistical Analysis
82 (0.712 %)Requirements Analysis
82 (0.712 %)CRM
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (27.05 %)SQL
270 (24.91 %)C#
353 (18.86 %)Java
447 (16.73 %)JavaScript
528 (9.964 %)PL/SQL
620 (7.117 %)COBOL
718 (6.406 %)VB.NET
814 (4.982 %)VBA
911 (3.915 %)Transact-SQL
911 (3.915 %)PHP
911 (3.915 %)JCL
108 (2.847 %)VB
116 (2.135 %)DHTML
116 (2.135 %)C++
123 (1.068 %)C
123 (1.068 %)Perl
123 (1.068 %)VBScript
123 (1.068 %)ABAP
123 (1.068 %)ActionScript
123 (1.068 %)LotusScript
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.068 %)Degree
21 (0.356 %)MCAD
21 (0.356 %)MCSD
21 (0.356 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.356 %)Sun Certification
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.356 %)Active Directory
11 (0.356 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.356 %)AllFusion Endevor
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
145 (16.01 %)Oracle
220 (7.117 %)Microsoft
319 (6.762 %)Business Objects
49 (3.203 %)IBM
58 (2.847 %)Lotus
66 (2.135 %)Cognos
74 (1.423 %)Ascential
74 (1.423 %)PeopleSoft
83 (1.068 %)SAP
92 (0.712 %)Adobe
92 (0.712 %)Metastorm
92 (0.712 %)LANSA
92 (0.712 %)Stellent
101 (0.356 %)Applix
101 (0.356 %)Sun
101 (0.356 %)HP
101 (0.356 %)Interwoven
101 (0.356 %)Sybase
101 (0.356 %)Hyperion
101 (0.356 %)Informatica
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