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This section looks at the demand for Internet skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5149
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.018 %
As % of the category below9.524 %13.04 %
Daily rates quoted52
Average minimum daily rate£237£290
Average daily rate£260£333
% change on same period last year-21.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£283£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£339
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.50
Average hourly rate-£13.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£23.69
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads63138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted1429
Average minimum daily rate£270£291
Average daily rate£291£307
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£16.83£20.45
Average hourly rate£17.42£20.99
% change on same period last year-17.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£21.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Internet ScotlandInternet
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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Edinburgh Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Internet also 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 that cited Internet.

111 (45.83 %).NET
28 (33.33 %)HTML
28 (33.33 %)SQL
28 (33.33 %)Windows
28 (33.33 %)Microsoft
37 (29.17 %)ASP.NET
37 (29.17 %)Finance
37 (29.17 %)Banking
46 (25.00 %)Intranet
55 (20.83 %)ITIL
55 (20.83 %)JavaScript
55 (20.83 %)SQL Server
64 (16.67 %)Pensions
64 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
64 (16.67 %)Online Banking
64 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
64 (16.67 %)IIS
64 (16.67 %)MS Office
64 (16.67 %)XML
64 (16.67 %)CSS
64 (16.67 %)VB.NET
64 (16.67 %)XHTML
64 (16.67 %)MIMEsweeper
64 (16.67 %)DNS
64 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
64 (16.67 %)DHCP
73 (12.50 %)Cisco
73 (12.50 %)IBM
73 (12.50 %)TestDirector
73 (12.50 %)NetApp

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Internet also 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 that cited Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (45.83 %).NET
28 (33.33 %)HTML
37 (29.17 %)ASP.NET
44 (16.67 %)CSS
44 (16.67 %)XML
44 (16.67 %)XHTML
53 (12.50 %).NET Framework
53 (12.50 %)ASP
62 (8.333 %)J2EE
62 (8.333 %)WebSphere
71 (4.167 %)WinForms
71 (4.167 %)XSL
71 (4.167 %)WebServices
71 (4.167 %)ATL
71 (4.167 %)DCOM
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
14 (16.67 %)IIS
14 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
14 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
22 (8.333 %)Apache
22 (8.333 %)Oracle HTTP Server
22 (8.333 %)IBM HTTP Server
31 (4.167 %)ColdFusion
31 (4.167 %)GroupWise
31 (4.167 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (16.67 %)MS Office
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (25.00 %)Intranet
24 (16.67 %)DHCP
24 (16.67 %)DNS
32 (8.333 %)HTTP
41 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
41 (4.167 %)VPN
41 (4.167 %)Extranet
41 (4.167 %)3G
41 (4.167 %)Firewall
41 (4.167 %)Cisco IPT
41 (4.167 %)ADSL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (20.83 %)SQL Server
22 (8.333 %)DB2
31 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2005
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (12.50 %)TestDirector
13 (12.50 %)NUnit
22 (8.333 %)CruiseControl
22 (8.333 %)ClearCase
31 (4.167 %)FrontPage
31 (4.167 %)InterDev
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (29.17 %)Finance
17 (29.17 %)Banking
24 (16.67 %)Pensions
24 (16.67 %)Online Banking
33 (12.50 %)Publishing
42 (8.333 %)Retail
42 (8.333 %)Insurance
51 (4.167 %)Local Government
51 (4.167 %)Telecoms
51 (4.167 %)Government
51 (4.167 %)Retail Banking
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (29.17 %)Developer
25 (20.83 %)Analyst
25 (20.83 %)Web Developer
33 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst
42 (8.333 %)Senior Test Analyst
42 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
51 (4.167 %)Systems Analyst
51 (4.167 %)Server Support
51 (4.167 %)Support Analyst
51 (4.167 %)3rd Line Support
51 (4.167 %)Administrator
51 (4.167 %)Senior Support Analyst
51 (4.167 %)Web Administrator
51 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Designer
51 (4.167 %)Deployment Analyst
51 (4.167 %).NET Developer
51 (4.167 %)C# Developer
51 (4.167 %)Web Designer
51 (4.167 %)Software Developer
51 (4.167 %)Architect
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.167 %)Blackberry
11 (4.167 %)SCADA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (8.333 %)Solaris
22 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (4.167 %)UNIX
31 (4.167 %)Windows NT
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.83 %)ITIL
22 (8.333 %)Load Balancing
22 (8.333 %)Service Management
22 (8.333 %)Information Management
31 (4.167 %)Software Engineering
31 (4.167 %)Systems Analysis
31 (4.167 %)Manual Testing
31 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
31 (4.167 %)SOA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (33.33 %)SQL
25 (20.83 %)JavaScript
34 (16.67 %)VB.NET
43 (12.50 %)C#
43 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
52 (8.333 %)VBScript
52 (8.333 %)VB
61 (4.167 %)C++
61 (4.167 %)Java
61 (4.167 %)C
61 (4.167 %)VC++
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.333 %)ISEB
21 (4.167 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (4.167 %)MCSE
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.167 %)SLA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (16.67 %)MIMEsweeper
23 (12.50 %)MOM
31 (4.167 %)BMC PATROL
31 (4.167 %)Tivoli
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (33.33 %)Microsoft
23 (12.50 %)Cisco
23 (12.50 %)IBM
23 (12.50 %)NetApp
32 (8.333 %)Sun
32 (8.333 %)HP
32 (8.333 %)Oracle
41 (4.167 %)Citrix
41 (4.167 %)BMC
41 (4.167 %)Apple
41 (4.167 %)McAfee Security
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