The first table below looks at the demand for JDBC skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JDBC over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Application Development category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JDBC 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.123% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.568% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - £35.00
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
176 128 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 21.73% 11.57% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 59 61
Average daily rate £314 £310 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.20% -6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JDBC
Scotland

JDBC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JDBC across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Edinburgh JDBC Jobs Demand Trend

JDBC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh JDBC Daily Rate Trend

JDBC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing JDBC 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 JDBC.

1 6 (85.71%) SQL
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) Struts
3 3 (42.86%) Web Services
3 3 (42.86%) UNIX
3 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
3 3 (42.86%) J2EE
3 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (42.86%) UML
3 3 (42.86%) RAD
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (42.86%) Informatica
3 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
3 3 (42.86%) PowerExchange
3 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 3 (42.86%) Unified Communications
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 3 (42.86%) Capacity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) QA
4 2 (28.57%) BusinessObjects XI
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse

JDBC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing JDBC 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 JDBC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) Struts
2 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) J2EE
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 1 (14.29%) JPA
3 1 (14.29%) JSP
3 1 (14.29%) Servlets
3 1 (14.29%) JAXB
3 1 (14.29%) Hibernate
3 1 (14.29%) Spring
3 1 (14.29%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) PowerExchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (28.57%) BusinessObjects XI
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Access Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) UML
1 3 (42.86%) RAD
1 3 (42.86%) ETL
1 3 (42.86%) Capacity Management
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
3 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Informatica
2 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint